24-07-22, 09:21 | #31 |
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I recently finished Shadow of the TR.
I found some beautiful natural environments and some interesting battles - these parts of the game are creative. But that's only a small part of the game. Most of the game is about collecting items, hundreds of little items that only show up as 2D icons in the inventory - that's irrelevant, unnecessary and it seems to me like they only did that to hide the fact that they ran out of ideas. And there's no more challenging platforming, jump'n'run or acrobatics. The climbing looks good, but I never had the feeling that I wanted to learn or practise this way of playing in order to master the game better. The story of a TR game or Lara's character may be useful for marketing purposes, but they have nothing to do with the game itself. The game is about what the player actually has to do, about skill, dexterity and - as a counterpart to the fast-paced parts of the game - about standing still and finding the solutions to the puzzles. And here Shadow of the TR has far too few good moments. I understand that a company wouldn't release a TR game with only 5 or 10 hours of gameplay, but as a player I would have enjoyed something like that much more. It's not a bad game, I liked it enough to even play it twice. But I'm always happy to return to playing custom levels. |
24-07-22, 16:17 | #32 | ||
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I mostly agree with the reasons you cited and why Shadow is below, but slightly as for myself. Though I can understand those mistakes could sour the enjoyement, after all it depends of how much those things can afect us. I still can't relate when I saw once a gaming website (don't remember which one) which praise Rise on the very top and being harsh on Shadow, almost bottom on the list. As another example, I thought Gameradar was a bit more logical, with Rise still at top but Shadow not far behind (#4). Quote:
Usually poeple complained "too much of the same", "just with refine mechanics", "basically Rise DLC but in the jungle" (the last one I don't really agree it's a bit extreme) Last edited by Chamayoo; 24-07-22 at 16:19. |
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27-07-22, 09:48 | #33 |
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Similar on the surface but, except for a couple of checkbox openworld activity types, when it comes to what those games want you to do they're completely different.
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27-07-22, 14:45 | #34 |
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If it didn't have that boring af story it would've been better...
But unfortunately Shadow had to carry a bad legacy from 2013 and Rise. Some of its bits (Cenote, everything before Paititi) were gold tier Tomb Raider. |
30-07-22, 17:21 | #35 |
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^ Yep, boring story, completely forgettable, feels like it's being told in slow motion.
Plus being the third game in the trilogy with the same engine and gameplay Shadow kiiinda feels like a big DLC for Rise of the Tomb Raider. |
30-07-22, 18:14 | #36 |
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Talk already in many threads about it. I wont go in much details again but few reason would be Paititi, outfit restriction, trash outfits forced to wear, nothing to do beside walking and picking stuff inside hubs. All the platforming, puzzles and fighting happens in this small zones around hubs.
Oh and the main villain of the story is meh. Nothing about him made me hate or like him. I was indifferent towards him and for me that is a bad written villain. Oh and Etzli sucks. Etzli is trash. Oh and Paititi is trash too. Did I mentioned I hate Paititi? Oh yea I HATE PAITITI!!! Last edited by Costel; 05-03-24 at 11:24. |
31-07-22, 11:22 | #37 |
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Almost everything involving Paititi is a snoozfest. But then there's snoozfest and pure nerve-torture and Etzli was the latter for me. Every time he speaks...just god. Why couldn't they have made Unuratu slightly older and her son an early 20s guy? much more believable, much less unbearable.
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31-07-22, 11:26 | #38 | |
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02-08-22, 15:38 | #39 |
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It's even more ridiculous when Jonah says towards the end "He's going to be a great leader."
How? Why? What has Etzli done that in any way indicates that? |
04-08-22, 17:36 | #40 |
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The dialog is horrible in all the games. Someone is always saying something that feels like it's out of nowhere.
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