Uncharted: Legacy Of Thieves Collection Review - Is It Worth The Upgrade Fee?
The Legacy of Thieves Collection doesn’t feel like much of a remaster. Perhaps it’s because Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and Lost Legacy look marvelous already, but the changes are slight enough that it feels like both of these ports could have simply come in the form of free updates, much like Ghost of Tsushima and Days Gone before them.
Yet here we are, with Naughty Dog delivering bespoke PS5 versions for two of the previous generation’s finest adventures. I had a blast revisiting them, and now they look and play better than ever before, but should existing owners upgrade? I’m not so sure. While first-timers now have a definitive way to experience these masterful games, veterans hoping for a titanic shift will be underwhelmed, if still entranced.
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While The Legacy of Thieves Collection is also coming to PC later this year, I was only able to test the PS5 release for this review. While you can probably push these games further with the best of hardware, the next-gen console is still able to elevate them to levels previously unforeseen.
Both A Thief’s End and Lost Legacy support the same three visual settings in the form of Fidelity, Performance and a 120 frames per second mode. The first renders the game at a native 4K resolution at 30fps, essentially mimicking the original PS4 release without the need for a checkerboard rendering solution. It looks beautiful, and is how I decided to play through both titles over the past couple of weeks.
Performance lowers the resolution down to 1440p, but this is arguably a worthwhile compromise for the addition of a silky-smooth 60fps. I’m not exaggerating when I say that these games feel almost new when playing at such a
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