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Tomb Raider |OT| Lara's Misfortune
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Why did you just make me spend money, damn you!
Is 2013 Lara that different from Underworld Lara in terms of proportions? And I thought the whole white hair in DMC was bad, but at least that was a straw man using recent data.
I don't know if it's actually good, but I do know the latter is definitely true. I know a lot of people didn't bother looking at reviews past "omg 8s and 9s eat crow haters" but I actually read most of the bigger reviews and they all mentioned most of the complaints people had but still gave it those scores.
I understand the notion of the sum is better than its parts, but when the "parts" being mentioned is most of the actual gameplay then I start having a problem.
XANDER CAGE
Member
My worries about the game's writing aside, I think the general design and premise of this reboot are great. I've loved the Lara redesign ever since the GI cover a couple of years ago.
In what sense, beauty?
I'm certainly not expecting her to (Spec Ops ending spoiler)
have a mexican standoff with her id
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Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Well, I now know which game not to add to my backlog. Dammit, Ubisoft.
Audίoboxer;48454766 said:
Dude, Im even mad cause the head stays intact, I wanted for it to explode in gibs and blood spraying like in Kill Bill or something.
Okay... I'll just walk out of this thread very, very slowly...
And suggest you guys play Spec Ops.
Well shit. I can only hope that Crystal Dynamics are taking notes about the criticisms of the game and actually do something about it for the next one. If it's successful that's it. Although I don't think it won't be one, it has had quite the media exposure. Anyway, during the Last Hours of Tomb Raider: The Beginning of the End (Part 1), the devs said they were ready to take notes from criticism, so I hope that the next one will be quite a better experience.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Reviews are basically saying there's a disconnect between what she's going through and how she feels in cutscenes and the brutality she unleashes in the actual gameplay.
With the force of that much water around her, she should probably really go all the way to the base of the spear, at which point I would imagine her skull would pry open like a coconut. If something did stop her like this, she wouldn't be grabbing at herself like that unless the object completely missed her brain. If it didn't, the most she would do is probably twitch from a seizure before the body went into shock and, depending on whether the brain stem was destroyed or not, she'd either bleed to death or cease breathing.
We're like seriously giving this way too much thought.
Moff
Member
its not just the proportions, no one is afraid of big breasts. its the whole image of the character design, and that involves a multitude of outfits as well. old lara needs to be gone, she is a relic of the puberty of video gaming, something akwkard you look back at and just wonder how you could ever like that.
He hasn't even played the game. Most critics have stated that the story is fairly decent. Nothing special, but far from bad.
EDIT: Oh right, Far Cry 3. I actually agree with him.
SirButterstick
Banned
Sweet! Thanks!
lol, like he played the whole game and represents everyones opinion.
Jesus...
edit: wait, FC3, nevermind.
After watching Game Informer's "Test Chamber" (Quick Look) of the game, it looks pretty darn cool. I'll probably pick it up if I can't rent it.
Of course, after all the DmC stuff, I will accept reasonable dissenting opinions from OG Tomb Raider fans. I've never played a Tomb Raider game in my life (though, now that I think about it, I might have played the demo for that XBLA game).
Of course, after all the DmC stuff, I will accept reasonable dissenting opinions from OG Tomb Raider fans. I've never played a Tomb Raider game in my life (though, now that I think about it, I might have played the demo for that XBLA game).
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Great thread!
Honestly, Im looking forward to this game.. It looks like a blast.
Honestly, Im looking forward to this game.. It looks like a blast.
That Kotaku gif on their review was pretty awesome.
Yeah, it's weird, like the Eurogamer reviewe, where reviewer tells us us about many of the shortcomings and wrong things with the game,I mean it was mostly about the problems with very few positive things,yet in the end he gave it 8/10. pretty funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=g08f-pHlLik#t=116s
I can't hear with the voice over, did she really just strangle the guy using the bow? Haven't seen a good guy strangle someone in over a year and even that the act was used to represent the last bit of his sanity leaving him.
I can't hear with the voice over, did she really just strangle the guy using the bow? Haven't seen a good guy strangle someone in over a year and even that the act was used to represent the last bit of his sanity leaving him.
I also really liked the concept art during the reveal and re-imagining. It's a major, major improvement, no doubt.
But considering the context of a cold island, I would prefer it if she would put some clothes on when it rains and it is cold. It makes the top come across as needlessly pandering (and motivating stupid comments like "I wish she would remove the top when it rains so she only wears the *white* top", cf. the Gamespot ambassador preview).
it's really just about what looks cool in this game.
XANDER CAGE
Member
No. I think that her costume design is a great reinterpretation of the classic Lara's color palette (gray swimsuit top thing replaced with cami and tank top, brown daisy dukes replaced with brown cargo pants).The fact that she actually looks dirty and disheveled is cool too. She actually looks like someone who's stuck in the wilderness.
New Lara is obviously still a very attractive character, but that's not why her design is good.
Yeah, the island does look a bit cold for just a tank top/camisole, but I'm willing to let that slide to allow the design to evoke the old-school gray-and-brown color scheme. Maybe she'll steal a jacket at some point?
Just curious: Which fiction was that?
JetBlackPanda
Member
woot! 33 dollars on amazon with CAGROCKS!
thanks GAF!
thanks GAF!
I am convinced that this is the price that games should be. It is such an impulse buy price range for me.
Baconsammy
Banned
Think I'll go with the Microsoft Store version that comes with 20 dollars in MSP.
Yeah, it's almost as if he/she loved the game despite some flaws.
Yeah, it's almost as if he/she loved the game despite some flaws.
JetBlackPanda
Member
wait I get a $5 amazon credit too???!?
OH MY DAYUM
OH MY DAYUM
I agree that the environment and atmosphere look great. It's really disappointing that they don't do more with it. There should be a lot more puzzles and figuring out how to proceed.
sublimit
Banned
EDGE was the worst offender of this practice for me because they pretty much confirmed all my fears about the game and still and gave it an 8.
So I see that on PC front Square-Enix is doing the same as Sleeping Dogs,with download only on PC in US but a boxed PC version for Europe.
Do you guys thing we will see the same thing again where the game (like Sleeping Dogs) sell poorly on the US but very good on europe?
yeah,I really don't get this, reviews read like below average game but gets 8 and 9.
oh. Taku Sakaguchi ,i love him.
Do you guys thing we will see the same thing again where the game (like Sleeping Dogs) sell poorly on the US but very good on europe?
yeah,I really don't get this, reviews read like below average game but gets 8 and 9.
oh. Taku Sakaguchi ,i love him.
Let's be honest. How well the PC version sells will depend on the quality of the nude patches
just kidding
Eurogamer keeps going on and on about how old Lara is dead and how good that is without explaining what was bad about old Lara or how this new game is an improvement; other than to say that they made the majority of the puzzles optional so that the modern gamer doesn't have to spend much time figuring things out, even though survival instinct completely spoils solutions and the puzzles aren't very hard even without it.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Eidos have done a horrible job in promoting this game, especially after the rape mishap....
but I still have faith the story and world will deliver. I like Rhianna Pratchett, Heavenly Sword's story was fantastic.
but I still have faith the story and world will deliver. I like Rhianna Pratchett, Heavenly Sword's story was fantastic.
Yeah, the island does look a bit cold for just a tank top/camisole, but I'm willing to let that slide to allow the design to evoke the old-school gray-and-brown color scheme. Maybe she'll steal a jacket at some point?
Nope, that's pre-order DLC
Good ol' big-budget gaming
i cant hold all this love guys
What if you loved Tomb Raider?
Messofanego
Banned
Good story in a Ubisoft game? You're having a laugh, as is your AC avatar. "It's just Sam Fisher and bad guys and maps, right?"
The perfect Dark
Banned
I love that line. Millions of dollars, years of the hundreds of developers' mortal lives, and hours of consumer experience are imply distilled into "Sam Fisher and bad guys and maps".
It's poetry.
Nothing fancy. Fate/Zero anime
Aoi confronts Kariya and asks he ever loved anyone. Kariya snaps and strangles Aoi in a fit of rage. Shortly later, his body gives out while he has a delusion where he lives happily ever after with Aoi and her children.
Square Triangle
Member
The Tomb Raider controller is on store shelves..my god is it ugly.