Perhaps by "protect Lara" they meant people who think this looks good are going to need screen protectors for their TVs.
Yet she rises out of a muddy pond and her skin is like teflon.
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Perhaps by "protect Lara" they meant people who think this looks good are going to need screen protectors for their TVs.
Yet she rises out of a muddy pond and her skin is like teflon.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Does Lara's clothes get wet in water? Even in Uncharted, you can only make Drake's clothes, mud and dirt doesn't appear, if it does, it doesn't wash off.
That's like the nitpickiest of nitpicks.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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That's kinda funny, but that doesn't seem like a big deal.
Someone should GIF that in reverse for every time a new Tomb Raider thread pops up.
IcyRhythms
Member
Any word on who is doing the PC version?
I think it is done in house.
Nothing specific, SE seems to be pushing stronger PC ports though and they said PC games would be very happy. Whatever the hell that means. As for the game, I think it looks pretty good.
GAF seems to latch on to certain games and overly nitpick them (Not saying that their is not legitimate grievances). Frankly Tomb Raider was a dead series and a reboot was severely needed.
IcyRhythms
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The last three SE games I've played are Sleeping Dogs, Just Cause 2, and Hitman: Absolution. Each were very well optimzed for PC.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
I think this may be getting to the fundamental disconnect we're having here. For many of us, narrative tension in a video game is meaningless and ineffective if it lacks player agency. It might as well be wallpaper.
I'm sure there are "dead" series out there that wish they could get 2.5 million sales in the latest entry.
I believe Nixxes is doing the PC port. Should be good.
Hitman and Deus Ex are both really good ports, too.
Buckethead
Banned
Because magic isn't a thing.
Grittiness. Nothing says "I am gritty as fuck" like shit on your face.
Nixxes. High-res textures + DX11.
Lol, the funny thing is, i thought it was neat in Uncharted 2.
Now everytime i pipe breaks while i'm on it (with absolutely zero consequences, gameplay-wise) i immediately get this "Oh Jesus, just let me climb the damn thing and get it over with" feeling.
That looks terrible. It looks so generic and bland that I got bored and stopped watching shortly after the parachute. Just one ridiculous situation after another. What's wrong with slower-paced deliberate pacing in a game? How about less checkpoints or none at all? Why does it look like uncharted gears of lara?
It's like all the problems I have with high budget shooter/action/adventure games all in one package.
It's like all the problems I have with high budget shooter/action/adventure games all in one package.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I don’t get the problem because I don’t think there is a problem.
Would you rather them not change the camera angle at all and just have it behind Lara? The camera angle switch is effective and adds to the immersion and presentation for me. It adds to the experience. It’s showing the player just how narrow the cave is and gives you that claustrophobic feel - something that you clearly don’t value whilst I do. Just because you can’t die doesn’t mean the tension is gone too – it’s similar to movies. When the main character is hunted by a killer........I can still feel tension even though I’m 99% sure they aren’t going to die. Anyway, I wouldn’t have thought it was really that big of a deal to be honest. Whether it changes or not seems like a really trivial thing to argue over. The game clearly isn't for you.
No cause that's what it is, a movie
It's like the beginning of Bioshock where it shows you recovering in the water from the crash an a ton of plane debris hitting the water around you. Great and all but it lasted a few seconds and was pretty much a cutscene. It didn't last for five minutes.
Why not just make it a cutscene? Why drag on some cinematic nonsense you can't do much in? At least when Laura falls down the river you can control her
That game lacks athomsphere and mystery, isolation and exploration. Everyting I found appealing about the original Tomp Raider.
The only hope I have is that the game bombs. It looks boring. I hope that every COD clone or Uncharted clone (like this one) or God of War clone bombs from now on.
I hope they bomb so hard that it shakes the foundations of the current gaming industry.
All I want is more variety,more innovation and great ideas. But mostly variety!
I want games to look, play and feel different!
#FreeGaming!!
The only hope I have is that the game bombs. It looks boring. I hope that every COD clone or Uncharted clone (like this one) or God of War clone bombs from now on.
I hope they bomb so hard that it shakes the foundations of the current gaming industry.
All I want is more variety,more innovation and great ideas. But mostly variety!
I want games to look, play and feel different!
#FreeGaming!!
Get with the times POPS!
It's all about emotional drama and super cinematic button pressing scenes and nailing into your brain how unfortunate Laura's situation is.
Isolation and exploration, doesn't appeal to modern day SORRY!
You know, thinking about it I don't have much of a problem with these types of sequences, if used in moderation. An efficient use could be if you're exploring an area, get into a cave where you got to crawl through like this and when you get out the camera pans and you find the entrance to a long forgotten tomb it would be fine and could help with atmosphere.
But these types of things should only happen a few times in a game at max instead of filling the game with it.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
I saw that earlier today. HYPE GOT! It's going to be a long three weeks for me. I just wanna play it already! ;_;
By the way - in other news....Gametrailers is doing a retrospect on Tomb Raider in a few days. Should be good!
Yeah it looks like its brand new and Just opened!
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Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Please tell me you're trolling.
Even if they are trolling, I mostly agree with them.
That game looks boring as heck. Right now it looks like a solid 6/10.
Sounds like a noble goal to me. We should all be hoping the same.
flaxknuckles
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I've finally convinced myself not to get this game after hours of scrutiny. It doesn't just look derivative, but horrible gameplay wise. Hopefully, it either bombs and gets put in the hands of a more competent developer or Naughty Dog make an Uncharted spin-off featuring Chloe. I need my female tomb raiding fix maaan!
I am going to get it cause I'm going to have a ton of fun doing live commentary then a video review.
Fine Ham Abounds
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So the question now becomes, do I watch you live-rant this, or do I wait for my own copy from Gamefly...
Doug Heffernan
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I like both actaully.The old cover design was much better:
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Cool
It seems Lara's face has changed a little. I prefer this one I have to say.
The artbook is probably going to be more interesting than the game.
There's an artbook coming out?
You know, I played Antichamber and Battlefield 3 this weekend. I can't possibly think of any other point in the history videogames where I can say I played two completely different games and that both games were successful financially. Saying all games are the same is complete nonsense.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
I really, really did love the reboot concept art... now that I've actually seen the game some of the luster is worn off, but I still do enjoy the art.
It's poorly translated into the game (in-game Lara looks quite different, especially her proportions) and of course the game is just a bloody abortion of the franchise, but hey... that art was pretty neat.
It's poorly translated into the game (in-game Lara looks quite different, especially her proportions) and of course the game is just a bloody abortion of the franchise, but hey... that art was pretty neat.
Dead to Rights
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Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Well, 2 games isn't a great body of evidence to work with.
Antichamber isn't a AAA title with a major publisher behind it. No one is arguing that all games are the same. Some of us are arguing that there's a population of predictable, financially safe (presumptuous as that may be on the part of the publisher), me-too, milk-the-demographic games that are increasingly interchangable.
Must say, I googled Antichamber and now I'm intrigued. Love me a good puzzle game. May end up spending some time giving that a whirl if this game ends up full of the Scooby Doo puzzles I'm fearing it will.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Never really liked the Lara Croft character. Shame since this looks like a really good game.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Well they're pretty much rebooting the character anyways so you might dig her here.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Wow, game looks really good. Always looked forward to this actually.
Yup. Now she's a mere shadow of her former self.
I'll miss you Original Lara with two guns a blazin and small shorts and tank top.
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Yup. Now she's a mere shadow of her former self.
I'll miss you Original Lara with two guns a blazin and small shorts and tank top.
Yes because she had so much personality before 77
The point is that there is clearly a vast array games out right now and if you don't like a style of game, don't play it.
Follow the leader is hardly anything new to the gaming industry. Remember all the nameless mascots of the 8 and 16 bit era? How about when every game was trying to have open world segments like GTA III? This isn't anything new.
Antichamber is great. It requires you to think a lot.