Well, that sucks.

I know exactly where you're taking it, into some pro-PS3 tangent. Just not sure what the relevance is. What do Infamous or Batman or Dante have to do with Uncharted fanboys and their reactions to the praise being heaped upon Tomb Raider? I mean you made this thread without having even played the game. You can think both games are great in their own ways, just so you know.Maybe you want to quote the guy I was replying to. He is the one who talked about Sony fans vs non-Sony fans. I am talking about the reaction of Uncharted fans. You can be a PS3 owner and have played all those off-topic games you're referencing and still not be an Uncharted fan and still enjoy Tomb Raider.

Yeah, and you can feel and hear him wincing in pain and its affects its agility as he tries to survive. Nathan almost dies in the snow storm mind you of bloodloss and doesnt know hes right outside a city, but a tibetan saves him and nurses him back to health. That is the continuity of his near death experience which he has in almost every game. Escaping from the train, its called an adrenaline rush. Ive read stories of people being shot and not knowing it happend because of an adrenaline rush while in fight or flight until later they felt pain and a burning sensation where the bullet was lodged. Lara had a long bar that went through her the side of her abdomin right near her kidneys. I doubt any bandage would heal that up really quickly unless theres a med there who knows how to fix the problem. Realistically speaking, she would've been limping and in pain the whole game from that one injury. 

Nathan Drake is a survivor

Lara Croft suffers from a similar issue to Jason Brody from Far Cry 3 where they both turn from innocents into murderers but his reasons for snapping are far more clear. That guy was sent on his path to become a warrior after he was a survivor and had to watch his own brother die from pirates (but works with natives) on the island and goes through tremendous stress and at some point in the middle of the game he snaps. The only thing keeping him sane is the fear for the safety of his friends, but it becomes clear that the spoiled rich kid everyone knew was never the same again. When he gets shot in the arm or hand, he takes knife and fishes the bullet out of him, when he dislocates a bone he pops it back into place and when he has a cut or a bite he wraps it up. Every other injury is sustained with a med kit or a injection of adrenaline and that coupled with all the drugs that will turn anyone into a borderline paranoid psychopath. 

Who said he doesnt like the game? Many people who liked the game had some gripe with her continuity or suspension of disbelief when it came to her injuries, her friends, or even her. He wouldnt be the first. The wound she got is far worse than drakes wound. As I said shes lucky that didnt pierce her kidney because he kidneys are in that area where the bar pierced.

Tomb Raider is about an 8.5 game from what i've witness in my 2/3 of watching the game. I cant wait to play it and I dont know why anyone would score it so low. It has its flaws and they are a great topic of discussion (including the multiplayer) but that shouldnt mean the game should be scored low because of it. The game got an 87 on metacritic last time I checked and that seems about right.

Haven't played the game yet, I have rented it. But I get the feeling I can expect more of the same shallow gameplay-tossed in XP (CAUSE PEOPLE JUST LOVE WATCHING XP BARS FILL UP)-useless skills-and other silly carrot on the stick bullshit people have been going nuts about all wrapped up in a pretty world. (LARA PRETTY. WATERFALL PRETTY. GOTY)

Hoping i'm wrong and its a genuine surprise.

Lara is what we call a super human, she requires a lot of beating to finally get really fucked up! XD

ps: please excuse the hair, I turned crossfire back on lol, so tressfx is bugged again until they fix it errrr...

So far the story is ok at best, as this is a reboot, there is absolute no character development at all. And being a rookie the moral decision taken by Lara is not convincing at all. When she rescue sam besides lara rest of the crew are in laundry washed clothes, which for me killed the illusion that they are really in danger. Poor writing so far @ 49%.

This game would have been more fitting as Chloe's Adventure rather than Lara Croft

Naw bro, they were caught pretty easily, Roth and Grim had more action and they both look fucked up, Lara looked the most fucked up. Just tells you that they are pussies that didn't do a whole lot while Lara was busy being Wonder Woman and shit.

Chloe is more convincing as to what Lara Croft would be like in real life and I am sure they were inspired by Megan Fox to make her. She knows shes not super woman but she can still handle a gun. As a main character I dont think she could take laras place and hold peoples interest in a videogame though. She would have that Bayonetta vibe where she can seduce men, and can hold her own in battle. Lara Croft is kind of known to just throw herself in a fight to get what she wants and seems kind of bored of being rich so she jumps into the thick of exploration and danger (which in the 80/90's was very cliche). Chloe would think before she fights  possibly even switch sides in a fight. Much like Lara she cant be trusted but Lara sticks to her guns (literally).