Tomb Raider Reviews Are Upon Us (And They Are Good)

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#202 burgeg
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So I started playing Tomb Raider Anniversary again so I can compare it to the reboot. Yep, my memories weren't decieving me. It's definitely a hell of a lot better than the reboot. Dat platforming. Graphics look worse than I remember though. Playing that game again reminds me of something else they need to bring back for the next game. I want Croft Manor back. Crystal Dynamics really did do a fantastic job with the mansion in Legend and Anniversary. It was really great to explore that outside the main game. Even more so than in the PS1 games.

One more thing. I was in the mansion in Anniversary and you can get Lara to read various things in places. One of the things I read was about the Dagger of Xian. Nice subtle TR2 reference. But here's the thing. When she was reading it she pronounced it Zyan. This blew my mind. Have I been pronouncing it wrong for the last 15 years? I always pronounced it Zeean. So come on people. I want opinions. Is Xian pronounced Zeean or Zyan?

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I always called it Zyan. TR2 still the greatest TR game.

A reasonable opinion. It may well be my favourite as well.

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#203 Shame-usBlackley
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[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]No you don't. :?  I've mashed every QTE no problem... 

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Maybe on Hard mode it's different. 

No I did it on hard and simply wiggled left and right as fast as I could and it worked.

Hmmmm, then we have a dilemma! This was on the rock scene where she gets crushed by a boulder if you mess up. Fast = dead. Slow = Alive.

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#205 burgeg
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Quick time events need to die. Either make something full gameplay or make it a full cutscene. Pick one and go with it.

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#206 Jbul
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[QUOTE="dvader654"][QUOTE="Shame-usBlackley"]

Maybe on Hard mode it's different. 

Shame-usBlackley

No I did it on hard and simply wiggled left and right as fast as I could and it worked.

Hmmmm, then we have a dilemma! This was on the rock scene where she gets crushed by a boulder if you mess up. Fast = dead. Slow = Alive.

Don't you have to press Y at the end? That's why I died a few times, kept missing that

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#207 Shame-usBlackley
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[QUOTE="Shame-usBlackley"]

[QUOTE="dvader654"] No I did it on hard and simply wiggled left and right as fast as I could and it worked.Jbul

Hmmmm, then we have a dilemma! This was on the rock scene where she gets crushed by a boulder if you mess up. Fast = dead. Slow = Alive.

Don't you have to press Y at the end? That's why I died a few times, kept missing that

Yeah, but it would fail out prior to that. If you fail out on the wiggle section, you get crushed. If you mess up the button press, the guy stabs her in the chest.

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#209 S0lidSnake
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Ok, so I got my explosive tipped arrows... but I can't seem to figure out how to select them... :?JustPlainLucas

Press up on the dpad. 

Or wait, I dont know.

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#210 Travo_basic
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[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]Ok, so I got my explosive tipped arrows... but I can't seem to figure out how to select them... :?S0lidSnake

Press up on the dpad. 

Or wait, I dont know.

Yep, usually two presses.
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#211 JustPlainLucas
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[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"]Ok, so I got my explosive tipped arrows... but I can't seem to figure out how to select them... :?S0lidSnake

Press up on the dpad. 

Or wait, I dont know.

I thought I deleted my post soon enough. Just figured it out. :P I just wasn't paying attention.
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#212 Saruman1719
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I'm near the end of the game and right now I'm just spending some time collecting stuff I've missed from all the areas. I'm sitting at 82% with at least 20 hours of gameplay. Fantastic game and I'm glad I've gotten a lot of time out of it overall. I don't know what makes me care about trying to collect everything in this game, but it's freaking awesome.