Throughout five installments, we have been able to enjoy Nathan Drake and his crazy adventures in the Uncharted saga. He intrépido cazatesoros He is not afraid of anything and has survived rains of bullets, derailing trains, plane crashes and a whole string of events that would mean death for anyone.
But that is not the case of the protagonist of the franchise, who has a luck counter that avoids being pierced by projectiles. At least that’s what Jonathan Cooper, former animator of Naughty Dogin a tweet he published in 2018.
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That’s a great twist! Side note I learned when joining the team: Drake never takes damage from bullets. The red interface showing ‘hits’ represents that his ‘luck’ is running out. Eventually, enemies will get a clean shot and kill him if he takes enough close hits.
Uncharted does not show a health bar per se, but uses the classic resource of removing color from the image, along with red colors, to illustrate that Drake is suffering damage. Or so we thought for years, but it’s actually an unseen indicator that his luck is running out.
“It’s true! That was the original intention (to stay more aligned with the spirit and tone of the films we were honoring),” he clarifies in another tweet Amy Hennig, screenwriter of the first three titles. It is more than obvious that the series takes many elements from Indiana Jones and that is why an attempt was made to replicate that tremendous luck that always surrounds the character played by Harrison Ford. This narrative license is what allows us to experience situations as Dantesque as they are spectacular.
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