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Puke or garbage or something. I'm assuming it's supposed to be held by a goon, except the goon ain't there.

I don't understand most of what's happening, but I like what I see.

What the... ?

Eh, given that she actually states that she's rather surprised at how easy all the killing has been, I think it's safe to say that she's just sociopathic and will have no issues That's what she says now. Then she wakes up in the middle of the night in cold sweat with a strangled cat next to her and broken furniture strewn about her room. No wonder she's still single in the games. She either scares potential suitors away with her disregard for human life or murders them in her sleep.

As long as they're doing prequels and giving Lara backstory, the next game should be about her trying to overcome the PTSD from all the horrors she had to endure and commit in this game.

Fair. I still think they could have achieved that goal without having Lara go on a killing spree that would make John Rambo cringe. She could have become a confident survivor by murdering 5 or 10 or 15 or even 20 people. She didn't have to murder a town's population worth of people.

To each their own. I didn't think Tomb Raider was a bad game (outside of their overuse of QTEs), it's just not what I consider a Tomb Raider game. I actually enjoyed the brutally difficult jumps having to hit precise angles and have split second timing of previous games. I enjoyed that challenge and didn't mind dying a bunch of times while figuring things out. I liked the aspect of "Hmm, can I make that jump? Is it too far? Can I make that angle? How the heck am I going to get over there?" To me, that was what Tomb Raider was all about.

GabeN Y U No Put Of Orcs and Men and La Mulana 75% off?

You may be right about locations showing up. I'm not sure, I try to stay away from the map. Also, I never use "survival instincts" or whatever the cheat/hint function is called, because, holy ****, stuff is so ridiculously easy to figure out as it is. At the very least, they could have include some devilishly difficult platforming for the optional tombs, oh and make them a bit longer than 3 jumps worth of platforming. I mean, throw me at least SOME challenge in platforming and puzzle solving. The only "challenge" in the game is when you have to murder 15 or 20 people at the same time, instead of just 7 or 8.

Agreed. I'm of the mind that every Tomb Raider game has too much combat, this one just takes it to an extreme. The lore of the artifacts is cool, it would be nice if they weren't so ridiculously easy to find. Oh and just in case you can't find them on your own (don't worry you'll most likely run smack dab into them by accident anyway), they're pointed out to you on your map. Heaven forbid you actually have to search for these artifacts. What I liked about Tomb Raider games in the past was clever puzzles and challenging platforming. This game is completely devoid of both of those things. The platforming is ridiculously easy and puzzles, what there's maybe 3 or 4 of them in the entire game, are so simple that it;s an insult. The game has a good story and great acting. It's also a solid murder simulator. I didn't want to play a murder simulator. I wanted to, you know, raid some tombs. I know, I must be completely out of my mind to expect to be raiding tombs in a game called Tomb Raider. Silly me. Edit @melkathi - LOL, my bad.

Yeah, it's not an enviable position. I almost wish the game was complete garbage so that I could just wipe it off my hard drive now and be done with it, but it does have redeeming qualities and the story, acting, and production values are good enough that I'm invested enough to want to see it through to the end. But there is just so much ****ing combat, and when I do get a reprieve from combat and actually get to do some platforming it's so childishly easy that it's practically a slap in the face. The worst is stumbling into an optional tomb. This should be a moment of happiness for me, but it's actually quite the opposite. First, how ****ing sad is it that TOMBS are optional in TOMB ****ing RAIDER, not to mention very few and far between. Second these tombs always consist of one puzzle so easy it's pathetic and about 3 jumps worth of platforming. Basically it takes about a minute to complete these optional tombs. What I wouldn't give for Tommy Lee Jones or Will Smith to zap me with the memory eraser thingy and wipe this whole experience from my mind. Yes, I did just use a M.I.B. reference.

I'm borderline hate-playing Tomb Raider at this point. My god, Lara must have killed 300 people by now, it's just an almost endless stream of violence. The combat is decent enough and I'll give the game points for having fairly good enemy AI, but there are already a million other murder simulators out there on the market, some of them much better than this. And make no mistake, that's what Tomb Raider is, a murder simulator. By trying to appeal to a broader audience, the game has lost its niche. As a Tomb Raider game it's garbage. I'd borderline recommend Angel of Darkness over this for someone looking for a Tomb Raider experience. As a murder simulator, it's solid, but there are many better choices on the market. And QTEs... I was never a fan of them before, but I was more tolerant of them than the majority. At this point, I find QTEs almost as disgusting as snuff porn. I'm looking forward to finishing the game so I can wipe it off my hard drive and never touch it again. As far as I'm concerned, Lara Croft is finished, the series is dead.

I won't. Then people on Steam would see me purchasing a Bioware game. What would that do to my reputation? Nothing?

LSL's length came from getting stuck on obtuse puzzles. Its girth came from spending endless hours just clicking on (or, originally, typing) stuff to get funny responses. And, yes, I responded just so I could get those crappy puns in. You're welcome.

Nothing in the new pack interests me as it's all elf/fearie-centric, and that doesn't appeal to me. If they put out an orc-centric pack, then they would have my attention.

Not to mention, this is Saints Row, it doesn't need to make sense.

Daniel Dae Kim ‏@danieldaekim1h THE GAT IS OUT OF THE BAG. Thanks to you fans, Yes I will be back as JOHNNY GAT in #SaintsRowIV. Get ready! @DSVolition **** yes!!!

Well, they abandoned Global Agenda for Tribes Ascend, sow they're abandoning Tribes Ascend for SMITE. Hold on, let me get my crystal ball. /puts crystal ball on table //waves hand over crystal ball Hi-Rez abandons SMITE for Global Agenda 2 Hi-Rez abandons Global Agenda 2 for Tribes Ascend 2 Hi-Rez abandons Tribes Ascend 2 for SMITE 2

I'm about halfway to lev 17 leadership on my main. My alt laborer just got to lev 11 leadership (he also has gone up 8 levels doing nothing but leadership jobs and invoking his deity ). My alt actually got a coalescent ward from a coffer of augmentation (small sample size, but it seems the drop rate on those from coffers is about 10%), which promptly got traded to my main and used. Now I have 4 lesser lifedrinker enchantments. All I need is 1 more coalescent and I can make a regular lifedrinker enchantment.

There is a desperate need for a higher resolution No-bark. "I tole 'em, we got a chupacabra with an automatic weapon. That's when they get real quiet."

Basically, yes

Yes they asked him why doesn't he perform any miracle to show people he is Jesus. He said in about 5 years he will be able to do this but he needs to be more aligned with God More aligned with God? If he's the son of God, how much more aligned than that can he get? Also, what's with the specific timetable? Is there some some sort of workout regimen for gaining divine powers: You see, the ability to walk on water generally requires a 9 month training course. Turning water into wine only takes 3 months. However, raising the dead, that's a whopping 4-year course.

Just when my wallet was starting to recover (that's a blatant lie). Well, I can't not support a Sierra alum, and I did love the bejesus out of Police Quest. Sonny Bonds Maxwell Jones reporting for duty. I fear that the $30 entry point to get the game will turn away many would-be supporters. Gotta love this picture on the Kickstarter page: Check out Lori Cole rocking the super high waisted pants. I can't believe those kinds of pants are making a comeback. There is absolutely nothing attractive about high waisted pants.

Since both Zach and Bobby are back, I guess that means more of Professor Genki's Super Ethical Reality Climax. Hopefully they get more lines this time around. Their commentary was pretty hilarious, but it got super repetitive really fast. No Zimos, no Oleg

I'm still sad about no Tara Platt protagonist voice. I know what voice we're getting from Laura Bailey, but I'm not familiar with Diane Michelle or Sumalee Montano. There better be a ridiculously over the top female voice from at least one of those 2.