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by NickSCFC » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:05 pm

Metacritic 77

https://www.metacritic.com/game/playsta ... omb-raider

I think I'll leave this one

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by Photek » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:07 pm

Polygon Recommended

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by NickSCFC » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:07 pm

Review scores are all over the place, Metacritic 82 indicates it's the weakest of the trilogy

4/10

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/revi ... startling/


6/10

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/ ... lara-croft


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by Photek » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:09 pm

That's €40 saved, as I said I'll get it when its on Gamepass, next up Forza Horizon 4, I think that'll do ok in reviews.

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by NickSCFC » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:12 pm

Photek wrote:That's €40 saved, as I said I'll get it when its on Gamepass, next up Forza Horizon 4, I think that'll do ok in reviews.


Such a shame, I've watched loads of videos and it looked so much better than the previous two, seems like the issues are again with this new annoying Lara character and the latter stages.

Think Spiderman and Red Dead Redemption 2 will be enough to see me through the winter.

Edit: strawberry float this looks bad

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by Mafro » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:13 pm

You two :wub:

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by imbusydoctorwho » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:14 pm

Is this one gonna have the 1080p 60fps option as Rise did on the PS4 Pro?

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by Tafdolphin » Mon Sep 10, 2018 2:24 pm

Kirk McKeand over at VG247 made me laugh out loud with his (mostly negative) review:

...there’s so much here that pulls you out [of the game].I have a hard hat buried in my bag of artefacts, and I bought an automatic shotgun from a Christian missionary. The uzi in my holster was purchased from an indigenous Peruvian tribeswoman who has never had contact with the outside world.


https://www.vg247.com/2018/09/10/shadow ... er-review/

Also, insta-fail underwater stealth sections?

strawberry float off.

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by Tafdolphin » Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:23 pm

Brerlappin wrote:I dont know how CD seem to keep getting this wrong.


(This isn't CD, it's Eidos Montreal)

But I agree. It seems this time they wanted to say something about the white saviour complex, and the consequences of simply pilfering cultural heirlooms...but ending up making a game about a posh girl with a white saviour complex pilfering cultural heirlooms. Oh, and they threw in a load of cultural appropriation too.

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by Photek » Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:30 pm

Having read several reviews the general consensus is, if you liked 1 & 2 you'll love this. It has less shooting than Rise which is a good thing. Still not getting it though.

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by Photek » Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:42 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:But I agree. It seems this time they wanted to say something about the white saviour complex, and the consequences of simply pilfering cultural heirlooms...but ending up making a game about a posh girl with a white saviour complex pilfering cultural heirlooms. Oh, and they threw in a load of cultural appropriation too.

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by Mafro » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:00 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:
Brerlappin wrote:I dont know how CD seem to keep getting this wrong.


(This isn't CD, it's Eidos Montreal)

But I agree. It seems this time they wanted to say something about the white saviour complex, and the consequences of simply pilfering cultural heirlooms...but ending up making a game about a posh girl with a white saviour complex pilfering cultural heirlooms. Oh, and they threw in a load of cultural appropriation too.

Waypoint's review is a good read https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article ... olonialism

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Tafdolphin wrote:But I agree. It seems this time they wanted to say something about the white saviour complex, and the consequences of simply pilfering cultural heirlooms...but ending up making a game about a posh girl with a white saviour complex pilfering cultural heirlooms. Oh, and they threw in a load of cultural appropriation too.

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It's a perfectly valid complaint but I'm not surprised it's gone over your head.

Apparently this wasn't made by the same team that did the first game. Rumours that they moved on to the Avengers game that we've still seen nothing of.

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by Hexx » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:01 pm

Tafdolphin wrote:Kirk McKeand over at VG247 made me laugh out loud with his (mostly negative) review:

...there’s so much here that pulls you out [of the game].I have a hard hat buried in my bag of artefacts, and I bought an automatic shotgun from a Christian missionary. The uzi in my holster was purchased from an indigenous Peruvian tribeswoman who has never had contact with the outside world.


https://www.vg247.com/2018/09/10/shadow ... er-review/

Also, insta-fail underwater stealth sections?

strawberry float off.


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by Tafdolphin » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:48 pm

Photek wrote:Having read several reviews the general consensus is, if you liked 1 & 2 you'll love this


Read more reviews.

EDIT 2:

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by Mafro » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:54 pm

Nick constantly editing his post to update the metacritic score :lol:

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by finish.last » Mon Sep 10, 2018 5:56 pm

Some disappointing reviews alright. I'll be buying the game anyway as I have thoroughly enjoyed the first couple of games and I'm sure they'll be plenty to enjoy in this too.

It's a shame that it doesn't seem at this stage to have 'knocked it out of the park', though; I was hoping for a bit of a classic to be honest.

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by jawafour » Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:18 pm

I've only skipped through a few reviews and it seems that the storyline is a bit lacklustre... but I favour the apparent increase in explorative gameplay over fighting sequences. This isn't a game that I'd pay launch prices for, but I would look out for it in a sale.

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by Tafdolphin » Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:21 pm

"Contrary" John Walker from RPS...really liked it. Living up to that name:

This is an enormous shame, because as problematic as much of the story undeniably is, and as dumb as so much of the game certainly is, I’ve been enjoying my time with Shadow. The best test of this is how much I’ve found myself wanting to get back to it in between playing. It’s a great balance between the icon-ticking compulsion of a top tier Ubisoft game, with the puzzling chops from a team that have suddenly remembered they were the best in the business. It’s huge and detailed and stupid and probably most of all, fun.


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by KjGarly » Mon Sep 10, 2018 6:46 pm

Brerlappin wrote:
Mafro wrote:Nick constantly editing his post to update the metacritic score :lol:


Nick is like the anti-Jawa, in that he seems to thrive on negativity and probably gets some kind of shuddering orgasm any time a big non-sony exclusive title gets less than 80 metacritic


Metacritic is his Pornhub :nod:

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