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PostRe: RE: Re: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Death's Head » Sun Sep 16, 2018 7:41 pm

Rubix wrote:I know it sounds like im not enjoying this game but i am, its just so much is wrong with it. The lighting in caves is all over the place. One minute I can’t see nothing than its fully lit.


Should be good when it is finished. You are the beta tester, right?

Yes?
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PostRe: RE: Re: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Rubix » Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:02 pm

Death's Head wrote:
Rubix wrote:I know it sounds like im not enjoying this game but i am, its just so much is wrong with it. The lighting in caves is all over the place. One minute I can’t see nothing than its fully lit.


Should be good when it is finished. You are the beta tester, right?


By the looks of it :lol:

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by KK » Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:08 pm

ANOTHER game to add to the “half finished at launch and paid £45 for the privilege” pile.

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by KK » Sun Sep 16, 2018 10:30 pm

The finale in the Tomb Raider reboot trilogy arrived this week to an underwhelming reception in the UK.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider's Week One sales are 25% higher than its predecessor's, 2015's Rise of the Tomb Raider. However, Rise was an exclusive to Xbox platforms (at the time), whereas Shadow is a full multi-platform release.

Compared to the first Tomb Raider reboot in 2013, first weeks sales are more than 70% down. Of course, these charts don't factor in digital sales, and digital is understood to be taking a larger percentage of the boxed market compared with five years ago. Nevertheless, it's not a huge week one for Lara Croft. 63% of launch sales came on PS4, whereas Xbox One accounted for the remaining 37%.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/ ... ns-supreme

Looks like the franchise could do with the 3 year rest minimum and brought back rebooted (either as the Lara of old or something completely different again) next generation.

Considering the film also came out this year though you’d expect the game to be in people’s subconscious a little more.

Saying that, this chart doesn’t include digital. TR also went up against the surprise juggernaut of Spider Man, and I’m sure people noticed the speed at which the last TR dropped in price - all would have played a role. By the time you’ve finished with a big single player title like Spider Man, Red Dead Redemption is also on the horizon.

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Rubix » Mon Sep 17, 2018 5:50 am

Im the only person on my friends list playing it. Everyone else is on spiderman

Its not like assassins creed which gets yearly releases however you can tell its been pushed out probably to beat red dead’s release

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by BOR » Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:06 am

I’ve started this tonight and it’s really great so far. I’ve just reached the scene after the plane incident and the graphics are stunning though. :wub:

I think I will like this as far as how things are looking. :toot:

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Rubix » Wed Sep 19, 2018 11:16 pm

Finished. About 95% done and 81% trophies

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Peter Crisp » Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:03 am

I'm playing this now on One X (performance mode) and I'm really enjoying it.
I'm trying to collect as much as I can and playing on normal. I think it's going to take up most of my long weekend :msgreen: .

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by BOR » Thu Sep 20, 2018 12:40 am

Rubix wrote:Finished. About 95% done and 81% trophies

Beware of two trophies are glitched. If you want to collect 100%, it’s recommend to wait for a patch to fix it.

I’ve just reached the village and it’s really great. :wub:

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Rubix » Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:39 am

BOR wrote:
Rubix wrote:Finished. About 95% done and 81% trophies

Beware of two trophies are glitched. If you want to collect 100%, it’s recommend to wait for a patch to fix it.

I’ve just reached the village and it’s really great. :wub:


Not having any lighting issues?

Thanks for the heads up as I was going to go for 100%

Think I have already missed a trophy as the 8 side quest trophy hasn’t popped

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by NickSCFC » Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:20 am



Good riddance

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Rubix » Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:20 am

Posted a review if anyone is interested

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Knoyleo » Thu Sep 20, 2018 4:35 pm

NickSCFC wrote:

Good riddance

Who hurt you?

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by BOR » Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:46 am

Rubix wrote:
BOR wrote:
Rubix wrote:Finished. About 95% done and 81% trophies

Beware of two trophies are glitched. If you want to collect 100%, it’s recommend to wait for a patch to fix it.

I’ve just reached the village and it’s really great. :wub:


Not having any lighting issues?

Thanks for the heads up as I was going to go for 100%

Think I have already missed a trophy as the 8 side quest trophy hasn’t popped

The patch v1.04 is up and they’ve fixed the bugs.

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by imbusydoctorwho » Thu Sep 27, 2018 2:21 pm

The game just launched at the wrong time of the year, they should've released it between June and early August.

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Rubix » Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:28 pm

BOR wrote:
Rubix wrote:
BOR wrote:
Rubix wrote:Finished. About 95% done and 81% trophies

Beware of two trophies are glitched. If you want to collect 100%, it’s recommend to wait for a patch to fix it.

I’ve just reached the village and it’s really great. :wub:


Not having any lighting issues?

Thanks for the heads up as I was going to go for 100%

Think I have already missed a trophy as the 8 side quest trophy hasn’t popped

The patch v1.04 is up and they’ve fixed the bugs.


Thanks buddy. Will go back after spiderman. Hopefully they will honour the one i didnt get

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by BOR » Fri Sep 28, 2018 11:03 am

Rubix wrote:
BOR wrote:
Rubix wrote:
BOR wrote:
Rubix wrote:Finished. About 95% done and 81% trophies

Beware of two trophies are glitched. If you want to collect 100%, it’s recommend to wait for a patch to fix it.

I’ve just reached the village and it’s really great. :wub:


Not having any lighting issues?

Thanks for the heads up as I was going to go for 100%

Think I have already missed a trophy as the 8 side quest trophy hasn’t popped

The patch v1.04 is up and they’ve fixed the bugs.


Thanks buddy. Will go back after spiderman. Hopefully they will honour the one i didnt get

Be careful as it didn’t fix the glitches trophies but it did fix the lighting issue and a few things like input lag.

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by finish.last » Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:53 am

I started this last night and managed to get through a couple of hours straight - I think it's great so far! It looks amazing (playing on xbox one x), and the sound is is outstanding: I have a pretty good surround system set-up, and this really makes the most of it.

The gameplay is more of the same, which is fine by me ( i really enjoyed the last couple) but i understand that for others some new gameplay bits and bobs would have appealed more. I don't mind at all.

So, I'm very happy with it! I'd say (as many reviews seem to) that if you had a good time playing the last couple, you'll really enjoy this.

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by BOR » Sun Sep 30, 2018 11:18 am

I may be one of the minority people who prefer this than Rise, but I haven’t completed it yet though. :shifty:

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PostRe: Shadow of the Tomb Raider - PC, PS4, XB - Reviews are in
by Meep » Sun Sep 30, 2018 2:44 pm

This series has been really disappointing mainly because the first entry was so strong and promising. I may go back and play it sometime, actually, which I can't say for Rise or Shadow.


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