I spent 8 years ignoring this series because I heard so much negativity around it. "Uncharted clone", horrible acting story, awful etc. I didn't want to invest my time in something and have it be a mess, so I stayed away from it, especially hearing game 3 was horrible.
Well it was like $3 on PS store so I thought what the heck, I'll give it like an hour cause I have nothing else to do…
I'm now about 10 hours in on the first reboot and I freaking am having a blast. Yes acting and story is cheesy, but the gameplay feels like an actual game instead of a cinema simulator. Like the combat, puzzle solving, progression and the atmosphere is nice and graphics for a 2013 game have not been hard to adjust to.
Its got the DNA of a lot of my favorite old school games but all I ever heard about was horrible (now realizing it was prob due to story and the cheesiness of everything?)
is rest of series awful or am I just dumb for listening to people and ignoring this?
Update #1: Beat Tomb Raider 2013. Excellent ride. Cheesy as all get out but I had a blast. I think I like the first half a little more than the second as the atmosphere in just getting to the island was pretty fun. Combat was good especially with the late game fun kills. Progression was good although I felt the skill tree was kind of lame since I didn't need about 70% of it. Story was serviceable, characters were bad, but gameplay and adventuring was solid, which made me make my initial post. I would give it a very solid 8.5/10
Update #2 Just completed Rise of the Tomb Raider. Enjoyed it a lot as well. Slightly prefer #1 because Rise felt a little bloated and less fresh. Still an 8.5/10 so they are remarkably close.
Well it was like $3 on PS store so I thought what the heck, I'll give it like an hour cause I have nothing else to do…
I'm now about 10 hours in on the first reboot and I freaking am having a blast. Yes acting and story is cheesy, but the gameplay feels like an actual game instead of a cinema simulator. Like the combat, puzzle solving, progression and the atmosphere is nice and graphics for a 2013 game have not been hard to adjust to.
Its got the DNA of a lot of my favorite old school games but all I ever heard about was horrible (now realizing it was prob due to story and the cheesiness of everything?)
is rest of series awful or am I just dumb for listening to people and ignoring this?
Update #1: Beat Tomb Raider 2013. Excellent ride. Cheesy as all get out but I had a blast. I think I like the first half a little more than the second as the atmosphere in just getting to the island was pretty fun. Combat was good especially with the late game fun kills. Progression was good although I felt the skill tree was kind of lame since I didn't need about 70% of it. Story was serviceable, characters were bad, but gameplay and adventuring was solid, which made me make my initial post. I would give it a very solid 8.5/10
Update #2 Just completed Rise of the Tomb Raider. Enjoyed it a lot as well. Slightly prefer #1 because Rise felt a little bloated and less fresh. Still an 8.5/10 so they are remarkably close.
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