I'm just gonna say that I think the El Dorado supernatural twist in Uncharted 1 is kind of brilliant, and I don't see enough people talking about it. Like when you first play the game, you're not expecting it at all. You just think it's an action shooter adventure where you're trying to get the gold before the bad guys, but then you're given little hints that the treasure may not be what you're expecting then suddenly you're fighting zombies
And it is terrifying. Everything you thought you knew about the plot is flipped on its head, and El Dorado becomes this thing of fear rather than avarice.
I love that it is genuinely frightening, like the whole game is fairly lighthearted up to that point, then it takes a very horror themed tone, and I live for it. Uncharted handles the supernatural so well in that it feels plausible but still has a mystical edge to is so good.
Also, for anyone who says that it's just a virus and not actually cursed, watch the way the spores or whatever suddenly appears and sort of reaches for Roman like tendrils, and when he's coughing and swaying it actually follows him. That shit is a magic curse not just some virus