Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Language — strong
AdventureModern/RealisticShooter

What's in it

Language strong
High

Frequent strong profanity in dialogue.

Violence realistic
Moderate

Firearm combat against human enemies with blood effects; no gore or dismemberment.

Substances referenced
Low

Alcohol is consumed by characters in the story.

Dark themes mild
Low

A treasure hunter and a mercenary work with a war criminal and battle a violent insurgency to prevent a civil war.

Crime & lawlessness crime depicted
Low

The antagonist is a war criminal who funds an insurgency and threatens to start a civil war.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is a third-person action-adventure game set in the Indian subcontinent in which players control treasure hunter Chloe Frazer as she follows a map to the legendary tusk of Ganesh, an artifact sought by an insurgent warlord who plans to use it to incite a civil war. Gameplay centers on exploration, combat with firearms and melee, stealth, and puzzle-solving. Violence is presented in cinematic, stylized action sequences with blood but no gore or dismemberment; there is no sexual content, nudity, or drug use. The story deals with war crimes and the consequences of conflict, and combat is framed as a narrative necessity rather than glorified.

How it's framed

The game frames its violence through a morally gray narrative: the protagonists are treasure hunters who ally with a war criminal to stop a greater threat, and the conflict is presented as a struggle against aggression and chaos rather than a celebration of violence. The story explores themes of redemption and the cost of war, and the tone is more introspective than the series' earlier entries.

Details

Developer
Naughty Dog
Publisher
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Released
Aug 22, 2017
Metacritic 81critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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