The New Tomb Raider

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It's official. The new Tomb Raider will not be a XB1 exclusive for long, the PC version looks set for release early 2016!

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Couldn't find any threads covering this, but if there is any I apologise in advance.
 
howiepoohs said:
As long as there isn't all those QTEs, I might give it a try. Hopefully they have learned that they just ruin the flow of the game.
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I got kind of used to them as they were so easy once you got used to them, plus a quick load give you an instant retry which just about guaranteed success. I absolutely love the last one, can't blimming wait for this!
 
davewhite04 said:
plus a quick load give you an instant retry which just about guaranteed success.
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Which makes them totally pointless and a pain in the rear that just interrupts the game flow - might as well just be done with it and add a button that goes through it as a cutscene (the game play experience will be exactly the same minus some pointless tedium).

Can't really see it very well from my perspective due to not being able to see when I'm pressing keys, etc. but this was one of my experiences:


Time after time it didn't work when pressing [enter] regardless of timing and eventually when it did go through I just mashed the keyboard and it somehow worked... the developer really should get a clue.
 
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Rroff said:
Which makes them totally pointless and a pain in the rear that just interrupts the game flow - might as well just be done with it and add a button that goes through it as a cutscene (the game play experience will be exactly the same minus some pointless tedium).

Can't really see it very well from my perspective due to not being able to see when I'm pressing keys, etc. but this was one of my experiences:


Time after time it didn't work when pressing [enter] regardless of timing and eventually when it did go through I just mashed the keyboard and it somehow worked... the developer really should get a clue.
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Looked a bit dodgy, laggy even. That section was tough but not really that challenging once you worked out the enemy patterns.
 
IIRC was recorded with FRAPs or something that hit framerate when recording before I switched to Shadowplay. Didn't find that section overly hard just the QTEs were dodgy at the best of times and added nothing to the gameplay.
 
Rroff said:
IIRC was recorded with FRAPs or something that hit framerate when recording before I switched to Shadowplay. Didn't find that section overly hard just the QTEs were dodgy at the best of times and added nothing to the gameplay.
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The QTE allowed you to defeat the enemy in a way that would otherwise be impossible. The QTEs with the wolves at the beginning annoyed me, so much so that I give up on this game twice before I got hooked the 3rd time :)
 
I've just completed the old one (literally, just, it was around 30 mins ago) - I absolutely loved it. Managed to get 83% completion without backtracking at all which I assume is somewhat decent.

I found it to be the right balance between adventuring, combat and puzzles, although I'd like a couple more of the latter. So, I can't wait for the new one.
 
howiepoohs said:
As long as there isn't all those QTEs, I might give it a try. Hopefully they have learned that they just ruin the flow of the game.
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They sort of went away after the first 30 minutes of gameplay. I LOVED the first one. But.... The gameplay vid I just watched, showed a lot of QTE's again???

They clearly must have heard the uproar about them the first time round. I wonder if it will be the same, the first 30 mins or so being focused around cinematics/QTE's until the game opens up. Which, if that's the case, I'm happy.

Based off this preview, it's clear as dicks that something fishy is going on. Not a single mention of QTE's...

http://www.trustedreviews.com/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-review
 
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Joe! said:
I've just completed the old one (literally, just, it was around 30 mins ago) - I absolutely loved it. Managed to get 83% completion without backtracking at all which I assume is somewhat decent.

I found it to be the right balance between adventuring, combat and puzzles, although I'd like a couple more of the latter. So, I can't wait for the new one.
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I think I got 73% :( but hopefully I'll be venturing back to the Island in preparation for the new one come Christmas time, should have a fair amount of backlog games out of the way by then :)
 
phazari180 said:
Gaming from about 2009 onwards.
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I haven't played much outside of racing games.

davewhite04 said:
Quick Time Event. So when "X" pops up you have to press x quick.
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Ah, I see. There's a fair amount of that in Tomb Raider unfortunately.

davewhite04 said:
I think I got 73% :( but hopefully I'll be venturing back to the Island in preparation for the new one come Christmas time, should have a fair amount of backlog games out of the way by then :)
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I don't like purchasing games unless I know I will play them, so it ends up taking me weeks to buy something, and then weeks to end up playing it. I guess the plus side is that I don't end up with a backlog at all.
 
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