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New Tomb Raider
- Thread starter Rhino172
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Evo 8 MR
Looks interesting, they should look to make it more like Assassins creed esque gameplay if you ask me but add their own unique story and theme into it.
That's what the series needs imo.
If this fails to be successful then surely it's the end of Tomb Raider as we know it.
Fall 2012 though, ouch.
That's what the series needs imo.
If this fails to be successful then surely it's the end of Tomb Raider as we know it.
Fall 2012 though, ouch.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
I was thinking the same. Long gone are the days of the PS1 and people pumping hours into several TR titles.
The genre has moved on, imo.
D.
No. That's not right. Go back to the start if you want to beat my best time.
Tomb Raider 2 was amazing at the time, loved the arse off that, and The Last Revelation; whatever number that was (4?). The others I've played have been crap. Especially the newest one where you start underwater. Abomination. Poor Lara.
Tomb Raider 2 was amazing at the time, loved the arse off that, and The Last Revelation; whatever number that was (4?). The others I've played have been crap. Especially the newest one where you start underwater. Abomination. Poor Lara.
Evo 8 MR
I like all the previous tomb raiders too, it seems that the last installment didn't reach the sales figures that Crystal Dynamics needed however, which I guess was to fund the time they put into designing a new engine for it, amongst other things.
By last installment I mean underworld btw, not that silly spin off.
CrippsCorner
ClioSport Club Member
208 GTi
Jesus that looks f**king amazing.
Love the first one as it was more about exploration and puzzle solving. Felt like you were discovering tombs and stuff where no human had been for thousands of years and getting in them was hard as you had to look for cracks on walls and figure out if you can reach them by jumping etc and then solve puzzles like the cistern etc.
Trouble with later versions is that they became combat orientated. Now I don't mind the wild animals like tigers and stuff that were in the original...
The issue I had was this... She is supposed to be some super smart explorer/gymnast using her brains and skills to overcome puzzles to gain access to these secret tombs right. But when you get in them you find a load of dumb a** goons already there with guns...
Ruined it for me.
Trouble with later versions is that they became combat orientated. Now I don't mind the wild animals like tigers and stuff that were in the original...
The issue I had was this... She is supposed to be some super smart explorer/gymnast using her brains and skills to overcome puzzles to gain access to these secret tombs right. But when you get in them you find a load of dumb a** goons already there with guns...
Ruined it for me.
Mini Cooper S sport
I loved the very first two, I was addicted to them but I'm not sure about this one. I liked the loneliness and emptiness of them. TR2 was my favourite game ever.
The first one was out 16 years ago, can you believe it?
Yes it looks great but like Toypop says, it's kind of lost the ethos of what Tomb Raider was meant to be about. It also seems very dark, I can hardly see anything!!
The first one was out 16 years ago, can you believe it?
Yes it looks great but like Toypop says, it's kind of lost the ethos of what Tomb Raider was meant to be about. It also seems very dark, I can hardly see anything!!
Having watched more videos I have to change my tune on this.
I think with today's production costs the type of Tomb Raider we liked doesn't appeal to a large enough audience to be profitable these days.
So this new game is NOT Tomb Raider, it has the name but that is where the similarity ends.
It looks like something else. Kind of cross between Uncharted, Assassins Creed and Max Payne.
So if I forget the name of the game and just think of it as a new third person action game with a female lead character that steals elements from those other three titles then yeah based on those videos I am wetting my pants over this.
I also like the change in the depiction of Lara Croft versus the previous titles. The old version was a plastic 14 year olds wet dream with no personality - a dated remnant from the 90's "mascot" age of gaming. The new one appears to have a character, be more vulnerable and feel pain so that gets a thumbs up from me as being able to have some sort of empathy for a character is what motivates me to continue the story rather than quit and play something else.
I think with today's production costs the type of Tomb Raider we liked doesn't appeal to a large enough audience to be profitable these days.
So this new game is NOT Tomb Raider, it has the name but that is where the similarity ends.
It looks like something else. Kind of cross between Uncharted, Assassins Creed and Max Payne.
So if I forget the name of the game and just think of it as a new third person action game with a female lead character that steals elements from those other three titles then yeah based on those videos I am wetting my pants over this.
I also like the change in the depiction of Lara Croft versus the previous titles. The old version was a plastic 14 year olds wet dream with no personality - a dated remnant from the 90's "mascot" age of gaming. The new one appears to have a character, be more vulnerable and feel pain so that gets a thumbs up from me as being able to have some sort of empathy for a character is what motivates me to continue the story rather than quit and play something else.
Funnily enough I was thinking of getting Anniversary on Steam or maybe used on 360 just for a laugh given that I loved the original.
What is crap about it? My brother said the graphics were not particularly amazing but had been improved -I mean it is at least as good as a HD collection would be?
He said they have also removed the grid based movement system and said there are some similarities with Assassins Creed now in terms of character control? Certainly youtube videos make the movement look more like AC.
So I am curious as to what you didn't like about it, you could save me a few bob as I don't want to waste my money on a dud.
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I wish I could give you a simple answer as to why I didn't like it but I really can't!
I think I enjoyed the first one so much that I built up this hype it was going to be as good as the original and I guess it just didn't deliver. The graphics have had a massive boost from the original I'd say on par with the HD collection updates and the control is much more free as Legend/Underworld but the game just seemed boring to me and I ended up selling it before I completed it.
Hope this gives you an insight...
Did you like Underworld? I heard the combat was a dog but my brother told me that the camera made it virtually unplayable? Yet on youtube it looks pretty awesome and I was thinking about getting it as it follows on from the story in the original?
I am guessing Anniversary will never be as good as the original felt at the time. I remember everyone was hyping up Mario 64 for being a true 3D platform game yet in the UK at least Tomb Raider came out before it and in my controversial opinion was the better game... I had an imported N64 but still Tomb Raider blew my mind as it was such a huge leap over anything else I had played.
Take away the amazement of not having seen anything like it before and maybe what remains wasn't that great?
I am guessing Anniversary will never be as good as the original felt at the time. I remember everyone was hyping up Mario 64 for being a true 3D platform game yet in the UK at least Tomb Raider came out before it and in my controversial opinion was the better game... I had an imported N64 but still Tomb Raider blew my mind as it was such a huge leap over anything else I had played.
Take away the amazement of not having seen anything like it before and maybe what remains wasn't that great?
Evo 5 RS
Really? I quite liked Underworld. It loses focus about half way though, and I did lose interest. But IMO it's better than Legends. A lot of the recent ones have been tripe really, I only entertain them for nostalgia more than anything else as remember the original so well from yoooooth.
This one does look promising
This one does look promising
Clio 172
I'd like to see more actual game play footage from the new Tombraider. Looks good in the clips but want to see more how it actually works.
CrippsCorner
ClioSport Club Member
208 GTi
I believe this has now expired? I just pre-ordered from Grainger Games for £29.99
Her screams in the trailers when she's falling and stuff are really annoying!
This game has been scoring 9's and 8's and I have been pretty hyped about it for a while now.
I stand by what I said in a previous post - I am not looking or expecting to re-live the original Tomb Raider and everything I liked about that game. I've come to accept the market for that type of title ain't big enough to justify a AAA release so instead we get an Uncharted type game with a female lead.
Yeah it ain't the Tomb Raider I want but that doesn't mean it is a game that I don't want. On the contrary I have now pre-ordered and can't wait.
I've seen videos already from where pirate copies are out in the wild and have really had to resist the temptation to watch it and ruin the plot. It looks awesome.
I've ordered on PC via Steam, kind of wish I'd got the collectors on Amazon as I want that figurine.
I stand by what I said in a previous post - I am not looking or expecting to re-live the original Tomb Raider and everything I liked about that game. I've come to accept the market for that type of title ain't big enough to justify a AAA release so instead we get an Uncharted type game with a female lead.
Yeah it ain't the Tomb Raider I want but that doesn't mean it is a game that I don't want. On the contrary I have now pre-ordered and can't wait.
I've seen videos already from where pirate copies are out in the wild and have really had to resist the temptation to watch it and ruin the plot. It looks awesome.
I've ordered on PC via Steam, kind of wish I'd got the collectors on Amazon as I want that figurine.
