There's a trio of Tomb Raider games free on Epic Game Store at the moment. I haven't played any TR games since the PS1 originals so might finally get around to giving them a go.
I think the names of the games go a long way to explain why I haven't got around to playing them because they're a bit confusing when you haven't been following the series. There's Rise of the Tomb Raider 20 Year Celebration, there's Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition, and there's Tomb Raider Game of The Year edition. I have literally no idea what order these games are in, if they're direct sequels of each other, if they're reboots, if they're remakes, or what (yes I know I can just look it up...)
Yeah it's a reboot trilogy with a connective story. For anyone wondering it goes Tomb Raider (GOTY), Rise, then Shadow.
I've played every major (non-mobile) TR game since 1996 except for Shadow and I still had to look up the order π€ͺ
Nice free games. Played the first two, they're good games well worth playing. 3rd jas been on the to do list for a long time, I'm pretty sure it's been and gone on game pass which I never got round to playing so it's good to be able to pick it up for free again.
Just finished Halo Infinite. Good game. But just as I type this the credits are rolling on the screen. Man, there really is no difference from movies and games anymore with the amount of people who work on a project.
No wonder we get a lot of the same ol same ol in aaa games. Too much money at stake to be taking big risks. Kinda miss the ps2 days.
Edit.
Credits are over 20 minutes long. Sheesh.
Said I'd hold off on another playthrough until my SteamDeck arrives but here I am downloading it for the Switch. Loved series 2, totally captures the vibe of the games.
Nooo. The next gen version is a few months away!
Have the blood and stone dlc or whatever its called saved for the next gen enhancement. Although I'll either still be playing Valhalla or only just finished it and will have no desire to tackle another RPG. Oh and there's Halo Infinite as well which definitely has to be played first. So yeah I guess I won't be playing Witcher 3 after all!
Hearts of stone is the first expansion and absolutely brilliant. Blood and wine is the second expansion was a better game than most full games released. I'm looking forward to my next gen Witcher playthrough for that alone. I haven't played vahalla but I've a feeling blood and wine alone will piss all over it.
The Witcher on Netflix gave me cravings for the game too, but as the next-gen upgrade isn't out yet for TW3 I went for Thronebreaker, the Gwent game instead.
It's great, but it crashes a hell of a lot. It's absolutely ridiculous at times. There was one point it took me over 5 tries to even get into the game because it kept crashing loading the main menu. Really spoils the experience.
God I must really try to swallow my hatred of the tutorial and overall feel of the thing, and give Witcher 3 another attempt.
Took me a while to get into it too, and there's a section in the middle of the game that is just god-awful in terms of pacing. I still wouldn't have the reverence for it that most do, but for the most part it is a great game.
I could never get into TW3. I found the actual RPG mechanics (great story =/= great RPG) to be too shallow. But if the upgrade is free I might give it another shot.
Anyone played Kena? It's on sale and I might get it.
Playing it at the moment, finding it good so far
RE Kena: Pondering on it, reviews were very mixed with some saying it lacked in story and depth and has a play through time of just 9-10hrs. I mean, I'm not looking for anything very thorough right now just want some eye candy, but they do tend to throw you off. I don't think it's worth β¬40, but atm it's 29.99 on Epic and I have a β¬10 voucher on there, I think it might be worth β¬20
[edit] I think I talked myself into it, nothing else I fancied using the voucher on, so downloading now π
What I get from it is that it does absolutely nothing new and is a carbon copy of Zelda but it does it well and looks very pretty.
It's more a throw back to older ps2/ps3 '3D platformers' like beyond good & evil or Jak and Dexter, I don't get Zelda series vibes from it at all. I think that's a go-to comparison for every other adventure platformer that gets released. Bit like saying The Witcher series was a carbon copy of the Elder scrolls series
Ah I wasn't suggesting Valhalla is better than Witcher 3. Just that it'll take me months to finish it and by then the last thing I'll want to do is get into another Rpg.
Ah wasn't jumping in to defend Witcher dlc, Just recommending to try it at some stage :)
I sunk 150hrs into TW3 before finishing, and I still have a tonne of side quests left unfinished. It's certainly not anything close to a 'casual' game. Like you I can only handle one 'epic' sized game at a time. I started the first expansion but was suffering a bit of burnout at the time after just completeing the main, but damn, is it worth it! Must get back to the DLC soon
I found that as soon as you get past the bloody/drunken baron quest the game opens up. But I will say the Skellige arc can drag a bit.
Steam at it again!!!
I own Arma Cold War assault from when it was free in 2014 but its gone from my account as someone just gifted it to me.
I also have the disc version of it lol
And the Dandeloin arc... The only bit I'm not looking forward to on the next gen update. And it goes on...
I thought the Baron quest was one of the better ones overall tbh, but you're right it really gets going from there onward.
'Now where did i put me bloody vodka!?'
The game really gets going after 20 hours. π
Yeah that was the worst for me.
Find Dandelion
*15 missions later*
Find Dandelion and produce a play
Is Kena ever coming to Xbox? I could get it on PC but prefer playing on Xbox for achievements.
Time was I'd probably be fine with that but funny how circumstances change. Nowadays that feels like an unreasonable investment.
Timed exclusive, Ember Studios (only 10 of them!) had an exclusivity deal with Sony for consoles and Epic for PC, but it's expected to have a Xbox and Switch release too. Unless Sony buy them up in the meantime. Or someone else.
Kena is a cracking game. Love it.
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