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Monsters Aplenty | Uncharted 1 | Part 5 · Replay Reviews

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We get a bit more this episode, so should we
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hear the out of context summary? Well, first,
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hurry up, Nathan. How many people are on this
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island? Not really out of context, but I'm just
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more sort of frustrated at this point. Thank
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you for coming back from our replay reviews.
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My name is Leah. And my name is Kathy. We are
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Kathy has never seen the games before, it helps
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me view them through her fresh eyes, almost like
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We hope it will be a similar experience for you.
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Alright, chapter 17. So Nathan helps boost Elena
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up to a broken ladder so that she can find a
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way to get him up. And while waiting for her,
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Eddie and one of his men run in. Things get interesting.
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Yeah, I thought this was going to be about a
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game that's in more realistic terms. The last
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thing I expected was seeing this monster come
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out. Yeah. But more zombie -like than Wendigo,
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though. I don't know what that is. I think they're
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referred to as demons a couple times. Yeah. Which
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makes sense that they talked about there is a
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curse on the island and they're just kind of
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giving us a foreshadowing. But I'm assuming that
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those are the things that we heard from last
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episode. I hope so. I hope there's not something
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else. And it's also probably what left that footprint
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by the trap that we saw. They've dropped a few
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subtle hints. Well, Nathan and Eddie fight them
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off, but of course, Eddie has to taunt them,
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which leads to him getting grabbed. Nathan does
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try to save him, but then he gets bit in the
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neck and falls. pretty violently bite in the
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neck it's just not just it's a oh yeah he went
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for it i'm confused on nathan and eddie's backstory
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because they seem like enemies but here they
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seem kind of like they they like each other's
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company a bit eddie could have just thrown nate
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to the wolves or the monsters in this case he
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didn't have to be so friendly and we're like
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on the same team at some point eddie could have
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been like here get nate and then he runs off
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but he doesn't do that even though he says hey
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just wanted to let you know i hate you and i
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don't blame the guy so at this point i don't
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know how i feel whether he's a mother respecter
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or a mother just because he could have sacrificed
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nate in the situation but also you can't quite
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blame him because nate killed most of his men
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I kind of agree. I feel like everyone's kind
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of the same, which is a different perspective.
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They're all doing the same things. The only thing
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about Eddie, and this is with a big if on when
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he found out about these creatures, is he was
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fired and chose to still stay on the island and
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keep his men on the island because they all died.
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But it just depends on timing, like when he found
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out about these creatures and all that. So I
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don't know. I have a hard time labeling him as
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a mother. Just because everyone in this game
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is doing the same thing. I don't think he's a
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mother. It's hard to say he's a mother respecter
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because he didn't do anything besides choose
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to not hurt Nate and chose to fight alongside
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him. But he's not a mother either. So mother
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neutral? Yeah, that's kind of what I'm thinking.
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Okay, so while all this was going down, Elena
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found a... That was a big one. Elena found a
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rope. and gets it down to Nathan so he can climb
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up. But they're still being chased, though they
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do eventually make it to safety behind closed
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doors. And they discover that the Nazis were
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here. The Nazi thing is kind of out of the blue.
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When watching that, I was like, oh, where did
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that come from? I mean, there was the U -boat,
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but that was like ages ago in this game. That
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was like part one. And now this isn't just a
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boat. This is like a whole compound that they
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built. They were here for a minute. Anything
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else on chapter 17? Oh, um... We could probably
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cut this out, but I was just gonna think that...
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I like how Nate is... Toast. Sparking at his
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food. He always has to scream flavor into it
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or something. His spit. Yeah. I like how Nate...
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Okay. I like how neat is pretty. It's like he's
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typing it on purpose. I like. I like how neat
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is pretty. Just eat the food. I like how. The
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timing is impeccable. I like how neat is pretty
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caring towards... Can't make it past the sentence.
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Toasty. I like how neat is pretty caring towards
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Elena and letting her know that... This boy.
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Hold on. Turns out he pushed his bowl under his
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crate and couldn't get to his bowl. Yeah, I don't
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blame him. But why'd he do it? Yeah, that was
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kind of on him. Anyways, I like how Nate is pretty
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caring towards Alina and letting her know that,
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okay, I'm going to be back, but also worrying
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that he's leaving her in a situation like he
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says, I don't want to leave you here after those
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monsters across the hallway. Moving on. Scene
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two. No notes from me. I have one note. Chapter
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18. Nathan heads out to find the generator so
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they can get the power on, allowing them to leave.
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Done. Scene over. Scene three. Ready for chapter
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19. So after dodging monsters, Nathan finds himself
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in the generator room. He turns on the power,
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which unleashes monsters aplenty. And after escaping
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the generator area, he finds an old video of
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a zombie. One of these things. Doesn't quite
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look like one of these things. Tied to a pillar.
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along with a photo of francis drake's body slash
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the statue slash a nazi but also a note indicating
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the eldorado treasure is cursed and this curse
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was unleashed by the spaniards who are now demons
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the author francis drake destroyed all the ships
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and drowned the city to stop the curse how did
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this projector turn on but also it gives a very
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outlasty feel with the monsters in the film and
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the projector just playing Don't know if I like
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that. I know what I was trying to say, though.
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The photo he picks up is the idol with Francis
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Drake dead in front of it and a Nazi posing with
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him. I bet Nate now feels bad about dissing his
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ancestor, knowing that Francis Drake was a bit
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of a hero and chose to make sure it kind of stays
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here instead of giving up or to be a villain
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and to take it back. and ruin things for everyone.
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Imagine saving all of humanity, and your great
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-great -great -great -great -great -great -great
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-great nephew says you wasted your life for nothing.
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Curse this boy. So, as Nathan tries to find his
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way back to where he left Elena, he sees across
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the way that Roman and Navarro have captured
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her, and they walk off to go find the treasure.
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And then... Kind of in a bit of a bye, Nate does
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the finger guns. And while we were watching that,
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you said that whatever Nate's face looked like
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was my face when I did my finger guns a few episodes
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back. It was the face and the guns themselves.
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I was like, that's Kathy. They walk off, and
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then Nate then hears a commotion and says, that
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can't be good. Cue another firefight, but this
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time, monsters are added to the mix. Chapter
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20. Nathan shoots, surprise, his way outside
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where he communicates with Sully, who's in need
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of help at the church. So we join him there and
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we shoot our way out of the church area and into
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the church, where another shootout begins. They
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open a secret passage under the altar. Is it
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bad that I have no notes for it either? All I
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did was summarize what happened. There wasn't
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really anything to discuss. let's move on then.
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Chapter 21. Sully and Nathan enter the secret
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passage where they find the statue, the treasure,
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surrounded by Roman and his men. Elena is still
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captive. Well, I'm glad that Sully's not dead
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because the entire part of this, I'm like, oh
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no, Sully's gonna die because there's these monsters.
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So, the next thing that happens is Navarro, like,
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he convinces him to open it. He's like, the real
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treasure's inside. And inside is a body. And
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then Roman inhales something from it, and Navarro's
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like, watch this, to Elena. Roman turns into
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a zombie, and Navarro kills him. He and his men
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start packing up the artifact, and that's when
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the icky monsters begin to swarm the room. Why
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would Roman just believe what Navarro's saying?
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Hasn't he seen enough movies that the person
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who usually opens it is usually a booby trap
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or something? And then how does Navarro know?
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To tell Elena, watch this. He seems to know exactly
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what's happening here. Why would you still insist
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on moving it outside? Mm -hmm. So my burning
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question at this point is, who's that person
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inside? I agree. Also, who closed the artifact
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last? Because we know Sir Francis Drake, like,
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shut the island down, right? But it seems, based
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off of this, that as soon as you open that thing...
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you become a zombie. So I don't know who closed
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it because you would have to be close enough
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to be turned into a zombie unless you hold your
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breath and you're fine. I kind of wish that there
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was more buildup about a curse and conversation
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about monsters in this. And we'll talk about
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it more in the summary, but I think it's a bit
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of a missed opportunity. Yeah, very limited hints
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where it's kind of like, well, why'd you bother
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saying anything at all? Well, you guessed it.
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Another shootout begins and Nathan tries to ensure
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that the artifact does not leave the island.
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He manages to cling to it as it's being dangled
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from a helicopter. He's shot at until Elena kicks
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the shooter out of the helicopter. She's awesome
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for doing that. Causing him to shoot the pilot.
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That's crazy. I have in my notes, Navarro manages
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to land the helicopter. On a large boat. Translation,
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he crashes. Where Nathan drops down also. I don't
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know how he managed to be unscathed through all
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this. But Elena appears unresponsive as Navarro
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jumps out of the helicopter, triggering another
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shootout. And it also looked like Elena was crushed
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under the helicopter. I don't know about you,
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but my first impression was like, she's dead,
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dead for sure. Body split in half. No one should
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have survived that. You ready for chapter 22?
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Yes. Nathan enters an eternity -long shootout,
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ending with defeating Navarro in a fistfight.
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Hey, at least they mixed it up a little bit at
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the end. I appreciated the QTE fistfight instead
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of just shooting. So Nathan wakes up Elena and
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gets her out of the crash before pushing the
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teetering helicopter into the ocean, causing
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a metal cable to snag Navarro, dragging him and
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the artifact into the ocean. deserves it yeah
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so long yeah so long mother yeah he's a mother
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he actively unleashed the curse so okay uh and
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slowly pulls up in a boat we have another cute
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moment and usually don't care for it but there's
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something kind of cute about these two she surprises
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him with his ring necklace which i'm kind of
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glad that annoyed me but again she's very smart
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reminds me a bit of sarah from mafia they're
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about to kiss and then slowly interrupts it classic
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but i like the no kiss part to this because it
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gives off the same kind of vibe that you get
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from jurassic park and so i think it's a really
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cute kind of ending like will they won't they
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continue this relationship is she going to show
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up in the second or third game if nate continues
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to be in this game and she'd be a great addition
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to it so i kind of like the way they're kind
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of ending this couple -y thing. Not quite a romance.
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I agree. They do a good job. They balance it
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well. But it's because they gave her substance.
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You know, she wasn't just there for the romantic
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plot. That's true. Well, when Sully interrupts
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them, he does show them a stash of treasure on
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the boat. Which, that has to be heavy. How is,
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like, are we not worried about the boat sinking?
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Because it's not a big boat. Are we not worried
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about another curse? Right. So, that pretty much
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is the game. That is the game. I have an inkling
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that the summary episode is going to be two burning
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questions, our summarizing thoughts on the game,
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stats and KFC, and it's going to be 15 minutes
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tops. 30 minutes raw, but it's going to be like
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15 minutes. Yes. Yeah. Because I don't think
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we're going to hit 50 minutes. I said 15. Post
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-edit. Did you think I said 50? I thought you
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said 50. No. I thought you said 50. could be
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me could be you i don't know but we're struggling
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wait we have the opportunity again to say i don't
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know if it was your ears or my mouth one of us
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is wrong it's both all right well should we cut
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