On top of that, the same argument will continue to happen.
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On top of that, the same argument will continue to happen.
I hope Lucas Arts announces a new Indiana Jones game. People wouldn't no anymore who stole from who.
Fanboys from both series will manage to say that Indy has somehow ripped one or the other off.
Same guy?
The Last of Us
New Tomb Raider
Yep, he has a beard. It's a Last of Us clone as well.
Always-honest
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Net_Wrecker
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Every bearded white man looks the same apparently. We need a new that's racist gif.
VeryGooster
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lucius
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I am starting to turn around on the game to more positive, copying some elements from Uncharted is probably the right way to go, I bet it sells more than Uncharted also since it's multiplatform. Still that trailer looked like it was directed by a drunk McG, and these
new pics are clearly bullshots.
new pics are clearly bullshots.
nelsonroyale
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No its not an original idea at all, but no game did it anything like that before Uncharted...that scene blew me away. I dont think anyone can deny they have taken some ques from the Uncharted series in terms of the cinematic approach...but there is nothing wrong with that...Uncharted obviously took ques from TR to begin with
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But the Last of Us clearly invented white guys with beards. I feel like I am a clone of the game myself, lol.
the leaks were in the middle of 2009
http://kotaku.com/5312553/rumor-tomb-raider-reboot-art-details-leaked
The difference though is Uncharted took a lot of these concepts and upped all of it to another level. I see nothing where Tomb Raider is excelling past the Uncharted franchise. TR may have been first franchise-wise but now it looks for the most part like a poor man's Uncharted. We'll see how big and detailed those hubs are so I'm not completely writing it off.
I prefer "cinematic platforming" to be done Assassin's Creed style (not talking about mechanics or controls) - ie. "traverse environments however you like and you'll get awarded with amazing vistas from time to time", not "traverse a very narrow path and everything falls apart the moment you touch it".
It got old as fuck in Uncharted 3 quickly.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
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?
You peasants make me sick.
Uncharted didnt invent hanging from a cliff/vehicle/thing.
Just cause Uncharted its the first time you have ever seen it doesnt mean Uncharted invented it.
P.S This game is coming along nicely, i hope the PC version isnt delayed like pretty much all the other big releases these days.
I think people need to curb their expectations. Outside of last years (imo) terrible cave demo, we know almost nothing of the gameplay or how stealth and hunting are going to factor into things.
Also, the Uncharted comparisons are warranted, but are getting pretty lazy. Until Lara is shown popping in and out of cover, I think people should chill with that shit, and wait till we learn more.
Also, the Uncharted comparisons are warranted, but are getting pretty lazy. Until Lara is shown popping in and out of cover, I think people should chill with that shit, and wait till we learn more.
Xenon
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Yeah but at least in Tomb Raider you have a chance of getting puzzles that are actually challenging.
SafeinSound
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It's 2012. I doubt any puzzle in this game is going to be challenging.
Cinematic scenes never existed before Uncharted, terrain traversal didn't exist before Uncharted. I can't remember if any of the Uncharted games had QTEs but I'm sure they thought about it first. Nathan Drake was going to have a beard, but that wasn't very Fillionesque so it got moved to the Last of Us guy. Ubisoft invented a time machine and stole that beard for Sam Fisher and then went back in time.
Remember those old PS1 RPG controllers that you could control the game with one hand so you could smoke, drink and fap? I expect I can play this game with that, if it was compatible. Even going into cover and shooting brown rapists is all QTE.
Xenon
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Touché senior pussycat!
It's likely that Lara will have some kind of Croft-sense that will highlight the direction you need to climb to exit an area.
CadetMahoney
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In 2012 devs are scared any puzzle past grade school level will make some douchebag reviewer give it a lower score and kids will slate the game as too hard.
I remember the old TR games I actually had to stop playing and come back another day and work this shit out.
What in any of the original Tomb Raiders were hard enough that you had to take a day to figure out?
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Didn't someone make a thread trying to claim the Tintin movie copied stuff from Uncharted?
Anyways, this is looking great. I want to see some more of the open environments though.
CadetMahoney
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It didn't take a day thinking about how to solve it, I couldn't figure it out and picked it up another day, I was pretty young in 1996.
XOMTOR
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seems like a complete ripoff of UC2 train scene
Kinda seems a bit similar looking. Also, lens flares on a 3rd person camera perspective? Bad enough in an FPS.
This. First they are copying the hanging scene and now someone says they are copying LoU because the guy has a beard. Some people really need to branch out.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Where do you see lens flare????
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
I wouldn't believe everything you read on there, sure contemporary stuff that can be solidified through a bit of research, but no way in hell is straightdope going to replace several P.h.Ds and university historians/archeologists with 2 P.h.Ds. The parts I agree with, consist of the Ancient Greeks being finicky with their testimonials, and that the Amazons might originate from Scythia. But any outsiders at the time were considered rowdy, like the Amazons.
The bow does not bend on Lara's breast, as you can see, she's position at an angle so that it does not touch the lower left quadrant of her chest.
I entirely agree, game reviewers are part of the scourges of modernity, there is just too many, and giving the power to just about anyone will get you a basket filled with too much relativity.
I remember the good old days of N64, gamespy, gamenow, something something Ziff Davis Media, gamespot. Those were the places I could look to for good descriptions, and a solid basis for game mechanics.
Now it's more like, ''I'm a casual gamer, can I get a job as a critic?'', and thus mister apple store infiltrates the rank of subjectivity with his poisonous spiel of nonsensical babble, and developers eat it up like honeycomb cereal. And critic isn't the right word for the job, as it gets people into the mind-frame of criticizing.
iPhone Gamer: 'I'm a gamer!'
Person with head screwed on neatly: ''No you're not, fuck-off!''
BigTnaples
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This board has really become a huge pool of negativity towards everything and anything. It is actually depressing.
I can only imagine a non gamer looking in to see what our culture is like and being like "What the Fuck. They all sound absolutely miserable."
"Uncharted is just dude raider"
"Tomb Raider is just a female nathan drake"
"Looks terrible"
"Haha Vita bomba/doomed!"
"Crytek's games are tech demos"
"WiiU is a failure"
"UE4 looks like an xbox launch game"
"insert thousand negative comments here."
I mean really. All these great games and all we do is bitch.
On topic, Tomb Raider looks awesome, it will be the first Tomb Raider game I have ever bought/played. Can't wait for this and the ton of other amazing games coming out soon. Not enough time in the day.
I can only imagine a non gamer looking in to see what our culture is like and being like "What the Fuck. They all sound absolutely miserable."
"Uncharted is just dude raider"
"Tomb Raider is just a female nathan drake"
"Looks terrible"
"Haha Vita bomba/doomed!"
"Crytek's games are tech demos"
"WiiU is a failure"
"UE4 looks like an xbox launch game"
"insert thousand negative comments here."
I mean really. All these great games and all we do is bitch.
On topic, Tomb Raider looks awesome, it will be the first Tomb Raider game I have ever bought/played. Can't wait for this and the ton of other amazing games coming out soon. Not enough time in the day.
Pimpbaa
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I dunno, but it really pisses me off. Everyone is so fucking jaded.
People are too quick to judge, here:
Him: "Hey, are you ok Lara? You seem tired"
Her: "Uh, you tell me Joel, i had backpains all weekend"
--
*whispering*
Him: "Alright listen, i snatched one of these pain killers, from the doctor's stash"
Her: "Thanks, hopefully he won't notice one missing!"
*puts hand on shoulder*
Him: "Hey, are you ok Lara? You seem tired"
Her: "Uh, you tell me Joel, i had backpains all weekend"
--
*whispering*
Him: "Alright listen, i snatched one of these pain killers, from the doctor's stash"
Her: "Thanks, hopefully he won't notice one missing!"
BigTnaples
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Actually it makes a lot more sense from a 3rd person perspective, because you are viewing your character from a camera.
It makes less sense in first person because you are viewing from your characters eyes.
People have been so spoiled and infused with a sense of entitlement that nothing is ever good enough anymore. It always boils down to such a nit-picking, pixel counting, texture analyzing moan-fest. Beyond that, god forbid if it has a few elements that are similar to other games. As it will automatically be branded a clone, and that is a label that cannot be shrugged off lightly.
All games have some flaws here and there and even elements that are similar to other games. But at the end of the day, games are just supposed to be fun. If a game succeeds at that, is not broken, has an appealing theme and some neat ideas going for it, then I am down. It does not have to be 100% original or reinvent the wheel in everything it does either. But maybe I am just not that hard to please. *shrugs*
Oh god, we are having a fanfic about that screenshot.
/wants more
Her: "Found the keys yet?"
Them: "We're looking, but it's dark, Jesus Christ"
---
Him: "Ah! We caught you, you thief!"
Her: "So you were the little rat stealing our food supplies, but you're nothing but a kid!"
other girl: "I'm sorry, i was hungry"
*They then free her and eat together around the bonfire*
---
*voice screams from outscreen*
Jigo: "Kill him Lara! The Emperor wants his head!"