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I miss that classic Lara Croft personality

Alex11

Member
Sure i will make a post about it to inform others and express my annoyance. For the chance that someone may care but is unaware. But no, i don't really care what everyone else does afterwards. If people can ignore this then good for them.

Personally, after reading that awful disclaimer i would find it really hard not to think about it. It would be in my mind and bother me all the time while playing so i rather not have that in my gaming time, which should only be about my enjoyment and nothing else.
Yeah, maybe the majority who play TR games today are more than ok with messages like that and they also want a whiny full of drama Lara.

I think we are few who miss this OG Lara and the games judging by sales, which they may be beyond expectations, but are still low for such iconic games, hell, even those that bought the game barely finished the first act of TR 1, something like shy of 40%, that's extremely low.
 

Omnipunctual Godot

Gold Member
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Nah, too thicc. Lose the boobs and you've got something.
 
So tired of this.

Jill Valentine was basically unrecognizable. Legit just a new annoying character.

Kratos bitching about peace and "wE mUsT bE BeTtER" was also boring as hell. That isn't why anyone came.
i deliberately avoided singling out papa kratos, easily the most ludicrous, idiotic, wtf-level 're-imagining' of them all. thanks for mentioning it, tho - i guess i needed to vent......
 
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Ceadeus

Member
i heard phantom fury wasn't very good tho, not even made by the same developer
So it's by another studio? Well, it certainly feels different than Ion Fury. Ion really feels like Duke Nukes to me, no only the engine but the level design, also the one liners, interactive objects etc..

Phantom is pretty much Half Life. The way you crawl and crouch jump through the levels. Enemies placement are also reminiscent of HL or the good old 3D. I believe I'm half the game through and it's been really enjoyable. Most of the time, the best is to let go of what people are saying and trust your self. Try it for yourself.
 
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Guilty_AI

Gold Member
So it's by another studio? Well, it certainly feels different than Ion Fury. Ion really feels like Duke Nukes to me, no only the engine but the level design, also the one liners, interactive objects etc..

Phantom is pretty much Half Life. The way you crawl and crouch jump through the levels. Enemies placement are also reminiscent of HL or the good old 3D. I believe I'm half the game through and it's been really enjoyable. Most of the time, the best is to let go of what people are saying and trust your self. Try it for yourself.
from what i heard, most of the problems comes with the later half of the game though
 

MagiusNecros

Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Phantom is pretty much Half Life. The way you crawl and crouch jump through the levels. Enemies placement are also reminiscent of HL or the good old 3D. I believe I'm half the game through and it's been really enjoyable. Most of the time, the best is to let go of what people are saying and trust your self. Try it for yourself.
It's alright. I think I got stuck at launch in what I call the Abandoned Facility level. Couldn't figure out how to progress and had to stop. Think I triggered some glitch. They probably patched it by now. Might give it another go....eventually.

It very much is a Half-life type of game.
 

Ceadeus

Member
It's alright. I think I got stuck at launch in what I call the Abandoned Facility level. Couldn't figure out how to progress and had to stop. Think I triggered some glitch. They probably patched it by now. Might give it another go....eventually.

It very much is a Half-life type of game.
I think I've got stuck at the same place. Is it the level where you crash by wagon into the desert at night?
 

MagiusNecros

Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
I think I've got stuck at the same place. Is it the level where you crash by wagon into the desert at night?
It's called the Los Almos Research Facility. Overgrown Vegetation inside with cool creepy enemies and had a very distinct Resident Evil kind of vibe. Couldn't figure out how to find 1 of 3 keycards and you had to constantly flip switches to power certain areas of the facility to open doors. Very atmospheric. Think I went in circles for an hour before I had to stop. No guides to look up either since many were turned off by the demo and not many were covering the game.

I just looked up how many levels/chapters are in the game and that was only level 11 out of 18. That's crazy. Might revisit it sooner then later now. Kind of exciting that 9 hours of playtime I only was about 60% through the game.
 

Fbh

Gold Member
Yup, what they did to her personality is worse than what they did to her boobs.
Reboot Lara is still physically attractive but they made her so dull and unlikable that she is literally one of the worst elements of the new trilogy.
 

Ceadeus

Member
It's called the Los Almos Research Facility. Overgrown Vegetation inside with cool creepy enemies and had a very distinct Resident Evil kind of vibe. Couldn't figure out how to find 1 of 3 keycards and you had to constantly flip switches to power certain areas of the facility to open doors. Very atmospheric. Think I went in circles for an hour before I had to stop. No guides to look up either since many were turned off by the demo and not many were covering the game.

I just looked up how many levels/chapters are in the game and that was only level 11 out of 18. That's crazy. Might revisit it sooner then later now. Kind of exciting that 9 hours of playtime I only was about 60% through the game.
Wow man I'm definitely not as far then. I think I'm level 4 or 5 and thought I was half way. Me too I should get back to it.
 
I really miss fun loving world hopping, treasure seeking, snarky, acrobatic and elegant Lara Croft. They are hell bent on keeping nulara as a psychotic murder hobo depressed survivor woman with no charm or likeability. #notmylara.
It's interesting...so much supposed evolution and she's apparently much more likable and human...yet she has never killed as many people, lmao.
 
Speaking of Lara, its a shame Toby Gard didn't do more character designs for games. Guy has/had a cool art style. Would've liked to see more off him as character a designer:
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