Tomb Raider campaign spans 12-15 hours

tomb raider is the one of only 3 games in the last 5 years that ive really got sucked into a wanted to keep playing every day till i got to the end.  the other two games are Resistance 3 and Telltales The Walking Dead.  Ive been playing through tomb raider on the Hardest difficulty and the one thing ive noticed is the more you die the more the games enemy ai evolves.  Every single play through they change their tactics adding a different playthrough everytime.  The story and voice acting is great and its been awsome just being able to take in the scenery (graphics are some of the best ever created this gen)  As with the very first tomb raider hours of fun can be had just throwing lara to her death and experimenting with new ways of killing the enemy.  Enemies will even split up and hunt you. Ive clocked about 12 hours so far and have only completed one side quest but have been going for achievements and collecting artifacts along the way.I am currently inside a temple that is overrun with samurai guards one of which looks like a huge 8ft statue.

I've always taken about twice the time that most of these playthrough times always predict so this seems perfect to men. Any longer and I'd probably lose interest and never finish it.

I think there may be some misinformation due to the editor of this article's paraphrasing and word omissions.

A quick search of "Tomb Raider" and "12-15 hours" and/or "campaign length" on google and you'd find other sites having another angle. What this gamespot one fails to mention is that 12-15 lasts for the MAIN STORY campaign. This may not be inclusive of any possible sidequests, exploration for extras and unlockables deviating away from the main campaign's path if the player chooses to play them. 

But which one is fact? For that we shall have to see. Skyrim had an awfully short campaign compared to everything else that you can do in the game possibly extending your gameplay to 200-300 hours. ME3's optionals added up to be quite substantial to the main story in terms of length, and even witcher 2 with all its sidequests could easily double your playtime. Let's not forget the more recent puzzle/action adventure title Darksiders 2.

Here's to hoping for the best for TR. It would be a shame to have put in all this marketing dollars into the product and to have the actual product itself not live up to the ever growing hype.

I would like for this game to last longer then a weekend for me and friend to play. I miss long hours of exploration, story, mystery, see how high we could fall to our deaths of the early tomb raiders. Do not get me wrong they have done a great job reviving this franchise, but 12-15hrs seems short. 

And NO tacking on some lame multiplayer does not add replayability, just adds another part to a game I and no one else will care to play. 

Might still be perfectly fine.  For one, I'm never a rushing type, so games take a bit longer for me since I explore and take in scenery. 

Also, not every game needs to be hours upon hours for a playthrough.  I enjoy some games that I can beat several times if I feel like it.  There are too many games out there I want to play for them all to be 30+ hours.  As long as it's fun and well done, I'll be happy.

The no swimming thing doesn't seem like it should be a big deal.  Most people seem to complain about those types of segments in a game anyways.

Ohhh noo. I at least wanted this game to last me a while. Still might get it cause it looks promising. Just gotta wait and see..

No swim though?

Looks like a good game for me.  I've never played a Tomb Raider before but I can say this looks pretty promising.

By the looks of it, this is the not the kind of new that people where looking for. Man, it look like this is going to be a average game to me like a 7.0 or 7.5 and not great.

12-15?...soooo there will be no tombs and puzzles and the game will be a straight copy of uncharted?...Why am I not surprised anymore?!

What the hell.

As soon as I read that she now has regenerating health I decided I didn't want the game, playing 40 fathoms on TR2 was one of the hardest moments of my gaming life growing up, and health-packs were like gold dust.  Getting rid of that element instantaneously destroys any feeling of TR.  Can't swim either?!  What the hell.  Swan dives are one of her biggest traits??  :|

I wish they'd just progressed the story and copied Uncharted to be honest, traveling the world looking for lost treasures.  We don't need a re-write prequel of how she became Lara Croft, instead I want to be raiding tombs as the traditional name actually suggests.

Burnout has been ruined this gen and now Tomb Raider..  Thank god GTAV actually looks promising.

Typical console game riding hype and faboyism instead of actual quality.

This game is so hyped up I feel I've already palyed it, at that's hardly enjoyable. Similarly to Far Cry 3, which I feel is omnipresent for months now. Too much hype destroys the game. It's good that Ken Levine learned to keep his mouth shut about Bioshock, although he might have already spilled too much.

have a zombie mode, that'll ramp up replay value...*chuckle*

I'll buy it with a zombie mode.

MAKE THE GAME LONGER!

I don't want to come across as presumptuous but I can already see this game flopping harder than Lara screwing up a swan dive off a 50 foot ledge.  Regenerating health?  Only 12 hours?   LARA CAN'T EFFING SWIM?  ARE YOU KIDDING ME DEVS?  

On top of that, I can already tell this game is going to have zero cheats like the classic Tomb Raiders of old. AND it will probably have zero replay value, no secrets and no unlockables.....Yeah, this game is going to bomb.  Hard.  I'm almost willing to bet my account on it.  Keyword being almost.  How long ago was this game announced anyway?  And it's only going to end up being this long? 

Publishers....Developers....I don't know if any one of any consequence is reading this right now.....but you have GOT TO STEP  UP YOUR GAME.   GameSpot, for the love of God, if you give me a position on your staff I will write editorials up the yin yang.  I will clearly and succinctly spell out what the industry is doing wrong and how we can fix this farce.  Because I gotta be honest here, I am tired of seeing my favorite established franchises being run into the dirt. 

I  can see down her top.

A 12-15hr game??? Which really means 8-10hrs for $59.99.....

Again, no Vita version. Ho - hum....

To anyone interested in this game I am pretty sure you can still get it for about $33 on GreenManGaming. I already pre-ordered my copy Friday.

I am so excited for this game. Getting it on PC, but I expect it to be awesome on all platforms :)

sounds like another heavily consolized game. not going to support this.

sweet mama cita

regen health in a game that's been heavily branded about survival? disappointing

still looks good though

standard by todays standards but i expected more from a trusted series and it being survival game not a fps.

Devs usually tend to inflate game length. So I think that's 12~15 hours for 100% completion and most people will probably finish it in 10. Whilst the single-player length doesn't really bother me as long as it's good and has some replay value, I'm not convinced this title will tick both boxes. I certainly won't be pre-ordering or buying on launch.

MMmmMMM Camilla Luddington

and old tomb raider games were 20-27 hours Such improvement from old day isn't :)))

As long as it's gripping from start to finish it'll be okay, but then there's no guarentee of that...

this the hottest version of Lara