History VideoGame / UnchartedDrakesFortune

Professional treasure hunter Nathan Drake, an alleged descendant of the explorer UsefulNotes/SirFrancisDrake, along with his old friend and mentor, Victor "Sully" Sullivan, and Elena Fisher, a photojournalist who's employer he has tricked into financing his expedition under false pretences, explores an abandoned island in the belief that Francis Drake faked his death in order to hide the vast fortunes of [[CityOfGold El Dorado]]. The situation is made more complicated by the fact that gang of pirates and mercenaries has also set their sights on the treasure.

* TropicalIslandAdventure: The majority of the game takes place on a tropical island in the South Pacific called Versteckte Insel.

* TropicalIslandAdventure: The majority of the game takes place on a tropical island in the South Pacific close to Indonesia called Versteckte Insel.

* RealityEnsues: At one point, Nate speaks in Bahasa Indonesian to trick some guards to open a gate. While he is capable of speaking the language, his non-native accent immediately gives him away.

** Gunplay also has some minor differences, such as there being no option to adjust the zoom of a weapon, and SIXAXIS-based grenade controls. The {{PlayStation}}4 remaster would remove the latter feature and remap grenades to the analog stick.

* TropicalIslandAdventure: The majority of the game takes place on a tropical island in the South Pacific called Versteckte Insel.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The existence of [[spoiler:the Descendants]] was foreshadowed from the very moment Nate landed on the island. Aside from Eddy mentioning that [[spoiler:his men are being killed by an unknown presence, Nate found several spike traps around the island and deduced something with two toes had been chewing on the victim. Upon discovering one of the traps, Nate realizes that the area he is had become quiet and believes that he and Elena are being watched, with the camera shifting to the mysterious stalker's POV]].
** It gets more subtly foreshadowed even earlier, when Nate finds the remains of the U-Boat captain. Though the body is extremely decayed, Nate still noted that he's been "ripped to shreds."

* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The game starts and ends on a boat.]]

* RuthlessModernPirates: The pirates that attack Nate and Elena at the very beginning of the game, as well as Eddy Raja and his crew.

* WhatMeasureIsARedshirt: Eddy lampshades this, and seemed genuinely upset and concerned about his mens' wellbeing as they were being killed off by Drake [[spoiler: and the descendants]].

->"There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory."

* TropicalIslandAdventure: The majority of the game takes place on a tropical island called Versteckte Insel.

** Gunplay also has some minor differences, such as there being no option to adjust the zoom of a weapon, and {{Waggle}}-based grenade controls. The {{PlayStation}}4 remaster would remove the latter feature and remap grenades to the analog stick.

** Elena herself is a much more gung-ho and reckless character here than she would be later on. After crash-landing on the island, she heads straight for the Spanish fortress without bothering to regroup with Nate, forcing him to fight through hordes of pirates until he can find her. Later on, it's ''Nate'' who decides to abandon the quest so that they can both make it out alive, while ''Elena'' tries to goad him into continuing, and it's only when she discovers that Sully's alive that Nate is convinced to carry on. From ''VideoGame/Uncharted2'' onwards the dynamic was reversed, Elena's more recognizable characterization as the voice of reason who pushed back against Nate's recklessness being established and serving as the basis of their development in further games.

** The dynamic between Nathan and Sully is not fully formed yet, here more like business partners and friends as opposed to Sully's more recognizable ParentalSubstitute role; Sully's DisneyDeath early on is handled relatively calmly by Nate, a much different reaction from how he would respond in a similar scenario later in the series. Furthermore, when Nate does discover Sully is alive and working with Roman (implying he's turned traitor) he is reluctant to believe Sully could be a backstabber but nonetheless confronts him about this after rescuing him, something that seems out of place given their characterization in the sequels.

** Gunplay also has some minor differences, such as there being no option to adjust the zoom of a weapon, and {{Waggle}}-based grenade controls. The PlayStation4 remaster would remove the latter feature and remap grenades to the analog stick.

** Gunplay also has some minor differences, such as there being no option to adjust the zoom of a weapon, and [[Waggle}}-based grenade controls. The PS4 remaster would remove the latter feature and remap grenades to the analog stick.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not a globe-trotting adventure like its successors, and the dynamic between Nathan and Sully is not fully formed yet, here more like business partners and friends as opposed to Sully's more recognizable ParentalSubstitute role; Sully's DisneyDeath early on is forgotten relatively quick by Nate, a much different reaction from how he would respond in a similar scenario later in the series. Nathan is also more of a devil-may-care wisecracker here compared to the sequels where he is more mature and concerned about the situations and consequences he finds himself in, and his voice is pitched a little higher than the rest of the series.

* BodyHorror: When [[spoiler:the virus kept inside the statue of El Dorado makes contact with someone, it instantly turns them into a bloodied mouthed, pale eyed zombie.]]