Tomb Raider 2: Rise of the Tomb Raider Announced

shatpank81 · 19 Nov 2015 at 12:47

A retailer had an offer where you trade in a certain game and get Rise of the Tomb Raider for £9.99
I couldnt be bothered with halo 5 and the deal ended today, so i have taken the plunge

Just finishing off TR on xbox one (completed it on pc) before i start it

TriedandTested · 19 Nov 2015 at 13:46

It's a good game, not a great one. I'm not sure i like being in the same large area for extended periods of time, and i don't like all the written storyline stuff (recordings, notes etc) - it's boring. As is the story so far.

Looks fantastic, but that will only take a game so far. Prefer the original at this point.

robfosters · 19 Nov 2015 at 22:23

Right, so this is not coming to PS4 until late next year yeah?

MOOGLEYS · 19 Nov 2015 at 22:27

robfosters said:
Right, so this is not coming to PS4 until late next year yeah?

Nope only 360 and One for now... I read that it's exclusive for a year but cannot confirm that.

robfosters · 19 Nov 2015 at 22:32

MOOGLEYS said:
Nope only 360 and One for now... I read that it's exclusive for a year but cannot confirm that.

Utterly ridiculous. Do they think that having to wait a year will suddenly convince me to drop £300 notes on an XB1?

Lokai · 19 Nov 2015 at 22:41

robfosters said:
Utterly ridiculous. Do they think that having to wait a year will suddenly convince me to drop £300 notes on an XB1?

Consoles have exclusives, always have. At least its going to come to PS4.

cu3ed · 20 Nov 2015 at 01:07

robfosters said:
Utterly ridiculous. Do they think that having to wait a year will suddenly convince me to drop £300 notes on an XB1?

Well, Street Fighter is meant to do the same thing so..../

Raymond Lin · 20 Nov 2015 at 04:59

robfosters said:
Utterly ridiculous. Do they think that having to wait a year will suddenly convince me to drop £300 notes on an XB1?

Part of the reason I bought a PS4 was to play The Last of Us and Uncharted 4....

Hypercritical ? Double standard ? The same thing?

Or PS4 owners got it good because they eventually get it anyway?

R0B75 · 20 Nov 2015 at 08:49

My early thoughts having done about 30% of the game. It's looks and runs very well and the cinematics and set pieces are superb. The voice acting is great too and the gun battles are excellent. I'm really enjoying the challenge tombs as well.

However, the story isn't as good as the first so far (I guessed the early twist) and there's less variety in the locations so far too. But, there's generally more to do with the optional missions from NPCs so it balances things out a bit. I'm definitely enjoying it though, it's just a really polished and fun game to play.

biron_w · 20 Nov 2015 at 10:33

Lokai said:
Consoles have exclusives, always have. At least its going to come to PS4.

cu3ed said:
Well, Street Fighter is meant to do the same thing so..../

Milkybk said:
Same can be said about every PS exclusive, shock horror.

Raymond Lin said:
Part of the reason I bought a PS4 was to play The Last of Us and Uncharted 4....

Hypercritical ? Double standard ? The same thing?

Or PS4 owners got it good because they eventually get it anyway?

The thing about this game and SF5 is that they've been multi platforms for years now. I'm totally against making an existing multi platform game a console exclusive. It's just utter greed from the publisher and benefits nobody BUT the publisher.

Raymond Lin · 20 Nov 2015 at 11:07

biron_w said:
The thing about this game and SF5 is that they've been multi platforms for years now. I'm totally against making an existing multi platform game a console exclusive. It's just utter greed from the publisher and benefits nobody BUT the publisher.

Who are in the business to make money, it's all greed, everyone of them.

n111ck · 20 Nov 2015 at 11:15

biron_w said:
The thing about this game and SF5 is that they've been multi platforms for years now. I'm totally against making an existing multi platform game a console exclusive. It's just utter greed from the publisher and benefits nobody BUT the publisher.

I dont think CD would agree - this has back fired big time for them.

shatpank81 · 20 Nov 2015 at 11:17

Raymond Lin said:
Who are in the business to make money, it's all greed, everyone of them.

Everything is mostly about money
If my boss said "im not paying you anymore, but can work for free"
He wouldnt see me again

The money microsoft paid crystal dynamics as probably offset some of the loss of sales for not being multiplatform
However i think both would have thought it would sell more than it did

antijoke · 20 Nov 2015 at 11:26

biron_w said:
The thing about this game and SF5 is that they've been multi platforms for years now. I'm totally against making an existing multi platform game a console exclusive. It's just utter greed from the publisher and benefits nobody BUT the publisher.

They haven't made Tomb Raider a console exclusive though. It's only timed.

Thesnipergecko · 20 Nov 2015 at 11:28

n111ck said:
I dont think CD would agree - this has back fired big time for them.

In what way has it back fired? If you mean lack of sales then don't forget MS would have paid them a butt load of money for the timed exclusive. I would imagine that would more than make up for any losses.

rdb2012 · 20 Nov 2015 at 11:30

I can't wait to pick this game up, but I think I will wait until it's cheaper which hopefully won't be long this time of the year

Raymond Lin · 20 Nov 2015 at 11:33

There will undoubtedly be a definitive edition in a year on the PS4 and then release that again for the XB1 with possible more tombs expansion as a DLC for existing owners or something like that.

n111ck · 20 Nov 2015 at 14:02

Thesnipergecko said:
In what way has it back fired? If you mean lack of sales then don't forget MS would have paid them a butt load of money for the timed exclusive. I would imagine that would more than make up for any losses.

I very much doubt MS have compensated them to the degree of several million lost sales for what is ultimately only a timed exclusive. If that was the case MS would have been better off giving the game away for free.

pioneer2000 · 20 Nov 2015 at 14:06

I do, Microsoft have shed loads of money to do such a thing.

The reason you don't see Sony doing it is because they cannot afford to. The result being they have next to no AAA exclusives.