Thanks guys.
What's the deal with 'Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition' then, is that a cleaned up version of the 2013 PS3 game?
I'm a huge Tomb Raider fan.
Thanks guys.
What's the deal with 'Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition' then, is that a cleaned up version of the 2013 PS3 game?
I'm a huge Tomb Raider fan.
Well, as mentioned it has improved framerate and graphics. Lara now has TressFX which means her hair has individual strand and a physics code to it. It's probably some of the better looking games on the market, even if it is a last-gen port.
However, being a HUGE fan of Tomb Raider myself, I think the Tomb Raider games died with Underworld. Never once did this game felt like "Tomb Raider" and instead feels like what Christopher Nolan would do if he made Uncharted. You're much better off playing the Uncharted games than the new Lara reboot. I was genuinely bummed that the series I loved is now just dumb cover shooter. And Lara sounds terrible! Why did they recast the role?
You mention Nolan so much these days...I wonder if you have a love-hate relationship with Nolan?Well, as mentioned it has improved framerate and graphics. Lara now has TressFX which means her hair has individual strand and a physics code to it. It's probably some of the better looking games on the market, even if it is a last-gen port.
However, being a HUGE fan of Tomb Raider myself, I think the Tomb Raider games died with Underworld. Never once did this game felt like "Tomb Raider" and instead feels like what Christopher Nolan would do if he made Uncharted. You're much better off playing the Uncharted games than the new Lara reboot. I was genuinely bummed that the series I loved is now just dumb cover shooter. And Lara sounds terrible! Why did they recast the role?
I never got why other parts of the world got special editions for the series, but the U.S. didn't until Uncharted 3
these look neat though
You mention Nolan so much these days...I wonder if you have a love-hate relationship with Nolan?
I played some of the reboot, and thought it wasn't bad. I honestly couldn't get into the other games - PS1, Legend, and Anniversary. They sorta bored me. I thought I could get into them following Uncharted, and Prince of Persia, but I couldn't. Nothing really enticed me to go on, unlike those two.I never got why other parts of the world got special editions for the series, but the U.S. didn't until Uncharted 3
Yeah I really respect Nolan for helping bring a good name to Batman. Never even knew about that other stuff with properties, weird.Not at all. I've never seen his movies outside of Batman and I liked the Batman trilogy (TDKR, not so much) and he should be hailed as the man who brought Batman out of the near 10 year slump and making him relevant again. It's just that whenever people try to take an existing property that was deemed irrelevant for modern audiences, people would toss his name. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "Nolan should do a Metal Gear movie" and so forth. Heck, even the developers of this game were constantly referring to "a Batman Begins style reboot" when promoting the 2013 game.
Of course, you can see the Nolan inspiration on the 2013 reboot everywhere where they try to make the plot seem "important" with all the speeches about destiny and stuff. I'm gonna make it clear that I don't hate Nolan, that award goes to Michael Bay.
As for the previous Tomb Raider games, I was only a casual fan at best but I've never missed a console release of any TR game. I do find the games you mentioned "boring" as well when I first got into it, and never bothered to finish Anniversary and Underworld because I deemed them to be dull and lacking. Surprisingly, I grew to love them AFTER the reboot. Isn't that crazy? I guess you'll never appreciate something till they're gone.
So to make it clear, I like Nolan, and I liked the 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. It's just that when you try to take an inherently silly source material and sprinkle buckets of grittiness, make it sooo serious, it could be forgiven that some nerds like myself try to poke fun at it just a bit.
Yeah I really respect Nolan for helping bring a good name to Batman. Never even knew about that other stuff with properties, weird.
Not sure about the Nolan inspiration either, I need specific examples. As for you and the old games, maybe something was there. not sure. The 2008 Prince of Persia reboot made me love the previous games more, but I already had a deep admiration for them. It's just for far different reasons but yeah. But did you at least finish the older TR games?
I thought TR tried to make itself serious though, at least, wasn't completely silly in the old games.
Hans Zimmer has always been like that, kinda, since Pirates of the Carribean at least though his music had a bigger fun factor to them in those films, so I don't really associate Hans Zimmer with Nolan. Plus, he is sorta directed in what he needs to try with the music. I do think Lara had some sass in her in the older games, so give her that instead of the one-liners, it'd make her seem too similar to Drake at times.Well, the presentation is similar, along with the Hans Zimmer inspired music. Lara's mentor constantly gives her sermons about her destiny and who she should be. Lara herself narrates in a grandiose fashion. It's cool and all, but I'd rather have Drake's one-liners, it makes the mass genocide your committing less disturbing.
I've never played any POP games aside from the sequel of 2003's Sands of Time, I really want to someday! As for your last question- I've beaten all of the console TR games except Angle of Darkness and those newer Diablo-style top down games.
Can't wait to play UC2 and 3 for the first time
Better late than never. Still fantastic games. I wonder if you'll go nuts over a Nathan Drake figure after this.
