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Lttp: Shadow of the Tomb Raider
- Thread starter nihilence
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Worst of the new trilogy, but I had some fun with it, at least. Even if the game overall was... kinda boring.
That shit was awful. Same goes for the tedious mutant zombie whatever fights and the semi-open world aspect of having to run around the city and surrounding areas.
That shit was awful. Same goes for the tedious mutant zombie whatever fights and the semi-open world aspect of having to run around the city and surrounding areas.
Didn't like it. I reached the first Village hub (Peru?) and dropped it. It was just tedious, the writing remains atrocious, the characters are irritating and maybe because I'd just come from Last of Us 2 the combat feels too flimsy and completely inconsequential. Also its never really sat right with me having Lara knifing people, smashing axes into heads and so on. There's something about this version of Lara I find irritating but I can't quite put my finger on what.
I just thought of a bad analogy that I believe explain my problems with Shadow tombs (and exploration/puzzles), and why I think they aren't good enough:
Those are Shadow tombs. Or more precisely, the pieces from which they are built.
They did want to make good tombs, but the pieces from which the game was built didn't support them. They were made for something else. For a more aciton oriented game. The devs did put effort and had good ideas, but in the end the tombs ended up looking like this:
and if they wanted to build a tomb more like this:
They needed to change the pieces first.
Those are Shadow tombs. Or more precisely, the pieces from which they are built.
They did want to make good tombs, but the pieces from which the game was built didn't support them. They were made for something else. For a more aciton oriented game. The devs did put effort and had good ideas, but in the end the tombs ended up looking like this:
and if they wanted to build a tomb more like this:
They needed to change the pieces first.
By very far the best in the trilogy, why? because for once it feels and plays the closest to the original TR games, many Tombs with Puzzles and underwater free swimming and exploring which I can never understand why they took it off in the reboot 2013 and the following sequel.
It gets much unnecessary hate and bashing.
It gets much unnecessary hate and bashing.
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Yeah the story is over the top and completely whack.
And the English, perfect English everywhere. Only Lara has an accent. Wut.
And the English, perfect English everywhere. Only Lara has an accent. Wut.
I think ROTTR was the peak for me in this new trilogy. I basically enjoyed 2013 and Rise a lot but found Shadow to be somewhat dull. UC4 and SOTTR both feel like the response of the creative leads to the criticisms of their preceding games being seen as "too action focused" and with too many kills but I think that in both cases the game was definitely not improved by doing so.
This sounds small, but actually was kind of an issue for me. The skill tree in this game is one of the worst I've ever seen. It was to the point where halfway through the game I just stopped getting new skills altogether.
Other than that though I really enjoyed this game, it gets a pretty unfair rep imo due to being from a different team. The visuals are gorgeous, and it's closest to the spirit of a Tomb Raider game. The first two thirds of Shadow has an impressively small number of combat encounters (which, to be fair, actually factors in to that skill tree issue). I was pretty impressed the degree to which the game prioritized stealth and exploration
People praising this game makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills. It's the equivalent of the transformers last knight. It's part of a mediocre trilogy of games that have some moments of greatness and fun but are pretty forgettable with the last being an absolute travesty. The combat isn't even good in the third one when it's pretty decent in the second.
Yeah, Shadow cuts too deep in both positive and negative ways, though. For certain it deserves credit for expanding tombs and improving the feeling of exploration, but then it feels like a confused sequel with an under used skill tree and somehow the worst narrative. It made me appreciate the more focused action and over the top edge of the 2013 reboot.
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Finally got around to finishing it and Eh, mixed feelings.
Overall enjoyed it. The things that were off to me was the a secluded inhabitants that spoke perfect English. Then the protector faction has been surviving and torturing themselves how. I don't know why I can suspend my belief over the super nature parts, but the language and people were my problem.
The settings were great, soundtrack was spectacular. The combat was serviceable. Controls at times were off, which could frustrate platforming sections. The tombs, crypts etc were entertaining.
There had to be crunch it plans changed along the way that couldn't be polished.the the ending sequence literally has a helicopter fly at you, and if you turned around it hovered in place and then popped out like it was culled them memory.
Hard to judge. Again, weird spectrum of highs and lows.
Overall enjoyed it. The things that were off to me was the a secluded inhabitants that spoke perfect English. Then the protector faction has been surviving and torturing themselves how. I don't know why I can suspend my belief over the super nature parts, but the language and people were my problem.
The settings were great, soundtrack was spectacular. The combat was serviceable. Controls at times were off, which could frustrate platforming sections. The tombs, crypts etc were entertaining.
There had to be crunch it plans changed along the way that couldn't be polished.the the ending sequence literally has a helicopter fly at you, and if you turned around it hovered in place and then popped out like it was culled them memory.
Hard to judge. Again, weird spectrum of highs and lows.
I found the story kinda boring. But the setting, the riddles, gameplay and graphics were all good.
I will give it a solid 7/0
I will give it a solid 7/0
Wasn't there a setting that you could change and they would all speak in their native tongue? I remember a developer video saying that it defaults to English to make it easier for players...
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I'm not sure, maybe I missed it. I normally go for subtitles, and over looked native languages.
