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[Derrick01]

IGN - 9.1

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/25/tomb-raider-review-2

Wondering what made it good enough for that extra .1

 

[Aquamarine]

YES! All right, I can pick it up now.

 

[keit4]

Great scores so far.

 

[grimshawish]

My guess.

GiantBomb - 3/5
Gamespot - 7.5
IGN - 8.5

Do we know whose reviewing at GB?

 

[prwxv3]

lol

 

[Foshy]

Once again, embargoes lifting before release usually means something good.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Jim Sterling.. Destructoid..

http://www.destructoid.com/review-tomb-raider-246503.phtml

8.5/10

 

[Meatvillain]

Oh awesome, that 9 on IGN is from Keza Macdonald, a reviewer I've come to find is pretty reliable for me.

 

[ekim]

OXM - 8/10

 

[sleepykyo]

My guess.

GiantBomb - 3/5
Gamespot - 7.5
IGN - 8.5

It's going to be in the high 80s or low 90s on metacritic. It has the all the bullet points and is only missing Activision or Bethseda as a publisher instead of SquareEnix.

 

[phosphor112]

I'm not a fan of the overly blatant violence. Doesn't seem like the Tomb Raider I know, even if it is how she became "hardened"...

 

[Auto_aim1]

Penny Arcade: http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/not-that-kind-of-croft-par-reviews-tomb-raider

 

[Derrick01]

YES! All right, I can pick it up now.

Eh? Did you even read any of them or are you just reacting to scores? I thought we were better than that.

 

[Megasoum]

a 9 from polygon: http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/25/4026668/tomb-raider-review#review_update_3790709

What's up with the stupid instagram gif? God that site is so fucking pretentious..ugh.

 

[JohngPR]

The week early embargo was probably as good a hint as any that review scores would be good. I can't think of the last AAA game that had a review embargo lift this early.

Looking forward to next week!

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Good lord the Polygon review is terrible to read with all the hipster design, monochrome gifs, etc..

 

[x-Lundz-x]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.

 

[Ravensmash]

You know, the more I think of this game as it's own entity, and as an actual reboot separate from the previous games, the more I think that it's going to be really fun.

Looks very polished too. May well check this out.

 

[Backflip]

Here is my media's review (I didn't write the review): http://www.jeuxvideomagazine.com/test-jeux/test-test-tomb-raider-a1063533

 

[Visualante2]

Activist reviewers.

 

[Aquamarine]

Eh? Did you even read any of them or are you just reacting to scores? I thought we were better than that.

I wanted to pick it up anyway. Just wanted confirmation that it wasn't Aliens: Colonial Marines level of terrible.

 

[Tadale]

So it seems to be way more open than I had expected – thank god.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

8's and 9's?
I am pleased. :]

 

[Y2Kev]

IGN - 9.1

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/25/tomb-raider-review-2

I think I was off by .1. Fack.

 

[grimshawish]

Tomb Raider is well-written, sympathetic, exciting, beautiful and just incredibly well-made. The single-player rarely makes a mis-step, and though Lara's quick transformation into a hardened killer seems at odds with the narrative at first, the game quickly moves past it. It is a superb action game that brings a new emotional dimension to one of gaming's most enduring icons, and repositions her alongside Nathan Drake at the top of gaming's action-hero heirachy.

I worry this is going to be a case of 'we need to back this game'. Which is a shame.
I'll await the gaf impressions for fairness and try to keep an open mind.

EDIT: Does seem like everyone is quite liking it but.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Seems like a lot of people have to eat crow

Still have my tsilon code, so hmmm

 

[Isaccard]

Eh? Did you even read any of them or are you just reacting to scores? I thought we were better than that.

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[ekim]

Jim Sterling:

In fact, I'm happy to go on record as saying this is the best Tomb Raider game I've played. Tightly produced, competent in both its puzzling and its combat, this is one reboot that manages to be unequivocally superior to its predecessors.
Read more at http://www.destructoid.com/review-tomb-raider-246503.phtml#qfkWv16ljrpbcHE2.99

 

[JohngPR]

"We can't make fun of the game since it's getting good reviews, let's make fun of the reviews themselves!"



:-/

 

[Ravensmash]

Edge: 8/10

http://www.edge-online.com/review/tomb-raider-review-2/

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

Tomb Raider is well-written, sympathetic, exciting, beautiful and just incredibly well-made. The single-player rarely makes a mis-step, and though Lara's quick transformation into a hardened killer seems at odds with the narrative at first, the game quickly moves past it. It is a superb action game that brings a new emotional dimension to one of gaming's most enduring icons, and repositions her alongside Nathan Drake at the top of gaming's action-hero heirachy.

 

[Meatvillain]

Do we know whose reviewing at GB?

99% sure it's Brad. He recently asked if he could not do any reviews for a while after Tomb Raider, this could either be just because he's been putting in work or the game is sucking away his soul, it'll be interesting to see.

 

[Vyse The Legend]

So far, so good.

Hopefully, it sells well for Crystal Dynamics.

 

[CronoShot]

Kind of surprised. Previews weren't so hot.

 

[wrog]

Gamespot - 8.5/10
http://www.gamespot.com/tomb-raider/reviews/tomb-raider-review-6404378/

CVG - 9/10
http://www.computerandvideogames.co...st-everything-right-review/?page=2#top_banner

Shacknews SP review (no score)
http://www.shacknews.com/article/77...rritory?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[plagiarize]

Jim Sterling.. Destructoid..

http://www.destructoid.com/review-tomb-raider-246503.phtml

8.5/10

aaaaand sold. Sterling and I have been in sync lately.

 

[90TilInfinity]

Expected a 9.4 from IGN.

Eurog8mer
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-25-tomb-raider-review

Nice. Will pick this up after a price drop, I think.

 

[clip]

Good lord the Polygon review is terrible to read with all the hipster design, monochrome gifs, etc..

Hipster design
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Hipster design

 

[Sn4ke_911]

start editing reviews to the OP instead of posting stupid gifs

 

[grimshawish]

99% sure it's Brad. He recently asked if he could not do any reviews for a while after Tomb Raider, this could either be just because he's been putting in work or the game is sucking away his soul, it'll be interesting to see.

Might just be he does quite a lot of reviews.

 

[ekim]

Gamersglobal.de - 9/10

 

[Acquiescence]

Is this how you feel right now?

 

[Resistance100]

Great reviews thus far.

Look forward to giving this one a go in the near future, but seeing as you can pre-order it for around £31 already, i'll give it a month before it drops in below £20 somewhere ala Hitman.

 

[Gbraga]

Nice scores btw

 

[Dantis]

Hahaaaa.

I always had confidence it would be good. Glad to see that I was right.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

excellent.

 

[Lime]

though Lara's quick transformation into a hardened killer seems at odds with the narrative at first, the game quickly moves past it.

This is a major problem for the game.

 

[Takamura-San]

Seems like i'm getting this game.

Woot.

 

[CTLance]

Those are some pretty decent scores.

Off to read the reviews I go.

The gory imagery is so prevalent and overblown it soon loses any power to shock or scare. "Oh," Lara might say, if she were thinking out loud, "Another room full of flayed corpses and pools of blood. I wonder what's in that crate?"

Fancy.

Despite the narrative's best efforts, the transition from ordinary innocent to violent murderer happens with about as much thoughtful discourse on conflicting moral complexities as there is in an episode of The Wright Stuff.

Eh.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Activist reviewers.

Activist reviewers and the love parade destroy the truth