• Genre: Action Adventure
• Publisher: Naughty Dog
• Platform: PS3 only (love a bit of PlayStation favoritism)
• Price: R599.95

Sometimes I don't feel like gaming. I know, it sounds sinful. I would rather give up chocolate than lose the saved games on my PlayStation. But when I get home at 9:30pm, I usually scroll through the PS3 menu until it lands on my hard dive and consume any mindless series that loads first. I made the mistake of trying to play the new chapter in the Uncharted series whilst in this lazy mood, but rather than feeling exhausted, I was thankfully surprised.

The mere seconds of gameplay that you have to battle your way through are interrupted frequently and lovingly with the sexiest of cinematic sequences! This resulted in me lying on the couch with the controller drooping from my limp fingers, similar to the usual position I adopt when re-watching Star Wars for the 21st time.

The cinematic sequences for which the series has become famous left me jumping up in a state of shock when I realised that I actually had to be involved in this story. This is a characteristic maintained throughout the series, something that is responsible for pulling gamers back in every time.

In the last episode, we were left with Elana giving Nate Drake a bit of a smooch; after Sully chased after Chloe; after they discovered some blue tree sap; while another character landed on his own grenade... a fairly complex story to follow. When I slid the disc of Uncharted 3 into my PlayStation, I was expecting a bit of an explanation, continuity and maybe a reward for following the story of the first two games.

Instead I was suddenly trading Sir France's Drake's ring for a briefcase of cash in a dingy bar before being shot and left to die in an alley, in a tux on top of rubbish bags with Sully. Before I could try to review the plot on Google in an attempt to understand what I’d been thrown into, I was suddenly a filthy 14-year-old boy somewhere in Colombia.

Uncharted 3 does not care if you waited this long to find out how it ended. Uncharted 3 seems to have the concentration span of a 6-year-old that hasn't had their dose of Ritalin. Uncharted 3 does not care about you and your continuity issues. Uncharted 3 knows how awesome it is and it does not need your approval.

After being having my opinion disregarded by Naughty Dog, Nathan Drake, Sully and the usual crew, I got into the gameplay. Uncharted reminds me of Tomb Raider meets Indiana Jones with a sprinkling of Max Payne, a clever puzzle element combined with enough treasure, violence and adventure to keep any wannabe Lara Croft on the edge of their seat. But unlike Tomb Raider, you don’t have to constantly compare yourself to the half-naked adventurer as she swings across an abandoned ruin while you sit on the couch avoiding gym.

Although I haven't ventured into co-op and multiplayer for long enough to warrant a proper opinion, the network play on multiplayer has been given great reviews across the board, definitely something to try when my cap gets re-spawned at the end of the month. The online element of the game definitely gives the game a solid re-playable element, something adventure games lack.

After having spent days in front of my screen with this series, I can definitely say that Naughty Dog have done it again, a truly great game which, next to Arkham City, is definitely in the running for the top title of 2011. Any game capable of keeping not only me, but also three other people on my couch entertained for hours at a time deserves a prime spot on any girl gamer's PS3 shelf.

And if the graphics and storyline aren't enough to keep a girl enthralled, Nathan Drake (who just happens to be a full-blown hottie) certainly will.

Turn ons

• Nathan Drake, a girl can dream
• Amazing graphics and outstanding cinematics
• Strong storyline
• Easy to follow control prompts

Turn offs

• Too little gameplay between cinematic sequences
• Slightly slow load time
• Lack of continuity from Uncharted 2