Topic: General Tomb Raider Thread

So I've noticed a lot of people on here are currently playing Rise of the Tomb Raider. Coincidence or Illuminati? You tell me!

Anyway, I recently beat Tomb Raider (2013), and I'm currently 25% in Rise. I just did the Baba Yaga DLC quest, which was pretty cool IMO. I liked that boss fight a lot. There was a weird glitch that caused the companion girl to have no face animations, so it looked a bit like I was watching a Shenmue III trailer; but other than that I liked it.

Now, getting all the documents in the Vale in a pain in the arse however, not sure who decided it was a good idea to add some timed platforming sections in there...

I enjoyed the last 2, even though it’s not what I really want from a TR game. Gunna get the new one once all the DLC is out!

@kyleforrester87 In my opinion the newest one is the closest to the Tomb Raider roots of the recent trilogy. Lots more raiding of tombs and solving puzzles and less mowing down enemies with an assault rifle. Great environments too.
Rise is a good game also. The gameplay is fun as well and Lara has so many options as far as combat. The story is probably the weakest of the three though.

@Th3solution It does feel that there's a bigger focus on combat in Rise. 2013 had many optional tombs, but it sometimes feels like the hunting and shooting overshadows it.

One thing I don't understand is all the weapons. I pick up a rifle and I suddenly have access to a whole bunch of them. May have been DLC that I didn't notice though.

I did enjoy the recent games, but after finishing Rise I kinda had enough of the series. I will pick up the latest one eventually, I felt the same after Far Cry 4 and currently playing 5 so you never know when I'll get the itch.

I got annoyed at the 2013 one when a cheevo (this was on 360) failed to pop up when I found 100% of the collectibles.

@Kidfried I'm currently in the fourth snowy area, it's huuuge, so I can only presume it's the hub area like the how the fourth or so area with the plane crash was in Tomb Raider (2013).

Yeah, I got it lined up in the ''to play stack''; depending on when I get to finish Rise, it's either Days Gone first, or Shadow in between Rise and Days Gone.

Yeah, I just favor tropical and jungle environments over snowy ones, for some reason too. Therefore Shadow > Rise. 😄

So annoying, can't find the last document in the Soviet Installation, nothing on my map either. That's all I've left to do in that area too...

@Kidfried Yeah, it was that one! In ended up comparing my map to a completed map I found online to locate it. And the map that reveals the location of the document was right next to it; that's how I missed it I think.

@Kidfried Not yet. But I've done all areas so far. I'm currently in the hidden passage with the planetarium and all the undeads.

I've completed ROTR. Great game, not sure if I like this one better than the first one, but they're both very good in their own right.

I tried a bit of the Croft Manor in VR, and it's pretty neat. I used free roam mode, and I didn't get sick, so that's a good thing. I wish there were things like footstep sounds present, and maybe even a head bobbing effect when walking, because it feels very much like I'm on an on-rails ride when walking through the mansion. I'm not sure how other VR games deal with it, but there's still room to make it more immersive I think.

@Kidfried I felt pretty much the same too. Too much of the same things from the 2013 game. Think that is why I have little or no temptation to get the third game.

@Kidfried Yeah, it's maybe a bit too big. I did like the variety of crafting, and skills you could learn. I forgot, making bombs and molotov cocktails wasn't in the first game, right? Hunting animals wasn't either I think.

@RogerRoger ''I swore to myself that if Lara ended up shimmying past marching hoards of an undead army for a third time''

lol, so true. When I watched that cut-scene, I definitely had a deja-vu moment.

Yeah, I'm definitely picking up Shadow at some point. But I'm getting Dreams tomorrow, and Days Gone later this month, so it won't be any time soon. Summer is usually the time I play the least games. And I do want to play Control as well, and that's coming out late summer too I believe. So I probably won't get around to it until later this year. But who knows, maybe there will be a complete edition or something like that by then.

@RogerRoger Haven't got it yet! Tomorrow is D-Day!

I got Shadow of the Tomb Raider recently and just straight up quit. Such a step backwards from Rise, and just such an unfocused experience. Could learn from Uncharted.

@RogerRoger Thanks for the impressions on the DLC content. It makes me want to pick up the Season Pass. So all 7 episodes would take approximately what ... 8-10 hours?

I recently completed RotTR; so I'm certain I can be of help as well. What church do you mean? Where on the map is it?