Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective, with platform game elements. Players use firearms, melee combat, and stealth to defend against the hostile enemies. Players control Chloe Frazer—a treasure hunter who is physically adept and is able to jump, sprint, climb, swim, swing and perform other acrobatic actions.[1]
Players traverse several environments, moving through locations
including towns, buildings, and temples to advance through the game's
story.[2] Players use firearms, melee combat, and stealth to defend against the hostile enemies.[3] Players also drive vehicles during some gameplay segments.[4]
Players
and companions may take cover behind objects during firefights, using
it as a tactical advantage and to avoid taking damage from enemies.[4]
In combat, players can use long-ranged weapons, such as rifles and
shotguns, and short-barreled guns such as pistols and revolvers;
handheld explosives such as grenades and C4 are also available.[3]
Though players can attack enemies directly, they have the option to use
stealth tactics to attack undetected or sneak by them; the game
introduces silenced weapons. While the game is linear, environments feature multiple paths for players to explore; maps are larger than those in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End.[4] The game features an artificial intelligence
system in which hostile enemies react to any combat situation they are
placed in; they respond to players' actions, coordinate tactics, and
cooperate with each other. Players' companions are also controlled by
the artificial intelligence, and can assist in combat by throwing
objects at threats to stun them, announcing the location of unseen
enemies, or using weapons to attack enemies.[5]
The game features periods without combat, often involving conversation
between the characters. Players also have the ability to decide the
outcome of some conversations through a dialog tree.[6]
The game gives access to the multiplayer of Uncharted 4, with additional content tied into The Lost Legacy.[5][7]
Plot
In India, treasure hunter Chloe Frazer searches for the legendary tusk of Ganesh, the son of Hindu god Shiva,
who lost the tusk while defending his father's temple. Chloe's own
father was killed by bandits while searching for the tusk. Chloe slips
past insurgents and meets up with mercenary Nadine Ross.
They sneak into the office of the insurgents' leader, Asav, who wants
to use the tusk to rally India into a civil war. Chloe and Nadine steal a
map pointing toward the tusk within the ancient Hoysala Empire and a disc that acts as a key.
In India's Western Ghats,
Chloe and Nadine follow the trail of several towers emblazoned with
Hindu weapons: Ganesh's trident, Shiva's bow, and the axe of Parashurama, who used the axe to remove the tusk. The trail leads them to one of Hoysala's two capitals, Halebidu,
whose last emperor left to be conquered by the Persians seemingly out
of vanity. They realise the emperor left a false trail; the tusk is at
the larger capital, Belur. On the way there, they escape Asav and his men, but lose the disc. While spying on Asav's forces, Nadine sees her old enemy Sam Drake, brother of Chloe's old friend and former partner Nathan Drake;
she realizes he is Asav's expert. When she expresses her intention to
kill Sam, Chloe reveals she was working with him before he was
kidnapped. Angry, Nadine separates from Chloe, but they make amends.
At Belur, they navigate several puzzles before being captured by
Asav, who forces Chloe to use the disc to reveal the tusk. In the
process, she discovers that Ganesh allowed Parashurama to cut off his
tusk; as Shiva gave the axe to him, Ganesh did not want to shame his
father by proving the axe useless. Asav triggers a trap and leaves
Chloe, Nadine and Sam to drown. Chloe picks the locks on their handcuffs
and they escape. Despite tensions between Nadine and Sam, the three
chase after Asav to take back the tusk. Nadine is enraged to find that
Asav is working with Shoreline, the mercenary group she used to run.
Asav trades the tusk to Orca, Nadine's former lieutenant, who now
runs Shoreline. Chloe, Nadine and Sam down Orca's helicopter and learn
that Asav traded the tusk for a he plans to detonate in the capital
and trigger civil war. Orca pulls a gun on Nadine, but Sam saves her,
allowing her to shoot Orca dead. Commandeering a jeep, the three catch
up to the train carrying the gun. The women board the train and fight
through Asav's men. Chloe and Sam switch the tracks, redirecting the
train away from the city. In the engine car, Chloe and Nadine fight
Asav, whose leg becomes trapped under the. They jump to safety
before the train falls from a collapsed bridge and explodes, killing
Asav. Chloe and Nadine decide to go into business, while Sam reacts with
horror at their intentions to donate the valuable tusk to the Ministry
of Culture.