Perfection has a name, and it's RoTR!

I just finished this EPIC game a few minutes ago (100% completion). It's sad, but true Oh, and I saw all the ending mentioned by Tea above

This game has marked a new chapter in my gaming life, it has stamped its authority as the most exhilarating, fun, beautiful and epic game I have ever played.

The world: Every section is as beautifully created as the previous one. In some games (especially ones I have played recently) you see one area looking better than the other as you progress further in the game, giving off the feeling that the devs got tired or bored, but not in this game. RoTR holds a beautiful, lively, colourful and exciting world from start to finish, every area is so well designed and captures the "Adventure Theme" flawlessly.

Characters: From cut scenes to in game, every character looks fantastic, lip synch is spot on and Lara is HOT!!!

Weapons: The weapons consist pretty much of the same weapons that TR 1 came out with on the old PS 1. I will add as well, that all the weapons are absolutely pointless and useless (on normal difficulty, not sure if the same applies for harder difficulties). The Bow and the Arrow upgrades makes for a weapon untouched by any machine gun, shotgun , handgun etc. They just don't compare. The Bow is excessively overpowered compared to the other weapons, it has stupendess range, phenomenal damage and then has poison, grenade, armor piercing and, and, and upgrades. So when it comes down to it all, I don't see the point of any of the other weapons tbh.

Gameplay: As every TR I have played, the controls and overall gameplay is simple and very effective. I do however recommend to play this game on Hard or Survivor as the game is pretty easy on the normal setting. I also found that the Tombs are just way too easy and that a little more danger (not enemies as such, but maybe more traps) and harder puzzles should've been introduced.

Story: The game offers a great story, you get to know Lara a lot better, her history, why she's doing what she's doing and why she continues to become the adventurer we know her to be. The ending was also great, not only because it was a good ending to a great story, but also the fact that the ending showed me that my time with Lara might have ended now, but she's definitely coming back to give us some more great adventures!

I give this game a solid 10/10. Even though the devs decided to make the most powerful bow known to mankind and Tombs that a grd R child can complete (maybe there's good reason for it) they are such minor issues that it wont, or shall I say, that it didn't affect my experience in such a way, that it put me off.

RoTR is an absolute MASTER PIECE and I would urge anyone with an X1 or 360 to buy this game asap, you will NOT regret it!!! I'm now going to do a TR and then RoTR back to back run See ya'll soon

You guys gonna double dip for the PS4 version next year aswell. Or do you think the xbox version is the "essential" experience? (CONSOLE WISE)

I wouldn't buy it on PS4. There's nothing the PS4 version can do to make this experience any better. The game looks and plays phenomenally well, and by the time it does get released on PS4, I would've finished it so many times, that I would have no interest in playing it again

BlazenTech said ...

You guys gonna double dip for the PS4 version next year aswell. Or do you think the xbox version is the "essential" experience? (CONSOLE WISE)

PS4 version will most likely be the GOTY edition. Alongside a version released for X1. So if you are not picking it up now you can't go wrong with waiting either. Depends how soon you want to play it.

Game sounds pretty good but seems it was a poor deal that SE/ MS made considering how low sales seem to be atm. Not going to change with the PS4 release I think.

If you don't have an X1 and have no intention getting one, then yes, wait for the PS4 version and definitely get it. But if you have an X1, then get the game now! To wait for a PS4 version makes no sense.

Sinncross said ...

BlazenTech said ...

You guys gonna double dip for the PS4 version next year aswell. Or do you think the xbox version is the "essential" experience? (CONSOLE WISE)

PS4 version will most likely be the GOTY edition. Alongside a version released for X1. So if you are not picking it up now you can't go wrong with waiting either. Depends how soon you want to play it.

Game sounds pretty good but seems it was a poor deal that SE/ MS made considering how low sales seem to be atm. Not going to change with the PS4 release I think.

Except actual human beings don't care about sales if they can play the game now and talk about it now which will probably serve the game and Microsoft in the long run anyway...

Some pretty awesome little details in the game, so after doing the last tomb and getting the recipe for greek fire if you walk back up the fire pathway there are a bunch of burnt corpses but if you look closely there is someone stuck there and still alive wriggling about, you can't interact with him but if you point your gun at his head he will say "please kill me" little details like this make games really memorable.

Looks like some new DLC came out today, new costume for Lara, doesn't seem like this is part of the season pass so you can either buy the costume or craft it in game.

Looks legit, can't wait to play that.

Lara vs Baba Yaga OMG yes

That looks awesome. I have only played about an hour of the game and I am enjoying it,

Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch, the first story-focused downloadable content for Rise of the Tomb Raider, will launch Tuesday, Jan. 26, on Xbox One, publisher Microsoft Studios announced today.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/19/10788120/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-dlc-baba-yaga-release-date

confirmed that is available with PC launch too.

Baba Yaga DLC is only 1.26GB, found it hidden in add ons on store. I guess it will put on the storefront later in the day.

I really am feeling more and more inclined to try the Xbox 360 version of the base game now and pick up the (hopefully) complete/definitive/goty version on PS4 at the end of the year.

Has anyone tried the Xbox 360 version and, if so, did you find it still enjoyable?

DF on RoTR PC

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-pc-face-off

Lurch said ...

I really am feeling more and more inclined to try the Xbox 360 version of the base game now and pick up the (hopefully) complete/definitive/goty version on PS4 at the end of the year.

Has anyone tried the Xbox 360 version and, if so, did you find it still enjoyable?

I've tried it out for a bit and I really enjoyed what I played. From a gameplay point of view, it didn't feel like it had been stripped down at all. The systems that were in the first one were still there and I had a blast. Areas are much larger than the first, a little overwhelming at times in fact.

Visual parity though was a bit of a mixed affair. Where the previous game had been built on tech for PS3, etc, this one was built on Xbox One hardware and then ported to 360. There were some places that looked really good, stop and screenshot good, but some places seemed a little less detailed. I don't think it looks as good as the previous game overall, but that should only matter if the visuals matter to you. That said, I'm also using a 5 year old + HDTV and I find there's quite a few visual flourishes in many new games that my TV doesn't display when I see them running on a friends TV.

DEATHGIGAS said ...

Lurch said ...

I really am feeling more and more inclined to try the Xbox 360 version of the base game now and pick up the (hopefully) complete/definitive/goty version on PS4 at the end of the year.

Has anyone tried the Xbox 360 version and, if so, did you find it still enjoyable?

I've tried it out for a bit and I really enjoyed what I played. From a gameplay point of view, it didn't feel like it had been stripped down at all. The systems that were in the first one were still there and I had a blast. Areas are much larger than the first, a little overwhelming at times in fact.

Visual parity though was a bit of a mixed affair. Where the previous game had been built on tech for PS3, etc, this one was built on Xbox One hardware and then ported to 360. There were some places that looked really good, stop and screenshot good, but some places seemed a little less detailed. I don't think it looks as good as the previous game overall, but that should only matter if the visuals matter to you. That said, I'm also using a 5 year old + HDTV and I find there's quite a few visual flourishes in many new games that my TV doesn't display when I see them running on a friends TV.

Thanks DG - I still regularly fire up the 360 so I won;t be to critical of the visuals. With the game otherwise identical to the Xbox One I'll definitely give it a shot then.

Rise of the Tomb Raider will enter a Siberian Cold War research base when Cold Darkness Awakened, the third DLC pack for the game, releases next week.