@PowerDingALing I agree on just about everything you said. And yes, I too think this game is overrated. Too much depth in uninteresting crap, and not enough depth on things that actually matter.
I'd give it a 6 or 7. It gets browny points for being an indie game with relatively high production value. But it doesn't get a free hall pass just because the developers are poor.
Frankly, I thought Shadowrun Returns: Dragonfall was a better game. And its combat wasn't even that deep. But it got right the parts it needed to get right for a Turn Based RPG. It also didn't waste my time with superfluous crap.
Meh... I dunno. I know this will be a good game - Rockstar makes quality stuff. I can't say they don't. But the GTA franchise has really never appealed to me. And I have tried so hard to like it. I played halfway through 3, and it was kind of dull. I played halfway through Vice City and lost interest, although that particular protagonist was probably the most interesting out of all of them so far in my opinion. I played halfway through San Andreas and was uninspired. And I played halfway through IV before I realized I just simply do not like the GTA formula. It's like they go through all this trouble in these cutscenes to make the characters so believable and real, and immediately when you start playing... it feels like a game. And it's weird because I don't experience that in other Rockstar titles: Red Dead or L.A. Noire. I guess this series just isn't for me. I'm sure it'll be quality stuff, though.
@nparks @RaiceGeriko And besides that... she'd still make a great Lara Croft. She could pass for a 20-something college student on her first adventure.
My vote for the new move Lara Croft - Lauren Cohen (even the initials are the same) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659348/?ref_=tt_cl_t8
Why?
1. She has that timeless beauty needed for the role, she fits the type, and she isn't pegged as some other character to the point that we couldn't see her as Lara Croft.
2. Because she's as good an actor as anyone else for such a role, probably better. Plus, she can act.
3. She already shows talent in action/drama roles with The Walking Dead.
4. Because accents are easy enough to fake for the purposes of a global English Speaking audience. You don't need a Brit to play a Brit anymore than you need an American to play an American.
I agree with Sythis. I study Social Behavior of the Sexes and the political movements thereof. I was extremely worried about a completely unrealistic Feminist approach to Lara as a female lead in the new Tomb Raider "because women need unrealistic 'strong' identities to inspire them.' It's not that I do not think female characters cannot be heroic, it's just that when you make the same sort of character who is a female, behave the same ways as a man would think and behave, and then uses her sexual appeal as the only source of intrigue... you run into problems. Essentially, not only are you making her psyche completely fairy-tale, but you are making her a sexual idol - which should explain how messed up Feminism is in the first place, that they would ever be behind such a character... which they were. In my (at the time) teenage ignorance... I thought it was cool, because... bewbs. That sort of stuff just doesn't work anymore. That's the sort of thing that made Lara Croft such a 2D character in the first place, and ultimately, why Tomb Raider needed a reboot and a rewrite of the central character.
TR continued to tank because Lara Croft was an uninteresting character when compared to other characters that were simply better - Nathan Drake, Solid Snake, Desmond. People played their games because these characters were good. No one cares about a Metal Gear without Snake unless the character presented earns their stripes - Raiden did not make the cut in MGS 2... this latest one, though. Thankfully, the game industry has matured, and Tomb Raider 2013 is a great example of this. Mostly because the industry has grown to the point that you actually need professional writers who think about the depth of characters, whereas use to... the writer was just another coder.
Not that I am without criticism, but for the most part... TR 2013 is way better a story for a realistic Lara than I ever thought it would be. She never lost her psychological vulnerability, and this is key to a great female character. While you can't make her a victim, she can remain vulnerable to normal issues. While one could make the stupid argument about how she is killing men left and right... that's the same stupid argument a person would make about RE5 and black people. What else do you expect to find in a game set in Africa? More to TR, what would you expect to find in a game set on an island that has a history of shipwrecked sailors being marooned? So, these sorts of things, I can overlook objectively.
But, as far as making another TR Movie... ehhh... while I was playing TR 2013, I got so jazzed about the game, I decided to rewatch the first move - I never could stomach the second one. All I can say is it is a pretty terrible movie. I remember when I was younger, knowing it wasn't a great movie, but to some degree found enjoyment out of the adventure of it all. But today... the movie made it clear that you can't have a good story without a good character. Jolie played the part of Lara about as good as could be expected... mainly because all she had to do was puff her lips and wear tight shirts. That's... all there was to the old Lara.
As long as they keep to the root of the character of Lara Croft that was presented in TR 2013... I'm all for a new movie. Unfortunately, I know that won't be the case. Having said that... I'm not looking forward to a movie.
@ahpuck This is why I simply cannot get behind the XBOX. None of those games interest me. Sony has the better exclusive titles - period. Unless anyone wants to try and argue that Gears of War is better than Uncharted? I didn't think so.
That being said, to each their own, still. But I just don't get excited about XBOX games.
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