Oh so they didn't? So you mean to tell me naughty dog played tombraider and were like we need something like that in our game. And just did it? No doubt the uncharted is based off of tombraider. And tombraider is inspired by uncharted. But there are some exact ripoffs coming and yall will deny it. Let me see drake with a bow and arrow.
Bro, its more than possible that it went down that way. But that doesn't erase the fact that Tomb Raider almost completely ripped off Uncharted's style, the movement, most of the gun play. Yeah, some things are going to be different. But you are either blind or purposefully obtuse if you are trying to claim it any other way. It's almost as if you will deny that Tomb Raider bit Uncharted and HARD but you will see Drake use a knife to climb a wall and you start screaming "RIPOFF!!!!".
What next, nikkas claiming Coke ripped off Pepsi? And again, I get it. Tomb Raider as a brand came first. They had plenty of games out before the first Uncharted ever existed. But they were NOTHING like Uncharted prior to Uncharted existing. People just assumed that because Drake was a treasure hunter/ explorer that somehow they ripped Uncharted's entire concept from Tomb Raider and I can't see it. Inspired in some ways, sure, TR is a classic franchise. But when they were at the drawing board for the original Uncharted, I don't think TR was plastered all over the wall as a guide.