Borrows a few things. Try not to judge it too harshly.
Uncharted is a over the shoulder 3rd person platforming/shooter game from the makers of Crash Bandicoot, and Jak and Daxter. It splits it's time between it's over the top platforming and its shooter elements. Lets start with the platforming. It is very much over the top. Despite being called an ordinary guy, Nathan Drake shows a uncanny prowless for Olympic gymnast level agility. This makes the platforming aspects of the game seem too artificial. However that seems to be in the artistic direction of the game. Drake will jump, hang, and swing from one thing to another with seemingly no reguard for his own safety. This platforming may seem similar to the more recent additions to the Tomb Raider series, but is far more involved, and better controlled in Uncharted. Overall the platforming aspect of the game alone makes this game superior to Tomb Raider. The puzzles are often simple, and not really noteworthy. If you somehow manage to get stuck somewhere, the game will eventually give you clues as to how do something, or where to go next.
As for the shooter gameplay, it is as strong as the platforming. As said before it is a over the shoulder 3rd person similar to Resident Evil 4, with similiar duck and cover mechanics to Gears of War. The controls in Uncharted work faster, and better then RE 4 but the duck and cover gameplay is less hectic then Gears, and falls just short of it's high water mark. The enemies when shot over react, and toss themselves around like ragdolls. This along with the fact that most enemies will take quite a few hits before going down can make the game seem too cartoonish. However as stated before, this type of thing goes with it's artistic direction.
The graphics are among the best of any game on any console. The colors feel too saturated, but once again that was the artistic direction. The real time lighting, water effects, and countless other graphical effects are well in place here with few if any hints of slow down. During the cutscenes the characters are very well animated, and really show emotion with their facial expressions as well as their movements. During gameplay for the first time ever we have a character who moves like a human. Drake makes subtle changes to the way he walks when going up hill as well as countless other little things that really make a difference.
The voice acting is very well done here, and really helps to set the mood with the games often humorous moments.
As for the things i think are wrong with this game? It is too short. It really could have been longer, just a little longer would have been perfect. The puzzles are not very hard, as hints are so blunt you feel as though you were slapped across the face with them. Also the ending is underwhelming. As is the boss battle at the end. After playing the whole game, I was disapointed to find that the interactive cutscene was actually the boss battle.
The game isn't perfect, and it doesn't really do anything new from a gameplay perspective. However it does do most things as good or better then those it copied from.