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[Anasui Kishibe]

Eww at the armpit hair in the first image.

check your eyes. English girls are obsessed with shaving

 

[Big Chungus]

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[Guts Of Thor]

Uh am I the only person who doesn't think these screens look great?

Nope. They look fugly to me as well.

 

[szaromir]

Ugh, Uncharted fans swarming every thread.

 

[Stallion Free]

Ugh, Uncharted fans swarming every thread.

The sad thing is that there is nothing wrong with being a fan of Uncharted. There is something wrong with being both ignorant and being a slobbering fan of Uncharted and that's what shows up in every thread.

 

[jump_button]

So they take out puzzles and puting more ghost's in?.......... and adding alot of blood blood make everything cool

 

[Bizzyb]

Ugh....the textures need work. Obviously it's not finished but so far the textures need work.

 

[ArjanN]

if this is the birth of laura, shouldn't she be surviving on a desert isle ala Lost in Blue.

Probably not a good idea if they want the game to sell.

And if fiction has taught us anything it's that any island people wash up on is always totally deserted.....except for the deadly animals....well, and the smugglers...and of course the cannibal natives, the pirates, the mercenaries, explorers, dinosaurs, ancient gods, nazi zombies, etc.

And technical nitpicking aside these screenshots look great.

 

[bishoptl]

The sad thing is that there is nothing wrong with being a fan of Uncharted. There is something wrong with being both ignorant and being a slobbering fan of Uncharted and that's what shows up in every thread.

I'm quite certain that the first post mentioning Uncharted in this thread was praising TR and looking forward to numerous comparisons between the two during development.

tl;dr - pull your heads out of your asses

 

[szaromir]

Obviously, these screenshots do not look all that great due to low-res textures, worse than in Underworld. Underworld already had really big levels, so I suspect TR reboot will have just humongous environments. And I'm hoping PC version will have higher res textures.

 

[kevm3]

Game looks very nice, but I'm tired of all of the 'saw-esque,' super-gritty, gory sort of themes that are starting to pop up in all of these games. It's starting to get a bit depressing.

 

[expy]

These screens are bad.

Of course this game will look better on PC, but the console versions will not be comparable at all.

What version of the game are these screen grabs from?

 

[mik]

I'm gonna buy these cats a digital camera so they can create one or two more blood spatter/drippy textures.

 

[Enosh]

looks like it's TR turn to go grimdark

I like it ^^

 

[PetriP-TNT]

I'm gonna buy these cats a digital camera so they can create one or two more blood spatter/drippy textures.

Maybe those aren't blood but tattoos?

 

[WinFonda]

Fan of Uncharted that is looking forward to this new Tomb Raider. =)

Some kind of crossover would be epic. Maybe multiplayer skins for each game? pwetty please. If Naughty Dog could get a Lara skin in the multiplayer we could do all kinds of stuff with the machinima.

 

[DieH@rd]

I'm gonna buy these cats a digital camera so they can create one or two more blood spatter/drippy textures.

She hanged upside down, and someone else's blood dripped on her. Or blood from her feet fell on her hands.

 

[vic2020]

To me Tomb Raider games should be about exploration and platforming in isolation, and I don't see any platforming in these screens. This could still be a great game but I hope they don't make it more like Uncharted which is way more combat focused and less platforming/exploration.

 

[Dante]

looks fine, but they have hit the reboot button too many times for me to be anything but skeptical at this point.

 

[Kayhan]

She hanged upside down, and someone else's blood dripped on her. Or blood from her feet fell on her hands.

The point is they are exactly the same texture on both arms...

 

[BrLvgThrChmstry]

I definitely need to see this motion, the screens aren't really doing TR too much justice...

 

[Rorschach]

She hanged upside down, and someone else's blood dripped on her. Or blood from her feet fell on her hands.

And it matched?

 

[DieH@rd]

The point is they are exactly the same texture on both arms...

Who cares.

 

[scoobs]

not a fan, pretty fugly imo

 

[SketchTheArtist]

I'm gonna buy these cats a digital camera so they can create one or two more blood spatter/drippy textures.

You understand the principles of symmetry in textures and mapping to save up on resolution, right?

 

[commedieu]

To me Tomb Raider games should be about exploration and platforming in isolation, and I don't see any platforming in these screens. This could still be a great game but I hope they don't make it more like Uncharted which is way more combat focused and less platforming/exploration.

Pretty much. It was a total letdown to play Uncharted thinking it truly was "DUDERAIDER', but there was absolutely no Tombraider style exploration. My fear is that they are just doing a third person shooter, with a revamped Croft, and totally forgetting the first 2 games that everyone in the world loved.

Slow paced, thinking puzzles, climb solving, that was all awesome. I doubt this generations ADD/BlackOps kids are going to go for it if shes not killing all the time/exploding helicopter. Just strikes me why no one else takes this genre up?

Sort of like Hitman. There is no reason we shouldn't have a new Thief or Hitman title.

 

[ArjanN]

Who cares.

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SMH at anal retentive nitpicking of early screenshots.

 

[Kayhan]

Who cares.

People who care about graphics?

 

[kylej]

I'm gonna buy these cats a digital camera so they can create one or two more blood spatter/drippy textures.

Welp that does it. No sale here.

 

[mik]

You understand the principles of symmetry in textures and mapping to save up on resolution, right?

I do. So why aren't ALL the textures repeated/symmetrical?

 

[TheOddOne]

You know what? I'm actually getting a real Batman Begins vibe from the game as a whole.

The Eurocom game?

 

[Violater]

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SMH at anal retentive nitpicking of early screenshots.

Thisisneogafdude.gif

Seriously on topic I love the new character direction, gritty, dirty sexy

Dirtybit

 

[LiK]

meh, don't care about the texture nitpicks when i'm running around trying to avoid a psycho. bring it!

 

[DieH@rd]

People who care about graphics?

Let us go back to one of the golden GAF graphic whore moments:

This crappy small pic created ~1000 posts. :lol

 

[commedieu]

I do. So why aren't ALL the textures repeated/symmetrical?

Well.. Heres my theory.. which is the correct one.. Follow me please.

1. Its an early screenshot.

2. Blood/Dirt is added in layers on top of the original skin surface, by whatever random seed i'm sure.

Since its not symmetrical, this means that you just happen to see the same blood layer used twice. Not a mirrored uv. The blood splotches im sure could appear anywhere on her skin. So they don't/haven't incorporated 340982342343256775049 blood splotch brushes yet so that Gaf will buy the game. In short, its pulling from more than likely a random 4 blood cards. You are seeing #3 twice...

Spoiler

Big Fucking Deal.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Environments looks okay but Laura looks excellent.

Let us go back to one of the golden GAF graphic whore moments:

This crappy small pic created ~1000 posts. :lol

What a epic day that was. RIP DoomBringer

 

[expy]

I'm gonna buy these cats a digital camera so they can create one or two more blood spatter/drippy textures.

Should have circled the armpit area, looks really off.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

I wouldn't worry about the textures. Underworld has some of the best out there.


And guy above, you got the two big circles in the wrong places... dem tits

 

[Fusebox]

She's gonna get an infection running through all that dirty water with that wound.

 

[Salazar]

There is no reason we shouldn't have a new Thief or Hitman title.

Thief 4 was announced. I have faith that it is in some stage of preparation.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Well, I for one an pleased we've moved past pure objectification of competent female characters with big boobs; and into this new generation of battered female objectification.

Unfortunately the corporation won't let Lara die a good death.

How many reboots is this franchise going to get before they just let it go? :|

 

[expy]

I wouldn't worry about the textures. Underworld has some of the best out there.


And guy above, you got the two big circles in the wrong places... dem tits

I didn't circles those. =p

 

[Sydle]

Looks great, but, like the recent Arcade release, why did this need to be a Tomb Raider game? Why not create a new IP? I fear that some people will just write this off because they've already made their decision on their interest in the franchise.

Anywho, first impression reminds me of Uncharted a bit. I'm looking forward to more.

 

[[Nintex]]

I think the 'let's make everything dark and edgy' ship has sailed for me. I would've liked some nice environments instead of dark caves and a bleeding Laura.

Maybe this game will get brighter during the adventure. Like it starts out with Laura in pain and agony and she showly crawls from the dark caves into a world full of sunshine and love and this is all shown by slowly changing the graphics depending on the mood of the game.

Oh wait this is Tomb Raider 'hardcore', it'll probably be 'bang' 'bang' 'bang' I'm ANGRY NOW AND KILL YOU and be over in like 8 6 hours.

 

[SketchTheArtist]

I do. So why aren't ALL the textures repeated/symmetrical?

The arms are symmetrical, the torso isn't as to prevent people from seeing the actual symmetry. Just like the piece of tissue on her right arm to hide blood patterns that are repeated on her left.

They could tweak it to make less obvious but it's everywhere in most games if you look hard enough. You're looking too much into it.

 

[Enosh]

Well, I for one an pleased we've moved past pure objectification of competent female characters with big boobs; and into this new generation of battered female objectification.

I knew the thing had kinda"unfortunate implications" for someone not to bring this one up

didn't expect it so soon through

 

[mik]

It doesn't bother me--and I'm certain it will be invisible or irrelevant in a playable camera. I just think it's weird to unleash your first batch of ultra-hi-res screens with that so obvious.

 

[subversus]

It looks awesome but graphics are UGLY. That said I'm looking forward to it.

 

[commedieu]

Thief 4 was announced.

 

[RockmanWhore]

Why are these bullshots so huge? It makes all the flaws shine even more. The resized screens looks much better and most of the crazy stuff should be barely noticeable at 720p.

I'm not sure if I like the new direction of the series, with the violence and stuff. Tomb Raider should be about exploration and puzzles more than shooting. That said, the shooting aspect of these game is so bad and it wouldn't hurt to give the action a much needed boost. Especially with the competition of Uncharted.