Thread of the Tomb Raider

[Havok83]

Limited Edition?

its available with preorders and comes with an artbook

 

[SpideyVille]

So in NA, if you pre-order this on PSN, you can get a copy of the Definitive Edition of the first game free.

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net...-free-copy-of-tomb-raider-definitive-edition/

Sadly, I already have it, but I'm planning to pre-order from Best Buy anyway.

 

[X Knight]

So in NA, if you pre-order this on PSN, you can get a copy of the Definitive Edition of the first game free.

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net...-free-copy-of-tomb-raider-definitive-edition/

Sadly, I already have it, but I'm planning to pre-order from Best Buy anyway.

I don't even see the PS4 version of Rise listed on Best Buy for preorder.

that's why I went with Gamestop instead.

 

[Havok83]

So in NA, if you pre-order this on PSN, you can get a copy of the Definitive Edition of the first game free.

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net...-free-copy-of-tomb-raider-definitive-edition/

Sadly, I already have it, but I'm planning to pre-order from Best Buy anyway.

I was hoping they'd give it away on
Plus but looks like that won't happen now

 

[SpideyVille]

I don't even see the PS4 version of Rise listed on Best Buy for preorder.

that's why I went with Gamestop instead.

Why? The game is not even out for another 2 1/2 months and it was just recently announced. I'm sure Best Buy will add it soon.

I was hoping they'd give it away on
Plus but looks like that won't happen now

That's weird, I could've swore it was at some point. But I checked and it turns out it was the PS3 version, not PS4.

 

[X Knight]

Why? The game is not even out for another 2 1/2 months and it was just recently announced. I'm sure Best Buy will add it soon.

that is true. but it should have been added already. Gamestop already added it.

overall, I just don't find Best Buy very "efficient" when it comes to games - be it buying a new game, pre ordering, or trading in.

If not for my GCU discount or the occasional better trade in bonuses, I would actually avoid buying games from Best Buy all together.

Gamestop is way more efficient and convenient, for me at least.

Plus, I already had WWE 2K17 preordered at Gamestop, so I wanted to get Rise at the same place since they come out the same day.

 

[zenith16]

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
[FONT=&quot]Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration Gamescom 2016 screenshots[/FONT]
Published 50 mins ago. 7 comments.

"Blood Ties" DLC, "Lara's Nightmare" mode, and Classic Lara skins.

Square Enix has released a new set of Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration screenshots showcasing the new “Blood Ties” downloadable content, “Lara’s Nightmare” mode,

and Classic Lara skins.


Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 11 and includes the main game, all previously released additional content from the Xbox One and PC versions, “Blood Ties,” a new co-op endurance mode, PlayStation VR support, and more outfits, weapons, and Expedition Cards.


As for Xbox One and PC players, Season Pass owners will get all of the new content (sans PlayStation VR support) free of charge.
View the screenshots at the gallery.
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source: Gematsu

 

[zenith16]

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
[FONT=&quot]Rise of the Tomb Raider ‘Blood Ties’ DLC trailer[/FONT]
Published 10 hours ago. 9 comments.

Explore Lara Croft's childhood home.

Square Enix has released the debut trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider downloadable content “Blood Ties.”




The add-on, which is included on the disc with Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration for PlayStation 4, and with the Season Pass for Rise of the Tomb Raider for Xbox One and PC, will let players explore Lara’s childhood home and unlock the secrets of the Croft Manor, and then defend it against a zombie invasion in “Lara’s Nightmare.”
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 11.




Watch the trailer below.
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source: Gematsu

 

[zenith16]

Industry
[FONT=&quot]Tomb Raider franchise gets new director in Ian Milham[/FONT]
Published 47 mins ago. 19 comments.

The art director of the Dead Space games.

Ian Milham, a 20-year veteran in the games industry who previously worked as art director on the Dead Space games, has joined Crystal Dynamics in the role of game director on the Tomb Raider franchise, Square Enix announced.


Find quotes from Crystal Dynamics and Ian Milham below.

Scot Amos, Crystal Dynamics Co-Head of Studio

“Ian is one of those rare veterans who combines creativity, artistry, and passion into excellence on-screen. It’s a matching type of DNA that Crystal Dynamics has forged itself upon over these last few years. We’re very excited to welcome Ian as the newest top-tier talent joining our studio. His attitude, aptitude, and aspirations for crafting great game experiences are perfectly aligned with who and what Crystal Dynamics is all about.”


Ian Milham

“Adventure games have always been my first love. When the opportunity came to join Crystal Dynamics, I had to jump on it. This is the home of Lara Croft, who is a legend in action-adventure gaming and a pillar of the industry. I’ve admired Crystal’s work for a while now, as they continue to deliver top notch narrative and spectacle, coupled with deep systems and player choice. I’m very excited about where the studio is headed and I’m eager to be a part of it.”
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source: Gematsu

 

[zenith16]

Dead Space art director Ian Milham joins Tomb Raider team

1 day ago​

Ian Milham, art director on Dead Space and creative lead on Battlefield Hardline, has left his EA stomping grounds to join Crystal Dynamics as the...
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[zenith16]

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
[FONT=&quot]Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration Gamescom 2016 theater demo[/FONT]
Published 33 mins ago. 3 comments.

11 minutes of new footage.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released the 11-minute demo of Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration showcased in their theater at Gamescom 2016 in Germany last week.


The video begins with the “Thin Ice” from the main campaign, as Lara fights to escape Trinity in a frozen Siberian wasteland. Then, we see “Blood Ties,” which features over an hour of new single-player story as Lara’s uncle challenges her ownership of Croft Manor. Lara, determined to prove she’s the rightful heir, must confront the secrets of her past. Finally, the video ends with a look at the new “Lara’s Nightmare” combat mode, in which Lara must protect the Croft Manor from hordes of the undead.


Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 11. In addition to the above, it includes PlayStation VR support, a co-op Endurance mode, an “Extreme Survivor” difficulty mode, five classic Lara skins, an outfit and weapon inspired by Tomb Raider III, and all previously released downloadable content. Xbox One and PC Season Pass owners will also get the new content.




Watch the footage below.
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source: Gematsu

 

[zenith16]

PlayStation 4
[FONT=&quot]Rise of the Tomb Raider PS4 Pro showcase gameplay[/FONT]
Published 11 hours ago. 27 comments.

See what Rise of the Tomb Raider looks like running at 4K.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics debuted new gameplay of Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration during PlayStation Meeting 2016. The footage shown is running at 4K on the newly announced PlayStation 4 Pro.


The game will have three different viewing modes on PlayStation 4 Pro. There’s 4K Mode, but if you don’t have a 4KTV, there’s the “High Frame Rate Mode,” which locks the game at 1080p with an unlocked framerate, and “Enhanced Visuals Mode,” which locks the game at 1080p and 30 frames per second, and throws every rendering technique at the game to make it look better.


Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 11. In addition to the above, it includes PlayStation VR support, a co-op Endurance mode, an “Extreme Survivor” difficulty mode, five classic Lara skins, an outfit and weapon inspired by Tomb Raider III, and all previously released downloadable content. Xbox One and PC Season Pass owners will also get the new content.


Watch the footage below. View a set of screenshots at the gallery.
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[zenith16]

Another new trailer




PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
[FONT=&quot]Rise of the Tomb Raider TGS 2016 trailer[/FONT]
Published 1 hour ago. 5 comments.

PlayStation 4 version due out on October 11.

Square Enix has released the Tokyo Game Show 2016 trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider.


Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 11. In addition to the above,

it includes PlayStation VR support, a co-op Endurance mode, an “Extreme Survivor” difficulty mode, five classic Lara skins, an outfit and weapon inspired by Tomb Raider III, and all previously released downloadable content. Xbox One and PC Season Pass owners will also get the new content.


Watch the trailer below.

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source: Gematsu

 

[zenith16]

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
[FONT=&quot]Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration launch trailer, screenshots[/FONT]
Published 12 hours ago. 11 comments.

Out next week for PlayStation 4.

Square Enix has released the launch trailer and screenshots for Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration, which is due out next Tuesday, October 11 for PlayStation 4.


Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is due out for PlayStation 4 on October 11. In addition to the above, it includes PlayStation VR support, a co-op Endurance mode, an “Extreme Survivor” difficulty mode, five classic Lara skins, an outfit and weapon inspired by Tomb Raider III, and all previously released downloadable content. Xbox One and PC Season Pass owners will also get the new content.




Watch the trailer below.



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View the screenshots at the gallery.
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source: Gematsu

 

[SpideyVille]

Surprised no one has really been talking about this, considering how many people seemed to be waiting for the PS4 version.

But I'm about halfway through this and I'm totally loving it. I love the progression and the fact that the game feels just challenging enough that I get stuck for a minute and then feel smart when I figure it out without a guide. It really does remind me of what I loved most when I first played Arkham Asylum.

 

[X Knight]

Surprised no one has really been talking about this, considering how many people seemed to be waiting for the PS4 version.

But I'm about halfway through this and I'm totally loving it. I love the progression and the fact that the game feels just challenging enough that I get stuck for a minute and then feel smart when I figure it out without a guide. It really does remind me of what I loved most when I first played Arkham Asylum.

good to hear!

I've got it, but I've actually been holding off playing it until I get the Pro.

want to see Lara looking her best.

 

[SpideyVille]

good to hear!

I've got it, but I've actually been holding off playing it until I get the Pro.

want to see Lara looking her best.

I had it pre-ordered, but knowing it's going to go on sale in the next month, I gave that pre-order to my brother and got it from gamefly instead, luckily. The plan is to finish the story before the weekend so I can return it and jump into Skyrim. I might get a Pro next month too, so I'd love to go back and get all the trophies while playing it in 60fps, since I doubt I'll be getting a 4K TV anytime soon.

 

[Spider-Who?]

I very excitedly picked it up for PS4. I adored the previous game and hated having to wait, but I kept away from spoilers so when I eventually got to play it, I went on knowing nothing about it.

I was...disappointed to say the least.

It isn't a terrible game by any means, but it is a significant step down in quality from the last one in many ways for me. The story was the weakest link for me, quickly followed by the combat, which was short and very rare in the game. The villains were boring and their history with Lara meant nothing since they weren't in the previous game. Same with Lara's entire need for searching for this treasure. It was all so rushed. I think if the game had a slower burn at the start it might have helped, but I just didn't care about the story or characters at all. Everything we found out during the DLC should have been in the beginning of the game in some way; it would have helped with Lara's motivation for me. I didn't like being stuck in the same map for the entire game again either, and was disappointed by the size as well.

The game did have some good moments and locations, but they too were truncated by this rushed feeling and overall lack of substance that permeated the entire game for me. I dunno...I'm glad I finally got to play it, but it was just a step down for me.

 

[SpideyVille]

I very excitedly picked it up for PS4. I adored the previous game and hated having to wait, but I kept away from spoilers so when I eventually got to play it, I went on knowing nothing about it.

I was...disappointed to say the least.

It isn't a terrible game by any means, but it is a significant step down in quality from the last one in many ways for me. The story was the weakest link for me, quickly followed by the combat, which was short and very rare in the game. The villains were boring and their history with Lara meant nothing since they weren't in the previous game. Same with Lara's entire need for searching for this treasure. It was all so rushed. I think if the game had a slower burn at the start it might have helped, but I just didn't care about the story or characters at all. Everything we found out during the DLC should have been in the beginning of the game in some way; it would have helped with Lara's motivation for me. I didn't like being stuck in the same map for the entire game again either, and was disappointed by the size as well.

The game did have some good moments and locations, but they too were truncated by this rushed feeling and overall lack of substance that permeated the entire game for me. I dunno...I'm glad I finally got to play it, but it was just a step down for me.

I'm probably about halfway through the game, but I can totally see where you're coming from. There's a little "twist" that happens fairly early in the game, and I think it would have been better suited happening later on. The story, as with the first one, is utterly forgettable and is definitely not what is motivating me to continue.

I hate to be the one to do this, but in regards to comparing it to Uncharted, I stand by my belief that Uncharted knocks it out the park with story, narrative and characters, while the gameplay, especially in 4, feels a bit repetitve. But Tomb Raider fixes that with some solid gameplay, mostly because of the progression with different equipment and RPG elements, but outside of Lara, no one is really interesting.

They're totally two different types of games about similar characters, but where one fails, the other tends to succeed to the point where if they were mashed together, it would be an amazing experience overall. But for now, Tomb Raider feels more fun, whereas Uncharted feels like a nice experience.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Story absolutely sucked. Rhianna Pratchett is a total hack and she proved it again. But I think gameplay was a significant improvement, since I love exploration. Gunfight becomes tiresome for me after a while, if there's too much of that. As well as the setting was quite interesting, very black metal, even though there's zero historical accuracy and a bunch of ridiculous anti-Soviet myths...

 

[Spider-Who?]

I'm probably about halfway through the game, but I can totally see where you're coming from. There's a little "twist" that happens fairly early in the game, and I think it would have been better suited happening later on. The story, as with the first one, is utterly forgettable and is definitely not what is motivating me to continue.

I hate to be the one to do this, but in regards to comparing it to Uncharted, I stand by my belief that Uncharted knocks it out the park with story, narrative and characters, while the gameplay, especially in 4, feels a bit repetitve. But Tomb Raider fixes that with some solid gameplay, mostly because of the progression with different equipment and RPG elements, but outside of Lara, no one is really interesting.

They're totally two different types of games about similar characters, but where one fails, the other tends to succeed to the point where if they were mashed together, it would be an amazing experience overall. But for now, Tomb Raider feels more fun, whereas Uncharted feels like a nice experience.

Yeah, I found myself wondering several times if my view on the game would be better had I not played Uncharted 4 half a dozen times before playing this. The comparison might not be fair, but the games are similar enough that one can't really avoid comparing them.

I feel like with this game, they had a lot of ideas to improve over the previous, and had begun to implement them, but then decided "No, we should wait to do this for the next game" and only left bits and pieces.

One of my biggest issues with the story is how they handled Lara's experience in the last game. Trailers made it seem like this game's story would deal heavily with Lara coming to terms with what happened on the island. This is something I thought would be a great idea; you never see video games deal with the main character's emotional state and ptsd from previous games. I was pretty disappointed to see that this aspect of the story was pretty much relegated to nothing more than a few collectable notes. I think they missed a great opportunity here.

 

[Solidus]

The story was meh, but I really had fun with the game. I enjoy some of the gameplay aspects (Metroid style equipment upgrades) better than Uncharted. But yeah the story could have been more engaging, but overall I still enjoyed the game, great gameplay, level design, and I had a blast with it.

 

[SpideyVille]

Yeah, I found myself wondering several times if my view on the game would be better had I not played Uncharted 4 half a dozen times before playing this. The comparison might not be fair, but the games are similar enough that one can't really avoid comparing them.

I feel like with this game, they had a lot of ideas to improve over the previous, and had begun to implement them, but then decided "No, we should wait to do this for the next game" and only left bits and pieces.

One of my biggest issues with the story is how they handled Lara's experience in the last game. Trailers made it seem like this game's story would deal heavily with Lara coming to terms with what happened on the island. This is something I thought would be a great idea; you never see video games deal with the main character's emotional state and ptsd from previous games. I was pretty disappointed to see that this aspect of the story was pretty much relegated to nothing more than a few collectable notes. I think they missed a great opportunity here.

Yeah, aside from Jonah appearing early on, this almost felt like a stand alone story. I haven't played the manor DLC stuff, but just going by what's in the game and what I've experienced so far, I feel like all the father stuff is there more to tie in with the lore of the character, as opposed to being some type of logical progression from the first game.

I'm sure there's more backstory featured in the comics that they made, but it's hard to rely on something like that to do the majority of storytelling for you since most people didn't read that.

With that said though, I'm not as disappointed as I could be because I see this game exactly as I saw the first one. It's a very fun game with a forgettable story.

 

[Spider-Who?]

The Manor DLC was enjoyable, but it was nothing more than finding and picking up notes. I enjoyed the story these notes told, but feel that the entire game would have been better had they modified this DLC to be the beginning of the main game, or even split up as periodic flashbacks.

 

[SpideyVille]

The Manor DLC was enjoyable, but it was nothing more than finding and picking up notes. I enjoyed the story these notes told, but feel that the entire game would have been better had they modified this DLC to be the beginning of the main game, or even split up as periodic flashbacks.

Well I'm curious now, because wasn't the Manor stuff added just recently as DLC, even on the X-Box version? It would seem that they added it in as an after thought because the original version released last year didn't fully tell the story.