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Rise of the Tomb Raider Syria Demo
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SmartWaffles
Member
Compared to this the Uncharted series is way more grounded.
Most character action games still do this. I guess they hope we connect with the character and understand their pain but the disconnect with them going right back to normal is pretty jarring. Instead I feel nothing for the character and just carry on like nothing happened. Ho hum.
I just realised - with all these different locations to visit, is there no more 'metroidvania'-style gameplay? That was the one thing from the previous game that seemed unexpectedly fresh.
I felt this jaded and disappointed when the last game was released, though, but when I bought it a year later in the sale I must admit it was enjoyable enough.
I felt this jaded and disappointed when the last game was released, though, but when I bought it a year later in the sale I must admit it was enjoyable enough.
drotahorror
Member
Right.
Did we even watch the same video? There was one QTE, the trap around the leg. The rest were just actions. Would you rather there be a cinematic of Lara tearing down the wall when you approached it, or would you rather press a button? Would you rather you press a button near a point of interest, or just see a cinematic when near it? When playing games like Resident Evil and such, would you rather you automatically walk through a door, or press a button to go through? Automatically look for clues or search for them?
I guess you could say there was one more QTE besides the trap. The part where you had to press X to regrab the ledge.
RoyalLaFlame
Banned
She's always talking. It's so off putting meh.
Except its not. Uncharted 4 looks to have had tremendous focus on its gameplay and level design compared to its predecessors. Both set pieces and moment to moment combat offers plenty of combat options, verticality and sandbox arenas. This TR is focused more on Lara moaning every 2-3 minutes for some reason with QTE fights. The gameplay looks subpar. The other demo seemed encouraging but if I have to put up with these kind of poorly designed set pieces and QTE's and lara moans every few minutes to get to the sandbox stuff then it is a shame.
Someone should tell CD that they dont know how to design set pieces so they should stop trying.
neogaffer1
Banned
this game and halo 5 are making me really regret buying arkham knight's limited edition, now i has no money to buy these games :/
ah well maybe i can do a gamestop rental
ah well maybe i can do a gamestop rental
I'm a little disappointed they didn't cut the walk slow loading zones. It's a neat trick but looks even more prominent.
The initial cut scene is weird, like an old bink video cut scene or thunderbirds or Lego movie. It's lacking physical logic or something but the look is realistic.
The initial cut scene is weird, like an old bink video cut scene or thunderbirds or Lego movie. It's lacking physical logic or something but the look is realistic.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Yeah, if this is what the tombs are going to be then my interest is gone.
Also I hate this Lara's voice.
Also I hate this Lara's voice.
I hate the Uncharted-ification of this franchise.
I can't even complain, because TR was always sort of full of shit (right from TR2 they felt the need to send you to Venice to kill the mob) but still, it's depressing to see very little glimpses of what could've been, shattered by dumbed down platforming, "walk down this corridor" level design, constant idiot-proof "clues" and, to top it off, waves of mercenaries to brutally murder.
Bah.
It looks nice though, aside from the moon gravity hair and janky animations.
I can't even complain, because TR was always sort of full of shit (right from TR2 they felt the need to send you to Venice to kill the mob) but still, it's depressing to see very little glimpses of what could've been, shattered by dumbed down platforming, "walk down this corridor" level design, constant idiot-proof "clues" and, to top it off, waves of mercenaries to brutally murder.
Bah.
It looks nice though, aside from the moon gravity hair and janky animations.
sankt-Antonio
Banned
All i know is that the OG Tomb Raider had my heart beat a lot more when i had to do these ultra timed sequences of jumps then these "cinematic" will every do. Same way my heart rate goes up fighting bosses in DS or the likes.
Trigonometrize.
Member
The only almost fun looking part of the demo was skipped over, the rest asked less from the player than I thought possible.
I don't get the complaining about QTEs in an action game. There are to many variable things that happen for button combination for every action that can take place. Could easily look like UFC gameplay manual.
Nasty
To be fair the person knows exactly what they are doing. I'm assuming many first playthroughs would t be doing exact routes to the next objective without looking arou d
Looks great. but I'm not gonna watch the whole video to avoid more spoilers
am just happy to see diversity in locations in this game unlike the first one.
lol, I was about to say that.
am just happy to see diversity in locations in this game unlike the first one.
lol, I was about to say that.
I dunno. Navigating traps etc to get to the actual tomb could be pretty interesting. Which is what the video shows and then cuts at. Tombs aren't right through the first door you find, else that would be a bit easy.
Also for the first tomb, they probably want to ease people in. Of course I could be utterly wrong and all they have done is spiced up the last TR game again but I do hope they have some actually challenging puzzles and platforming in TR.
Broman1978
Junior Member
Need 1080p download link ASAP!
Games like this will always have sections of less control -- establishing the area/story whatever -- I can't say I totally think it's good design either, but having played the first game I feel confident that I'll enjoy this one as well. I don't think many AAA games will design games exactly to my specs, because that'd be risky with that much money on the line (Alien Isolation is the rare exception and it's why I admire that game so much), but I can still enjoy Tomb Raider for what it is.
Leafhopper
Banned
Yeah
Nazi Zombies with a curse
Ancient forgotten tribes with magic
Haha
matrix-cat
Member
Had to roll my eyes at this. Ten minutes of 'push stick forward' slow-walking gameplay, then when it finally opens up into what seems to be a large, open area to explore and climb around they immediately skip it in favour of some cover-based shooting and more slow-mo cinematic grunt-leaping.
A room with 2 obvious interactive elements... still needs fucking detective vision.
Unbelievable.
Waiting on Gamersyde or Tombraiderchronicles to upload a high quality version.
shinobi602
Member
Unfortunately I only own a cheapass laptop lol.
B-B-Bomba!
Member
And just like that I reinstalled 2013
HassanJamal
Member
Her hair acted oddly in the beginning during the driving scene, like floaty. And either my player/PC was having hiccups or the game seems to have frame dips during some of the exploring bits and towards the end of the video.
Other than that, looks pretty grand. Also, when she said Prophet, are they going to include Islamic stuff to their story? If so, that and the pictures have me concerned about the potential problems they're gonna face. If it aint Islamic stuff, then its nothing worry bout.
Other than that, looks pretty grand. Also, when she said Prophet, are they going to include Islamic stuff to their story? If so, that and the pictures have me concerned about the potential problems they're gonna face. If it aint Islamic stuff, then its nothing worry bout.
The way she says 'canyon just ahead' in the 24th second seems so off. I dont know what is great about this facial animation. QB and UC look so much better right now.
Not bad. Just very average.
nycgamer4ever
Member
Is it just me or the animation looks bad?
GameAddict411
Member
I love cheat mode. Just push a bottom and everything is solved for you. And that hair looks very unnatural. It's looks like it's floating most of the time, especially in cutscenes.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Booth demo's of Uncharted 4 look way more exciting and open than this. Far less gameplay interruptions as well.
What this fella says basically.
And no, I'm not a PS4 fanboy. Scalebound was the best thing I saw at Gamescom last week, but this demo left me cold.
cripterion
Member
Yeah sure... dude jumping out of a Jeep being chased off by tank, after killing dozens of baddies, lasso's his way unto a moving crane, and skates clean.
Both games feature ridiculous action and improbable scenarios and people love it.
WordsintheWater
Member
That part was a joke, people can figure this stuff out on their own, no need to shove it in their faces. Gonna turn that mode off once I can.
As far as the demo, I thought it looked great, but the last Tomb Raider was one of my favorites of last gen. Debating on either picking this up for Xbox One or waiting for the PS4 version because of the slew of games I will be getting this November.
I don't mind the blockbuster ride but TR2013 wasn't that enjoyable for me second time through because it's a bit too shallow. The new environments and such might bring some excitement back but it already looks too similar.
Its a game
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
Shit breaks around her so many times by the end when the walls wait for her to climb up before caving in that it looks a bit theme park ride.
Graphically it's looking very good apart from chunky shadows and the depth of field or something's causing some chunky aliasing occasionally.
The Albatross
Member
Looks really good.
a secret-boss
Banned
tell me that's an electrical chemlight/glowstick because "loosing light" and coming back on is not part of that LOL
DEVS: we need jumped scare so chemlight looses light @ this moment. lol
DEVS: we need jumped scare so chemlight looses light @ this moment. lol
cripterion
Member
Fair enough, imo it's not the type of game that lends itself well through multiple playthroughs, I did it twice too, once on pc and again on PS4 but I wouldn't have but for the remastered version. Same as Uncharted.
Do we know if there's multiplayer again in this? Tried to do a few rounds in the first title but there were so few people I gave up on it.
Maybe they should think about some type of horde mode for this cause competitive multiplayer doesn't seem to be a thing for TR.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I assumed people were exaggerating about her hair, but my goodness it genuinely does look awful. It's so distracting.
Yeah that was really dumb.
Journey
Banned
Action/shooting moments shown:
Where's the Tomb Raiding, adventure aspect of this game?
Tomb Raiding adventure moments shown:
No impressed at all, just adventure stuff and exploring Tombs, boring.
capitalCORN
Member
Bullshot, bullshot, bullshot. Probably PC footage but still poor.