It's definitely an interesting game. It seems to be more of a puzzle game than what is traditionally thought of as a FPS.

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It's a serviceable economic sim/city builder that lacks a bit in depth but makes up for it with personality and humor.

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It seems most of the negative reviews are from people who bought the game while it was still in development and feel they were promised more than they got and some of what they feel they should have gotten included with their pre-release purchase was instead sold as additional DLC. As someone who has not heard of this game until now I can neither confirm nor deny those claims. That said, this is yet another reason as to why I don't buy early access games.

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I has a sad. :( Oh well, there's no lack of games for me to play in the immediate future.

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It makes sense that the area is a lot bigger. Since you're going to be traveling by car, you'll be covering ground a lot faster. I do look forward to running over zombies too.

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Looks good and the expansion is almost here. :woot:

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Quoting: minjWhat an awesome and unexpected news. Been drooling for Lara Croft since forever ;)

Quoting: KeyrockDon't go into it expecting a Tomb Raider game (despite the game being called Tomb Raider) or you may wind up bitterly disappointed and hating the game like I did. This game has very little in common with the original Tomb Raider games outside of sharing the name and protagonist. If you're looking for proper puzzle platforming and actual tombs to raid, you won't find it here. What you will find is a pretty good cover shooter with spectacular setpieces, a bunch of QTEs (thankfully they're concentrated at the beginning, after that you don't get them as much), and some hold you by the hand exploration.

Despite the fact that I hate this game with a passion, I'll be happy if it comes to Linux since it would be a good step forward for Linux gaming.

I was just about to ask for comparisons with Legend-Underworld series and earlier stuff. A bit sad if it went more mainstream(?) since then but I will probably buying this nonetheless.

It's a well made game, it just went in the complete opposite direction I was hoping it would. The first game in the original series was my favorite because it was the least combat focused game in the series (it actually had very little combat). Over the course of the series each successive game added more and more combat, but even Underworld, the last game before the reboot, was still more focused on puzzle platforming than combat. The 2013 reboot tips the scales heavily toward combat. Raiding tombs is practically nonexistent. They put in a few optional tombs, but they are so short and laughably easy to figure out that they take about 1 minute each to complete. That is not an exaggeration. It's a slap in the face to the series' roots. All "platforming" uses Assassins Creed style guided jumping and climbing where so long as you're pointed within 60 degrees of the optimal jump angle, the game will automagically make you jump in the correct direction and at the exact right time. It looks nice and smooth and makes for cool cinematic moments, but it takes exactly zero effort and skill to make jumps. About the only "challenge" to the "platforming" is the occasional oh no, Lara's hand slipped off, press X quickly to grab the ledge QTE, which is something even the original series started doing in the last few titles before the reboot, much to my chagrin. On the positive side, the production value is tremendous and the combat is by far the best the series has ever had, which is good since you're going to wind up murdering around 500 Russians before it's through.

Anyway, I hopes this leads to other Squeenix titles getting ported to the penguin.

/glances longingly in the direction of Deus Ex and Sleeping Dogs.

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Quoting: ArehandoroHaven't played a Tomb Raider game in ages. Perfect timing to start with one again :)

Quoting: fscherrerI've always loved Tomb Raider. Remember seeing it for the first time in a friend's playstation, it was TR3, and it was like WOW for me! After a while I got my first PC and bought TR2 with a magazine. Then I played TR3 and 4.
TR is one of the games I most miss.
That's a great news. Actually, it's my birthday today, so this is a awesome gift :)

Don't go into it expecting a Tomb Raider game (despite the game being called Tomb Raider) or you may wind up bitterly disappointed and hating the game like I did. This game has very little in common with the original Tomb Raider games outside of sharing the name and protagonist. If you're looking for proper puzzle platforming and actual tombs to raid, you won't find it here. What you will find is a pretty good cover shooter with spectacular setpieces, a bunch of QTEs (thankfully they're concentrated at the beginning, after that you don't get them as much), and some hold you by the hand exploration.

Despite the fact that I hate this game with a passion, I'll be happy if it comes to Linux since it would be a good step forward for Linux gaming.

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That is a damn good bundle. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it), I already own most of the games in that bundle, including all the games I care about in it.

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Also, do we need to report a "milestone" every 100 now? Once you hit 1000, maybe report milestones at 1500, 2000, 3000, 5000, etc.

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