The Chairman
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https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0082-CUSA10938_00-SHADOWTOMBRAIDER
Im sure it will be 20$ this black Friday.
Im sure it will be 20$ this black Friday.
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Bomba: Shadow of the Tomb Raider is $29.99 on US PSN
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Enygger_Tzu
Banned
I show the reveal trailer and got bored immensely, the action was nothing to write home about, the AI was Bethesda level's of bad and the gunplay looked like microwaved food.
ThatStupidLion
Member
thats really good - most BF deals have it at 35$ i think
CatCouch
Member
I did enjoy it so I hope more give it a chance at a reduced price. Characters matter a lot in games and Lara is one of the blandest parts of the game, though, so I can understand why interest wasn't very high at launch. I was going to try out all the DLC to see if it added anything interesting but Sony has lost me as a customer and I bought SOTTR on PS4. I guess I'll just have to read if anything surprising pops up.
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ruvikx
Banned
And then some people still want to "pretend" it wasn't a flop. Funny how games released way before Shadow haven't dropped in price so dramatically post-launch or offered such "special offers"...
In all seriousness the Tomb Raider concept needs to be revisited, rewritten & delivered as a specific platform adventure, puzzle, key retrieval game. Ditch the "new Lara Croft as a third wave feminist icon" bullshit & make an actual Tomb Raider game. It'll cost less & make its fans happier. As it stands, the game was subverted by delusional liars who imagined they could piggyback on the Lara Croft brand & make an Uncharted ripoff with a character who would define a generation. It was so delusional it's beyond absurd.
In all seriousness the Tomb Raider concept needs to be revisited, rewritten & delivered as a specific platform adventure, puzzle, key retrieval game. Ditch the "new Lara Croft as a third wave feminist icon" bullshit & make an actual Tomb Raider game. It'll cost less & make its fans happier. As it stands, the game was subverted by delusional liars who imagined they could piggyback on the Lara Croft brand & make an Uncharted ripoff with a character who would define a generation. It was so delusional it's beyond absurd.
DeleteriousObnoxious
Member
I dont Think squareenix Will learn, they most likely put tomb raider on hiatus, like they did with deus ex
I am amazed How much they are failing i guess dragon quest just saves all your western screw ups.
I am amazed How much they are failing i guess dragon quest just saves all your western screw ups.
Baskin Robbins
Member
Yep. Waiting on Atomic Bomba too!
Honestly I disagree.
I love the new direction of the TR series.
It has the right mix between action, cinematic experience, adventure, puzzle, etc.
Shadow was doomed the very moment Square/Eidos decided to release the game sandwiched between Spider-Man and Red Dead Redemption 2, when the holiday/early december slot is almost empty and when.january only has REmake 2 as a major release.
They could have avoided Spider-Man and the fanbase warned Square to do so, but they ignored the warnings. It is their fault.
Silent blades
Member
Waiting for x version
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
If I’ve only got through about 6 hours of Rise before giving up it should I even consider this? Is it significantly better than Rise in any way?
thelastword
Banned
Just bought ROTTR this morning for $11.99, I'll wait till Shadow gets to that level or as you suggested, I'm not as enthused tbh....
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
I'm sure it will be 20 bucks the whole month
DigitalScrap
Member
Whoa. There are seven DLC packs?! Ugh.
My thoughts as well. I don't like this half-ass hub and semi-openworld-like approach with the villages and many NPCs to talk to. Just give me tombs, exploration and puzzles. And the puzzles really took me some time, because I don't play with the survival instinct; there is no glow or marker and I often had to figure out where to go, jump, climb and how to get to it. Shooting controls are pretty bad though, because of the input lag and low sensitivity even if maxed out.
Haven't finished it yet, but I enjoy it so far. Also that this time there is real swimming and diving -- a must for any Tomb Raider game.
Too bad it didn't sell well. Maybe wrong timing as well with all these open world, multiplayer, crafting and battle royale games.
The Bloody-Nine
Member
Sums it up for me. Enjoyed the remake. Didn't like Rise at all. As such, had zero interest in Shadow.
Raven117
Member
It is probably a little better than the sales indicate. Its release window was simply terrible.
Tomb Raider needed to be its own thing. While I don't think the new Lara completely missed the mark, they could have done better with her development into the short pant wearing, pistol slinging badass that we know. Instead, we got mostly a cheap Uncharted without the "fun."
To me, I think the apparent problem with the writing was that the writing team did not know how to write a females evolution of the hero's arc, or at least, an orgin story of that. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure its hard. The male version of it has been done for thousands of years, but not so much the female's version. They needed to do more research (and probably hire many more female writers) to make this believable in a way that made sense for a women and for Lara as a character.
Instead, well, we got what we got. None of them were "bad", but but I can't say I have thought about them much after the credits rolled.
Tomb Raider needed to be its own thing. While I don't think the new Lara completely missed the mark, they could have done better with her development into the short pant wearing, pistol slinging badass that we know. Instead, we got mostly a cheap Uncharted without the "fun."
To me, I think the apparent problem with the writing was that the writing team did not know how to write a females evolution of the hero's arc, or at least, an orgin story of that. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure its hard. The male version of it has been done for thousands of years, but not so much the female's version. They needed to do more research (and probably hire many more female writers) to make this believable in a way that made sense for a women and for Lara as a character.
Instead, well, we got what we got. None of them were "bad", but but I can't say I have thought about them much after the credits rolled.