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Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection

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Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection is a contains two games from the Uncharted series: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016) and its standalone expansion Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (2017). Both games are action-adventure games played from the third-person perspective, featuring platforming elements. In A Thief's End and The Lost Legacy players primarily control two treasure hunters—Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer—respectively. They are physically adept and are able to jump, sprint, climb, swim, swing with a rope, use a grappling hook, and perform other acrobatic actions. The games feature a stealth system.

A Thief's End narrative follows Nathan Drake (Nolan North) set several years after the events of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, a former treasure hunter coaxed out of retirement by his presumed-dead brother Samuel (Troy Baker). With Nathan's longtime partner, Victor Sullivan (Richard McGonagle), they search for clues for the location of Henry Avery's long-lost treasure. Their journey to recover Avery's treasure brings them into conflict with wealthy and dangerous businessman and treasure hunter Rafe Adler (Warren Kole), his partner Nadine Ross (Laura Bailey). The Lost Legacy story follows Chloe Frazer (Claudia Black), who seeks the Tusk of Ganesh in the Western Ghats mountain ranges of India, with the help of ex-mercenary Nadine Ross, and prevent a ruthless warlord, Asav (Usman Ally), and his army of insurgents from igniting a civil war in the country.

Both games are remastered meaning improved graphics and performance.

It does not include the multiplayer mode introduced within the orignal games.

Development
A Thief's End, and its standalone expansion The Lost Legacy, were originally developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

The PlayStation 5 version of Legacy of Thieves Collection was developed by Naughty Dog whilst the Microsoft Windows version is being developed by Iron Galaxy.

Release
In May 2021, it was first reported that the game would be released for Microsoft Windows, according to an investor presentation by Sony.

On September 9, during PlayStation Showcase 2021, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection was officially announced alongside a trailer.

In December, further infomation was issued in a PlayStation.Blog article. It was released for the PlayStation 5 on January 28, 2022; the Windows version will be released later in 2022.

Owners of either original games on PlayStation 4 will be able to upgrade on PlayStation 5 for US$10. Purchasing or upgrading the game in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States through the PlayStation Store will grant a voucher code for a ticket to the upcoming film Uncharted (2022).

A launch trailer for Legacy of Thieves Collection was released on January 21, 2022.

Critical response
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection recieved "generally favorable reviews" on the PlayStation 5 version, according to review aggregator Metacritic based on 67 reviews.