Wouldn't that just be prefrence? Someone who enjoyed ROTR more would say that it's better, someone who enjoyed UN4 more will say that game is better.

That's not really bias.

Nah its bias. Majority of TR fans will say its better than UC just because its TR and vice versa for UC fans

I think you're reading into his intentions far too much. All he says in regards to the two games is: "While I enjoy both franchises I cant understand why UC4 got such rave reviews compared to TR.. it's a good game. But I cant see a single thing that makes it a better game than Rise of the Tomb Raider."

In other words, he's not sure of the reasons why one title is more highly praised than the other. Obviously most reviewers liked UC4 more than RotTR, and the question at the end of the post is "why?" What are the things that people liked more about UC4 than RotTR? Is it the story? The gunplay? The set pieces? That may all sound like stuff you could easily find simply by looking at the reviews, but without a direct comparison between the two games being written and published by a website it's hard to narrow things down. As an example, a reviewer may praise both UC's and TR's set pieces as being good, but may believe that UC's set pieces are simply better. You wouldn't be able to tell that simply from reading the same person's two reviews, unless he actively goes out of his way to compare the two in review, which most reviewers won't. There's no easy way to find out what reviewer X thinks about how two games handle similar elements compared to each other. OP is simply looking for some insight into what people think are things UC did better than TR.

Wouldn't the majority of TR fans be considered TR fans rather than UC fans because they prefere the TR series? In this context at least.

Do you really think there's a significant number of people out there who would play one of these games, like it more than the other, but still say it's worse because it's not from their prefered series?

like I said it all comes down to bias. both fan bases have it and use that as their basis 

But bias implies that their judgement is somehow unfair. If someone likes a game more than another that's not bias, they just like a certain game more than another.

Now, if someone had decided which one they prefer based on which series they like better (for instance, saying they like UC4 more without having played ROTR) That would be bias. They could rightfully says which one they THINK they would like better, based on their past experience with each series, but they wouldn't fairly render a verdict.

But if someone played both games and liked one better than another, that's not bias.

I'm not budging on my stance. So I'm gonna agree to disagree here,good sir

Both games are extremely similar gameplay wise but uncharted puts you at a disadvantage since the AI is smarter in that game. Not only that they swarm you on the hardest difficulties. On Tomb Raider, I merced everyone like rambo without fail. It wasnt a challenge.. To me, Uncharted would make more sense as a movie and would have the characters and script that could more easily be put over to an audience. With that said, with Uncharted gone, I Tomb Raider makes a great supplement until Naughty Dog drops Last of Us 2. Writers and artists have been used by other studios and increased the quality of their studios post Sony. That says a lot. Crystal Dynamics learned a lot from them, but I dont believe they have the magic of what makes Naughty Dogs games so great. For instance, if Ellie grew up, I believe shed have a number of qualitiies as a female protagonist that lara just fails to even achieve as a character. I like the new Lara better than the old one, but I still have yet to figure her out as a character. Her motivations and true goals. With Nathan Drake we knew that from square one.

Its curious though....what is it about Tomb Raiders gameplay that grabs you more than uncharted.

I played both, Liked both but I don have an honest comparison.
Liked Tomb Raider way more because I played it on PC and it was in much better settings. Proberbly on the PS4pro it will be a simulair experience as on my PC.

Anyway, I liked the story and emotion more in UC4 but I felt like the game was a bit too slow.
On Rise of the Tomb Raider I liked the pace and more open world/side quest feel more

In the end I really disliked some of the sections from UC4 (dislike it a harsh word for sutch a great game) but I never felt a single moment of "lets skip to the good part" on ROTT but like I said I played it on my pc from 2013 which is a significantly faster experience then my ps4 (no offense) in loading times and graphics/framerate

I liked the tomb raider reboot and rise a lot more also