‘Uncharted 4’ gallery: Compare game world vs real world locations

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The latest installment of the award-winning Uncharted series is out now, exclusively for the PlayStation® 4.

With new gameplay mechanics, larger, more open environments, and enhanced graphics and animations that showcase the power of the PS4 system, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End delivers the most thrilling Uncharted adventure yet!

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Set three years after Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, the new action-adventure shooter takes players on a journey through jungle isles, urban cities and snow-capped peaks on the search for Captain Henry Avery’s long-lost treasure when Nathan Drake’s brother, Sam, offers an adventure Drake can’t resist.

With the series’ incredible graphics bringing the real-life locations ever closer to gamers at home, let’s take a look at how the game world compares to the real world travel destinations…

 

London in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

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London is one of the greatest cities in the world, but it can also be rather dangerous for someone like Nathan Drake. With so much to see and do in the capital it probably a good idea to use the underground.

London

London’s tourist attractions are a must for any visitor, places like London Eye, Tower Bridge, and Buckingham Palace are highly recommended. In chapter 5 Drake discovers a secret entrance which leads to a leads to a makeshift tunnel which turns out to be a Underground train station from Victorian times.

 

Yemen in Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Yemen - Uncharted 3

Nathan Drake is always looking for clues, and in Uncharted 3 Drake’s Deception, Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan visit Yemen. In ancient times Yemen was known as Arabia Felix, Latin for happy or fortunate.

Eid al-Adha preparation in Yemen

Today, Yemen doesn’t have much fortunate but it acquired the name because its high mountains attracted rain, making it more fertile than most of the Arabian peninsula.

 

Forests Of Madagascar in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

Madagascar - Uncharted 2

Madagascar, an island country in the Indian Ocean off the south eastern coast of Africa, has one of the most diverse collections of plant and animal life on Earth.

Madagascar

Even though Madagascar’s rain forest receives more than 100 inches of rain annually, Nathan Drake , his brother Sam, and trusted mentor Sully are still heading to Madagascar for the lost treasure of the infamous pirate Henry Avery. Their journey takes them to an expansive valley that surrounds a volcano.

 

Istanbul Palace Museum in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Istanbul - Uncharted 3

The Istanbul Palace Museum is a large historical museum located along the Bosporus, in Istanbul, Turkey. The museum holds a wide variety of historical artefacts and antiquities and is frequently broken into by thieves and rogue fortune hunters.

Istanbul

Ever since a particular intense break-in, the museum staff increased the security patrols and installed alarms throughout the various gates to help aid in capturing would-be burglars such as Nathan Drake.

 

Amazon Rainforest in Uncharted 1: Drakes Fortune

Amazon - Uncharted

In the first instalment of Uncharted Drake’s fortune, Nathan Drake & Elena Fisher escape from the fortress in a jeep, pursued by Eddy Raja’s pirates in a car chase that takes them across the island. After evading the last of the pirates, Elena almost drives the jeep over the edge of a cliff, and it is left hanging over the edge.

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As Nate attempts to drive it back up, Eddy arrives and tells them to get out and give him the map. Nate reverses the jeep, backing it off the cliff and into the water below.

 

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is out now.

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Uncharted 4 Packshot

What’s your favourite location in the game? Let us know below…