Showing posts with label Tomb Raider. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tomb Raider. Show all posts

Friday, April 21, 2023

Mobile Friday - Tomb Raider Reloaded - A Different Take on a Tomb Raider Game

Mobile Friday this week is Tomb Raider Reloaded, a recently released game that's out across iOS and Android stores from developers Emerald City Games and publishers CDE Entertainment.

I'll admit that this is the most of a Tomb Raider game i've played since the first one came out on PS1! it's a series that i've never really played, and i won't say which it is but it's not the biggest series i've never played/played much of. So going in, i didn't particularly care about how they treated the serie's past.

I think you'll see throughout the video that the game never really grabs me. for the most part, in the 50 minutes i played, the gameplay was mostly solid. i say mostly because controlling it still felt a little off. i thought that maybe there was some lag or some issue with where you were controlling the game on screen. for example, on screen you can see where i initially touched to move. but my finger would be much further away from that spot by the end. the game also did the thing of saying we could buy something for it with no context as to what any of it meant. i don't mind free to play games advertising their own items/bundles/deals/etc... But what i do mind is when they offer something that the game itself hasn't explained/tutorialized or even been shown in the game.

It's a great looking game. i don't mind the art direction they went with for Lara's design. the music is fairly minimum and didn't grab me that much, but i did like the voice acting. it's just that i was getting bored by the end. we played through soo many stages in this video and they were mostly the same premise. we also did a couple of boss battles and they felt like bullet sponges. the game feels slow. in one way that makes our character feel more human whilst those around maybe a tad faster. but it also slows down the pace of the game that kinda goes agains the games own design. the stages are small, they feel like they should be completed fast. but Lara moves a little slow, the enemies take more bullets than you think they'd need, and the lack of rumble disconnects the player from the action in an unexciting way.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Feral Interactive Announce Tomb Raider Is Coming To Macs Later This Year


Feral Interactive have announced they are bringing Tomb Raider, a game originally developed by Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics, to Mac later this year.



Screenshots


Press Release

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Square Enix Have Revealed The Minimum And Reconmended PC Specs For Tomb Raider


Square Enix have revealed the System requirements for the PC version of Tomb Raider. Square Enix have also confirmed that the game has Steamworks integration which includes cloud saving, achievements and automatic updates.

Minimum system requirements for PC:
  • Windows XP Service Pack 3, Windows Vista,7,8 (32bit/64bit)
  • DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM:
    • AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT
    • nVidia 8600
  • Dual core CPU:
    • AMD Athlon64 X2 2.1 Ghz (4050+)
    • Intel Core2 Duo 1.86 Ghz (E6300)
  • 1GB Memory (2GB on Vista)

Recommended system requirements for PC:
  • Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8
  • DirectX 11 graphics card with 1GB Video RAM:
    • AMD Radeon HD 4870
    • nVidia GTX 480
  • Quad core CPU:
    • AMD Phenom II X2 565
    • Intel Core i5-750
  • 4GB Memory

Source: Square Enix Blog

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Microsoft And Crystal Dynamics Reveal The Limited Edition Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, Comes With A Free Multiplayer Code

Crystal Dynamics and Microsoft have revealed the limited edition Tomb Raider Controller. this controller comes out when the game comes out at will cost $59.99. the controller will also come with a download code for an Xbox 360 exclusive multiplayer character called the Scavenger Archer.

Press Release

Crystal Dynamics Have Released The Forth Final Hours Episode For Tomb Raider, Reveal It's Multiplayer Mode

Crystal Dynamics have revealed Tomb Raider has multiplayer. this VS Multiplayer addition to the game was developed at Eidos-Montréal.Multiplayer was developed with Survival in mind so it sees the crew of the ship wreck fighting against the island locals. you'll be fighting in locations from the single player as well as using techniques like hunting and trapping. Crystal Dynamics have released the forth part of The Final Hours and this behind the scenes look focuses on the games multiplayer.



Press Release

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Square Enix And Crystal Dynamics Have Released A New Trailer For Tomb Raider Showing How To Survive

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released a new trailer for Tomb Raider. this video shows the many ways she can use the environment and it's tools to survive.


Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Square Enix And Crystal Dynamics Have Released A New Survival Trailer For Tomb Raider

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released a new trailer for Tomb Raider. this trailer is titled Survivor and it shows some of the scenarios Lara has to survive in the game, including the stark realisation that if she doesn't survive...no one does.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Square Enix And Crystal Dynamics Have Released 12 New Screenshots For Tomb Raider

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released new screenshots for Tomb Raider. these 12 screenshots show in-game action. the in-game weapon upgrade system is shown as are a village and mountain location. most of the screenshots have her hiding or attacking.

Screenshots

Friday, November 30, 2012

Square Enix And Crystal Dynamics Have Released The Third Final Hours Look At Tomb Raider, This Video Focuses On The Soundtrack

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released the third Final Hours video for Tomb Raider. this behind the scenes look focuses on the soundtrack, what they wanted, how they went about doing it and it features an interview with the composer himself, Jason Graves.


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Square Enix And Crystal Dynamics Have Revealed The Boxart For Tomb Raider


Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have revealed the boxart for Tomb Raider on PS3, PC and Xbox 360. Tomb Raider comes out on the 5th March 2013.

Source: Square Enix Blog

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Square Enix Have Released A New Behind The Scenes Look At The Story In Tomb Raider

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released a new behind the scenes look at Tomb Raider. this video focuses on the story behind the game and features writers and members of the dev team. they talk about what they wanted to do with the story, how they want to be different from other games and other Tomb Raider Games. the video is taken at ComicCon and also features fans talking about the game.


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Monday, July 30, 2012

Square Enix Have Revealed Their GamesCom 2012 Line-Up, Includes 3 Final Fantasy's, Tomb Raider And More

Square Enix have revealed their GamesCom line-up for this year. the games include:
  • Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
  • Final Fantasy VII for PC
  • Hitman: Absolution
  • Tomb Raider
  • Sleeping DOgs
  • Gameglobe
  • Quantum Conundrum
  • Final Fantasy Dimensions
  • Koozac
  • Motley Blocks
  • Qwirkle
  • SolaRola
  • Mensa Academy

Source: Square Enix Blog

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Square Enix Announce Tomb Raider: The Final Hours, A Behind The Scenes App At Crystal Dynamics

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have announced Tomb Raider: The Final Hours. The Final Hours is a behind the scenes look at the game's development at Crystal Dynamics. this first video focuses on Lara Croft, and the new actress playing her. The Final Hours is hosted by Zachary Levis and a dedicated app is coming to PC and iPad from March 2013.


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Source: Square Enix Blog

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Square Enix Have Released A New E3 Trailer For Tomb Raider Titled Crossroads

Square Enix have released a new trailer for Tomb Raider. this E3 trailer sees Laura Croft having to deal with alot of bad things happening to her, and it appears this is all early in the game. the trailer also appears to show some in-game action with Laura climbing.


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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Square Enix Have Released New Screenshots And A Trailer For Tomb Raider


Square Enix have released a new trailer and screenshots for Tomb Raider. the trailer is a cinematic trailer, most likely from the games opening movie, and shows a young Lara being thrusted into a dangerous situation. you get to see her showing vulnerabilities as well as courage. The Screenshots are taken early in the game, and show the location Square Enix was showing during the Xbox 360 press conference. the screenshots are in-game and show Lara looking beaten up, a bit scared, and under pressure to try to escape.


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Friday, August 13, 2010

Sony Announce Playstation Plus Subscribers Will Have Access To Tomb Raider Before Regular PSN Users


Sony have announced that Playstation Plus Subscribers will have access to the PS1 Classic game, Tomb Raider, 2 weeks before regular PSN users. Tomb Raider is coming out next Monday on the PSN Store and it will cost £7.99 and €9.99.

From EU Playstation Blog


Monday, August 24, 2009

Playstation 1 Tomb Raider Games Are Not Currently Coming To The PSN

@AlcoholicCheese, on Twitter, asked if the Playstation 1 Tomb Raider games were coming to PS1 Classics. With GamesCom, it took some time getting an answer, but finally i got a answer from Sony.

They said that they are not "aware at the moment" of any Tomb Raider Games Coming to the PS1 Classic range, but did say "as is normal with PS1 classics, that could change very quickly"