[ALL] Tomb Raider

[Swarley]

Welcome to 4 days ago.

Twigg also posted it.

Didn't feel the need to go back pages upon pages. It was posted numerous times on Facebook today, so I watched and posted. Maybe if you weren't tickling man chodes and group talk with us on Voxer, it would have come up and I would have known.

:truestory:

 

[jms493]

Yeah this the 3rd time this was posted meow...

It was posted in arcade random thoughts.

 

[Twigg4075]

Yeah this the 3rd time this was posted meow...

It was posted in arcade random thoughts.

Yup. I posted it here, then Jim Leavy (I think it was him) in the Random Thoughts, and of course now Swarley is bring up the rear, or taking it up the rear, as usual.:baby:

 

[Twigg4075]

So who's up for an impromptu VSN game night Tuesday with this?

 

[Handleit_44]

 

[Swarley]

Picked up my Collector's Edition and just did a short unboxing video. Uploading now so I'll post that when it's up on my channel.

 

[Swarley]

VSN Arcade Podcast unboxes the Tomb Raider Collector's Edition:

 

[jms493]

Would prefer a statue over action figure. Nice video...whats with the portrait view?

 

[Swarley]

Would prefer a statue over action figure. Nice video...whats with the portrait view?

I do as well, but for $99, I couldn't turn it down. I didn't even think about flipping the phone to the side lol. Ah well. I shall do that when I do my unboxing video for The Last of Us.

 

[Twigg4075]

Portrait view? Noob.

Here's my unboxing video of the PS3 version:

 

[Twigg4075]

This game is beautiful and the audio is awesome. It has DTS on PS3, not sure about 360. I don't think the 360 supports that codec? The hunting seems really cool and there seem to be a ton of collectibles. Lobving the game so far.

My only minor complaint is that there aren't any control options. They don't even let you swap the shoulder buttons which sucks because I prefer using L2/R2 to aim/shoot because of the triggers I have.

 

[jms493]

Tressfx....you should check It out. Its pretty crazy (pc).

 

[Swarley]

Tressfx....you should check It out. Its pretty crazy (pc).

Saw that on YouTube. Insane.

So I was finally able to pull myself away from SimCity to fire this up. This game is damn fun so far. The setting is dark, mysterious and sometimes even creepy. They're doing a good job at pulling the emotional strings for Lara so far. When she killed her first person, you felt what she felt. We've all seen it in trailers, but I just came across the part where Roth tells Lara, "Lara, you're a Croft" and Lara doesn't think she's that kind of Croft, you just get this big grin and think, "man, it's time for Lara to become the Tomb Raider." The game looks fantastic, there's just nothing more to say about it. One of the better looking console games you'll come across. Really loving the open parts. I'll spend a good 20-30 minutes just scouring the area for salvage and collectibles. The bow and arrow are very satisfying. Definitely the best 3rd person bow and arrow I've come across (and even rivals the awesomeness of using it in Far Cry 3).

So far, I'm having a great time in this game. I'm a huge action/adventure junky with all of this treasure hunting stuff, so hopefully my opinion isn't too skewed haha. Can't wait to continue on tomorrow. I'm very interested to see how this stacks up to Uncharted in my eyes once I'm done with it. Oh, and Camilla Ludington is very easy on the eyes lol.

 

[jms493]

 

[Buzzman]

SO after being so fucking excited for this, I picked the game up Tuesday as soon as best buy opened. I had to go to school right after but I had planned on playing all day after, but on my way home from class, I got into a fucking car accident and had to deal with that the rest of the day and even into today. With no car, ima have to stay home for awhile until I find one worth purchasing. I am just now getting to this. Make matters worse, both my sisters have played a good portion of the game already, only annoying me more than I already was.

 

[JayDizzle]

Just started.

Went through the first QTE, no problem.

The second one got dicey as I was too busy staring at the screen and moving the left stick to realize I had to hit Triangle in time. :shotsfired:

I made the Conan Face...

 

...got back on-track until I had to restart my system when it froze while I was checking my XMB.

 

[JayDizzle]

Not even into the story yet and I'm wiping out entire generations of Bambi and Thumper's family with this bow and arrow set I just found.

Lara Croft: #1 on PETA's Most Wanted List.

 

[IamMedellin]

Lara's getting Surgical with this bitch

 

[Maynard]

is this game open world? whats the total play time and is it like a uncharted game or is it more free roaming missions like far cry 3?

 

[Swarley]

is this game open world? whats the total play time and is it like a uncharted game or is it more free roaming missions like far cry 3?

It's not open world but you have some small open areas to explore for relics, salvage and tombs (and you can fast travel back to those areas during the game or after). I'd say it's closer to Uncharted than Far Cry 3. I haven't finished yet, but I've been hearing 10-15 hours depending on how much stuff you look for. The gameplay is very much like Uncharted with good setpieces and platforming, but the combat is much better. Also, the tone is much darker than Uncharted.

EDIT: Forgot to mention it does have a player and weapon upgrading system that is more on par with Far Cry 3 (although you don't buy the weapon upgrades, you use the salvage that you find).