Uncharted 4 First Impressions

What can you say about the Uncharted series? It's one of the best adventure series of this generation. Rivaling Tomb Raider, and both being inspired by Indiana Jones. And now the forth game in the series is out (fifth if you count the Vita game). And I wanted to give my first thoughts now that I've played it a little. And I avoided spoilers the best I could.

The game continues the tradition of putting the protagonist, Nathan Drake, in a dangerous situation right off the bat, where you have no Idea what's going on. In this case driving a boat, in a bad storm, with poor visibility, sharp rocks to crash into, and a moment of engine failure, all while bad guys are shooting at him.

Typical day for Drake.

After that bit of chaos we cut to Nathan when he was a kid, who was left in an orphanage. This was mentioned in the previous game, and I'm glad they expanded on it. This is where we meet Nathan's older brother Sam, who helps Nathan escape, and I assume they never return.

We then cut to Adult Nathan Drake, in a panama prison, in a fist fight with one of the prisoners.
After the fight is broken up by the guards, Drake is put in detention. After a few days, I think, the captain of the guards, Vargas, takes Drake to a forgotten part of the prison, where we learn that this was all part of a plan, to find the lost treasure of famous Pirate Henry Avery. And Vargas wants in.
Drake climbs into the ancient prison cell of Avery. This is where we get our first puzzle of the game. Just have to press Roman Number 12 (XII). He finds a weird crucifix and tells Vargas that he didn't find anything.
After talking with Sam and their new client, Reef I think. I think this guy's going to be this game's Villain, but I don't know for sure yet.
Anyway, they all get into a big fist fight with the inmate from earlier and his friends.
Vargas and the other guards break it up, as Vargas discovers the Crucifix, and pulls the three into his office. Saying Drake shouldn't have hid it from him, and he wants 25%. Making it even. Reef agrees to this, and stabs Vargas to death. Before he dies, he shoots his gun, alerting the guards.
Next is a chase, and escape from the prison. Nathan and Reef manage to escape, But Sam is shot and killed right in front of Nathan. This leads into the opening credits.

They show sketches depicting events from the previous games all while the Uncharted theme is playing. Nostalgia hit me like a brick during this part.

15 years after the prison escape, were finally back on track. At the end of Uncharted 3, Drake agrees to retire, and start a life with Elena Fisher. This is what I wanted to see the most. And this is the best part for me. 
Nathan works as a salvage diver, and in this case, he's retrieving cargo from a truck that fell of the bridge. They open the crate, only to find, rolls of copper wire. I found this very funny, and even Nathan agrees, that this was way more underwhelming then the treasures he use to find.
He goes home to Elena, and we see him up in his study. Where we get even more nostalgia. You can look at a bunch of artifacts from the previous games. The various journals, with pictures of characters he's met. A figure of the six armed guardian of the Chintamani stone. A bottle of blue resin. The Spanish coin, found on the German U-boat. And even the Cipher that lead to the lost city of Ubar.
We get an amusing scene of Drake playing with a toy gun, shooting at targets of monsters and bad guys he's faced in his career. 

He goes down stairs, and eats with Elena. But he gives hints that he misses the adventures he use to have. 
He then plays a video game with Elena, which just so happens to be Crash Bandicoot on PS1. Playable, no less.

I love when game companies give fan-service.

After that, we find out that Sam is alive, and after a tearful reunion, he talks about how he escaped from Panama.

And that's where I stopped. The game is fantastic so far, And I can't wait to keep playing.