Tomb Raider 2013 out now!

Game is out now for some. What do you guys think?

I like it so far, Lara's animations are a step above her previous games. The atmosphere is also much better, but we probably knew that would be the case. Camilla Luddington is doing a fairly good job as Lara so far. Only just got the bow and the axe. Lot of QTEs early on, not a fan of those but I can feel it has started to open up. TressFX hair is is a little freaky but mostly good!

I'll post some screenshots later, feel free to post yours. Thumbnails might be preferred if you are posting a lot :)

Animations are "just" a step above? It's a MAJOR step above. They went from old-gen Lara to the new TR Lara. I think Camilla is passable. She's not bad, but she isn't great either.  I'd rather have the actress that did Leah's voice in Diablo 3 do Lara.  Leah's voice actress actually has a great voice but Diablo 3 had bad writing.

Animations are "just" a step above? It's a MAJOR step above. They went from old-gen Lara to the new TR Lara. I think Camilla is passable. She's not bad, but she isn't great either.

Elann2008

From small footage alone her voice and ability is very inconsistent and grating at times. Can't imagine what a full game would be like

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]

Animations are "just" a step above? It's a MAJOR step above. They went from old-gen Lara to the new TR Lara. I think Camilla is passable. She's not bad, but she isn't great either.

seanmcloughlin

From small footage alone her voice and ability is very inconsistent and grating at times. Can't imagine what a full game would be like

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="Elann2008"]

Animations are "just" a step above? It's a MAJOR step above. They went from old-gen Lara to the new TR Lara. I think Camilla is passable. She's not bad, but she isn't great either.

Elann2008

From small footage alone her voice and ability is very inconsistent and grating at times. Can't imagine what a full game would be like

Her delivery of some of the voice over stuff is very hit and miss and it doesn't help when you have a British woman who gained a more American accent forcing a British accent again.

I know she's technically British but her normal voice doesn't sound very British anymore 

I just unlocked the game, I'll report back after playing for a bit. 

5 more hours for unlock :cry:

Anyways, I'm not going to play this at midnight. Gonna wait till tomorrow.

How are u guys playing already ive got it through steam and still not unlocked didnt buy it through them but came wit my new amd gpu and they used steam???nikeswoosh

The game has already unlocked in Austraila and Japan. 

I played for 20 minutes maybe but was getting artifacting like crazy after exiting the cave and needed to quit the game, I'm installing the latest Nvidia beta drivers to see if that fixes the issue. 

I initially tried running it on ultimate with 4xSMAA and tressfx and it ran ok at first but when Lara was crawling through the water and her head filled the screen my FPS tanked to like 2 so I had to turn it off. Looks kinda silly anyways. 

Now running ultimate with 2xSMAA and normal hair, get 45-60fps which isn't great but isn't bad either. The controls seem fine so far but its too soon to comment on the gameplay beyond that with such limited experience. 

How are u guys playing already ive got it through steam and still not unlocked didnt buy it through them but came wit my new amd gpu and they used steam???nikeswoosh

You could just change your IP to make it seem like you're in AUS or *** and unlock the game early. Then play like normal when it does unlock

Animations are "just" a step above? It's a MAJOR step above. They went from old-gen Lara to the new TR Lara. I think Camilla is passable. She's not bad, but she isn't great either.  I'd rather have the actress that did Leah's voice in Diablo 3 do Lara.  Leah's voice actress actually has a great voice but Diablo 3 had bad writing.

Elann2008

Here's a pic of Lara...

Sorry, I don't have the game yet.:P

After all the hype about TressFX it actually looks sh!t in motion. it's hugely distracting instead of looking good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS7_-EX9a8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGM3cK2zJvo

Hi guys, sorry I didn't notice this thread earlier, anyway these are my first impressions:

PC Specific:

Decent port

no framerate issues (playing mostly on high settings)

Pretty scalable graphics

A little mouse acceleration

There is a benchmark like in Sleeping Dogs where you can tweak graphics and measure framerate (v.useful)

Pros: Game looks good, especially with tessellation and SSAO

Levels are packed with detail

Sound design is excellent

Controls are easy to pick up and play

Lara's pretty cute

Cons:

QTE QTE QTE...god when will this fad end....3 qtes in opening 30 mins

Levels seem linear for now may open up later

Lara's hair looks like ass. (on Normal)

Yup, hope this was useful for some of you. Got any more questions just ask

After all the hype about TressFX it actually looks sh!t in motion. it's hugely distracting instead of looking good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS7_-EX9a8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGM3cK2zJvo

seanmcloughlin

[QUOTE="nikeswoosh"]How are u guys playing already ive got it through steam and still not unlocked didnt buy it through them but came wit my new amd gpu and they used steam???with_teeth26

The game has already unlocked in Austraila and Japan. 

I played for 20 minutes maybe but was getting artifacting like crazy after exiting the cave and needed to quit the game, I'm installing the latest Nvidia beta drivers to see if that fixes the issue. 

I initially tried running it on ultimate with 4xSMAA and tressfx and it ran ok at first but when Lara was crawling through the water and her head filled the screen my FPS tanked to like 2 so I had to turn it off. Looks kinda silly anyways. 

Now running ultimate with 2xSMAA and normal hair, get 45-60fps which isn't great but isn't bad either. The controls seem fine so far but its too soon to comment on the gameplay beyond that with such limited experience. 

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

After all the hype about TressFX it actually looks sh!t in motion. it's hugely distracting instead of looking good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS7_-EX9a8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGM3cK2zJvo

mitu123

The guy reported straight 60 without, and 30 with it on. Then when it got close to Lara it ran at 10 fps :?

[QUOTE="with_teeth26"]

[QUOTE="nikeswoosh"]How are u guys playing already ive got it through steam and still not unlocked didnt buy it through them but came wit my new amd gpu and they used steam???not_wanted

The game has already unlocked in Austraila and Japan. 

I played for 20 minutes maybe but was getting artifacting like crazy after exiting the cave and needed to quit the game, I'm installing the latest Nvidia beta drivers to see if that fixes the issue. 

I initially tried running it on ultimate with 4xSMAA and tressfx and it ran ok at first but when Lara was crawling through the water and her head filled the screen my FPS tanked to like 2 so I had to turn it off. Looks kinda silly anyways. 

Now running ultimate with 2xSMAA and normal hair, get 45-60fps which isn't great but isn't bad either. The controls seem fine so far but its too soon to comment on the gameplay beyond that with such limited experience. 

It works on every GPU. AMD and Nvidia

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

After all the hype about TressFX it actually looks sh!t in motion. it's hugely distracting instead of looking good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS7_-EX9a8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGM3cK2zJvo

seanmcloughlin

The guy reported straight 60 without, and 30 with it on. Then when it got close to Lara it ran at 10 fps :?

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="mitu123"] I guess I shouldn't try it...plus it'll run like crap on my setup since it's mainly for AMD cards.

mitu123

The guy reported straight 60 without, and 30 with it on. Then when it got close to Lara it ran at 10 fps :?

I don't think it was optimised, it seems like tech they just made and used it as a selling point for TR, seems like they rushed it quite a bit cos it runs awful and looks bad. 

Give it time and I'm sure it will get better. 

TressFx runs fine on AMD cards. Current gen amd cards are just better at open CL or direct compute than similar performance nvidia cards. 

TressFx runs fine on AMD cards. Current gen amd cards are just better at open CL or direct compute than similar performance nvidia cards. It's basically why AMD don't mind that you can turn it on for nvidia cards - they know it won't run as well. nutcrackr

If anyone is experiencing crazy graphical glitches like this:

Turn off SMAA. That fixed it for me. 

TressFx runs fine on AMD cards. Current gen amd cards are just better at open CL or direct compute than similar performance nvidia cards. 

nutcrackr

Well it's made by AMD so it will obviously run better on their cards

[QUOTE="not_wanted"]

[QUOTE="with_teeth26"]

The game has already unlocked in Austraila and Japan. 

I played for 20 minutes maybe but was getting artifacting like crazy after exiting the cave and needed to quit the game, I'm installing the latest Nvidia beta drivers to see if that fixes the issue. 

I initially tried running it on ultimate with 4xSMAA and tressfx and it ran ok at first but when Lara was crawling through the water and her head filled the screen my FPS tanked to like 2 so I had to turn it off. Looks kinda silly anyways. 

Now running ultimate with 2xSMAA and normal hair, get 45-60fps which isn't great but isn't bad either. The controls seem fine so far but its too soon to comment on the gameplay beyond that with such limited experience. 

seanmcloughlin

It works on every GPU. AMD and Nvidia

If anyone is experiencing crazy graphical glitches like this:

Turn off SMAA. That fixed it for me. 

with_teeth26

[QUOTE="with_teeth26"]

If anyone is experiencing crazy graphical glitches like this:

Turn off SMAA. That fixed it for me. 

not_wanted

[QUOTE="not_wanted"]

[QUOTE="with_teeth26"]

If anyone is experiencing crazy graphical glitches like this:

Turn off SMAA. That fixed it for me. 

KodiakKoolaid

After all the hype about TressFX it actually looks sh!t in motion. it's hugely distracting instead of looking good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpS7_-EX9a8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGM3cK2zJvo

seanmcloughlin

I don't know, that actually looks pretty good to me. Shame about the performance thoe.

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]

TressFx runs fine on AMD cards. Current gen amd cards are just better at open CL or direct compute than similar performance nvidia cards. 

seanmcloughlin

Well it's made by AMD so it will obviously run better on their cards

[QUOTE="KodiakKoolaid"][QUOTE="not_wanted"]Does Lara have a nanosuit? lol

not_wanted

[QUOTE="KodiakKoolaid"][QUOTE="not_wanted"]Does Lara have a nanosuit? lol

not_wanted

Octocamo

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]

TressFx runs fine on AMD cards. Current gen amd cards are just better at open CL or direct compute than similar performance nvidia cards. 

ferret-gamer

Well it's made by AMD so it will obviously run better on their cards

The 660Ti and 670 are pretty good. 680 was a massive let down, hence GTX Titan coming out so soon after trying to rectify it

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]TressFx runs fine on AMD cards. Current gen amd cards are just better at open CL or direct compute than similar performance nvidia cards. It's basically why AMD don't mind that you can turn it on for nvidia cards - they know it won't run as well. KodiakKoolaid

[QUOTE="KodiakKoolaid"][QUOTE="nutcrackr"]TressFx runs fine on AMD cards. Current gen amd cards are just better at open CL or direct compute than similar performance nvidia cards. It's basically why AMD don't mind that you can turn it on for nvidia cards - they know it won't run as well. Elann2008

I have the settings maxed (ultimate) at 1680x1050.

On my GTX 570 the largest dip I saw was down to 25fps but it only lasted for like a second.

I have my fps capped at 35fps and it never goes lower unless the camera gets really close to Lara's head and usually it only dips to like 30fps when that happens.

I capped my fps to make the game run smoother and I don't really notice the fps dips.

Will probably use sweetfx to get rid of the blurriness from FXAA.....no way in hell I am using SSAA.

just turn tressFX off... even on AMD cards there are reports of 15-20FPS loss with it on.... nvidia cards its more like 30-35. plus, it looks ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE in motion. if laura is standing still, it looks great, but once she starts running, jumping, climbing trees (action transvestite! please tell me someone gets that joke....), it looks really really bad.Kaisfate

It looks fine to me, although I am not constantly looking at her hair.

I have the settings maxed (ultimate) at 1680x1050.

On my GTX 570 the largest dip I saw was down to 25fps but it only lasted for like a second.

I have my fps capped at 35fps and it never goes lower unless the camera gets really close to Lara's head and usually it only dips to like 30fps.

I capped my fps to make the game run smoother and I don't really notice the fps dips.

Will probably use sweetfx to get rid of the blurriness from FXAA.....not way in hell I am using SSAA.

 

 

RyviusARC

I've issues with crashing after visiting the camp fire after killing the first deer. I'm fairly sure its a problem with the newer Nvidia drivers since a message pops up saying they stopped working after the game crashes. I'm going to roll back to an earlier version. 

I've having to issues with crashing after visiting th camp fire after killing the first deer. I'm fairly sure its a problem with the newer Nvidia drivers since a message pops up saying they stopped working after the game crashes. I'm going to roll back to an earlier version. 

with_teeth26

[QUOTE="RyviusARC"]

I have the settings maxed (ultimate) at 1680x1050.

On my GTX 570 the largest dip I saw was down to 25fps but it only lasted for like a second.

I have my fps capped at 35fps and it never goes lower unless the camera gets really close to Lara's head and usually it only dips to like 30fps.

I capped my fps to make the game run smoother and I don't really notice the fps dips.

Will probably use sweetfx to get rid of the blurriness from FXAA.....not way in hell I am using SSAA.

 

 

Kaisfate

I like it with it on and yah I know 1680x1050 makes it run better than 1920x1080.

I was just stating my performance.

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Also some screenshots.

Game is maintaining 50fps (with occasional dips to 30-40fps) for me with settings on Ultimate. Although, from time to time there's some graphical glitches with AA. Honestly, TressFX is too... spazzy... Hair has a mind of it's own.

in stills it looks great, but when you actually play, it looks horrible. each strand of her hair just flies all over the place and looks completely ridiculous. i have had several instances of her pony tail actually clipping through her face, and i have had several instances of 2 or 3 strands of hair getting stuck sticking out of her face when they clip through, so it looks like she has these giant hairs growing out of her eyeball or something.

clearly it wasnt implemented well and was just slapped on there as some sort of tech demonstration. even if you can get playable frames with it on, it is a negative impact on the visual quality of the game.