Looks like they are trying to break Uncharted ground.
All the stuff I saw in the demo Naughty dog did back in 2009. The snow tech they created was even better back then. It was knee deep and the snow would bunch up all around drake.
Running along a surface that is collapsing naughty dog also did back then. 6 years ago.
I'm a huge Uncharted fan, but the truth is Uncharted borrowed a lot of its mechanics from other games. All games do. Uncharted brought together those mechanics in a very high quality package, but it wasn't the originator of most of those mechanics.
It's clear that games borrow from each other. This is part of the evolution of games. Uncharted borrowed from the Tomb Raider games before it, then Tomb Raider 2013 borrowed from Uncharted, and Rise of the Tomb Raider and Uncharted 4 both show signs of continuing mutual influence.
Personally I love both series. Other than RPGs, my other love are action games with character driven narratives and archaeological Indiana Jones-esque themes...forgotten cities, lost cultures, treasures, foreign languages, adventure, ancient puzzles and traps, etc. I love this kind of stuff.
I'm not fussed about the reboot playing and trying to be more like uncharted, but I've never got much into the story in the reboot for one main reason that still seems to be an issue with the sequel - the bollywood Lara Croft experience.
Uncharted had these set pieces ranging from small to massive where something would happen and Drake would be running for his life, but the pacing of these moments, the dialogue to accompany these moments and the frequency was just right. TR reboot took this to a new level which broke the immersion of the game as it became comical for me.
It feels like Lara is cursed and every step she takes sets of a scripted sequence where she almost dies followed by Bollywood style dramatising the situation.
When the demo stated at E3, I made a joke about how many near death experiences Lara will have in the demo - she had about a dozen in a 2 min demo!
As good and fun as TR is, this is one of the reasons why it will never be better than the uncharted series unless the theme is Bollywood 101.
@AussieGamer1 Correction *"...so many games to look forward to this HOLIDAY."* according to facts stated very often by you constantly and also by Aaron Greenberg in a recent interview.
@Spaceranger- They also have Quantum Break, Crackdown, Scalebound, Recore, Ion, Sea of Thieves, Gears 4, and possibly whatever new IP announces at Gamescom that Phil alluded to set to release next year. Three of those are confirmed for a Spring release too, so it appears as though they are looking to do a better job of spreading their releases out as well.
Totally loved it.. Probably one of the reason (gears being another) I would get myself the Xbox1 as I don't know when it would come on the PS4, Though I love my PS4 more I wanna enjoy all the games. Simply hate the fanbosim... Don't you guys think ROTR is at a huge risk because its Release window is at a crucial time. 2 weeks after Halo 5, 4 days after BO3, same day as Fallout 4 and 7 days before Battlefront. They may push back the release date.. What do you guys think?
Well regardless I do hope it does well. MS is really going to advertise the heck out of it so time will tell. One thing I will say is that ROTR with out a doubt is shaping up nicely! I simply have to have it!
I can't wait. The only thing that was holding back the Tomb Raider reboot was the story. And it sounds like they are really focusing on that part this time. The actress was phenomenal though, glad she will be returning.
The actress was horrific. She had one damn job which is to do an English accent and what she gave us was this horrible accent that couldn't decide whether Lara was English or Australian or something else. People pointed this out, it was highlighted to CD and here we are again with the same actress giving the same shitty performance. You would have thought she would have made a change but it looks like CD are more interested in her looks than her performance of Lara.
Do we know how long this will be exclusive to XBOX?
Will probably come to Ps4 around early 2016. I'll be waiting
Day one can't wait :) xbox owners have so many games go look forward to this year
The tomb raider remake was so boring.. Finished it for finishing sake. Anwyays I'll play rise of the tomb raider on my ps4 whenever it comes out
Totally loved it.. Probably one of the reason (gears being another) I would get myself the Xbox1 as I don't know when it would come on the PS4, Though I love my PS4 more I wanna enjoy all the games. Simply hate the fanbosim...
Don't you guys think ROTR is at a huge risk because its Release window is at a crucial time. 2 weeks after Halo 5, 4 days after BO3, same day as Fallout 4 and 7 days before Battlefront. They may push back the release date.. What do you guys think?