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d21lewis on 11 March 2013
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UnitSmiley said:
happydolphin said:
UnitSmiley said:
I kinda want to try this game out for myself just to see how it compares to Uncharted.

Same here. I didn't realize it was even comparable so that makes it more interesting.


Well I remember Uncharted getting some shit at first for being similar to Tomb Raider...but then everyone fell in love with it lol. Now Tomb Raider is back and is supposedly taking things straight from Uncharted. It's kind of a funny situation, but at least people say it's a good game. If it's better than Uncharted though? Just a matter of opinion I guess. One that I obviously can't form as I havn't played it :p. It will be hard to be better than Uncharted though (for me anyway) one of my favorite series this gen. Fun gameplay and a loveley cast of charismatic characters.

I guess you could compare them in terms of presentation-- Uncharted (especially 2 and 3) had some truly epic set pieces.  Tomb Raider definitely seems to have borrowed those.  Yeah, Uncharted was hardly the first game to have those cinematic moments but the "Uncharted style" is pretty evident.  It's just that Tomb Raider has an arguably better director so the set pieces seem more dangerous and, since Lara initially seems to be frail and incapable of dealing with the things going on around her, it pulls you in even more.  The natural environment seems to be more fully realized, too.  Of course, Uncharted 3 is approaching two years old, now.

 

But, that's where things kind of end.  Tomb Raider has Lara gaining new abilities and upgradeable equipment as the game goes on.  I haven't beaten it yet.  I just got the part where I have a shotgun.  Sounds pretty standard but the moment leading up to that (and right after) was pretty friggin sweet.  Anyhoo, the combat systems, climbing, platforming, puzzles, etc. are like night and day.  They look similar from the outside, looking in, but the two games are really quite different.  I can easily see somebody loving one and absolutely loathing the other.