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20. Flanking Henchmen, your aggressiveness in Uncharted 4 put all prior henchmen to shame. Okay, credit really should go to the level designers for giving you more flanking options, but you were the ones who made the most of these openings. Your smarts limited Nathan's opportunities to hide and heal. Your belligerence was greatly appreciated.
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19. Mystery Pirate, thank you for being one of the best Easter eggs in recent memory. With your blonde locks and trademark blue coat, you brought smiles to everyone who has played a certain Lucasarts-published series. We hope your death was quick and painless. Then again, you've cheated death before so who's to say that skeleton is even yours?
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18. Tough Guy on the Plane, for three installments, we patiently waited for Uncharted's answer to the German Mechanic from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Thank you for filling that role, even without matching the mechanic's mustache and winning smile. At least you didn't go out as gruesomely. Happy landings.
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17. Karl Schafer, you had the sense to leave your Nazi background and spend the next 70 years of your life taking refuge in a Tibetan village. After killing your squad in 1939 due to the power of the Cintamani Stone, remaining in the mountains to reflect on your sins sounds like a wise life decision. Thanks for convincing Nathan to continue chasing Zoran and the stone. Sorry you went out the way you did; at least Nate avenged you.
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16. Henchmen Riding the Back of Trucks, thank you for your efforts in trying to stop Nathan Drake. Honestly, you're in the best position to do so, what with being mobile and firing your AK-47s at the same time. Yet we know it must've been shocking watching this psycho jump from truck to truck. Who in their right mind does that?
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15. Jeff, you didn't deserve to go out like you did. You're just a cameraman named Jeff! It's only fitting that your multiplayer skin cost $100,000. Thank you for being Uncharted 2's emotional linchpin.
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14. Trucks Chasing Nathan Drake, it's awfully insensitive of you to chase down Nate like you did, toward the screen where it's hard to anticipate oncoming obstacles. Then we realized you're Uncharted's version of the boulders from Crash Bandicoot, and we get your point. Given how much Drake has been a thorn on the sides of your colleagues, we understand your bloodlust. Your homicidal grandfather, the Peterbilt 281 from Spielberg's Duel, would be very proud of you all.
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13. Zoran Lazarevic, you cracked the Top 20 on your furrowed, menacing brow alone. Thank you for instilling terror, relentlessly chasing us during the final boss fight of Uncharted 2. It's been years since you were vanquished but we can still hear your screams for "DUUUURAKE!" If Nate didn't kill you, you would've eventually died from a busted neck vein.
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12. Salim, after Drake's ordeal in the desert, you served as a fitting tour guide in the Rub' al Khali desert. Your Bedouin troops and horses were instrumental in helping Nathan catch up with Marlowe and her men. You're the closest thing Uncharted 3 has to a Tenzin from Uncharted 2, though you were spared the hazards of the Himalayan ice caves You're also reminiscent of Holy Grail-protector Kazim in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, except that you managed to live.
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11. Henchman Pulled from Ledges, you got a raw deal. Then again, if you are assigned ledge duty, the least you can do is look down once in a while. Your folk hero is Steve (pictured), one of the very few henchmen who had the wherewithal to grab Nate's leg before making the long drop. Thank you for not screaming while plummeting to your deaths; it helps with the sneaking.