Lara Croft hates tombs. I know this because she tells me, point blank, in the opening hours of Crystal Dynamics’ fantastic Tomb Raider reboot. Who can blame her, really? I can sympathize with Lara – I don’t really like tombs either, and I really don’t like the tombs in Tomb Raider. Read More »
In many ways, Drake excels where Croft retreats; he’s charming, well-paced and surrounded by a solid cast of supporting characters. But he’s also guilty of failings of his own in areas where Lara strips down and flaunts her impressive assets. To celebrate this, here’s 5 ways the recently rebooted Tomb Raider is better than Uncharted 3. Read More »
For the longest time, I was unsure how I felt about Tomb Raider. Here was a game so clearly trying to mirror the execution of an Uncharted game, yet failing to succeed in the task. Then, as I delved deeper and deeper, it became strikingly apparent that Crystal Dynamics wasn’t attempting to walk in Naughty Dog’s shadows so much as cast a brand new one. But is that even possible? Read More »
With just over a week to go, Tomb Raider’s release is drawing ever nearer. The reboot for Miss Croft has certainly garnered its share of attention and rightly so – looking like one of 2013’s premier action titles. While you patiently wait to get your grubby little hands on the game, though, check out our sit-down conversation with Brian Horton: Senior Art Director at Crystal Dynamics. Read More »
Despite gaining favourable reviews, as a purist fan of the previous Hitman titles my experience with Hitman: Absolution was drastically different to most. It wasn’t the best game of the year, nor was it the worst. Instead, in a year of exciting stealth games, IO Interactive’s release was one of the most disappointing of 2012. Read More »
We might have rattled off some of our least favourite games a few days ago, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. 2012 still presented us with some truly stellar titles, so here are but a few key staff picks you should go out and play! Read More »
While revealing more about their upcoming Luminous engine, Squenix ‘revealed’ the five core concepts of Final Fantasy, each one of them being gloriously and completely wrong. Looking at these points, it’s not hard to see why Final Fantasy has gotten progressively worse since the PS2 era. To help them on their way to making another FF title that isn’t terrible then, I’ve gone and redone their list for them. Read More »
Shipwrecked on a mysterious island populated by vicious natives, Lara must broadcast a radio signal from the top of a mountain. Sound familiar? If you loved everything about Uncharted, bar its shoddy shooting, then Tomb Raider should definitely be on your watch list. Read More »
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