History VideoGame / Uncharted4AThiefsEnd

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There's a huge historical inaccuracy regarding Anne Bonny. In-game, she is depicted as one of the founders of Libertalia and died with the other pirates in 1718. Historically, Anne Bonny was born on 1700, ''long after'' Libertalia was founded, and was arrested in 1720, but her actual date of death is unknown. The game presents her as a legendary pirate captain, but Anne never captained on her own, being merely part of the crew of "Calico" Jack Rackham at the time of her arrest. Other pirates show historical inaccuracy, too; Henry Avery is sometimes believed to have died in the 1690s (quite possibly 1699, as the game suggests). Edward England and Christopher Condent are mentioned as associates of his, but at that time, they would have been, respectively, a teen and a mere child. Additionally, unlike many of the historical pirates featured in the game, there's no mystery surrounding Condent's fate. He was offered a pardon, settled in France, got married and became a wealthy merchant, leaving the pirate life completely and dying of old age in 1770.

* CoolGuns:
** It took a while, but Nate finally gets to wield a full-size Colt M1911 in this game (titled the "Para .45"). Until now, the closest that has appeared in the series was the Colt Defender (called the "Defender .45"), which has the design and chambering of a 1911 but in a compact pistol form factor (with a short barrel and stubby grip).
** The ''Bounty Hunters'' multiplayer DLC introduces two classic [[TheWildWest Old West]] guns -- the Colt Single Action Army revolver and the Winchester Model 1873 lever-action rifle -- as the "DC Single Action" and "Harrison 1890", respectively.
** If you like, you can paint your P90 [[Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline hot pink]].
** The Remington MSR-based [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Harbinger]] [[SniperRifle Sniper]] qualifies, given its [[{{BFG}} size]] and [[GunAccessories bipod]].

* IndyEscape: You get chased by a truck just like in [[VideoGame/Uncharted2 the second game]], except both times it's being driven by an AxCrazy merc.

** [[spoiler: Letters found in the ruins of Libertalia documents the hopes of the pirates settling there, and it's descent into civil war once Avery and the Founders betray the colonists. This continues in New Devon, following the Founders turning on eachother and trying to claim the treasure for themselves.]]

* BilingualBonus: GratuitousSpanish in the Panamanian jail (subverting RealLifeHasNoSubtitles by soft-subtitling it), as well as French dialogue by background characters in Madagascar & at the Rossi Estate (plus Italian in the latter, too).

** During the drive around Madagascar in Chapter 10, Sam gets noticeably cagey whenever Nate or Sully try to ask for details about his deal with Alcázar and quietly freaks out when Sully mentions having also dealt with Alcázar once, [[spoiler:clearly afraid his story was about to be rumbled]], but relaxes when he adds that it was only a brief encounter years ago, [[spoiler:especially since Sully's description of Alcázar's intense personality more or less corroborated Sam's story version of him]].

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Even for pirates, the amount of betrayal that goes on in Libertalia is exceptionally high, to the point where one wonders how they were ever able to work together for ''any'' length of time. The best example is [[spoiler:Thomas Tew, who manages to betray the other colonists, the pirate lords, and finally his own Captain, Henry Avery.]]

''Uncharted 4: A Thief's End'' is the fourth game in Creator/NaughtyDog's ''{{VideoGame/Uncharted}}'' series, and the final entry to star Nathan Drake. It was originally released on May 10, 2016 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

A remastered port for UsefulNotes/PlayStation5 and a brand new port for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows has been announced for early 2022.

** In Survival Mode, the [[BonusBoss bosses]] that pop up every ten waves are always referred to as "Warlords".

** DurableDeathtrap: The various snares, spikes, collapsing floors, and exploding corpses are all perfectly functional after more than three centuries of disrepair. In a similar vein, there's also the swords that [[spoiler: Henry Avery and Thomas Tew used to kill each other; they're sturdy enough for Nate and Rafe to fence with in the climax, rather than having rusted away to powder after 300 years on a ship in a humid, tropical marine cave.]]

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: There's a huge historical inaccuracy regarding Anne Bonny. In-game, she is depicted as one of the founders of Libertalia and died with the other pirates in 1718. Historically, Anne Bonny was born on 1700, ''long after'' Libertalia was founded, and was arrested in 1720, but her actual date of death is unknown. The game presents her as a legendary pirate captain, but Anne never captained on her own, being merely part of the crew of "Calico" Jack Rackham at the time of her arrest. Other pirates show historical inaccuracy, too; Henry Avery is believed to have died in the 1690s (quite possibly 1699, as the game suggests). Edward England and Christopher Condent are mentioned as associates of his, but at that time, they would have been, respectively, a teen and a mere child. Additionally, unlike many of the historical pirates featured in the game, there's no mystery surrounding Condent's fate. He was offered a pardon, settled in France, got married and became a wealthy merchant, leaving the pirate life completely and dying of old age in 1770.

** The logs belonging to the expidition of Jospeh Burns, who also searched for the treasure in the 1800's, documenting his descent into madness as he refuses to give up the search no matter how many misfortunes befall the group. [[spoiler: The final entry is found on his corpse, written the night before he died of a fever in his sleep. Ironically, he was very close to reaching the cave where the treasure was hidden.]]

* CarChaseShootOut: At King's Bay, Sam gets caught by Rafe's men, forcing Nate and Sully to go recuse him, the chase culminates with Drake and Sam having to escape on a motorcycle with an armored truck coming after them with Drake having to shoot at it as Sam drives.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Sam attempts to play around with a pirate cutlass at Libertalia like an old Hollywood film, only for the blade to fall off. Being exposed to the elements for 300 years is not good a sword's condition.
** There was only one way a colony of greedy pirates was going to turn out, [[spoiler:they all turned on each other for the money]]. Elena even points this out to Nate when they realize what happened and wonders if [[spoiler: Libertalia might have been an elaborate trap that allowed Avery and the Founders to lure other pirates in with the promise of a utopia, only to take all of Libertalia's wealth for themselves once the pot got big enough.]]
** Nate and Sam are scrappy fighters taught by experience, but they aren't particularly well-versed in any specific technique. [[spoiler:They wind up getting their asses handed to them by Nadine, who is a more disciplined fighter thanks to being a trained soldier, and Nate is nearly killed by Rafe during their final sword duel on account of Rafe actually being an accomplished fencer.]]

** If you like, you can paint your P90 [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline hot pink]].

** Although Nate nervously jokes that Libertalia might be home to pirate ghosts, ultimately nothing comes of it. [[spoiler:In the Survival DLC, an [[DemBones undead]] [[AgentPeacock Adam Baldridge]] and [[TechnicolorMagic Henry Avery]] appear as bosses, with armies of [[NightOfTheLivingMooks undead mercenaries]] at their command.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:Samuel Drake presents himself as the recently released long-lost brother of Nate's, who has a price on his head on account of Alcázar's ultimatum. But it then turns out that he's been out of jail for two years prior to meeting Nate, that he's spent all this time working with Rafe, and that Alcázar's never threatened him into finding Avery's treasure for him, having been dead for half a year]].

* NoPronunciationGuide: Nate and co. use the Anglicization "Gunsway" to describe the ship stolen by Henry Avery. The actual ship, a trading ship owned by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, is Ganj-i-Sawai.[[note]]Pronounced ''ganzh-i-sa-way''; the ship's name translates to "exceeding treasure", whereas the Anglicization and its pronounciation implies that it's a portmanteau of "guns" and "way".[[/note]]

* RetroGaming: Apparently Elena is into retro games -- we see her playing a [=PS1=] in the year 2016. (Nate plays it as well, but he gives the impression it's not something he's done before). [[spoiler:Their daughter also plays it... and can beat mom's high score. Cassie must be really into retro gaming, seeing as her age at the time means the [=PS1=] system is roughly ''30 years old''.]]

* DeadlyParty: [[spoiler: The corpses of the Founders of Libertalia are found sitting around a dinner table in Thomas Tew's mansion, having been tricked there under the guise of ending their civil war, only for Avery and Tew to poison them all to death. The surviving pirates simply left them there to rot while they prepared to escape with the treasure.]]

** The word "thief" constantly recurs throughout the game. Rafe once says, "Last time I checked, we're all just a bunch of thieves." The Drakes justify stealing an item from an auction on account of the fact that it's an auction for criminals. And [[spoiler:the word is scrawled on the portraits of the founders of Libertalia in the treasury. Likewise, Saint Dismas, the "penitent thief", is a recurring symbol.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Nadine. [[spoiler:After betraying Rafe, she walks out of the plot and is never heard from again, despite having been his second-in-command as well as a constant threat who has caused the Drakes no end of trouble. ''The Lost Legacy'' reveals that Shoreline was disbanded shortly after the events of this game and a now-solo Nadine joins Chloe Frazer on an Indian adventure.]]

** There was only one way a colony of greedy pirates was going to turn out, [[spoiler:they all turned on each other for the money]]. Elena even points this out to Nate when they realize what happened.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: While Rafe Adler does have a day job in running his family business, he's far more focused on using his money to be a treasure hunter. He's appalled that [[spoiler:Nate has become a "legend" on his own merit. He ''is'' proud of being good at fencing, the one skill he has earned for himself and is better than Nate at]].