Gaming rape culture or is it not supposed to look like that?
Or is that an ally?
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Gaming rape culture or is it not supposed to look like that?
Or is that an ally?
Zeouterlimits
Member
I'm not sure what to think about it, and don't think I will until I get my hands on it.
I certainly prefer the idea of killing less than the normal amount for an action game.
I certainly prefer the idea of killing less than the normal amount for an action game.
In the trailer he is certainly molesting/groping her. She attacks him and escapes.
iNvid02
Member
i think her hands are tied, and she might be alone on the island
surrounded with bad guys
Watch the trailer. Her hands are bound and he tries... but she beats his ass and kills him. Good girl.
Actually, it was announced in December 2010. It's been about 1.5 years.
How dare you. The Uncharted games have way more color and a much better art style than this.
EternalGamer
Banned
Settle down, Beavis.
This isn't the Crystal engine.
As a major fan of Uncharted, I don't care that TR has some familiar elements to it. From what we know of the gameplay mechanics, the game is nothing like Uncharted, which, as we've always known, has always been the case between the UC and TR series.
I love Tomb Raider. Have since the beginning.
I love Uncharted. Have since the beginning.
It's quite possible to love both, and to appreciate what both have brought to the "pulp" adventure genre. They're both doing what the Indiana Jones video games have failed to do: be fun and exciting action/adventure games.
I haven't seen the latest TR trailer, as it's so far off I don't see the point in torturing myself, and I'm also trying to stay in the dark as much as possible on this one.
From the info, and the screens, it's looking hot. I can't wait.
I love Tomb Raider. Have since the beginning.
I love Uncharted. Have since the beginning.
It's quite possible to love both, and to appreciate what both have brought to the "pulp" adventure genre. They're both doing what the Indiana Jones video games have failed to do: be fun and exciting action/adventure games.
I haven't seen the latest TR trailer, as it's so far off I don't see the point in torturing myself, and I'm also trying to stay in the dark as much as possible on this one.
From the info, and the screens, it's looking hot. I can't wait.
seems to be her first "kill" too. all that emotional weight and stuff.
I bet the game looks terrible.
The trailer they used to show it off presented it in those typical MTV flashes (flash in flash out) while dramatic music played.
I'm not going to start a thread over it, but I hate it when games are presented that way. It's almost as if the developers are half-ashamed to show you what they've been working on. If it's to build hype, I'm not impressed. Just show me the world, the characters, the gameplay, and yeah, since you've been hyping it, the graphics. If you don't, maybe I should just pull out my wallet and flash you my money and put it away.
I know BF3 did it, and a lot of games that end up looking magnificent have been shown off to the public in that way, but I still don't like it. I don't like teaser trailers that show us a bit of footage so slim we can dismiss it for CGI, and then 6 months later they start showing a bit more here and there and hope we've been hyping ourselves for their product. Show us the fucking game when you've actually made a good chunk of it. Damn.
The trailer they used to show it off presented it in those typical MTV flashes (flash in flash out) while dramatic music played.
I'm not going to start a thread over it, but I hate it when games are presented that way. It's almost as if the developers are half-ashamed to show you what they've been working on. If it's to build hype, I'm not impressed. Just show me the world, the characters, the gameplay, and yeah, since you've been hyping it, the graphics. If you don't, maybe I should just pull out my wallet and flash you my money and put it away.
I know BF3 did it, and a lot of games that end up looking magnificent have been shown off to the public in that way, but I still don't like it. I don't like teaser trailers that show us a bit of footage so slim we can dismiss it for CGI, and then 6 months later they start showing a bit more here and there and hope we've been hyping ourselves for their product. Show us the fucking game when you've actually made a good chunk of it. Damn.
SolidSnakex
Member
It uses a heavily modified version of the Crystal Engine, which is Crystal Dynamic's own engine. I think that you and DieH@rd are thinking of the Crystal Tools, which is Square Japan's engine.
Here I was just thinking the opposite. :\
Wikipedia and interview at VG24/7 mention Crystal Engine. Its unfortunate that both Square and Crystal Dynamics are developing two different engines with same name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_(2013_video_game)
http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/30/survival-instinct-mass-of-new-tomb-raider-details-revealed/
Femmeworth
Banned
I don't personally know any women archers, but looking online it doesn't seem like it is really a problem. The whole Amazons cutting off a breast was a myth, apparently. Assuming Lara is new to archery, she probably has bad form which would be realistic.
Guys, what are you talking about.
From these screens, it is clear that the new Tomb Raider will be a Metal Gear Solid 3 clone. Sneaking past guards and hunting deer to survive? MGS3.
From these screens, it is clear that the new Tomb Raider will be a Metal Gear Solid 3 clone. Sneaking past guards and hunting deer to survive? MGS3.
Wikipedia and interview at VG24/7 mention Crystal Engine. Its unfortunate that both Square and Crystal Dynamics are developing two different engines with same name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_(2013_video_game)
http://www.vg247.com/2011/04/30/survival-instinct-mass-of-new-tomb-raider-details-revealed/
Crystal Tools probably should have kept the White Engine name :0
Man I came to post this. I got some SERIOUS uncharted vibes from those screens.
Like.... serious..
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I would not mind at all if people called this game "Uncharted with a girl" because that's what it seems to become. I hope that's true, because this game looks just as good. I want it NOW!
New Lara is also so much more attractive than old Big-Boobs-Lara.
New Lara is also so much more attractive than old Big-Boobs-Lara.
Larson Conway
Member
Why I'm hyped for it tbh. And they've yet to unveil the healing/cure system for Lara's wounds. Yep. MGS3.
They can either use smaller bows and/or not pull back as far (to the front of the face, not the back). Or use a different posture... arm slight out in front, lean in, and head down so the string clears their body. You can google for pictures and see the difference from how she is holding it there.
She looks like she is holding it differently in the other picture, it's a different situation, and may still be pulling back in that pic... or maybe she learns the hard way.
yeah and in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4mK548Rq4 the archer does not seem to have a problem of her breasts being in the way.
That would be one bloody QTE, I can tell you that.
Apparently did Uncharted invent "climbing up stuff that is falling apart"
seems like a complete ripoff of UC2 train scene
CadetMahoney
Member
God forbid Tomb Raider borrows from Uncharted. I mean, how dare they.
ULTROS!
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I didn't watch the trailer but the guy looks like Joel from The Last of Us from behind.
seems like a complete ripoff of UC2 train scene
Came to post that. Shameless
Alligatorjandro
Banned
Looks amazing
I love uncharted so even its a good copy i am a happy which i wont be with open world and exp system.there are very few action adventure games remaining.
DR2K
Banned
Yeah they've been stealing from Uncharted since the 90s. Shameless bastards.
1:1 copy of a scene in u2 sans environment....I mean games can take an idea and make it there own. This game or from that screen?
Btw still interested like b4 but its like really?
I guess enslaved totally stole that idea too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgUYGnxMwKc&t=11m26s
DR2K
Banned
Cool they copied a scene, that we assume is the same exact thing. Uncharted took way more from a plethora of Tomb Raider games.
CadetMahoney
Member
1 - It's basically copying elements of other games and that causes a backlash which results in reviews that aren't "10/10!!" like the devs are hoping for.
2 - It's totally not TR anymore by the looks of it.
Uncharted steals it's gameplay directly from Tomb Raider and Gears of War. It's not an original game in the slightest. It rips off the original Tomb Raider games far more than this will rip off Uncharted.
So Tomb Raider is an Uncharted clone now? LOL, OK. Lara was platforming and exploring ancient tombs and mysteries way before Nathan Drake ever came on to the scene. If anything, it was Tomb Raider that gave Naughty Dog some inspiration for Uncharted.
As far as this reboot goes, besides some scripted set pieces, it looks nothing like Uncharted. Last time I checked, Uncharted was not about survival in a harsh environment with limited resources. Which is what this game is going to be focusing on. But the platforming was being done by Lara first, so I have no problem with them trying to make it cinematic and up to date.
As far as this reboot goes, besides some scripted set pieces, it looks nothing like Uncharted. Last time I checked, Uncharted was not about survival in a harsh environment with limited resources. Which is what this game is going to be focusing on. But the platforming was being done by Lara first, so I have no problem with them trying to make it cinematic and up to date.
DR2K
Banned
1:1 copy of a scene in u2 sans environment....I mean games can take an idea and make it there own. This game or from that screen?
Btw still interested like b4 but its like really?
As posted previously it's not even an original idea from Uncharted.
Uncharted has set the bar for high budget scripted gameplay sequences and this Tomb Raider obviously has a much bigger budget.
Uncharted invented daring characters hanging from precarious things.
1:1 copy of a scene in u2 sans environment....I mean games can take an idea and make it there own. This game or from that screen?
Btw still interested like b4 but its like really?
Characters trapped on some type of vehicle that is balanced precariously on a cliff's edge = Uncharted original idea? Uncharted fanboys are hilarious.
Nailed it.
Risk Breaker
Member
Not enough boobies.
That was actually my biggest issue with the trailer.
Femmeworth
Banned
I hope the plot isn't that thin.
How do you know? This could just be the set up for the first hour or so, like most trailers.
The only thing I didn't like was the lazy and clichéd use of sexual threat as a device to somehow show how Lara became tough and empowered. No need for it.
I don't see how it reveals the majority of the game's plot. I feel like everything in that is probably from the first hour of the game. First escape, first hunt, first encounter with the men, first kill. There's probably a lot more going on with that island, knowing the franchise.
Game companies know what they're doing when it comes to plot revelation in trailers. Sometimes people freak out about spoilers or whatever, but they're almost always wrong. Remember the Mass Effect 2 trailer thing where everyone (for some reason) thought they'd shown the end of the game?