Posted on: October 23, 2023

ShinobiSalad

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The meditative exchanged for action

My frame of reference for Tomb Raider notably comes from the original games released for the PC and consoles. Tomb Raider GOTY is completely different to what came before. It's pretty evident that the creators wanted to do something different with the IP, and what we got is a prequel/remake, that interprets the character as a survivalist action-horror movie protagonist. Gone is the meditative cavern exploring and puzzle solving. Instead, you traverse hyper detailed environments, farm ammo and currency, all of which you use against the numerous villains that litter the maps. For the most part, it is successful. Weapons feel great, and there is an incentive to upgrade them. The shooting system is intuitive, and the way Lara handles feels smooth and uninhibited. The story itself is neither here nor there. It follows classic action movie tropes, with the young Lara questioning herself, becoming the reluctant action ubermensch, and then being traumatized by it. I felt the climbing sections of the game really stood out, harkening to her roots. The system has been modernized, and you can get her to perform all kinds of feats. The shooting elements - especially the use of the bow - felt great and very natural to use. Unfortunately, although the graphics were rich and environments highly detailed, I think what it lacked was a sensibility and this idea of taste. Maps have a tendency being littered with mass graves, literally everywhere. Blood and dirt covers everything. What should be a few small huts is multiplied by 10,000. Everything that's represented is maximized and exaggerated to the highest degree. It's a game that shows a lot of technical skill and effort in construction. But is quite a simple game for the player, with everything explained and being linear. Respect must be given to the attempt at creating something epic and explosive, but it does lack the sensibility of the earlier games.

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Posted on: August 21, 2021

point-bl4nk

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Tight 3PS. Not classic Tomb Raider.

While an extremely casual experience, this is the better Tomb Raider game of the survivor trilogy. Not because it's particulary good, but rather because it doesn't attempt to waste your time with pointless openworld fluff. If we ignore the stupidly easy optional puzzles (a farcy from the district-size Tombs from the original PS1 games), Tomb Raider 2013 is a thrilling action game set in an almost entirely hostile island, with none of the collectathon bs that plagued the later entries in the series. Reach new area, kill bad guys, maybe collect upgrades, next area, watch cutscene, repeat. Simple as that. No irrelevant optional content, no distracting side-quests, no empty maps, none of that.

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Posted on: January 16, 2022

Seb-gog

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Like a highbudget popcorn-movie!

Like a dumb popcorn-movie, but very entertaining! Stupid consoleish gameplay, full of QTE button mashing, and totally on-rails scripted AI/fights. But it's all very triple-A - great graphics, great voice acting, very movielike experience with loads of crazy (and brutal) action. The "exploration" feels pretty cool, like when you jump from one ledge to another, or climb the mountain sides with your axe. When you die (and you will) there is almost always a autosave like 20 seconds back, so you won't get too frustrated here. Also no backtracking required, unless you're going for 100% completion. The optional tombs are pretty nice too, with its relaxed puzzle solving, and a nice change from the hectic action you'll encounter everywhere else. I'm too old for hectic QTE-games like this, but playing it on easy was just right for me. For the price on sale it's very much worth it, for a entertaining experience that lasts maybe 15h or so. Sometimes it feels like the game is playing you rather than the other way around, but I guess some like it that way...

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Posted on: April 22, 2023

erikcleric

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Great visuals, bland story, ok gameplay.

Im not a Tomb Raider fan at all. Heard of the games throughout my childhood but i never got into them. This review is not in comparison with older games, its just about this game alone. There are some great visuals, for me mostly in the average forest scenery because i dont care so much for big set pieces, it could still pass as a relatively newly released game. Not that i consider this title old yet. Controls were fluid so was performance. What i really didn't like were quite a few things that kinda started to drag the game down for me. So many over-used scenarios i've seen too many times from games around this exact era. The mission with a bunch of guys with flashlights looking for you. Its short but im noting it anyway. The place that catches on fire everywhere. A place full of unrealistic amounts of unusually fresh human flesh. The escape setpieces, where you have to cinematically escape an area, they bore me to no end, lack of interraction just takes me out of the game and i feel no excitement. Thats my personal opinion ofcourse. The dumb and very generic main enemies and their boring side chatter, the hordes of basically hobos thrown at you in a few places bored me (how do they survive? Where do they get all that ammo? ) there were generic fights i've had in several other games before, Bulletstorm and Rage perhaps, their magical awareness of where Lara is, both plotwise and in terms of gameplay was also stupid. "She is up there" they say in a room full of strong wind and high noise. Lack of facial animations is another thing ive grown tired of, the in-game cutscenes varying from looking good to stiff and very "videogamey". Half Life 2 could pull of better animations at times than this. To this day, lifeless facial animations are still common. Pros: Visuals. Controls and their fluidity. Cons: Story wasn't that interesting. Cliché main villains. Boring hordes of dumb AI thrown at you. (An army of hobos with how much ammo on that island? )

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Posted on: July 31, 2022

slutvar

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Ein gelungenes Reboot

Die Neuauflage von Tomb Raider ist ein gelungenes Reboot. Deutlich actionlastiger und brutaler, als die klassische Reihe, mit einer moderneren Lara, die daher auch leider nicht mehr ihr ikonisches Latex Oberteil trägt. OK, Sinn gemacht hat das nie, aber schön anzusehen war es. Spass beiseite, das moderne Gameplay gefällt mir ausgezeichnet. Im Grunde ist Lara hier die weibliche Inkarnation von Rambo, mit Sportbogen und weit weniger sportlicher Art mit ihren noch unsportlicheren Gegnern umzugehen. Dazu kommen jede Menge mitunter ebenso absurder, wie actionreicher Klettereinlagen, sowie einige Rätsel, die zum Glück nur selten unlogisch und nervig sind. Etwa das Windrätsel mit der Hebebühne, dass mich fast in den Wahnsinn getrieben hat. Andere Rätsel sind zum Glück sehr logisch und mitunter lächerlich einfach. Die Kamera ist etwas träge und kann mitunter Schwindelligkeit auslösen. Wirklich extrem xtörend sind aber nur diese grauenhaft überflüssig, nervigen und blödsinnigen Quick Time Events. Drücke E, drücke genau 20x x ganz schnell hintereinander, schreibe Oberweserdampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän, schliesse eine zweite Tatstatur an und drücke nochmal e, drücke auf beiden Tatstaturen gleichzeitig und im Wechsel a und o. Wer denkt sich so einen Quatsch aus ? Die "Taste drücken im Kreis" Aufgabe hätte völlig gereicht, wenn es schon unbedingt sein muss. Ausserdem einmal, höchstens zweimal und nicht 300x hintereinander. Im Ernst, noch bei keinem anderen Spiel habe ich so nervige und häufige Quick Time Events gesehen. Mal sehen, wie das bei den Nachfolgern ist. Leider gibt es die ja hier (noch ?) nicht, weshalb ich sie auf Steam spielen muss. Ansonsten klare Kaufempfehlung.

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