Tomb Raider reboot will make PC gamers "very, very happy"

So so far, I'm maybe 30%...this game is kind of meh. I'm a big fan of the classic tomb raider play style..which I get this isn't...but the entire thing is just on rails and I feel like it's more of an interactive movie than a game. I don't know, maybe it will get better, I just wish it were at least a little bit challenging somehow.
 
Oldie said:
So so far, I'm maybe 30%...this game is kind of meh. I'm a big fan of the classic tomb raider play style..which I get this isn't...but the entire thing is just on rails and I feel like it's more of an interactive movie than a game. I don't know, maybe it will get better, I just wish it were at least a little bit challenging somehow.
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This game is really good. But I do agree it is not in the same spirit of the original. I remember TR on the PS1 with some amazing levels, man that was good times, but times I guess have changed. The Soundtrack of the original is also epic. So much atmosphere. Although the original obviously hasn't aged well, being made in 1996, it is still one of my faves. St Francis' Folly may be one of the best designed, complex levels of all-time. Can you deny this soundtrack?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIWLT0QVPzw
 
Oldie said:
So so far, I'm maybe 30%...this game is kind of meh. I'm a big fan of the classic tomb raider play style..which I get this isn't...but the entire thing is just on rails and I feel like it's more of an interactive movie than a game. I don't know, maybe it will get better, I just wish it were at least a little bit challenging somehow.
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i did 100% on the first run and i didnt find anything difficult, its more like brainless action with a good story, i dont even consider it a tomb raider game, is just a good action game and thats it.
 
naticus said:
This game is really good. But I do agree it is not in the same spirit of the original. I remember TR on the PS1 with some amazing levels, man that was good times, but times I guess have changed. The Soundtrack of the original is also epic. So much atmosphere. Although the original obviously hasn't aged well, being made in 1996, it is still one of my faves. St Francis' Folly may be one of the best designed, complex levels of all-time. Can you deny this soundtrack?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIWLT0QVPzw
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Have you played Tomb Raider Anniversary? You get all of the nostalgia of the first game with pretty modern graphics (and some update gameplay mechanics too). I put that in every now and again, when I'm looking to "get that old feeling back".
 
I'm enjoying it currently. Just got out of the temple and the chopper went down then I had to sleep for work. While it is less of a puzzle Tomb Raider game like the first ones it still has a little bit here and there. The action is nice and fluid - I find it very easy to play and look like an acrobat in many situations. So I give it an A- grade. What would have been an improvement is have the optional Tombs have more than one puzzle in them - make them like old school Tomb Raider
 
Ok so i just sold all my tf2 ifms on steam market place and now i have 79 dollars steam credit, and am debating if i should get TR. I need your Guys opinion, i never had much interest in the older TR's i just couldn't get into them. but this seems to be getting good reviews. my question is, do you have to be a fan of the franchise to enjoy this game, or is it good all round.
 
shifty68 said:
Ok so i just sold all my tf2 ifms on steam market place and now i have 79 dollars steam credit, and am debating if i should get TR. I need your Guys opinion, i never had much interest in the older TR's i just couldn't get into them. but this seems to be getting good reviews. my question is, do you have to be a fan of the franchise to enjoy this game, or is it good all round.
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The previous games I was lukewarm on for more reasons than one. I adore this game.
 
polonyc2 said:
that scene is a direct homage (ripoff) from the movie 'The Descent'...if anyone hasn't seen that movie I highly recommend it
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Yeah, it's pretty much straight out of that movie. But in deciding what to ripoff they chose well; it's a great scene in both the movie and the game.

I also think that segment was my favorite part of the game. Starting from Shantytown, then into the caves and then the part in the temple. All of the different elements of the game come together in the part, from the relatively open areas of shantytown, to the creepy, blood-soaked cave and then the big action scene above the town. Admittedly, the last part of that was basically running straight down a well disguised corridor, but it was one hell of a corridor.
 
this game is a lot more fun than the original tomb raider games to me. I never really cared for them when they came out.
 
Q-BZ said:
The previous games I was lukewarm on for more reasons than one. I adore this game.
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The controls blew horrific dong on the previous games. This game is just plain GOOD.

I really don't understand what the average "gamer" wants nowadays. I'd hate to try to cater to him/her. I'd end up wanting to murder them.
 
polonyc2 said:
that scene is a direct homage (ripoff) from the movie 'The Descent'...if anyone hasn't seen that movie I highly recommend it
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One of my all time horror favorites. I bought TR a couple days ago but didn't play yet, kinda want to wait for more patches and new driver to enjoy it at max settings without crashing.

Is the hard mode really not challenging at all? I saw a few players on Eidos forums asking CD to add a higher difficulty mode.
 
It seems pretty crash free now, only stepped back in drivers because I was having issues with staying connected to MP (didn't fix it), yet to actually play MP and that kind sux cause that is where a majority of my pre-order bonuses are. Otherwise FXAA on and Tessellation on, with TressFX off and DoF to normal (or off, I know some of my friends don't like DoF) and the game looks fantastic.
 
BiH115 said:
The controls blew horrific dong on the previous games. This game is just plain GOOD.

I really don't understand what the average "gamer" wants nowadays. I'd hate to try to cater to him/her. I'd end up wanting to murder them.
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To be fair, the older games were a bit better in terms of "exploring" and puzzles. It had action but not on the level of this game.

I'd like it if the next Tomb Raider (most likely continuing from this storyline) was a bit more focused on offereing you more exploration and puzzles and not so much action.
 
Milena said:
One of my all time horror favorites. I bought TR a couple days ago but didn't play yet, kinda want to wait for more patches and new driver to enjoy it at max settings without crashing.

Is the hard mode really not challenging at all? I saw a few players on Eidos forums asking CD to add a higher difficulty mode.
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Somewhere along the line game developers decided they wanted a 5-year-old to be able to beat their game on the hardest difficulty.
 
Had my 1st crash today and this is 13 hours in, very odd since I haven't touched my settings since I started playing TR
 
Milena said:
Is the hard mode really not challenging at all? I saw a few players on Eidos forums asking CD to add a higher difficulty mode.
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I played on Normal and it was way too easy...I can't imagine even the hardest difficulty setting being all that different as the weapons, aiming and large open spaces give Lara a huge advantage in almost any situation...the only semi-tough enemies are those guys with the shields and the ones wearing that body armor but even then it's all about doing an easy dodge move and hitting a QTE button

I do like the variation in combat...the finishing moves with all the different weapons were fun...also the stealth kills...I liked experimenting a lot during the game which artificially increased the difficulty
 
Hard is not even normal, Hard to me is easy on that game. I died like 10 times the whole game and half of those was me jumping of cliffs.

Then I jumped to Sniper Elite Nazi Zombie Army which normal is actually pretty hard and got my ass handed to me.
 
r3awak3n said:
Hard is not even normal, Hard to me is easy on that game. I died like 10 times the whole game and half of those was me jumping of cliffs.

Then I jumped to Sniper Elite Nazi Zombie Army which normal is actually pretty hard and got my ass handed to me.
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What makes Snipe Elite difficult is the shitastic controls. The aiming is so bad and sloppy.
 
/\ eh, the aiming does not bother me at all and after playing for a bit I got used to it. Look its not left for dead 2 dont get me wrong but its not that bad. Its kinda hard for normal. I can expect that on hard but not on normal.
 
I picked TR up last night, and am having quite a bit of fun. even if its way over the top. i swear they could make her going to sleep in her home exciting,such as.

Tomb raider: laura goes to sleep

" gets into bed in a sexy way.... closes her eyes...bam!! her pillow explodes throwing her threw a suddenly rickety door. instantly turning her house into a inferno. she moaning limp down the stairs, which instantly collaps! She hangs on by a thread. a huge burning beam drops past her knocking her off!! she falls, crashing through the charred embers that is the floor below. She lands in the basement right onto her prized broken glass collection!!! Laura makes her way to the exit when suddenly the floor collapses into a sink whole. which is populated by psychotic killers.

to be continued

one thing that did really bug me is when she was under canopy and you were dodging trees left and right. it was a round canopy which you cant control. and i don't think those old rigs had a reserve canopy inside the container. the had a separate bag.
 
shifty68 said:
one thing that did really bug me is when she was under canopy and you were dodging trees left and right. it was a round canopy which you cant control. and i don't think those old rigs had a reserve canopy inside the container. the had a separate bag.
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you mean parachute bob & weave through the trees?

because videogame.
 
laura falls and screams a lot in this game...almost too much. loving it, otherwise. :)
 
So I'm late to the show here - but I can't get in the intro video to play with my GTX 680. Nothing but a black screen and audio. Umm...
 
If you have MPC loaded you could go to the game folder and play the .bik files in the movie directory to see if you can see it. If you can I would try verifying the game files or check if your game is set to exclusive full screen (sometimes screws .bik files). Otherwise, watch the bik files in MPC and enjoy the game.
 
It was SSAA causing the problem. Took me a little while to figure out. I played for about 20 minutes and the game crashed. Are there any other options I should consider turning off? I disabled TressFX.
 
finished the single player in about 8 hours. It was probably the easiest single player campaign I've played in recent memory, the fights are way too easy once you get a decently upgraded bow. the napalm shots are way OP and you can easily take down waves of enemies from cover without getting hurt and never have to worry about ammo because 1 dead bad guy who took 1 headshot arrow will drop 10 arrows, weird, yep. Don't expect much, or any exploration or changes in scenery either, all levels look pretty much identical, all NPC look like clones.

*****spoilers****


there is 1 boss in the game and you can beat him in less than 3 minutes
 
hardc0re said:
finished the single player in about 8 hours. It was probably the easiest single player campaign I've played in recent memory, the fights are way too easy once you get a decently upgraded bow. the napalm shots are way OP and you can easily take down waves of enemies from cover without getting hurt and never have to worry about ammo because 1 dead bad guy who took 1 headshot arrow will drop 10 arrows, weird, yep. Don't expect much, or any exploration or changes in scenery either, all levels look pretty much identical, all NPC look like clones.

*****spoilers****


there is 1 boss in the game and you can beat him in less than 3 minutes
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I enjoyed the game. it only took me 8 hours to beat, but i only completed 64% of the game. but ya it was an interactive story on rails. played on hard and the only time i died was when i was screwing around or charging 10 guys in the open.
 
shifty68 said:
I enjoyed the game. it only took me 8 hours to beat, but i only completed 64% of the game. but ya it was an interactive story on rails. played on hard and the only time i died was when i was screwing around or charging 10 guys in the open.
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I feel like part of the fun of a game like this is exploring the areas and figuring out how to reach all the collectibles and whatnot. Sure, you could blow through the whole game in a few hours, but you're missing out. The documents you collect actually shed a good amount of extra light on the game's story. I stopped myself before heading up the river for (what I assume is) the last part of the game. I've been having a good time going back to all the areas and completing them.
 
bpizzle1 said:
I feel like part of the fun of a game like this is exploring the areas and figuring out how to reach all the collectibles and whatnot. Sure, you could blow through the whole game in a few hours, but you're missing out. The documents you collect actually shed a good amount of extra light on the game's story. I stopped myself before heading up the river for (what I assume is) the last part of the game. I've been having a good time going back to all the areas and completing them.
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When you're done with the story you can keep playing, too. No worries. :)
 
Not for me, when the story is over unless there are actually some side missions to do I loose interested. I dont want to spend hours looking for gold eggs on top of roofs and find random poorly designed, modeled and textured "throw em in there to make the game seemlonger" relics and coins.

The fact is that you guys really want to love this game, head game of the year here a bunch of times and better than this and there but at the end of the day, its the easiest game of the decade (maybe not but top 10 for sure) which really hinders it from being a 10/10 game. They need to make a harder mode for people that like to be challenged even a tiny bit.
 
bpizzle1 said:
I feel like part of the fun of a game like this is exploring the areas and figuring out how to reach all the collectibles and whatnot. Sure, you could blow through the whole game in a few hours, but you're missing out. The documents you collect actually shed a good amount of extra light on the game's story. I stopped myself before heading up the river for (what I assume is) the last part of the game. I've been having a good time going back to all the areas and completing them.
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ya, for me all that find 20 wolf turds or feed 15 sea gulls incredibly boring. i know some people are into it, but it makes me want to beat my head against a wall.
 
shifty68 said:
ya, for me all that find 20 wolf turds or feed 15 sea gulls incredibly boring. i know some people are into it, but it makes me want to beat my head against a wall.
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You literally never have to do any of that...the point of finding optional things, in this game at least, is to learn more about the game world as a whole.
 
find birds eggs? No thank you, I will go play other games in my steam backlog while I wait for bioshock infinite which hopefully is not being designed in easy/cater to everyone and their moms easy mode.


edit: 2 bosses but they were easier than fighting a hoard of normal guys, the one on the endurance was the easiest boss ever and the other one was too. I died 1 time on the "final" boss and its cuz I was fucking around. Weakest bosses of all times. I am sorry but after finishing this game and enjoying it, came here and everyone is praising this game as if its the best game of the past decade.


Lets not even go into the achievements. Kill 20 crabs gets you an achievement.
 
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BiH115 said:
You literally never have to do any of that...the point of finding optional things, in this game at least, is to learn more about the game world as a whole.
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I know that's why i didn't go much out of my way to find them. i was just saying i wasn't a fan of that kind of objective.
 
r3awak3n said:
Lets not even go into the achievements. Kill 20 crabs gets you an achievement.
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I never go out of my way to get achievements in any game but looking through the list it seems sillier then normal in Tomb Raider...seems like a lot of the achievements involve collecting a set number of relics, animal pelts, books etc
 
I hated all that crap in Far Cry 3, probably won't do it in Tomb Raider either.

TBH I haven't played this much as I've been playing some random PS3 stuff and ArmA 3 lately. Kinda waiting to see if nVidia gets a driver update out so we can have better performance with all the visual goodies.
 
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