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doniewhalberg
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Sure sure, that's a different conversation though, that I have no stake in. I pay very little attention to the gaming press (why bother when you have GAF!), nor do I really have a problem if as particular site gives Tomb Raider 9/10, or 6/10.
I definitely think though while we're on that track though, that this is where reading peoples opinions often on gaf becomes more valuable than reading some employee's review on IGN, who will be out the door and working on a different site (or an entirely different occupation) in a few months, thus never giving you real context of a person's opinion. You sit and read GAf long enough and eventually pipe in yourself, you can quickly work up a good idea of hundreds of people's tastes and whos is similar to yours and to listen to when they say they like something or don't.
Like I said though, that hasn't got alot to do with what I say when I say I liked Tomb Raider. I just mean I liked playing it haha, I'd play it again.
Chance Hale
Member
Maneli has it for 20 which is tempting. Could get it for around 17/18 if you paid in keys.
Love these three titles.
derExperte
Member
Great, two days after I preordered the game. If someone wants the coupon...
Lord British
Member
GOTY
So for those of us who already pre-ordered...
GOTY
Just 4 hours?
Chance Hale
Member
"The servers are too busy to handle your request code for Total War: Rome II. Error Code (55)
>_> Really? How can it not let me play my game?
>_> Really? How can it not let me play my game?
Atraveller
Banned
I don't know what happened, Steam servers are taking a hit now, my download was very unstable.
It should have been you that died and your older brother that continued on. Because you know the old brother being in the military and all.
Atraveller
Banned
Yeah, Jason Brody being scared is not even relatable at all, just pointless.
Lord British
Member
I haven't done any time trials yet, but yeah. It's short but ohhhhh man did they nail it.
Loving RUSH. Beat the easy and medium stages yesterday. Simpler than Toki Tori but that's what makes it more fun as well. Going to tackle hard today and then try out AvP 2010. I kinda want to start as the marines but I've heard that particular campaign is bad so maybe I'll go predator.
LiquidSolid
Member
I've got 26 hours on mine, though I should point out that I would've been alt+tabbed out of the game for a significant portion of that because fuck waiting 3-5 minutes doing nothing in between turns.
He's one of my least favourite protagonists ever.
Tizoc
Member
jediyoshi
Member
Nazi Zombie Army 2 confirmed
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-06-sniper-elite-nazi-zombie-army-2-announced-for-pc
Gotta follow that zombie money
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-06-sniper-elite-nazi-zombie-army-2-announced-for-pc
Gotta follow that zombie money
If 2 is like 1, don't forget to use your fire touch magic thing to destroy everything in the world to get building blocks.Just played ten or so minutes of Valley Without Wind 2.
Great! I have wonderful childhood memories of playing this on the genesis. I'll have to pick it up when it hits $5.
Nabs
Member
I don't know what kind of stuff you like, so I just marked off my favorites.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Just played ten or so minutes of Valley Without Wind 2.
I wish I could say it gets easier to understand but... it doesn't really. The only interesting thing about that game was the CRAZY amount of achievements that were easy to get. I played for about 2 hours and unlocked over 100 achievements. Most of the time whenever you open a treasure chest you unlock 3 achievements.
I bought a couple of them a while back (The Testament of Sherlock Holmes and The Awakened Remastered), but I haven't tried them yet.
Adventure Gamers is a decent site, here is their review of The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
4.5/5
The Awakened is based on Lovecraftian lore and also comes highly recommended.
Cizeta-Moroder
Banned
Well, this is weird. Got an email from Steam support (still waiting for my validation email btw).
"Thank you for reporting content that violates the Steam Terms of Service or breaks the rules of the area in which it was submitted.
Because of your efforts, we've removed 4294967295 more items from the Steam Community."
I feel like a cleansing hero of sorts.
"Thank you for reporting content that violates the Steam Terms of Service or breaks the rules of the area in which it was submitted.
Because of your efforts, we've removed 4294967295 more items from the Steam Community."
I feel like a cleansing hero of sorts.
Jawmuncher
Member
What exactly did you do
Cizeta-Moroder
Banned
Can't remember, it's been weeks since I reported anything.
Man, this is looking more like a job than anything else. How many days did it take you?
You should get paid for this! =p
memecomplex
Member
Adding to the Tomb Raider discourse:
Tomb Raider to me is basically a videogame with cinematic aspirations that try to make you care about the characters, but it's a videogame through and through and no matter how realistic Lara looks and acts the part she is nothing more than a videogame character in a third person action game. That's how she survives deadly falls, regenerates health and is able to mass murder with little remorse, because it's just a videogame.
But I agree that there is a dissonance in how the character is portrayed through the cinematics and even visually through the wear and tear of her character model that she is somehow more human, when in truth what we are getting is still the super adventurer Lara, the videogame heroine of our youth. I think this is the part that most people find hard to reconcile: the realistic image she portrays and the videogame character that she is.
I do wish that Crystal Dynamics would have the balls to go all out with their crafted image of vulnerable Lara and created a game that is more realistic and less videogamey, but that might just not play so well with the intended audience of the brand.
Tomb Raider to me is basically a videogame with cinematic aspirations that try to make you care about the characters, but it's a videogame through and through and no matter how realistic Lara looks and acts the part she is nothing more than a videogame character in a third person action game. That's how she survives deadly falls, regenerates health and is able to mass murder with little remorse, because it's just a videogame.
But I agree that there is a dissonance in how the character is portrayed through the cinematics and even visually through the wear and tear of her character model that she is somehow more human, when in truth what we are getting is still the super adventurer Lara, the videogame heroine of our youth. I think this is the part that most people find hard to reconcile: the realistic image she portrays and the videogame character that she is.
I do wish that Crystal Dynamics would have the balls to go all out with their crafted image of vulnerable Lara and created a game that is more realistic and less videogamey, but that might just not play so well with the intended audience of the brand.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
All the Sherlock Holmes games are solid adventures. Testemant is the best yet. They're a little stodgy in terms of dialogue, voice acting, and animation but great stories and puzzles. Highly recommend.
I would like to add Sleeping Dogs to that .
you are playing an udercover cop who goes in deep with the Triads.
No Real law enforcement agency would allow their agent to do all the stuff in the game ( beat the crap out of people and maim .mutilate or kill them. most real agencies would pull the guy out before it comes to the murdering part) but now imagine if the devs said :lets make everything realistic.
that means :
* no beating up gang members and doing brutal finishers on them.
*no shootings .
* no getting into a car and going on a rampage*
*and any random tomfoolery you could think of doing while in the game
suddenly you would have a very boring game .
Look to L.A.Noire to see what happens when you built a massive and richly detailed world but give the player no option to do random stuff because the devs wanted it to be highly realistic.
the truth is this : You give a player a big and richly detailed world and total freedom. players will think right away of things to fuck that world up.
I'm guessing this has already been posted, but always nice for the new page.
Xseed is bringing over both Trails in the Sky games to Steam.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=671017
Xseed is bringing over both Trails in the Sky games to Steam.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=671017
jaundicejuice
Member
I didn't say Tomb Raider was a bad game persay, it's well-made, I just don't think it's a particularly good Tomb Raider. It's a well executed, if somewhat mediocre, knock-off of Uncharted that has a lot of cribbed design elements that you see in many "triple A" games.
xenoflux2113
Member
This is great news!
blackMamba1187
Member
I recently played through Tomb Raider and thoroughly enjoyed my time with it. While the characters/story are forgettable, I felt the gameplay was ace.
On another note, Tomb Raider is the 3rd game I've played recently where buying the smaller dlc items has negatively impacted my time with the game. The others are Sleeping Dogs and Saint's Row the Third. There is just so little incentive to play the games "properly" when you begin the game with overpowered stats, weapons, etc. I'll be attempting to refrain from buying items like this in the future, even if (like above) I don't plan on playing the games immediately at release.
On another note, Tomb Raider is the 3rd game I've played recently where buying the smaller dlc items has negatively impacted my time with the game. The others are Sleeping Dogs and Saint's Row the Third. There is just so little incentive to play the games "properly" when you begin the game with overpowered stats, weapons, etc. I'll be attempting to refrain from buying items like this in the future, even if (like above) I don't plan on playing the games immediately at release.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So any less-hectic RTS like AoEII and AoEIII?
Company of Heroes.
Tomb Raider's combat is competent, but I feel that it's a little too easy for kb&m players -- the added precision offered makes it easier exponentially easier to land headshots, which is a problem when literally every enemy type of the game goes down in one. The game has its fair share of "brute" enemy types, sure, but there's a generous cerebral weak spot in all.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=670533
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=670533
Atraveller
Banned
I don't even have to use my rifle, shotgun or bow. Just headshot everyone with my pistol.
Chance Hale
Member
The crouch dodge completely eliminates any sense of challenge as it basically lets you avoid all fire. It's still fun combat but it didn't really have the same sense of verticality that Uncharted features or its wonderful animation system.
I was partial to the bow during my playthrough, but I did gun for the individual weapon achievements to change things up a bit.
C00kie M0nster
Member
Groan.
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