I'm becoming more hyped for this game as the release date comes closer. I'm a big fan of Crystal Dynamics' other TR games and really like the direction of this reboot. Rhianna Pratchett's involvement is another plus to this more "serious" take on the character. This origin sort of reminds me of Green Arrow.
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Tomb Raider |OT| Lara's Misfortune
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Dreamseller
Neo Member
Weren't the old ones subtitled like "Featuring/Starring/Introducing Lara Croft" ? They should have called it Tomb Raider: "Rebooting Lara Croft".
Net_Wrecker
Member
I exaggerated obviously, but I still feel the gameplay, from the tons of videos I've seen, looks wrong for the kind of narrative they've been talking up. Is that my fault for buying into what they had to say? Maybe, but I still think they should've went in a different direction. I'm attempting to accept that this is clearly not the Tomb Raider of old, but I can't blindly accept the new Tomb Raider they're pitching either just because "it's fun." If they want to make a serious narrative, they should receive serious criticism.
of course.
evil_ash_xero
Banned
So, is this an actual game, or more like an interactive movie(Uncharted)?
Isolated most of the stuff goes against the narrative of the game, I'll give you that. It's just hard to judge the story / the narrative they are going for without experiencing it first hand. I'm not saying it's perfect or that Lara needs protection, but they do try to give you the feel that she needs help / protection. You can definitely enjoy it (the narrative) in a 'Heavy Rain' kind of way.
The perfect Dark
Banned
So far this game is amazing.. Wow.
Haven't seen this in any other review of the game:
http://*****.com/feature/10110942/Review-Tomb-Raider-2013
Sounds REALLY good! I guess most of the other reviewers simply didn't find those alternative paths
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EDIT:
I think we won't get those before Monday. I've heard people say that's when the embargo for PC footage lifts. Not sure why they'd have one in place, though. Nixxes has been working on porting this game for two years and they usually do pretty good PC ports so I'm sure it's got nothing to do with the PC port being crap.
EDIT 2: Apparently the embargo is in place because SteamWorks allows them to tweak the game up to the very last minute. So they're still trying to push the graphics even more before launch.
http://*****.com/feature/10110942/Review-Tomb-Raider-2013
Sounds REALLY good! I guess most of the other reviewers simply didn't find those alternative paths
.EDIT:
I think we won't get those before Monday. I've heard people say that's when the embargo for PC footage lifts. Not sure why they'd have one in place, though. Nixxes has been working on porting this game for two years and they usually do pretty good PC ports so I'm sure it's got nothing to do with the PC port being crap
.EDIT 2: Apparently the embargo is in place because SteamWorks allows them to tweak the game up to the very last minute. So they're still trying to push the graphics even more before launch.
I did not mention anything about her being a whore or a slut of anything of the like. She does, in fact, show her ass, boobs, and (lack of ) bush on Californication. That does not make her a whore or a slut or whatever. She's an actress with a beautiful body....good on her for showing it off.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Every single person on GAF so far that has the game has praised it.
Holy hell the wait is killing me! I need this in my life nooooooow! ;_;
valentine71
Banned
I don't know really. Is there a way to check it? I mean a list of notes on PS3 or something?
3-4 hours into it now. I haven't played any game this non-stop for a long time i think. So far so good. Pros and cons again:
+ Fluid, exciting combat
+ Enemy AI is good. They try to flush you out of cover, fire at you a few times then take cover, etc.
+Great art design and graphics.
+Dodge mechanic is useful and add fleshes to combat.
+Cover system is good or lack of it i mean. She automatically hides when you are near low objects
+Animations are awesome
+Exploring feels nice though don't think is a sandbox game. More like Arkham Asylum.
+Awesome game design overall. Its like Uncharted+Arkham games and Alan Wake had a baby.
+Very high production values.
Edit: I can't comment on the story because i will play the game again with my mom as she loves Tomb Raider series and skipping cutscenes on my current playthrough!
MrCookiepants
Member
How are you guys all getting this early?
Hype is creeping up on me. This might be an impulse buy.
Hype is creeping up on me. This might be an impulse buy.
Yes all 3 or 4 people have praised it so far.
Some stores have start selling it early, which means that both console versions have leaked.
Ravensmash
Member
Yeah, along with all the positive reviews this is shaping up to be a really good title, I agree.
;] But in all seriousness, it's nice to see that early impressions are all positive.
By Gaf metrics that is about 3000-4000 real life people.
Also I don't understand why games are released on a Tuesday, why can't I download it now.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Yeah, all the people who've played it and aren't raging over the marketing say it's actually quite good, imagine that
The perfect Dark
Banned
This! 2 hours in and loving it.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
After reading the reviews I'm resigned that this has nothing of the major elements I wanted the game to have, but I'm really not interested in posting a bunch of the same complaints I've listed probably 5 times now yet again. It's close enough now that I'm just waiting to play it, then give my impressions on it both on its own and as a Tomb Raider game.
I'm also slightly more hopeful that if nothing else, the PR has only shown the earliest, most hand-holdy parts of the game. I have a bad feeling the end of the game will be 3 hours of cinematic laziness, and I'm going to be really pissed if the final sequence is her climbing out of a cave while you mash L2 and R2 in order to QTE jump to a helicopter.
I think I'll be able to get through most of this without falling asleep if it is indeed closer to Arkham than Uncharted.
I need to try the PC versions, because I replayed TR2 about 2 years ago and I literally could not even tell what the fuck I was looking at for about 30 minutes. It was incredible to me that my brain was once able to tell where one polygon ended and another began because all I could see were chunky textures like someone threw up into a box of spare Legos.
EdwardTivrusky
Member
Me too but as long as he keeps on keeping on, i've no need to brush up my skills.
currently £22 for PC at SimplyGames. Tempting but i've enough on my plate as it is. If i clear some backlog during the next two weeks i'm on holiday i might pick it up... but then we're close to NFS:MW, MonHun and Lego City Undercover so i may have to wait a bit longer.
SniperHunter
Banned
paid $36 for the PC version. I am big fan of Uncharted so I have to get this
Spazznid
Member
It's like you are trying so hard not to be let down by this game. The force is strong with you, but we shall break you! come the final days, you'll be excited and caught up in the moment, and when you finally get to play, you'll find that all of Neogaf and all of the positive reviewers were lying in order to get you to let your guard down. Tomb Raider sucks and you'll have to live with your purchase and forevermore will Gaf taunt you for getting excited at all for a crappy game!
MUAHAHAHAHAHA
I say that to myself for a lot of PS1 era games.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Been spying on him have you?
Yeah, all the people who've played it and aren't raging over the marketing say it's actually quite good, imagine that
One would think that people that are excited enough about a game to get it a week before it even comes out miiiiiiight be a bit biased. Still, these people have put videos of their playthroughs online, and from what I've seen I'm not happy with the game as a Tomb Raider. It's very heavy on shooting and very light on puzzles; I'd say the ratio of mandatory puzzles to combat, scripted events, and linear traversal lite is about 1:20.
Cool thanks...just glad to hear there isn't a save anywhere system.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Okay: compared to Uncharted then, the game is deep.
But so are most video games when compared to Uncharted, so it isn't saying much
#1reasonwhy
I hate to break it to you but the original Tomb Raiders, as much as I like them, I wouldn't consider deep either.
So glad people are getting the Alan Wake vibe like I was. I'm NOT crazy!
kunonabi
Member
Does it matter with the ridiculous checkpoints?
Any time you die you respawn like right before you died, so it's not like it makes a difference. I prefer being able to save anywhere, as it encourages experimentation.
Huh? That would be better than forcing a checkpoint every 10 steps like most modern games.
Now you are just trying too hard. I can't even take that seriously.
If the checkpoints are bad, then that's something. But checkpoints in general? A huge positive. I'm not going to apologize for enjoying convenience.
Someone's streaming the PS3 version. French only though.
http://de.twitch.tv/midoom_fr
Broken neck by wolf, the 2nd.
http://de.twitch.tv/midoom_fr
Broken neck by wolf, the 2nd.
Baconsammy
Banned
You'll be disappointed. It's not currently on Sony's Day 1 Digital List. Unless they simply don't list them all.
No one is talking about Camilla being a whore or slut. Just her character on Californication who is in fact both of those things. She's rather one dimensional on the show, and not much of an actress. The upside was she looked great naked. They didn't ask much more of her fortunately, because she appeared to lack the acting ability to pull off anything more than her clothes.
I believe the CAGROCKS code on Amazon.com will give you $33 through the rest of today.
I pre-ordered it last night, but I think the code expires sometime today.
Not sure if it's still going but people were buying it for $33 on Amazon using CAGROCKS code
Edit: beaten ~_~
SlasherJPC
Banned
Derrick wants to live in a world not touched by mainstream, evolved gaming. To each their own. Just get used to his banter or use that ignore button.
Baconsammy
Banned
Sounds like the checkpoints/hubs are similar to the start of levels in the XBLA/PSN game in that they tell you how many collectibles etc are still unfound. I love that.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I hate to break it to you but the original Tomb Raiders, as much as I like them, I wouldn't consider deep either.
So glad people are getting the Alan Wake vibe like I was. I'm NOT crazy!
I could possibly agree with that. The games were more challenging and immersive than necessarily deep. Might depend on what you'd consider gives a game depth. Certainly would be tough to defend the combat.
I dunno about Alan Wake, but certainly I've been more impressed with the game's atmosphere than anything I've seen so far. It's not TR, but it appeals to me.
Aren't you both just saying you'd prefer not being able to continue 10 steps away from where you died?
Trying too hard? You ask any PC gamer what they'd prefer and they'll all say manual saving over checkpoints. If someone has no control over themselves and saves/restarts before every major encounter that's not my problem.
Fine Ham Abounds said:
I guess, I'm not really sure in his case. Manual saving gives you greater control over that though.
phantomspiker
Member
I don't really have a preference actually.
Having the game save automatically every 10 steps is better than having to pause the game and go through the process of manually saving every 10 steps.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Yeah Alan Wake had atmosphere out the ass and the new TR does as well, along with have a huge realized island to explore. Though not opened ended persay, the feeling of it all being connected comes out well.
The correct answer is not saving that often at all.