View Full Version : "TRA St. Francis Folly x 10 = TRU level scale"
I know some previews are really not interesting to read, but I think this one's an exception if only for the closing line.
Underworld looks stunning, but the visuals are the least of the improvements. Every level's scale feels like St. Francis' Folly times ten. Without doubt this open-world-ish design is the direction the series was meant to take.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=193627
Wow, that sounds amazing. :eek: Thanks for sharing. :tmb:
but would that mean ther will be like 3 levels? :p
:yik: :yik: Thanks :tmb: Now I go play with the Francis Folly and I read my time LOL :D
Dark Lugia 2
20-07-08, 10:58
I don't think theres a connection. :o they're just saying how big the new game's levels can be with next gen capabilities imo, by comparing it to the folly, which lots are familliar with :p :p
if this isnt speculating at the review hinting at the folly returning, shoot me :o XD :p
new moves, swimming system, bigger levels .. sounds promising
Now that I want to see! I spent almost 3 hours in the folly, and I LOVED it! But.. 10 times that... erm. that'd be 30 hours in a level. That can't be true now can it? :p
TerraCreek
20-07-08, 11:14
Now that I want to see! I spent almost 3 hours in the folly, and I LOVED it! But.. 10 times that... erm. that'd be 30 hours in a level. That can't be true now can it? :p
-laughs-
Me too! It took me forever on Damoclese!
I'd like 10 times that withOUT the falling swords please. ^_^
-laughs-
Me too! It took me forever on Damoclese!
I'd like 10 times that withOUT the falling swords please. ^_^
took me forever on atlas!:vlol: for some reason I jsut couldt handle the rolling planet! :vlol:
coolaideonfire
20-07-08, 11:20
St Francis Folly took me ages - definitely one of the highlights in TRA, and one of the better levels.
This sounds like great news! I hope we get lost lots. :)
TombRaiderCool
20-07-08, 11:25
Sound great, can't wait to play. Thx Conway.
It took me just over an hour to complete the Folly on my first playthrough, but I played it yesterday and it took me 17 minutes... Underworld needs to up the scale x100 and not 10.
anniversarytr11
20-07-08, 11:47
i think its talking about the size of level not level completion time
i think its talking about the size of level not level completion time
I know, which is why I mentioned both. :D The Folly looks big, but you can only go into the four main rooms, and with an area that big there could be lots of places for Lara to explore in.
It took me forever to do hephaestus...I just couldn't stop...crushing Lara with that hammer...to much fun!! :vlol: BUT THIS SOUNDS AMAZING!!
never_the_same
20-07-08, 11:56
i think its talking about the size of level not level completion time
think about fun what game have to offer, not to size and number of levels!
TRL was great game, no matter 'cause it's short - it makes u wanna play game more and u play it again.
short things are sweet!
but for TRU, if levels are really that long (st. folly x10) ...... omg...... we will play game once till we comlpete it, and what than??? - too long game, not for comleteing one more time!
:hea::hea::hea:
remember, short and sweet things are driving us crazy!! but not big and sweet things!!
fun is important - not number of levels
i don't know about u, but i don't worry about level number.
navinloveslara
20-07-08, 11:57
WOWEEEE!
Now that's GOOD news!
wow thats huge! :tmb: Thanks for posting :)
TerraCreek
20-07-08, 12:20
It took me forever to do hephaestus...I just couldn't stop...crushing Lara with that hammer...to much fun!! :vlol: BUT THIS SOUNDS AMAZING!!
LOL I know.
xD We're not nice to Lara.
Why complain? No-one here except maybe Keir have seen the actual game-game, like THE REAL DEAL, not some demo. You don't know if its lacking fun or not.
I love gigantic areas, like the Lost Valley and Tomb of Qualopec. (I don't like St. Francis' Folly solely because I don't like Damoclese) And I'm really looking forward to exploring Mexico as far as I can, just because I love the imerse enivrement Cyrstal Dynamics has set up. The screenshot we have of Mexico are great.
I applaud you Cyrstal. :D
I hope that's true because the folly was the best level of TRA. Now, that's how CD should do things.
Yeah i hope this is true too. But remember 10 times SFF doesn't mean that you will spend 10 times the time you took to complete it. Because most of that 10 times bigger can be multipath rotes, dead ends, sight seing places, etc.
cardmonster
20-07-08, 13:00
-laughs-
Me too! It took me forever on Damoclese!
I'd like 10 times that withOUT the falling swords please. ^_^
Been replaying it recently - the key is to walk!! :D
AmericanAssassin
20-07-08, 13:08
That is, by far, the best news we've ever heard about the game. I can't wait! :D
It took me just over an hour to complete the Folly on my first playthrough, but I played it yesterday and it took me 17 minutes... Underworld needs to up the scale x100 and not 10.
It still takes me at least 40 minutes... I've never completed the time trial. :p
I beat the time trial in about 19 minutes..which is hard to do, because I kept forgetting to go bak for the Atlas key after running from the boulder:p
That means that hopefully, each level will be about 2 hours long!:D
Finally...some longer levels:ton: *cough* Colusium in TRA *cough*
da tomb raider!
20-07-08, 13:31
I doubt that very much.
It's obviously an exaggeration, but even if it falls short of meeting that goal, even if they are just as big as St. Francis Folly, I'll be happy.
The question is : levels = locations?
AnthonyShock1515
20-07-08, 14:16
I know some previews are really not interesting to read, but I think this one's an exception if only for the closing line.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=193627
So if St Francis' Folly took me an hour, then the underwater level in Underworld will take me 10 hours.:confused:
Hyperbolical
I know some previews are really not interesting to read, but I think this one's an exception if only for the closing line.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=193627
I'll believe it when i see it, but i'm keeping my fingers crossed :D
:eek: No kidding. I hope that's true...My anticipation level's up again :D :tmb: :jmp:
That is, by far, the best news we've ever heard about the game. I can't wait! :D
It still takes me at least 40 minutes... I've never completed the time trial. :p
that damn time trial, i spent HOURS doing it over and over and over again, finally got it though :tmb:
DomyRaider
20-07-08, 18:27
I know some previews are really not interesting to read, but I think this one's an exception if only for the closing line.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=193627
Thanks:cln:
Ouch! This is very good news - provided they are true!
Although Endow already pointed out that we need to know if we're talking about levels inside the locations, or the entire location..
Sounds really good :jmp: I can't wait
EmeraldFields
20-07-08, 19:14
WOW! that sounds great! I can't wait to get my hands on it!:)
Actually I would prefer if they said Hall Of Seasons, Tomb Of Ancients or Great Wall, Venice, 40 Fathooms instead of St. Francis Folly. But this is not that bad too.
damn...10x st francis folly? the first time i ran through it it took me about an hour...so each level takes 10 hours?
damn...10x st francis folly?
I wouldn't take that literally
...direction it was meant to take
Yep, It's as if they were clueless as to the true potential of Tomb Raider
with Legend.
This sounds promising then :tmb:
:yik:
:jmp::jmp::jmp::jmp::jmp:
damn...10x st francis folly? the first time i ran through it it took me about an hour...so each level takes 10 hours?
:rolleyes:
No.
Tombraiderx08
20-07-08, 19:39
mmmmm i like the sound of that
just croft
20-07-08, 19:41
Back to the hugeness. Great then! :tmb:
Yeah I hope TRU be a big game.
:wve:
just*raidin*tomb
20-07-08, 21:26
YES! THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR!:jmp:
St. Francis Folly was my fave level and X 10? WOW!:D
Now shine up those wonderful graphics you guys have bragging about so much! :smk:
laralover_07
20-07-08, 21:39
OK, i'm not really into the HUUUUUUGE level idea. Sure its realistic, but doesn't this mean the game will be linear as hell? :confused:
just*raidin*tomb
20-07-08, 21:58
Why would you think that?
laralover_07
20-07-08, 22:01
Because as a few people have commented on other threads. How will they fit huge levels on a disc without it either being linear or short like legend? Okay, PS3 is okay. it's got blu-ray. but..
TerraCreek
20-07-08, 22:09
Because as a few people have commented on other threads. How will they fit huge levels on a disc without it either being linear or short like legend? Okay, PS3 is okay. it's got blu-ray. but..
It'll be non-linear and it'll be a great and long game. I don't know much about the capacity of discs, but CD will find a way. I know they will. :D
laralover_07
20-07-08, 22:12
It'll be non-linear and it'll be a great and long game. I don't know much about the capacity of discs, but CD will find a way. I know they will. :D
Is that a fact or a deep hope? :D:ton: I too share that dream.
just*raidin*tomb
20-07-08, 22:13
Bigger levels call for less linearity and longer levels. You're completely contradicting yourself.:confused:
TerraCreek
20-07-08, 22:14
Is that a fact or a deep hope? :D:ton: I too share that dream.
:D
I know they'll find a way if we all take a trip with our pitchforks and shot-guns to their studios demanding a non-linear long game with gigantic levels called Tomb Raider Underworld.
:vlol:
ANGRY TOMB RAIDER FANS UNITE!
xD
Depends on what you call a fact.
They already announced that if you went through the entire game (practically like a speed run) than it would be twice Legend's length. That's all I really need to know that makes me know it's long enough.
I don't know how much longer it could be than that, but if it's not as much fun as Legend, then nobody's gonna come back to it after they beat it.
Legend was short but sweet. Anniversary was longer, yet not that satisfying.
I'm hoping Underworld will be long but very much satisfying.:D
You know what the problem is? The level can be 10 times as big, but if the path is highlighted as always, it will feel like a small area again.
It doesn't only have to be 10x the size, it also has to be 10x as un-linear as standard TRL/TRA levels, like the Folly is.
Tombraiderx08
20-07-08, 23:26
Wow, video walkthroughs are going to be really long then, and REALLY long to upload hahaha...Im so exciiiitedddd longer levellllls!!!!
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