Uncharted: Golden Abyss
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| Developer(s) | SIE Bend Studio |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | John Garvin |
| Producer(s) | Naughty Dog |
| Writer(s) | John Garvin |
| Composer(s) | Clint Bajakian |
| Series | Uncharted |
| Engine | BENDGINE |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 81% |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 7/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Famitsu | 85/100 |
| G4 | 3.5/5 |
| Game Informer | 8/10 |
| Game Revolution |   |
| GameSpot | 7/10 |
| GamesRadar | 8/10 |
| GameTrailers | 8.6/10 |
| IGN | 8.5/10 |
| PlayStation LifeStyle | 9.5/10 |
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is an action-adventure platform video game, the fourth entry in the Uncharted series. It is the first portable entry in the series, released for the PlayStation Vita. It was developed by SIE Bend Studio, with development overseen by Naughty Dog. The game was released as a launch title in Japan on December 17, 2011. It was launched in North America on February 14, 2012, Europe on February 22, 2012 and Australia on February 23, 2012.
The story is set some time before the events of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and begins in medias res with Nathan Drake following rival explorer Jason Dante through a temple complex in Panama. Dante has ordered his army of mercenaries to kill Drake on sight, and after a series of gunfights, the platform Drake is climbing is hit by an RPG.
The game then flashes back two weeks, when Drake and Dante, revealed to be old friends, arrive at a dig site in Panama headed by Dante's "partner" Marisa Chase, who doesn't trust him. At the site, they find corpses of Spanish conquistadors that were apparently poisoned and a grave marker with a Visigoth symbol. Chase also shows Drake an amulet that she hid from Dante. The dig is then interrupted by Dante's real partner, warlord Roberto Guerro. Guerro captures Drake and Chase, however they escape Guerro's base after Chase starts a diversionary fire.
They then go to the house of her grandfather Vincent Perez, who found the amulet at the site. Perez hired Dante to conduct further research after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, and Dante paid off Guerro for access to the site in return for a share of the treasure that Guerro will use to fund his conflict. Chase arrived at the site herself hoping to finish Perez's work. Upon returning to Perez's study, they learn that the marker referred to the Sete Cidades, an ancient Christian sect dedicated to finding the seven cities of gold. Friar Marcos de Niza, a member of the sect, had led Coronado's expedition to find Cíbola only to find the villages of the Zuni.
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