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Rise of the Tomb Raider info from Game Informer (Nixxes handling Xbox 360 version)
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Alex_Mexico
Member
Didn't United Front Games made the X1 port of TR2013? I don't believe it was actually CD themselves.
I am astonished to learn that CD only worked on the 360 version of TR2013 though.
I am astonished to learn that CD only worked on the 360 version of TR2013 though.
Jawmuncher
Member
Looks like I'll wait for that bomba price. Writing was a joke in TR1.
Rodney McKay
Member
Tomb Raider Anniversary had a lot of puzzle stuff in it, and a lot of the times it used discovery and exploration as the means to solve puzzles.
I haven't played a lot of the Tomb Raiders (none of the old ones, just everything after Legends), but I don't remember anything being like "here's a Rubix Cube, solve it to continue." They are mainly about traversing the environments and finding the right lever to pull or mechanism to trigger to open up the next thing you need to do.
Is it definitely timed? I see the links posted on the page prior but in December it was revealed MS would be publishing it. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...icrosoft-will-publish-rise-of-the-tomb-raider
And they compare the deal to two other, console, exclusives.
And they compare the deal to two other, console, exclusives.
Pound_lb003
Member
Sounds cool. Siberia is a great location.
But who's idea was it to mention TLoU in the preview? Especially with their article how TLoU is influencing Uncharted 4.
They are trying very hard to draw parallels.
But who's idea was it to mention TLoU in the preview? Especially with their article how TLoU is influencing Uncharted 4.
They are trying very hard to draw parallels.
I can't say it sucked and hope for a better outcome because it has sucked before? lol that makes no sense
And I felt the last TR went for a more serious tone/mood..which puts a greater emphasis on the writing and characters than before
From the other thread:
"Lara will gear up for her new adventure on Xbox One and Xbox 360 this holiday season, but the studio hasn't ruled out the possibility that the game will come to other consoles later on."
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=984917
Ahh, right. It just seemed like there was conflicting information from the developers and MS regarding whether it is actually timed.
RespectThySole
Member
It was nothing like Gears..
Variety of bows with different attributes.
Welp. They didn't learn from the first game, it doesn't matter what attributes your bow has, don't go for complicated stuff when killing enemies is way too simple, expand on other things and improve the skills Lara had in the first game, they were useless there but could be enhanced for this game.
The rest is sounding better, I'll try to read more in-depth during the week as I can't right now but hopefully they will improve enemy encounters, I hated being able to kill everyone effortlessly with an easily applied arrow to the head... those guys loved sticking those heads out.
Welp. They didn't learn from the first game, it doesn't matter what attributes your bow has, don't go for complicated stuff when killing enemies is way too simple, expand on other things and improve the skills Lara had in the first game, they were useless there but could be enhanced for this game.
The rest is sounding better, I'll try to read more in-depth during the week as I can't right now but hopefully they will improve enemy encounters, I hated being able to kill everyone effortlessly with an easily applied arrow to the head... those guys loved sticking those heads out.
ButchCat
Member
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Sure, but i'm just saying that no one should be upset that TR2013 didn't have a great story. Me? I thought it was a competent story, it moved along in a decent clip and I was interested in seeing it till its end but I also wasn't going into it thinking that the story was going to be something terrific.
So just expect a ho-hum story and you'll find yourself almost always ok with whatever comes your way. it's all about managing expectations.
ThatStupidLion
Member
every game in general just sounds more and more like each other.
looking forward to playing this still though.
looking forward to playing this still though.
They brought this guy back again
Combined with "immortality", yeah not gonna happen.
"Fuck their shit up, Little Bird."
Winterfang
Banned
There's a 360 version? Sweeeeet, there's no need to jump next gen this year for me.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Hopefully it's along the lines of Shadow of Mordor, in that it's a new-gen game and the last gen version is a highly compromised port with barely any resemblance to the XB1 version.
Well yea. Really late downports of next-gen games typically aren't given a very high priority. And its surprising that this is getting one at all.
Nixxes does pretty decent port work though, don't they?
Yeah I agree, they don't need different bows....just upgrades like the first.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Would be awesome if they move forward with a LGBT Lara since Rhianna Pratchett is still attached 
I remember TR's story. It wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible by video game standards either. And I don't remember a thing about Uncharted 3's story. Or Halo 4 for that matter. I guess it comes down to whether or not the game was any good.
I think that every PC port from Square is handled by Nixxes.
Yeah, it feels like they are trying too hard to make it "complex" when in practice it just doesn't work and is actually useless, they added way too much stuff in the first game, they could try simplifying upgrades here while making them have more impact in the actual weapons and combat.
Nixxes normally deliver very solid work. From memory Tomb Raider reboot needed sales across 5 platforms before SE were okay with results so I'm not at all surprised it's on 360 too.
Cant really judge that til we actually play it.
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Whatever happened to taking an L gracefully.
Anyway, tone down the gore on Lara, leave all the combat where I fuck shit up alone, do more exploration, and don't go overboard on the puzzles and I'm in.
Doesn't that mean they funded it, then?
At best, going by legacy of DR3 and Ryse, wouldn't that mean PC?
Chris Metal
Member
So environment main antagonist huh? Wonder how many ways they'll manage to impale objects through Lara this time.
ArkkAngel007
Member
Still have to play TR 2013, but from what I've seen of it and what I'm reading now, it sounds good.
Not expecting much from the puzzles. Years of Capcom and other companies saying that they are focusing more on certain things and end up getting the worse end of the stick again tends to cause such comments to pass me.
Not expecting much from the puzzles. Years of Capcom and other companies saying that they are focusing more on certain things and end up getting the worse end of the stick again tends to cause such comments to pass me.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
I remember the writer, Rihanna Pratchett, saying in a blog/interview somewhere that there was a series of clashes between her (and possibly other writers) and the rest of the team on how long it took Lara to get her first gun, the transition from frightened shipwreck survivor to the killer that shows up entirely too soon, and more along those lines.
I'll have to see if I can dig it up.
Story wasn't anything to write home about, certainly, and person taste differs, but the killing progression aside (which, imo, isn't really done any better in Uncharted by ignoring it altogether), it felt like a pretty straight-forward rescue the girl/coming of age (albeit a really violent/bloody one). Not necessarily Old Lara, certainly, and I understand those complaints, but it was always meant as a reboot.
Same interview I was talking about above mentions this, somewhat, but I doubt the higher-ups would let it go through, Lara's too iconic.
Would give some added rationale for all the "SAAAAAAAM" tho.
I'll have to see if I can dig it up.
Story wasn't anything to write home about, certainly, and person taste differs, but the killing progression aside (which, imo, isn't really done any better in Uncharted by ignoring it altogether), it felt like a pretty straight-forward rescue the girl/coming of age (albeit a really violent/bloody one). Not necessarily Old Lara, certainly, and I understand those complaints, but it was always meant as a reboot.
Would be awesome if they move forward with a LGBT Lara since Rhianna Pratchett is still attached
Same interview I was talking about above mentions this, somewhat, but I doubt the higher-ups would let it go through, Lara's too iconic.
Would give some added rationale for all the "SAAAAAAAM" tho.
Or is that because they are giving the game a second pass of QA, debugging, and optimisation?
JOOOONNNAAAAHHH! <3
Also, nixxes...plz do the pS4 version....plz.....plz..
They did great work on the PS4 port of the first game. Infact, the PS3 version of the first game actually got the recommendation over the actual lead platform version on 360 by EG and they did that one too!
Also, nixxes...plz do the pS4 version....plz.....plz..
They did great work on the PS4 port of the first game. Infact, the PS3 version of the first game actually got the recommendation over the actual lead platform version on 360 by EG and they did that one too!
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Fixed.
I thought Rhianna Pratchett did a bang up job with the first one so excited to see where she takes it from here.
No that was really the worst part of a very good game.
Beerman462
Member
Guess I'm waiting for a PC version. I hope it's not to long.
Bananajama
Banned
Interesting...
Hope not too much like...
infinit777
Member
I thought they were great, there actually wasn't anything about the game that i disliked.