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Rise of the Tomb Raider Syria Demo
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Jeevesmeister
Banned
So is the end boss an extended QTE of making the ancestors of Bashar Al-Assad condemn his crimes against his own people?
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Yes, I would like it to impress me. It didn't.
I'm confused by this statement.
ShadowOfTheIco
Banned
Probably not. But it could be yet another american propaganda game where the white judeo-christian invader "liberates" everyone and brings peace on earth.
Too 'slow' for us the ADD audience who get bored if we don't see an explosion every 20 secs.
Hence they instead show her killing people instead. Not the only game that gets shown on stage at trade shows that has to be made with that audience in mind.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Holy moly. This is the real deal! O_O
Was Bloodrage one of the people clamp ring for more tombs? Because if not, this statement is dumb.
not_so_special
Banned
looks a lot like the first one ( if you tellme its the same game i will believe you) but...well looks great,will be a fine adventure
SlipperyMoose
Member
I'm really exctied for this game. It would actually be a nice bonus if you preorder this you get Tomb Raider 2013 xbox 360 version as a download. I think they would compliment each other very nicely. Perhaps some people missed the first one.
FoxnHurley
Member
Agreed. Seemed like every step she takes, the ground is crumbling out from beneath her..lol. Moderation is the key, especially when the player least expects it to happen.
I must say that the game looks absolutely stunning. Hopefully CD will allow the players to take in the scenery and enjoy the beautiful art direction of the tombs ansd temples at their own leisure rather than throwing QT events for every step Lara makes..lol.
Japanmanx3
Member
The hair looks 'try hard'. Game itself looked like Uncharted. That's cool I guess. Hope UC4 doesn't have any exp notifications though. That broke all the immersion....
It would be much better if they had a proper game plus mode like Arkham games with tougher varied enemies, different tasks that take some skill etc. That would help with replayability. But a lot of those things probably depend on TR not being so on rails in the open areas.
I tried the multiplayer last time as well, it wasn't great, dust storm, die, respawn, lag, die, dust storm, XP, unlocks. No thanks. Not sure about the sequel, haven't heard anything yet but I'll avoid unless it gets good praise.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Damn shame they skipped over the puzzle bit, that's what looked interesting.
I suppose you can't give out the solutions in a trailer, tho.
I suppose you can't give out the solutions in a trailer, tho.
Uncharted has never had experience points, so do not worry.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
It looks like the actress emoted too much for that particular line and they didn't tone it down. Reminded of the line "We can take these guys" from Infamous SS, where they're on the bridge. IIRC the last game had entirely keyframed facial animation, on characters that were supposed to look realistic, it hasn't aged well, especially the npcs. This is a major improvement and they very obviously put a lot of work into it.
Family Fry
Member
They did as well, last week.
http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/08/04/...ks-like-a-polished-version-of-its-predecessor
BluenoseGames
Member
Lol what. Are we watching the same thing... They look way better than the reboot.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Hair o that first cutscene looks like she is inside of a fluid.
Haha I was thinking the same thing. That mop on her head was indeed alive.
sublimit
Banned
Terrible demo but i can't say i'm surprised.It was exactly what i was expecting.Scripted platforming,forced walking,QTEs,constant talking and survivor instinct gimmicks.The only good thing was that they toned down the glowing ledges from the previous game.
One of the main reasons Crystal Dynamics said they wanted to make this Reboot was because they said they wanted to get as further away from what they called as "teflon Lara" from the old games.They said their goal was to make a realistic and believable character.
But the irony here is that the character they made has all the limitations a realistic looking,"serious" character can have while also being just as "teflon" as the old one.Which on its own makes the "reboot" pointless for anything other than just being an excuse to try and copy everything that is popular in cinematic games today.
No it's not just you.Lara's running animations in the later part of the demo looked pretty bad.
One of the main reasons Crystal Dynamics said they wanted to make this Reboot was because they said they wanted to get as further away from what they called as "teflon Lara" from the old games.They said their goal was to make a realistic and believable character.
But the irony here is that the character they made has all the limitations a realistic looking,"serious" character can have while also being just as "teflon" as the old one.Which on its own makes the "reboot" pointless for anything other than just being an excuse to try and copy everything that is popular in cinematic games today.
No it's not just you.Lara's running animations in the later part of the demo looked pretty bad.
Maybe the hair is the real Tomb Raider and its is just controlling the puppet underneath? Twist!
I'm never going to be able to get behind these games until they do away with all the pomp and circumstance. We don't need to be reminded every instant with grunts and screams that she's pushing herself and/or in pain. Just makes it all so much more obviously fake.
She's REALLY overwritten and it's REALLY overdirected. Whenever we're playing a long, silent sequence of adventuring gameplay, i'm always hooked. The level design as a whole is pretty good.
Her hair is brilliantly animated - the problem is that it's affected by the movements of the car while the rest of hear head/body isnt. Leads to this absolutely horis effect where her cranium is stationary as all her hair flops all over it.
She's REALLY overwritten and it's REALLY overdirected. Whenever we're playing a long, silent sequence of adventuring gameplay, i'm always hooked. The level design as a whole is pretty good.
Her hair is brilliantly animated - the problem is that it's affected by the movements of the car while the rest of hear head/body isnt. Leads to this absolutely horis effect where her cranium is stationary as all her hair flops all over it.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
Wasn't really looking at getting this, but probably the best gameplay of this I've seen so far.
What a terrible situation to be in this fall with so many great games coming out! Going to be some tough decisions made, but will definitely have a good backlog of games to pick up in early 2016.
What a terrible situation to be in this fall with so many great games coming out! Going to be some tough decisions made, but will definitely have a good backlog of games to pick up in early 2016.
1.21Gigawatts
Banned
Can't wait for games without locomotion.
ScatheZombie
Member
All this technology and your items still appear out of thin air. Lara is like Batman in this damn trailer. The camera literally pans over all her shit sitting in the back of the jeep, which then explodes, and you think, OH SNAP she's gonna be screwed without all her gear. But then the pick immediately appears in her hand when she needs it. The radio miraculously appears on her belt when the plot demands it. She pulls a glow stick literally out of her ass when the tunnel gets dark.
All while her hair looks like it's stuck in a perpetual slow-motion Loreal commercial.
Still want.
All while her hair looks like it's stuck in a perpetual slow-motion Loreal commercial.
Still want.
Trying too hard to ape Uncharted's style, except in this game you got a double whammy of awful acting and awful writing.
If you can't get something better, at least work with what you got. Select multiple voice recordings and hit dat delete button.
Very liberal use of "exploration" there.
The amount of guidance, one corridor level design, and constant shit happening on screen, you'd think their target demographic was 3 year olds, as far as attention span goes.
Though even Dora the Explorer has more faith in their audience than this.
Journey
Banned
He joined the others in that other thread that were making fun of all the violence and lack of Tomb Raiding "What happened to Tomb Raider? RIP".
psychotron
Member
Really enjoyed the reboot, and this looks great.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
Ok. What does that have to do with what you wrote?
cripterion
Member
Well the game got more mileage from me thanks to having collectibles and stuff to uncover around the different areas. I usually don't go for them in games but strangely felt compelled to found every little secret the game had.
But yeah I agree with you, they should think about something else and changing the formula or else it will get stale.
Lol, I'm expecing the next headline from Kotaku about some game to be : Everything was fucking.
PrimaNocta
Member
This looks amazing. Day 1 for me.
Makoto-Yuki
Banned
day 1 buy (for ps4)
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
That guy isn't impressed by a lot, is he?
LiquidGotti
Banned
looks decent.
any one think with all the time they have until the ps4 version is released that they have it at 60fps? or hell even unlocked up to 60fps like the ps4 version of the first reboot.
any one think with all the time they have until the ps4 version is released that they have it at 60fps? or hell even unlocked up to 60fps like the ps4 version of the first reboot.
Scientist Supreme!
Banned
And people are really mad about, for some reason.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
I clicked a random part of the video and have to say it looks so much like Uncharted 4 it's crazy. Go to 6:22 in the video (that's where I clicked) and watch her traverse the area. If Drake was the character instead of Lara i'd say it's UC4. Not sure if this is good or bad.
JayWood2010
Member
Looks fantastic! Definitely at the top of my most wanted list this holiday