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Jay520 on 25 March 2013
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Mr Puggsly said:
Jay520 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Okay, run with that. I didn't much care for Uncharted even though I played all the PS3 games. Yet I think Tomb Raider is fucking amazing!


I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or if you're agreeing with me. If it's sarcasm, then you should see what you wrote here:

"Good point... I don't really have many fond memories of the Uncharted series.

I enjoyed them enough to play though them. That's worth something."

You admitted that you don't think Uncharted is that great. You only find it bearable. Now, let's go back to the point of this thread: You want to tell us how amazing Tomb Raider is. What's one way to do this? You can do this by comparing it to other great/amazing and by showing that Tomb Raider is on par or superior with them. What's one way not to do this? Comparing it with mediocre/bearable games. Comparing Tomb Raider with a mediocre game does not show how great Tomb Raider is. 

Proving that game X is better than average does not show how great game X is. What's so hard to understand?

But Uncharted is not average. Even though I didn't exactly enjoy it, I can see its above average and appealed to me enough to play through the trilogy.

I'm not really trying to prove Tomb Raider is better than Uncharted, that's subjective. I can't prove TR's action packed and fast gameplay is more enjoyable than the boring, slow paced, stop everything dialogue heavy Uncharted series. I can't prove great controls and fun gunplay in TR is more enjoyable than the broken controls, horrible gunplay, and endless waves of bullet sponge enemies of Uncharted.

All I'm saying is... I enjoyed TR more than the Uncharted series. Simple as that. Don't read too much into it.



We are talking about your opinion. And according to you, Uncharted wasn't a very enjoyable game. That's not above average; that's below average, according to you at least. Therefore the comparison with Tomb Raider does not demonstrate how great Tomb Raider is, coming from you. No, you cannot prove Tomb Raider is the better game, but that's not my point. BUT you can try to be convincing. You can put forth a persuasive reasons that the game is worth being bought. However, saying you enjoyed it more than a game that wasn't even enjoyable (Uncharted) is not convincing at all.

That's like me trying to let everyone know Batman: Arkham City is a really great game. Would I do so by comparing it to Assassin's Creed? No, because I feel Assassin's Creed is a rather boring series. If I were to say Batman is better than Assassin's creed, would that show everyone how great Batman is? No, because any okay game is better than Assassin's Creed, according to me. The same applies to your comparison of Tomb Raider and Uncharted. According to you, any okay game is more enjoyable than Uncharted, so its not impressive for Tomb Raider.