Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

gay awakening somehow

Lackluster. I wanted more from this game. The combat was ok. The story was forgettable, and predictable. And LONG. It was like a great value (Walmart brand) Uncharted. The graphics were decent. The soundtrack and music were good. But I just wanted more from it. It was just.....meh.

I realise how much I miss linear Story Games. Nowadays, everything has become open world and we miss games like this, uncharted etc. Not all games need to be open world and this game proves that. I wish we could see more games like this again in the future

‌ ‌‌ Tomb Raider
✪ {ᏚᏟᏫᏒᎬ : 7.8}
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🝰 | 𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶𝚂

• Story : 1.7
~ story is where this game REALLY lacks. the plotline is absolute dogshit. just a bunch of very cringe and cliche dialogues smushed together in a hot pile of garbage :D
characters as hollow as it gets and on top of that they have some of the worst voice acting i've ever seen. I felt absolutely nothing for any of them. like even when the game tried to be sad and serious it was still so cringe and goofy that i couldn't help but chuckle a lil bit XD
𐄁 Characters : 1.1
𐄁 Acting : 2.3
~ the best voice actors in the game were some of the npcs. only lara's actor did an ok job. tbf, the shitty writing really helps sell them as bad actors.

• Atmosphere : 7.2
𐄁 Immersion : 5.3
~ gamewise, does a good job. storywise, not for a single second did it make me care.
𐄁 Intensity : 6.9

• Gameplay : 8.4
~ i really really liked the gameplay. It's VERY uncharted like. and it does a very good job with the pacing so it never really feels repetitive. It's kinda sad that this good of a game was wasted on this bad of a story.
𐄁 Gunplay : 7.8
~ pretty good on the bow and the pistol. the rest were meh tho.
𐄁 Combat : 5.2
𐄁 Stealth : 4.5
𐄁 AI : 3.0
𐄁 Movement : 8.2
~ the lack of a sprint and crouch button was very noticeable. also sometimes the right animations weren't chosen. tho overall i really liked the uncharted-ish feel of the movement.
𐄁 Traversal : 5.4
• Level Design : 8.6
𐄁 Pacing : 8.7
𐄁 Puzzles : 7.9
𐄁 Difficulty : Normal
𐄁 Skill Range : low floor - medium ceiling

• Visuals : 8.7
during cutscenes and upclose it's meh, but during gameplay, from textures and models to lighting and the godly world design, everything blends together perfectly and just looks stunning.
𐄁 Textures : 7.8
𐄁 Lighting : 8.7
𐄁 Small Details : 4.0
⋆ Environment Design : 9.2
𐄁 Environmental Storytelling : 3.0
𐄁 C‌inematography : 7.3

• Animations : 8.5
⋆ Movement Animations : 9.1
𐄁 Facial Animations : 5.6

• SoundTrack : 8.5
• Sound Design : 8.1
~ alot of times in cutscenes it gets too loud unbalanced but in-game it was pretty good.

• Multiplayer : -
unfortunately there's not a single soul playing it anymore. it's ashame since the concept looks like something i would've actually enjoyed.
𐄁 Servers : ꭗ
~ tried literally everything but never could join my friends. my frineds didn't have too many problems tho mine never worked.
𐄁 Dev. Support : ⍟⍟⍟⍟
~ i couldn't make it work but he was very quick and patient :D

• Performance : ￪￪￬
~ crashed 5 times but other than that it was fine.

⎆ 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝚂⬎
𐄁 Side Content : ꭗ
𐄁 Customization : 3.0
~ for the guns, i liked the stage 2 of em, but after that they all started to get super ugly and sadly it doesn't even give you a choice to upgrade them or not.
𐄁 Innovation : -
𐄁 Accessibility : ⍟
𐄁 Setting Options : ⍟
𐄁 UI/HUD : 8.0
𐄁 Extras : ✓
𐄁 Replayability : 6.8
𐄁 Collectibles : 5.4
~ the writing and va on them was so goofy i couldn't stand hearing them out. collecting them tho, it wasn't a pain at all thanks to being able to mark them.
𐄁 Trophies : 3.4
~ online trophies on a dead game is always fun. need at least 4 frineds. one requires you to get to lvl 60 and buy everything in the multiplayer, and it takes an unbelievable amount of grinding the same boring thing so many fuckin times. i watched multiple full moistman streams while doing it to get it done. It's just a very very stupid trophy.

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？| 𝚀𝚄𝙴𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂

𐄁 Do i recommend this game? if you don't mind the shitty story, then definitely yes.
𐄁 Did it make me take my time with it? yes actually. way more than i expected.
𐄁 Did it meet my expectations? i loved the game itself and was actually really surprised by how good it was but the story was just so extremely disappointing, even with already low expectations.

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〄 | 𝙸𝙽𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽

- Platforms : PS4 Pro
- First Playthrough : 16.8.23
𐄁 Finished at : 20.8.23
𐄁 Difficulty : Normal
- Beaten : 2 times
- Trophy Progress : 85℅ ᩶
⟆⟅ | Platinumed in my heart :[

couldn’t have been a better experience

This to me is an almost perfect video game. The biggest criticism I've seen of this game is that the plot sucks and makes no sense, I don't agree with this at all. Although I still find the story to be the weakest part of this game, I think the story is actually really good. The only thing that brings the story down for me is Lara's plot armour. She basically cannot die, which does allow for some crazy moments, but takes away some of the immersion of the game. Even though the story is a little outlandish and fantastical, it's still very good in my humble opinion. The characters and their dialogue is also really good, with Lara shining the most obviously. Easily the reason you should play this game is the gameplay. The action is really incredible, with only 4 weapons available they all feel unique and different from one another, making them all important depending on your playstyle and situation. The upgrade system also helps keeping it constantly changing and feeling different. The collectibles are also some of the best in any video game I've ever played. I honestly put them on the level of Mario odyssey. They isn't an enormous amount that feels overwhelming, there's the right amount. Theres some bigger areas to explore that feel like mini hub worlds that have more, with smaller linear areas that have less. It's the perfect balance. They also don't feel like random things, they usually provide nice background to the story and lore. The platforming is also incredible. The jumping, climbing and control of Lara feel really different from Uncharted, but it hits the same. It's super satisfying traversing these areas, and I wish there was more of it. The last thing I want to mention is the immersion of the game. This might be the only game where I can say that the main story and the side content are so intertwined and combined seamlessly, that you never can tell if you're playing the main story or if you're going for extra content. Definitely a recommendation from me