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**** First of all, Nate is not, and can never be, a Badass Normal because there are no superheroes in his universe. <ref> Badass Normals can only exist in a world where superpowered, magical, etc. characters are commonly known. [[Batman]] is a Badass Normal because, in his world, there are superpowered characters such as Superman and Poison Ivy. However, in ''[[Kick-Ass]]'', Kick-Ass and Hit Girl are not Badass Normals because no one has superpowers in that world; everyone just went through a lot of training.</ref> Second, I have no problem with him being a [[Badass]]; it's Naughty Dog ''claiming'' he's normal that I have a problem with. That and the [[Action Survivor]] trope on the page, which is what ND says he is.
***** I don't think the attitude is anything to do with Drake's abilities, but his persona and outlook. He's not a grizzled commando or war hero, he's a pretty ordinary guy who himself seems incredulous at what is happening around him. It's not so much that he's "SO NORMAL", it's just that he is compared to most recent videogame heroes. The one flaw is that he guns down thousands of Mooks without batting an eyelid, but really, that's an acceptable side-effect of it being a third-person shooter, and ''Among Thieves'' likes to remind us that while Drake may be "normal", it doesn't necessarily make him "good" in the usual sense.
****** But ND frequently focuses on his abilities. And just because he can mow down mooks without blinking an eye doesn't mean it's necessary for a good shooter. In ''[[
****** ''Iji'' isn't exactly the best example because it's making a ''point'' of not forcing you to kill mooks - it ties into the game's overall themes of violence bgetting violence and so on. ''Uncharted'' is more an adventure story; death-defying escapes, spectacular action, explosions, treasure, attractive people doing dangerous things, etcetera. I don't think it would do much for the atmosphere if Drake started having a genuine, realistically depicted psychological breakdown.
****** Nate's normal in the sense that someone like [[Die Hard
* Nate's attitude toward Chloe in the second half of the game makes no sense. She pretends to be on Lazarevic's side to cover them, but when Lazarevic and Flynn walk in on her ''holding a gun on Nate's group'' (to cover for them, but the bad guys don't know that) and take her to the train, Nate thinks from some reason that she's being held prisoner and immediately risks ''everything'' to try to save her. Even a moron could tell that she was just playing along! Then, at the monastery, he runs into her again, still playing along. She claims that she didn't know they were there and is just trying to save herself (pretty obvious), and yet Nate still treats her like crap until she gives him the dagger. This is the dagger she ''needs'' to find the secret door with to live, so Nate's possibly sending her to her death without it. Pretty nice and observant guy, ain't he?
** When she's taken on the train, it's implied pretty heavily that Flynn has figured out she's betrayed him and is working with Nathan. IIRC this is confirmed when you find her on the train and she is being treated significantly worse by Flynn than she was during the opening portions of the game.
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