The game introduces a young Lara Croft and a crew who are seeking an adventure and are bound to a group of stormy islands known as the Dragons's triangle in which her ship crashes separating Lara from the surviving crew.
The first few hours show how Lara doubts her abilities but also show how she has to embrace what she is destined to become. From an average regular person to a survivor, the changes that are taking place with her is transpired in the first few hours of the game. She is forced to explore, survive and uncover the mystery of the island's strange, hostile people. Lara pushes through narrow caves, crawls along ledges, hunts for survival and scavanged parts. The games progression embraces what you will have to face in order to build up her abilities beautifully. The game has a progression system that is definitely unique as her abilities are very important but also the strength to build her as a person through out her journey shows that the developers really took into account an excellent rpg factor.
The game has heavy cinematics and quick time events but are never over used. The game does not have one dull moment. As a matter of fact the game is full of surprises and never lets the pacing become slow. To me this is really highlighted through out the entire adventure. I was really surprised as to how many events the developers were able to give you with out making this game get stale. Her endurance has been pushed to the level where most would have given up. The island itself is one mystery that Lara has to uncover. Knowing her friends are out there and she needs to find them is just a piece of what you will encounter. There's plenty of diversity buried within the game and a handful of moments that will have you begging to go back and do it all over again. The additional tombs and optional areas bring an element of discovery. The puzzles can be brain busters and certain jumps will have you wondering can I make this attempt. But at no time feel to complicated to the point that you will feel stuck which is why the pacing great.
Playing as Lara is fantastic. Controls are responsive and tight. The use of the bow and arrow adds an addictive stealth mechanic to the game while an array of firearms are available for taking down bigger threats. The weapons included in this game are the bow, pistol, shotgun and rifle. Each are used in ways that help you progress from area to area. I found that using the bow was the most useful for me. The ability to use pickaxe for climbing, zip-lining, and as a melee weapon brings another unique feature which helps distinguish this game and gives it a sense of realism. You can upgrade her gear by finding and accumulating salvage caches which are translated into salvage points. The survival instinct mode helps you establish more items that can be collected. Smashing special wooden crates, opening large trunks, searching dead enemies and animals are just some ways you can retain salvage points. Salvage points are used to pay for weapon upgrades making it worth scouring an area to find salvage items.
Overall this game looks fantastic. The attention to detail to each environments and lighting effects show case that this generation graphics continued to be pushed to the limits. The dedication the developers put into this game are definitely highlighted through out the entire journey. With gorgeous environments, action-packed gameplay I have become a fan. Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have created something special here. I hope they continue in this direction and that Lara's next adventure establishes an excellent series. Can't wait to see what they are working on for next gen systems.
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Given that Naughty Dog is giving up on one of its staple franchises, now is the best time for Tomb Raider games to capitalize on that.
This nonsense article also neatly sidesteps the fact that just because Naughty Dog are moving on from the franchise, that doesn't mean the franchise stops. ALL of the Uncharted games were amazing and the last one was a moving finale for Drake, but you can bet your bottom dollar the franchise will return after a well-earned hiatus with a BANG, even if it's handed to one of Sony's other studios to develop.
I love Uncharted (2 and 1 are my favourites). But there is such a thing as franchise fatigue especially with story or character driven games. So it makes sense to let a series rest, it’s good for the audience and it’s good for the developers who get to express their creativity on new projects. Like he⬆ said, it will return and if the gap is long enough that will be exciting for everyone.
Yea I don't see how naughty dog possibly giving us a new ip is a loss at all, it's exactly what I and most others want.
All the uncharted were awesome bit that series had its time now it's onto bigger and better things.
In 10 yrs time then sure I'd be up for another one but not now.
To some live service nonsense most likely.
I’ll be screencapping this reply for the time they do announce their new game.
It’ll be an open world Souls ripoff with microtransactions and events
Sony Bend did great work on Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Since it is unlikely we are getting a Days Gone 2 I would like Bend to continue the franchise (and finally port over Golden Abyss to any other platform then Vita 😞)
It's silly to think that one of Playstations most successful franchise sony will stop making even after making a blockbuster film about it.
Since when is not milking a franchise until it's diluted down to garbage like Call of Duty a bad thing? They have a golden franchise full of amazing games, no need to keep trying to squeeze more money out of it at expense of the quality of the game.
I agree. I’m actually glad that they’re not just making more Uncharted titles just to keep the franchise going. It ended. It was great. Let it rest.
"Loss"? "Giving up"? Bowing out after 6 extremely successful entries is not a loss, nor is it giving up. It's a well earned retirement. And honestly i dont have much hope in TR anymore, especially after being bought by Amazon.
Yeah, especially from a team like naughty dog who are well known to change it up from generation to generation
Naughty dog have amazing talent and I traditionally bought all of their games day 1. That is until TLOU2 (which I bought and enjoyed until 1/2 way through). Woke garbage.
They've been making the same two IPs since the PS3.
What exactly have then been switching up.
And I actually love their games; just trying to see what they've been actually switching up.
Are people just going to ignore the last PlayStation games medley commercial? There is a new Uncharted game coming; it’s just not created by Naughty Dog.
https://youtu.be/TXwhpK4y-5...
"They've been making the same two IPs since"
Same guy who never criticizes Xbox for Halo, Forza, Forza Horizon, Gears studios for only ever having worked a single IP EVER. Hypocrite much?
Naughty Dog at least is working on a new IP and will average 1 new IP each generation. Which Xbox studios even make 1 new IP each gen?
Literally always gives credit to Sony where I feel it's due.
Said I really enjoyed Halo Infinite's campaign, but acknowledge that they dropped the ball with the online.
Loves Forza Horizon, yet don't have any interest in the original series.
Yes I do love Gears of War.
I also love Uncharted and the Last of Us (mainly the first one).
What does that have to do with me asking someone who claims Naughty Dog switches up their stuff every generation, when all they have made over three generations have been two IPs?
Please tell me how I'm wrong. I'll wait.
I agree with you first and foremost! This year is different though, because Microsoft bought Bethesda.
Hi-Fi, Redfall, and Starfield are all new IP'S. Without Bethesda, Microsoft would have nothing new as far as IP'S this year. Hi-Fi is fantastic. Redfall I am not getting a good vibe from, and doubt it will be nearly as good as Deathloop. That leaves Starfield. I am taking a wait and see attitude. If it's a buggy mess that will suck. With 1000 planets, are they going to be empty?
All that said. Uncharted is probably my favorite Playstation IP. Fantastic story telling with top notch graphics!
@MadLad
Uncharted and TLOU were on ps3 and ps4 so that's two generations not three. They're making a new ip for ps 5 right?
"What does that have to do with me asking someone who claims Naughty Dog switches up their stuff every generation, when all they have made over three generations have been two IPs?
Please tell me how I'm wrong. I'll wait. "
I was quite frankly happy to hear they're not going to milk this franchise. I absolutely love it, and would hate to see it fall into Assassin's Creed territory. Another series I loved so much back in the day, I got a tattoo for it. At this point, I haven't even played half the AC games and never will. They hit it out of the park time and time again with Uncharted. Let it rest with dignity and on a really high note.
Uncharted 4 finished Drake's story perfectly, and after the medoicre 3rd entry in the TR reboot series I don't see how ND lost anything personally.
Pretty sure there will be another Uncharted game. It's Tomb Raider that has to actually prove itself as the last game in the series IMO, was not very good.
Tomb Raider has cemented itself as one of the best-selling video game franchises in history. The total sales of all titles in the series about Lara Croft’s adventures are now approaching the 100 million mark.
I'm curious where Embracer will take this beloved IP. Are any of the previous team members still involved in the next game?
I'm more curious to know whether they will put in the money required to make the big AAA ips they acquired recently.
Most of there games have been AA decent but nothing special, I hope they give tomb raider and dues ex the budgets they deserve.
You must mean Amazon - they're the ones publishing Tomb Raider now.
Embracer seems to do basically nothing themselves outside of just being a holding company for all of these other studios/groups. They even own the rights to Lord of the Rings.
I think the publisher does the marketing and consulting but not the actual development. From what I read, Embracer has all the companies/developers so they still need to do the work
That total would be so disappointing to Square Enix even though it’s more successful than Dragon Quest
Still makes me livid that we'll never get a Sleeping Dogs sequel because 2mil units sold for their first year wasnt enough.
These were bad numbers for Square.
Good numbers for Square are the amount of crap games they launched this year.
Great game for sure I just wish the graphics were 1080p on my PS3 instead of 720p!!!
@GodsPerfectk7ng
Absolutely great game. Although I thought the game's resolution was equal on all platforms. Either way fantastic game can't wait for the next game.