Drowsy Emperor

TR reboot has taken a turn for the worse. I ended up in the island equivalent Somalia, a level called shanty town. I think I killed about a hundred people there, and besides all the killing there wasn't much to do in the level. The optional tomb (in a game called tomb raider?) took me 5 minutes to complete. In fact all the optioinal tombs aren't really whole levels, they're a single physics based puzzle and a few jumps until you reach a relic and you're done. Some of them look very nice, but they're so short the can't really be considered a significant part of the gameplay experience. In fact the gameplay is 60% shooting 40% (opitonal) exploring levels for scavenger hunt quests. If you don't do the optional stuff its almost a straight up shooter. Some of the design choices fall into the "why did you bother" category, like the skills and weapons upgrades. There are a lot of them at first, and there's the illusion that you're picking one or the other whereas you'll get almost everything inevitably. My weapons are fully modded and I have a ton of salvage that I can't spend on anything. Other modifications will unlock in time, but really, its a case of "we can't let you miss any of the content and/or not let you have something and make you feel bad". What it really is is timed unlocking of new abilities and weapons disguised as customization i.e. choice on the part of the player, where there in fact is none. It left me feeling somewhat cheated. Even though I'm having fun, and the story is still doing a good job of holding my attention, the game isn't really tomb raider. Its what I assume Uncharted plays like (I don't have a PS3). I agree with this review, although I'd grade the game a bit higher: http://www.pcgamer.com/review/tomb-raider-review/2/

The few I've seen are crushingly negative. Its a pity, I always follow her work and hope for a new GK like adventure. Incidentally the 20th anniversary edition (or whatever its called) looks pretty nice so far.

I don't give 50 Cents on Snoopy. Or on Mr. 0.361 euro according to my currency converter, either.

I don't... dig.

Call of Pripyat was great. The only thing that didn't work was the finale and the game could have used more polish.

Still Tomb Raider. Its growing on me. I still wish some things were done differently (too much combat) but the game is so well made I'can't fault it too much. I imagine they limited the game to a single location and the majority of the enemies to humans to cut down on costs, seeing as how scenery, animations and character models can and are reused in the game.

I started with TR2 and liked it, but never fell in love with it like some people did. It was too difficult for me to enjoy, back in the day.

It was bizarre how the game completely ignored the wound from the beginning. Wolverine regeneration ftw Yes, the focus is way too much on graphic killing for my tastes. In the new Tomb Raider everything wants to kill you and you need to kill everything else, either because its an obstacle or for xp and salvage.

Unlike you some of us here live in countries where the so called "color revolutions" happened. Unlike you, we witnessed these "protests" first hand. The only thing that's spontaneous is the desire of the people to climb out of economic misery, everything else is paid for and organized from a foreign country for their domestic pawns. We know who the people who organized them are and what their agenda was and how they did it, so please, don't insult our intelligence.

is odd, but we have never played a tomb raider game. am thinking the avatar turned us off 'cause it seemed too ridiculous... unnecessary pandering. am gonna concede the inherent hypocrisy as we did play games with "comic book type badass" toons who, male or female, were drawn no less provocative or silly. am actually not certain why superheroes is ok for us, but final fantasy Giant swords, lineage 2 warrior girls in stiletto heels, and lara croft b00b avatar sets our teeth on edge. that being said, is not as if we is ok with all superhero stuff-- is still a fuzzy line which we has difficulty crossing. odd. HA! Good Fun! While there was a certain amount of pandering to gamers in the old TR games, its the sort of thing that dissolves when you actually start playing. The focus is on platforming and fighting, there is little story apart from cut-scenes and little characterization as far as Lara is concerned. The point is, you literally stop seeing her while you play because your attention is elsewhere. That said, the old games are borderline unplayable now due to how blocky the graphics are and terrible controls.

The Kiev junta has sent what units they could scrounge up, there are about ten people dead already. Civil war is just around the corner. No real Russian response so far but I find it hard to believe they're just going to stand by and do nothing.

On topic: I'm playing Tomb Raider. (the reboot) I'm sort of torn over this game. The audio-visual experience is extremely polished, the story delivery is very fluid and natural, the controls are the best they've ever been in a TR game... but the game commits every "modern game sin" one could think of. Obnoxious QTE, linear and railroading the player excessively, grimdark obsession with violence , a lot of pointless scavenger hunts to bump game length... even "evil russians" of all things... to top it all some token feminism thrown in for good measure. The old Lara was essentially a comic book type badass character. You could, in a comic book way, believe she could do back flips and fire dual pistols on a tiger at the same time. The new Lara is a "vulnerable girl" "oh its so hard, I'm falling apart"...traumatized murder machine. What she supposedly is and what she does doesn't really connect. If they lighten up the tone and bring back the focus on exploration of exotic locales instead of playing "lord of the flies" it would be great.

I enjoyed all the wandering through the maps. But I was 13 and it was my first RPG.

Voted. I'd bet that it would have won anyway. Those games were always more popular than the EE series. Edit: I just saw that the votes are public. Its closer than I would have thought.

Lol @ go to congress with it

I like the "Why DAI isn't DA3article". "We wanted to emphasize that the game isn't a sequel but about the Inqusition" LOL. What they wanted is to downplay the connection between the new game and the DA2 disaster

Actually the whatever by Flame game (forgot the title) looks more like a copy of Dark Souls than anything else.

I just got Endless space. I took a minute or two on the main screen looking for a campaign or story missions. Realizing there is none, I tried it out a bit. Seems polished enough, the UI isn't bad. Usually in these games its a pain in the ass to learn how to play it, but this looks quite straightforward. Alas its still lacking the draw of a game with a story. I think its good mod material, seeing as how you can make your own factions.

I totally gave up on BS: Infinite. Its my opinion that its a very mediocre shooter covered up with high production values.

Please, please, point out to us uneducated peons the general legal principle that allows for the dismissal of the HoS outside of the legal procedures outlined to that end in the Constitution or ancillary legislation. "Bailing on the people" is not a reason or motive that you will find anywhere in the Ukrainian Constitution, among other things, because it makes no sense. The ****ing Head of State doesn't "bail" on the people unless the "people" (read: fascist militias) are out for his blood, which is exactly what happened. This is the very definition of a coup. The President does not "lose constitutional legitimacy" at your leisure, he is removed from office after he has been impeached, declared medically incompetent, or dies only. So what are these "higher provisions" you speak of? This is a really, really tired debate, especially because the point was already discussed to death in the other thread(s): No offense 2133 but that's not how I remember the debate you and Tagaziel had. I remember you guys discussed various interesting points for several days and despite the fact Tagaziel proved conclusively that he was right around the fact that Yanukovych wasn't removed from power illegally you refused to acknowledge this But you are right, this has been discussed to death. I would like us to focus on the current destabilization of eastern Ukraine by Russia. Is there any justification for it and what is the realistic outcome to the situation? Do you accept that Russia is playing a major part in the protests and occupation of Ukrainian government buildings? 2133 is right and Tagaziel is wrong. Its not a matter of creative interpretation but the letter of the law. There is no lawful way for armed men to overthrow the president or pressure the parliament into impeaching him. Its irregular, outside of the law and therefore illegitimate.

No, I'm claiming that you are wrong and I've already proven that. PS: in your dictionary, the world apparently = western media so I draw the conclusion that pointless discussion is pointless

I skipped it back then. Played a bit of HOMM but it didn't hold me. Actually I never went further than Alpha Centauri in 4X games. I tried a few others out, even played them for a day or two but ultimately gave up before becoming proficient. I wanted to, but couldn't. Strategy games without a strong setting to back them up don't hold my interest for long. I'm more interested in immersing myself in the world than mastering the numbers. Which is why I suck at strategy games.

I couldn't play it. Graphics are too kitschy and busy and the lore is boring.

The awesome fighting style of intense LMB mash. Critical damage is now a feature?

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