Tomb Raider: Underworld OT - New Launch Trailer here!

EDIT: How is the demo going everyone? I have not dl it because I heard its about 1GB. I would like to know what people think of it.

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Yo yo yigaddy yo. Welcome to the Official Tomb Raider: Underworld Mega Thread.

Many people have been willing to right this series off, but Underworld looks set to take the series into true "Next Gen" territory with its outstanding visuals and refined Gameplay. See you at the opening. Mwahahah *Disappears into dust cloud*

Platforms: PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo DS and the uhh "Wii" (I hope I pronounced that right..yeesh).

Releast Date: December 5th 2008

Screenshots:

Previews:

• Gamespot Hands-On at E3

Trailers:

• Tomb Raider Teaser Trailer 1

• Tomb Raider Teaser Trailer 2.

• Behind the Scenes Interview

• Thailand Environments

• Gameplay Video

• Alison Carroll becomes Lara Croft - She is super fit!

• New 10 Minutes Gameplay Video In Awful Eye Bleeding Youtube Quality!

• Motorcycle Ride

• Giant Octopus

• Temple Climb

• New interview and gameplay clip. October 22 2008

Can I Run it?

These are not the official requirements but estimates made by the publisher apparently. Check out The System Requirements lab with Horatio to see if you can run it!!

Can I run Tomb Raider in all its athletic, buxom pixelated glory?!

PLAYABLE DEMO:

http://www.gamershell.com/download_35156.shtml

NEW VIDEOS:

New Underworld Clips thanks to VideoGamer.com

LAUNCH TRAILER: 

Check out the new Launch Trailer here. 

I like it, looks like we have a traitor. and that chick from Legend sounds like she's back. Wonder if she will find her mother in theunderworld. Lots of puzzles. Very little ubran stuff and spiders :D

That's some nice graphics. Hope it runs well like Anniversary and not have Legend's bad optimizing.shalashaska88

Wasn't that only with the "Next Generation" Graphical options though?

The cutscenes look like they've really improved!

I want this one to be a lot more chalenging than Legend. shalashaska88

Yes definitely - on that note, they need to overhaul the combat entirely!

wow another one of these games? how many have they made so far? Never was much of a fan of running and gunning with desert eagle's loaded with unlimited ammo. There must still be people out there who enjoy this, lol.p00pz

Run and gun AND solve damn puzzles, AND jump ledges mind you. Unlimited ammo? You must've never played the games.

And yes, there are tons of people who enjoy this, so please, have some damn respect.

[QUOTE="p00pz"]wow another one of these games? how many have they made so far? Never was much of a fan of running and gunning with desert eagle's loaded with unlimited ammo. There must still be people out there who enjoy this, lol.shalashaska88

Run and gun AND solve damn puzzles, AND jump ledges mind you. Unlimited ammo? You must've never played the games.

And yes, there are tons of people who enjoy this, so please, have some damn respect.

And Lara, one of gamings most famous icons.

Did somebody say Lara?

^ Hugs screen. *Thank you PC Gaming and High Resolutions - will November ever come?!*

Ahem yes well, what do people think of the new Lara Model Alison Carroll? Do you prefer her or the ol' one?

^ Hugs screen. *Thank you PC Gaming and High Reloutions - will November ever come?!*

Ahem yes well, what do people think of the new Lara Model Alison Carroll? Do you prefer her or the ol' one?

biggest_loser

I liked the legend one better I guess. I loved it when she wears a dress and lets her hair go in one of the missions. Wow.

When not raiding tombs, it appears that Lara spends much of her time with her plastic surgeon. Qixote

And a damn good one too! lol

the "evolution of Lara" picture on wiki is great. It shows the improvements of graphics over the years very niecly.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/LaraCroftTombRaiderEvoWUnderw.jpg

Hope it's better than Anniversary.thusaha

So much to improve on yes, but I know there is a great game in there somewhere!

Everyone thought that after Angel of darkness the Lady Lara Croft was dead. But ever since Eidos took the licence away from Core, the entire series was reborn. Legend was the best thing to happen to the series since it's inception. Underworld looks very promising. I'm counting the days...........psychot1c

Yeah but some people would also argue that Legend in particular was too simple and easy compared to the other games.

There just has to be a balance with this new title - it could improve things a lot!

Im stoked about this game like no other. It'll be nice to actually i dunno....raid some TOMBS and not shoot a office building up or something techno driven.

Tomb Raider for me thrives on the isolation factor. More people, vehicles and hollywood flare ruin the experience for me. Id much rather feel like im all alone with nothing but my exploring skills and limited weaponary to keep me alive.

Im stoked about this game like no other. It'll be nice to actually i dunno....raid some TOMBS and not shoot a office building up or something techno driven.

Tomb Raider for me thrives on the isolation factor. More people, vehicles and hollywood flare ruin the experience for me. Id much rather feel like im all alone with nothing but my exploring skills and limited weaponary to keep me alive.

Alter_Echo

Do you mind the commentary by Zip though?

[QUOTE="Alter_Echo"]

Im stoked about this game like no other. It'll be nice to actually i dunno....raid some TOMBS and not shoot a office building up or something techno driven.

Tomb Raider for me thrives on the isolation factor. More people, vehicles and hollywood flare ruin the experience for me. Id much rather feel like im all alone with nothing but my exploring skills and limited weaponary to keep me alive.

biggest_loser

Do you mind the commentary by Zip though?

Not really. You are still physically isolated so the speelunking through a place that is as it was thousands of years ago is preserved. I just really dislike lots of "bad guys" in my tomb raider games.

I want it to be largely me against the environment and whatever lifeforms would inhabit said environments so the feel stays natural. Whatever human characters they need to make the story work is fine. Anyone past that is more than i want.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="Alter_Echo"]

Im stoked about this game like no other. It'll be nice to actually i dunno....raid some TOMBS and not shoot a office building up or something techno driven.

Tomb Raider for me thrives on the isolation factor. More people, vehicles and hollywood flare ruin the experience for me. Id much rather feel like im all alone with nothing but my exploring skills and limited weaponary to keep me alive.

Alter_Echo

Do you mind the commentary by Zip though?

Not really. You are still physically isolated so the speelunking through a place that is as it was thousands of years ago is preserved. I just really dislike lots of "bad guys" in my tomb raider games.

I want it to be largely me against the environment and whatever lifeforms would inhabit said environments so the feel stays natural. Whatever human characters they need to make the story work is fine. Anyone past that is more than i want.

Do you think that this is the Tomb Raider game fans have been waiting for?

Well i absolutely loved the mechanics used in TR1. Very little human interaction, old dilapidated puzzles, ancient mystical beasts, natural wild life to fight etc etc etc all worked very well with the overall structure of what "raiding tombs" should be like.

If they can deliver a game with the same formula, updated moves, killer graphics, excellent sound, decent length and a plausible story that you can enjoy this will be the payout for all the people who have supported the franchise through its days of being nowhere near a tomb.

I am playing TR Anniversary right now and its pretty good so far, only the Camera sometimes wont let me see everything which bothers me, I hope they fix that in this one.

Will Underworld run similiar to Anniversary performance wise?

I am playing TR Anniversary right now and its pretty good so far, only the Camera sometimes wont let me see everything which bothers me, I hope they fix that in this one.

Will Underworld run similiar to Anniversary performance wise?

Tuzolord

I suspect that Underworld will be fairly more demanding than Anniversary. But it would be foolish to expect otherwise.
Graphically it will look a lot better than Anniversary (which was apparently inferior to Legend. I still don't know why).

Anniversary is a fun game at times but horribly frustrating and repetitive at others. One of the lamest bits was having to shoot the T-Rex while he was stuck on the level geometry.

Might wanna add this Gameplay Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMPivNxGDUg

From the Screenshots it didnt look that much better than Anniversary but in the Video you can clearly see more shader stuff going on.

Did somebody say Lara?

nutcrackr

Thank you for this... *walks to bathroom*

Might wanna add this Gameplay Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMPivNxGDUg

From the Screenshots it didnt look that much better than Anniversary but in the Video you can clearly see more shader stuff going on.

Tuzolord

Thanks for that. I posted it up. Fairly standard TR gameplay there - looks like a bit more effort has been up into get the camera angles right though I am still concerned about the combat!

[QUOTE="nutcrackr"]

Did somebody say Lara?

Gammit10

Thank you for this... *walks to bathroom*

*Knocks on bathroom door*

Ahem, yes excuse me good sir, are you going to be in there long? I'm afraid I have had a bad curry of sorts. Yes, well uhhh do hurry up in there. Maybe you had the salad instead.

I think next time we better get a better catering service for this Mega Thread.

Though I'm sure the DS people have something to do with this...I really thought thats what the letters DS stood for....yeesh...

Ohhhh down I go!

I just recently played my first TR game and really enjoyed it(Angel of Darkness),but as you say the combat definitely needed some work-drove me nuts when she started bouncing around.Right now I'm playing TR:2 and the combat is much better and the puzzles seem more challenging(just finished the Opera House). So I'm looking foreword to Underworld as well,I only hope my low end graphics card will run it-although it ran the demo of Anniversary just fine.Ken1a

I hate to break it to you but Underworld is going to more demanding than the curry I just had. And thats saying something!

The combat from the video I just watched does not look like it has been improved. It still looks too chaotic with her bouncing around all over the place. I would hope Eidos Montreal guy didn't lie to me...though it may explain this outbreak of food poisoning...

[QUOTE="Ken1a"]I just recently played my first TR game and really enjoyed it(Angel of Darkness),but as you say the combat definitely needed some work-drove me nuts when she started bouncing around.Right now I'm playing TR:2 and the combat is much better and the puzzles seem more challenging(just finished the Opera House). So I'm looking foreword to Underworld as well,I only hope my low end graphics card will run it-although it ran the demo of Anniversary just fine.biggest_loser

I hate to break it to you but Underworld is going to more demanding than the curry I just had. And thats saying something!

The combat from the video I just watched does not look like it has been improved. It still looks too chaotic with her bouncing around all over the place. I would hope Eidos Montreal guy didn't lie to me...though it may explain this outbreak of food poisoning...

I personally hold the combat/gunfights to be the least important part of the game. As long as they function and arent broken in some way (camera/controls etc etc ) i wont need much more than that.

I guess the combat in TR being subpar is for me in the same vein as the comedy being subpar in a drama or action movie.

[QUOTE="Ken1a"]I just recently played my first TR game and really enjoyed it(Angel of Darkness),but as you say the combat definitely needed some work-drove me nuts when she started bouncing around.Right now I'm playing TR:2 and the combat is much better and the puzzles seem more challenging(just finished the Opera House). So I'm looking foreword to Underworld as well,I only hope my low end graphics card will run it-although it ran the demo of Anniversary just fine.biggest_loser

I hate to break it to you but Underworld is going to more demanding than the curry I just had. And thats saying something!

The combat from the video I just watched does not look like it has been improved. It still looks too chaotic with her bouncing around all over the place. I would hope Eidos Montreal guy didn't lie to me...though it may explain this outbreak of food poisoning...

Yo yo yigaddy yo

biggest_loser

Do you actually say this in real life?

I just recently played my first TR game and really enjoyed it(Angel of Darkness),but as you say the combat definitely needed some work-drove me nuts when she started bouncing around.Right now I'm playing TR:2 and the combat is much better and the puzzles seem more challenging(just finished the Opera House). So I'm looking foreword to Underworld as well,I only hope my low end graphics card will run it-although it ran the demo of Anniversary just fine.Ken1a

I have to break it to you but you probably started with one of the worst Tomb Raider games there is, so things can only get better for you from here out. Next get Tomb Raider3(LOVED that game!), then skip all the way to Legend. The Lady Croft welcomes you.

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Yo yo yigaddy yo

GPAddict

Do you actually say this in real life?

Yes I do sir. I am not all handshakes and hellos thank you very much.

[QUOTE="GPAddict"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Yo yo yigaddy yo

biggest_loser

Do you actually say this in real life?

Yes I do sir. I am not all handshakes and hellos thank you very much.

Well then definately throw another shrimp on the barbie! :P

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="GPAddict"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Yo yo yigaddy yo

GPAddict

Do you actually say this in real life?

Yes I do sir. I am not all handshakes and hellos thank you very much.

Well then definately throw another shrimp on the barbie! :P

Is that an Australian joke? As I have already told you we call them prawns not shrimp. Thats just a line from the Duke of Hazzard movie.

[QUOTE="GPAddict"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="GPAddict"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"]

Yo yo yigaddy yo

biggest_loser

Do you actually say this in real life?

Yes I do sir. I am not all handshakes and hellos thank you very much.

Well then definately throw another shrimp on the barbie! :P

Is that an Australian joke? As I have already told you we call them prawns not shrimp. Thats just a line from the Duke of Hazzard movie.

Whateva man! You know you want to throw another shrimp (or prawn if you want to be technical) on the barbie! Don't lie! :lol: