I don't know much about the Uncharted series, I've seen the movie, it was fun, but that's about it. I was expecting something in the line of Tomb Raider, but this was a mistake on my end.
This clearly is a homage to the old adventure pulp stories from the 50s, like Indiana Jones was, with high stakes, elaborate set pieces, over the top villains and cliffhanger like action scenes.
On the gameplay side this game is kind of frustrating, out of it's linearity. In Tomb Raider you often got this huge level, going back and forth, figuring out what to do to progress, opening up new paths as you went. Here at first it seems to have huge open levels, but in reality you just run forward without any alternative ways or the need to deviate from the path. Or you were a little to clever for your own good, and did something that the game did not expect, leaving you standing there not knowing where to go next, just because the game expected you to stand on a trigger two meters behind you to have something happen. I learned pretty fast to do what was expected from me, and then it became a much more fluid experience.
The controls are also kind of a mixed bag, often very forgiving in your jumps, sometimes ignoring a keystroke just on a whim. But the controls are fine, not perfect and precise, but fine for this kind of game. Be aware you will have to do a lot of Quick Time Events.
Overall I would have dropped this from a gameplay perspective, but what kept me going were the characters and the story. Those are grandiose! It's like an interactive movie that really deserves this description, with beautiful exotic vistas you would like to see for yourself and cutscenes that are entertaining like a good old, well, pulp movie from the 50s.
Not for fans of Tomb Raider gameplay, but for fans of Indiana Jones adventures. Four stars seems fair.