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Dominic White posted:Polygon are a bit over-enthusiastic about everything, but they're also one of a handful of sites that are effectively independent of the advertising cycle that leads to so many places being accused of shilling or selling out. RPS is another site where they basically get to write whatever they want while ads are just incidental and not related to the content at all. I usually trust Eurogamer because they aren't afraid to give low scores to popular things and their review writing is really good. While I feel that the number they gave was in congruent to the review they wrote, they had some pretty good things to say about Tomb Raider.
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Feb 25, 2013 18:54
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Ronnie posted:As long as this doesn't turn in to an Aliens: Colonial Marines I am happy. I'm pretty sure it isn't going to end up at 4.5 on Metacritic based on current reviews.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:00
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Anyone else find it strange that the graphics don't get considerable mention in the reviews, nor are there really any comparisons between the PS3 and 360 versions. Am I just missing something? Having both consoles but no PC, I kind of wonder which one to get...
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Feb 25, 2013 19:10
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Ultimate Mango posted:Anyone else find it strange that the graphics don't get considerable mention in the reviews, nor are there really any comparisons between the PS3 and 360 versions. Am I just missing something? Likewise, I just got a gaming PC for the first time ever and own both consoles. So buying games now is like shopping for a new car.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:19
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Excerpt from the Eurogamer review (which I highly recommend reading):quote:The multitude of menus via which the objects are curated don't help, and nor do the endless onscreen messages. It's hard to get about excited about "2 OF 3 CEREMONIAL FANS FOUND!", no matter how that sentence is capitalised or punctuated. I am not ashamed to reveal that my final tally reads "0% VASES". (Although I am proud to have managed "67% KANPO HERBS".)
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Crappy Jack posted:Likewise, I just got a gaming PC for the first time ever and own both consoles. So buying games now is like shopping for a new car. All the screenshots seem to be of the PC version, which looks far and away prettier than the PS3/360 editions. Seems to be one of those games where the PC was the main development platform and the console versions are toned down until they hit a stable framerate.
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Feb 25, 2013 19:20
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Feb 25, 2013 20:11
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I predicted awesomeness and it seems to deliver. Pre-Order redeemed! I just love acrobatic / exploration games. I can tolerate the shooty bits if I get to the former. Price of Persia series and Tomb Raider are my two favorite games series.
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Feb 25, 2013 21:30
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Hizawk posted:I predicted awesomeness and it seems to deliver. Pre-Order redeemed! Yeah, it just a shame that the shooty bits take up so much of the game that its looks like they are going back to the "Lara the killer" model. The gametrailers.com review really drives home just how violent of a killer Lara can get: http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/7zar52/tomb-raider-review
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Feb 25, 2013 21:35
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I usually never complain about Polygon's style for their reviews but goddamn, the formatting on the Tomb Raider review is loving terrible! The game looks cool and the Eurogamer review pretty much confirms a bunch of things I knew that were going to happen (intense cutscenes that lara just killed someone, to then going on to kill a bunch of dudes with a gun). Its pretty hard to make a game make you feel bad about killing someone when you are constantly killing them (unless you go the Spec Ops route).
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Feb 25, 2013 21:53
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PonchAxis posted:The game looks cool and the Eurogamer review pretty much confirms a bunch of things I knew that were going to happen (intense cutscenes that lara just killed someone, to then going on to kill a bunch of dudes with a gun). Its pretty hard to make a game make you feel bad about killing someone when you are constantly killing them (unless you go the Spec Ops route). The thing is that this is meant to be the origin story of Lara Croft. By the end of it, this is a character that can gleefully cut through a dozen men and several endangered species' on a mission to recover some ancient (probably cursed) object from a long-forgotten tomb. That has always been her nature, and I expect it always will be. She's a videogame heroine first and foremost. It might make you feel bad about all the killing at first, but this is a Tomb Raider game after all.
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Feb 25, 2013 22:07
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BexGu posted:Yeah, it just a shame that the shooty bits take up so much of the game that its looks like they are going back to the "Lara the killer" model. The gametrailers.com review really drives home just how violent of a killer Lara can get: http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/7zar52/tomb-raider-review She was a bit of a lunatic in the original concept art too. http://www.croftgeneration.com/imagenes/galeria/concept_art/TR1/bigimages/Concept_Art_TR1_005.jpg
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Dominic White posted:The thing is that this is meant to be the origin story of Lara Croft. By the end of it, this is a character that can gleefully cut through a dozen men and several endangered species' on a mission to recover some ancient (probably cursed) object from a long-forgotten tomb. That has always been her nature, and I expect it always will be. She's a videogame heroine first and foremost. Don't know about the original first game, but the remake had Lara make a big deal about how she's never killed a human before and there's a big buildup to her finally deciding she can do it. So, retcons I guess?
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Feb 25, 2013 22:37
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cheetah7071 posted:Don't know about the original first game, but the remake had Lara make a big deal about how she's never killed a human before and there's a big buildup to her finally deciding she can do it. So, retcons I guess? I don't think the new game is even meant to be part of the same continuity.
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Hakkesshu posted:I don't think the new game is even meant to be part of the same continuity. Pretty much. I think this series has had two of these, one the original series which was rebooted with Legends (and Anniversary) and now with this new one. I still feel Legends - Anniversary - Underworld had a lot of potential still, but I kinda like the direction this one was going, at least before all the gore stuff. My favorite thing about the first Tomb Raider was how few people you had to kill. This game seems to gorge on murder/death, which is a bit distressing to see. It doesn't completely turn me off from the game, but it feels like it is hampering its own potential by appealing to the lowest common denominator.
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One of the things I enjoyed the most about the older tomb raider games was the sense of isolation. The games were very surreal and I enjoyed that particular flavour enormously - the slightly slow pace as you wandered around these vast byzantine edifices with relatively little interaction other than animals. I am hoping the sequel to this game will place a greater emphasis on that, although it seems to be not really a genre that exists any more.
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Hakkesshu posted:I don't think the new game is even meant to be part of the same continuity. Yeah, in Legend, which is part of the Anniversary canon, Lara's origin involves a plane crash with her mother in the mountains as a young girl, so this is an entirely different continuity. And yeah, the focus on killin' and violence is a bummer, but I guess you can't make AAA games that give you that isolated feeling anymore. Crappy Jack fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Feb 25, 2013 |
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Feb 25, 2013 22:54
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Is there anywhere cheap you can pick this up from as a pre-order? You goons are good at finding deals, and I'm pretty sure I want to nab this on Steam or at least for PC, so I can add it to my Steam library.
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Based on those videos, I just hope to Christ you can turn off all the annoying HUD poo poo. 'Expert Killer Bonus +++ Ur Awesome + 5000 Dick Points!' That poo poo is going to get old quick.
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BexGu posted:Yeah, it just a shame that the shooty bits take up so much of the game that its looks like they are going back to the "Lara the killer" model. The gametrailers.com review really drives home just how violent of a killer Lara can get: http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/7zar52/tomb-raider-review
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Mordaedil posted:My favorite thing about the first Tomb Raider was how few people you had to kill. This game seems to gorge on murder/death, which is a bit distressing to see. It doesn't completely turn me off from the game, but it feels like it is hampering its own potential by appealing to the lowest common denominator. This is exactly what is turning me away from this. I loved the original game because it was based on exploration of interesting and perilous environments. An hour of the sequel turned me off from the series and I never came back; I really want to with this game but all the shootin dudes reviews are making me wary enough to wait.
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DrNutt posted:Based on those videos, I just hope to Christ you can turn off all the annoying HUD poo poo. 'Expert Killer Bonus +++ Ur Awesome + 5000 Dick Points!' That poo poo is going to get old quick. Going off of Eurogamer's review, you cannot.
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gently caress I hated wolf QTEs in Assassins Creed 3 and this game requires me to link 5 loving things together? Wiggle the stick! Now tap the button! Now time the button! Wiggle the stick! Time the button again! The game looks pretty good to me otherwise but why don't QTEs just loving die. 
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These days I have to limit myself to rentals rather than purchases (the aforementioned Aliens Colonial Marines means I can't ever trust sixty bucks to a preorder ever again) but I think this will certainly be worth the rental. I'm getting a sort of tangential Far Cry 3 vibe from this, from the gathering-stuff scenes. There it was mostly for one-time upgrades or chems, here it looks more involved.
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Speedball posted:These days I have to limit myself to rentals rather than purchases (the aforementioned Aliens Colonial Marines means I can't ever trust sixty bucks to a preorder ever again) but I think this will certainly be worth the rental. Yeah, I basically hope it's Far Cry 3 but with better and more diverse areas to explore, and some cool platforming. Shooting dudes is A-OK with me, as long as it means getting to find secrets.
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I saw three hour stream a few days ago and it's nothing like Far Cry 3. Uncharted's combat/platforming + Batman Arkham Asylum's exploration is a closer description. There's almost no point in gathering from plants or hunting animals beyond experience that you get from killing enemies or completing challenges. Basically, the gameplay itself is linear, but almost every area seems to be large and encourage exploration once you're done with it just like Arkham Asylum, including coming back later (which you do by using fast travel in camps, it's not an open world game like Skyrim/Far Cry 3) with better equipment to access areas with collectibles.
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Well, that's even better! I appreciate a good 3D Metroidvania.
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DangerKat posted:Going off of Eurogamer's review, you cannot. Well, I'm getting it on the PC so hopefully there's a quick mod fix, like with what happened to Far Cry 3.
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Here's Conan O'Brien review: http://teamcoco.com/video/clueless-gamer-conan-obrien-reviews-tomb-raider
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I laughed a lot at "That's not her first piercing. Pretty tantalizing preview, I've actually avoided most previews for fear of spoilers and/or too-high expectations. That...whatever it was that she woke up in...was amazing.
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Terminally Bored posted:Here's Conan O'Brien review: Pro click right here. I find conan to be unfunny but this one video was hilarious. Not a review though.
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Pau posted:Pro click right here. I find conan to be unfunny but this one video was hilarious. Did you not see the review score at the end there? Thats right. 
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Pau posted:Pro click right here. I find conan to be unfunny but this one video was hilarious. Yeah, Clueless Gamer is really funny. The guy should do a let's play. My favorite part is when O'Brien and all the audience repeatedly gasps at the impale death scene. Saw it gifed in this thread and instantly thought that's the reaction most people would have. This new TR looks good but some of the violence is really over the top. Even some zombie games don't have that much of gore. And yeah, I played the first one in 1996.
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I think his summary is pretty apt for why I still play video games. "It's just like high school all over again."
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PonchAxis posted:Did you not see the review score at the end there? Thats right. Yeah, that's probably my favourite part of these videos. His review scores are just as meaningful as actual review scores!
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Terminally Bored posted:Here's Conan O'Brien review: Conan gets very distressed whenever Lara got her neck impaled by the wooden spikes in the river scene . "No no no no no no no!"
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Terminally Bored posted:Here's Conan O'Brien review: Hysterical. Clueless gamer is a pretty good series in general. He did a good job with Hitman: Absolution, Minecraft and Skyrim, but this is probably the best one yet.
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As per the Polygon review: ""It's a near-perfect embodiment of the age of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with a hint of what to expect next." I'm sorry, we're talking about Tomb Raider here, right? There's no words for how shocked I am to see outlets talking about this thing with "Game of the Year" style language. Might actually pick this one up.
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