Now I have had a chance to play this after unlocking
the Square Enix hype machine really went OTT this time into massive overdrive
As expected this game is nothing more than an Uncharted clone with Lara Croft instead of Nathan Drake & the target audience is the console kiddies for sure its a long way from the previous TR games by Crystal Dynamics.
Gfx are pretty poor as well the water shader in particular is laughable & quite shocking for a 2013 PC game which supports DX11. Full maxxed out the game looks pretty average to me I am struggling to say anything nice about the gfx there is nothing here which has not been done much better before its pretty average looking so far I know there are going to be free DLC high res movies & textures via in update in the next few days on Steam but that can not change the bland design & uninspired location choices.
The new Lara voiceover is nothing better or worse about the same they should have kept Keeley Hawes but it would not make much difference either way.
Gameplay is pretty poor & the biggest problem is the constant QTE's & camera controlling moments where the player loses control to the virtual camera without warning are almost as bad as Resident Evil 6 & why on earth they still insist on so many QTE's is beyond me as most gamers hate them nowadays as they offer nothing gameplay wise its just a cheap way to save on development budget's
Its obvious that the game only started development after Guardian Of Light shipped as no way could this have been in development more than 2 years there is little content & even less gameplay no wonder they threw a MP mode in the SP is pretty limited now they have removed tombs & replaced with combat turning Croft into Rambo
I hope this is Crystal Dynamics last TR game it feels tired & looks like it time to pass onto a new developer IMO
