Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Mr E · 14-03-2018 3:52pm #1

Looks like the final part of the Tomb Raider Origin trilogy is going to be announced tomorrow. The game will be officially revealed on April 27th

https://www.tombraider.com/en-us

Looking at the source code for the page, the game is due for release on September 14th:

Shadow of The Tomb Raider is the climatic finale of Lara's origin story. Available September 14th 2018

Looks like it might be weather themed?

:D

Generic Dreadhead · 14-03-2018 4:02pm

The last 2 games were quiet fun. Lara has a nice accent and is less annoying that Nathan Drake. F**k trying to get 100% in each area and all that jazz though. Will pick it up when it's not €50+

14-03-2018 4:03pm

the first 2 were fairly enjoyable.
second one was more graphically impressive but didn't add much new tho.
story was very similar also.

nix · 14-03-2018 4:16pm

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

The last 2 games were quiet fun. Lara has a nice accent and is less annoying that Nathan Drake. F**k trying to get 100% in each area and all that jazz though. Will pick it up when it's not €50+

I prefer Drake, he's more fun. But yeah, gameplay wise Tomb raider was better, though i didnt enjoy the second one near as much as the first.

K.O.Kiki · 14-03-2018 4:21pm

I got both reboot Tomb Raiders for free and yet I still don't feel like giving them money for a 3rd.
Replaying Anniversary reminded me of why I loved the franchise, and it didn't have to do with being a "badass" crouching behind walls.

Sephiroth_dude · 14-03-2018 5:00pm

About time, looking forward to this, loved rise of the tomb raider.

Zero-Cool · 14-03-2018 7:07pm

Well well well the Xbox Hussie is back for another go. Didn't enjoy the last 2 games, felt very generic. I'm hoping the next one is good for my love of the series but would much prefer a remaster of anniversary.

Exclamation Marc · 14-03-2018 7:20pm

Enjoyed the last two and it looks like the Xbox exclusivity window isn't mentioned so I'm very happy to see it!

ERG89 · 14-03-2018 7:23pm

glasso wrote: »

the first 2 were fairly enjoyable.
second one was more graphically impressive but didn't add much new tho.
story was very similar also.

Very similar to Arkham Asylum -> Arkham City I think. Like this games I enjoyed these.

Greyfox · 14-03-2018 7:23pm

Nice one, the first 2 are two of the best games on the PS4 thanks to the intensity of the gameplay.. although admittedly not Witcher3/Horizon zero dawn awesome they were so much fun, can't wait for this

DarC_Kn1ght · 14-03-2018 8:52pm

Low quality trailer leak.

https://www.facebook.com/mikacroft/videos/10211052846943291/

YouSavedMyLife · 14-03-2018 10:45pm

DarC_Kn1ght wrote: »

Low quality trailer leak.

https://www.facebook.com/mikacroft/videos/10211052846943291/

Looks to be set in Mesoamerica. They should really bring back dinosaurs!

14-03-2018 11:58pm

Well at least it looks a lot better than that movie trailer on TV.

EoinMcLovin · 15-03-2018 1:11pm

J. Marston · 15-03-2018 1:30pm

Surprised they're keeping the 18 rating. From memory, not too many AAA games go for it these days.

Potential-Monke · 15-03-2018 2:54pm

Great, going by that trailer I'll need the curtains closed constant! But, still looking forward to it, loved the last 2 so most likely a day 1 for this!

Potential-Monke · 24-03-2018 11:49am

So in my complete boredom at work, and with no supervision around, I was listening to a bit of music trying to will myself to wake up, and I was listening to Ozar Midrashim, the theme song from Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. As always, it pumps me right up to get back into the land and lore of Nosgoth, so I did some Googling. Some slight hints at a revival last October was the last update, but the studio the hints came from are working on Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Now I definitely can't wait for this game to come out so they can confirm a Soul Reaver reboot/remaster, either of which I will be ecstatic with!

gimli2112 · 25-03-2018 1:47pm

one of my favourite franchises, when the last one went console exclusive I was mad, said I'd never buy it but eventually caved for a tenner. Will get this one when it's a tenner. ty bs behaviour saving me money

Mr E · 27-04-2018 1:25pm

Full trailer time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFqAcONmTzk

Cordell · 27-04-2018 1:36pm

https://kotaku.com/we-played-shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-and-it-looks-like-1825594027

comes out September 14 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC

great, so they won't pull the same trick.
not so great, it's only (almost) May.

ERG89 · 27-04-2018 3:38pm

Mr E wrote: »

Full trailer time...

A short CG trailer building up the full reveal of....a longer CG heavy trailer. Eidos really can't help themselves with this game its out around the same time as Spiderman and a month before Red Dead 2 so I don't know this is expected to perform given the last one was mishandled with an exclusive launch that did it or the XB1 no favours.

J. Marston · 27-04-2018 3:48pm

"End of the beginning."

They said this is the end of the trilogy but that leaves it open to more games, I guess. Pretty sure the trilogy was only meant to establish her as the Tomb Raider anyway.

Either way, can't wait for more darker, deeper Uncharted.

EoinMcLovin · 10-08-2018 6:18pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVUW0IAOw2U

Sephiroth_dude · 10-08-2018 6:50pm

Day one for me as well.

EoinMcLovin · 10-08-2018 7:14pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Day one for me as well.

Out a week after Spider-Man so will probably pick up later on

Sight808 · 10-08-2018 8:19pm

It looks great, really enjoyed the first one. Less so the second. Is there any information about leveling system or abilities. Not going to be shelling out on day one for a game that's not offering anything new gameplay wise.

EoinMcLovin · 10-08-2018 9:01pm

Sight808 wrote: »

It looks great, really enjoyed the first one. Less so the second. Is there any information about leveling system or abilities. Not going to be shelling out on day one for a game that's not offering anything new gameplay wise.

Whats new

Skills guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5EfMWhWTog

Jordan 199 · 12-08-2018 6:10pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Day one for me as well.

Same here. It will keep me busy until FH4 is released

J. Marston · 10-09-2018 2:08pm

Reviews coming in, looks like a solid 8/10 game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/9emvgr/shadow_of_the_tomb_raider_review_thread/

Sephiroth_dude · 10-09-2018 2:34pm

Preload on psn is Wednesday .

10-09-2018 3:03pm

I haven't been following this so it kind of crept up on me. I enjoyed the last two so I'll likely get this too. One thing I saw mentioned in a review was that the game actually lets you get through it without actually seeing a lot of whats new. Normally a game pushes you towards that kind of stuff.

EoinMcLovin · 10-09-2018 3:41pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Preload on psn is Wednesday .

Preload is available today for digital deluxe and croft edition as they allow you to play the game from Wednesday

Sephiroth_dude · 10-09-2018 3:49pm

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

Preload is available today for digital deluxe and croft edition as they allow you to play the game from Wednesday

Lucky bastards!

Exclamation Marc · 10-09-2018 5:05pm

Very excited for this!

Have to somehow not play it though while I push through Spider-Man.

Absolutely love the series, so more of the same with small improvements is good with me.

jones · 11-09-2018 11:44am

Just pre-ordered this from Smyths for 54.99 so cant go wrong for that price. I loved the first one and thought the second one was good so definitely excited for this. I skipped Spiderman but only because my brother bought it and he'll be finished it in a couple of weeks and i can steal it.

Reviews seem good and i love a game that pushes my pro to the max. Seems very quiet generally about this game but maybe its coming out at a bad time (inbetween spiderman and RDR2)

Exclamation Marc · 13-09-2018 8:39am

Anyone pick this up yet?

Had the Croft edition ordered myself with Smyths but they had a stock delay.

jones · 13-09-2018 8:42am

Exclamation Marc wrote:

Had the Croft edition ordered myself with Smyths but they had a stock delay.

Is it out today?

Sephiroth_dude · 13-09-2018 8:56am

jones wrote: »

Is it out today?

Tomorrow.

Exclamation Marc · 13-09-2018 9:09am

Croft Edition was out yesterday.

Spear · 14-09-2018 12:37am

Gameplay wise, it's more of the same as the previous two, which is fine.

But technically, on PC at least, it's badly bugged. Even just alt-tabbing causes a guaranteed crash to desktop. Choosing the wrong options in the graphics causes it to crash to desktop claiming I have insufficient resources. Given that I have a 10 core i9 and two GTX 1080s, I'm curious as to what they think constitutes sufficient resources then.

gimli2112 · 14-09-2018 4:34am

It's getting pretty solid reviews on Metacritic. Being docked points for "more of the same" but looks great, apparently. I'll definitely get his but not yet.

14-09-2018 9:00am

No innovation. Il pass on this one.

biggebruv · 14-09-2018 9:13am

The game is great so far my fears about the switchover in development teams has gone I’m loving it so far.

The graphics are crazy good the jungles are up there with uncharted 4s imo the graphics downgrade talks are BS.

The locations are really cool and the atmosphere of the jungle are top notch.

Lara’s voice acting here is the best so far the actress has finally toned down the excessive panting and OTT screams.

I love the fact that when you pick up a collectible it stays off screen instead of going directly into the document when Lara talking that was really annoying in the last 2.

I’m about four hours in so far that’s with doing 2 tombs as well so cannot speak for the whole game yet but the jaguar scene was one of the coolest in the whole trilogy

The action has been scaled back alot so far I haven't even had any major action shoot out scenes yet but about 3 or 4 stealth scenes in all.

Looking forward to continuing the game later

Mickeroo · 14-09-2018 9:16am

Fred The Red wrote: »

No innovation. Il pass on this one.

I presume you didn't play the previous two then either.

ERG89 · 14-09-2018 9:20am

Think the separate adjustable difficulty on combat, puzzles and exploration is one of the most innovative things I've heard in some time, hope they managed to pull it off.

biggebruv · 14-09-2018 9:21am

Fred The Red wrote: »

No innovation. Il pass on this one.

I'm curious to know what would need innovation when the last 2 games were very highly praised most of the complaints were about story and action with the last 2 games and imo that's trying to be addressed in this game

Its the 3rd in the trilogy so of course the samey feeling will kick in at this point

biggebruv · 14-09-2018 9:24am

ERG89 wrote: »

Think the separate adjustable difficulty on combat, puzzles and exploration is one of the most innovative things I've heard in some time, hope they managed to pull it off.

It works and it's cool I turned exploration hints off and I am looking around the environment alot more instead of just looking and thinking "oh wheres that white line" lol I got stuck a few times thinking that's not climbable and yet it was ha

Alot of people what that rock solid gameplay back but I guarantee if this was the default setting the game would have been docked alot of lower reviews because of this.

14-09-2018 9:29am

Mickeroo wrote: »

I presume you didn't play the previous two then either.

Completed them both. If it's not willing to take any new risks and try something different then as I said I'm passing on this one.

biggebruv · 14-09-2018 9:50am

Fred The Red wrote: »

Completed them both. If it's not willing to take any new risks and try something different then as I said I'm passing on this one.

Rise didn't really do all that much different from the first game so I don't understand that logic lol

14-09-2018 9:55am

biggebruv wrote: »

Rise didn't really do all that much different from the first game so I don't understand that logic lol

Exactly my point. I loved the first one. Thought the second one was decent but more of the same and got to become a choir towards the end.
This is as per previous titles and more of the same again without any risk taking.

Way too much coming out or out that's better than this.

Not sure why you don't understand that logic.

johnny_ultimate · 14-09-2018 9:57am

The first two (god why did I play the second one) are easily among the worst, most insipid AAA games I’ve ever played, so was pleased to see a few more critical ‘takes’ on this one floating around alongside the positive ones. Always felt the games got off easier than they deserved, allowing of course for the genuine differences in opinion.

Really hope they go a new direction now that this trilogy is done - hopefully away from this combat-heavy, grim-dark approach they’ve taken with these ones.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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