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So this got lost completely in the E3 mire, probably because it was a narratively focused CG trailer which had to compete against gameplay or in-game trailers from Batman, The Order, Ass Creed, Uncharted, The Sims 4 etc I loved last years reboot which left me salivating at the prospect of a sequel. What additions or changes would be made to the gameplay and mechanics? Where will it be set? which direction would they go in with story and tone? I expected the sequel to get a little more whimsical in tone, start introducing stuff like dinosaurs and mummies (we all know this game is going to have zombies. AN ANCIENT EVIL AWAKENS!) Going by this trailer in seems as though they are holding firm to their gritty re-imagining which i'm cool with in that its super unpredictable! I really couldn't tell you what this game is going to offer up, in terms of like... EVERYTHING! Now, we all joke about how Nathan Drake is the worlds largest mass murderer, and Lara was batting for that record in her 'origins' outing. BUT i feel like Crystal Dynamic did a great job of creating a plausible scenario where all that murdering didn't seem wholly unnecessary. So the 'set up' if you didn't know is that there's this mysteries island surrounded by constant storms, ships would get caught in these storm and end up shipwrecked on the island (which explains why all the enemies are men, they're all ex-sailors ) Once shipwrecked you can never leave this island because of the constant storms. So a strange new civilisation is born, a cult, they start worshipping a storm god blah blah blah. but what was clever about this tribal civilisation was that anyone who could think for themselves, who would question what was going on, question loyalty to the leaders and the storm god would get weeded out and murdered, leaving only the easily brainwashed, the blindly devoted, the morons. So yeah, you are surrounded by brainwashed crazies, all that have already had a taste for murder and it really is kill or be killed It's a bit of a long shot but what if these traumatic events have left Lara a damaged delusional cold psychopathy, what if this time round they make Lara into an anti-hero. Although out of context, there's no real justifying the murders committed in the trailer above. Crystal Dynamic are going to have a real hard time justifying all the killing this game will no doubt have especially if the enemies are just a rival criminal gang of tomb raiders. Maybe the game will start with you walking through a pillaged Eskimo village that the baddie left in their wake on their search for a tomb, some shit like that. Anyway discuss. Tell me your deepest, darkest tomb raiding desires

wow fuck those parental controls. I'm just imaging my dad having them when I was a child. Think of the children!

Yeah I can't really recommend it. I'm still going to finish it as I've committed so much time. its funny because the first few hours were alright, i thought it was doing some stuff better than Uncharted. Like, when you find a relic, Lara will say a little something about it. I liked that... until the 5th time she described some valuable attifact being repurposed as a plant pot. We get it Lara, the natives have no use for valuables, WE FUCKING GET IT

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Just read, there's no headphones port edit. There is one on the device. I guess it means there isn't a headphone port on the controller in joypad/console mode

Why hey is my humorous Mary berry gif not working http://gph.is/2iNmq5G

Wow people are Gaf on sensuously down on the Switch. Like not a single positive comment :/ But but but bomberman

Hmmm having just caught up on the ins and out. Paid online service... fair enough. They give you 1 free Nes or Snes game to play for that month and that month only?!?! I honestly didn't expect anything, but a single NES rom for a month, that's put a bad taste in my mouth. Fuck Nintendo! pre-order cancelled! Lol, I probably will cancel it before release though, wait until the mario bundle. Play Zelda on my WiiU like I originally planned.

This game is literally making me want to kill myself. No not another voice memo ahhhhhhhhhhahahhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooo i can't listen to this shit anymoreeeeeeeee. What a wasted opportunity, i'm like 70% done (i'm doing all the collectables as i go (because i hate myself ) and am probably a lot closer to the end of the story than 70%), the first game was so much better then this. I'm surprised it's appearing on peoples goty lists. Pros: Looks nice i guess, although the locale is a bit bland The challenge tombs are mostly really good, and sometimes captures the magic of the original games. That first fight with the bear... Cons: Activating 'hunter view' every 10 secs so you don't miss a pickup/collectable. No hip firing. The actual shooty/action/stealth is kinda shit, maybe i need to increase the difficulty. Or maybe through an accumulation of what the game is do is doing (shit story, too many pick up documents slowing the pace) i just don't care, so i just stand still and aim for headshots to get an achievement instead of playing the game like i give a fuck whether i get hit or not. Those fucking voice memos OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD. Your potato head sidekick, who the hell designed and cast that abomination. When Lara decided she needs to give you a 'hint' to complete the platforming puzzle your in, and decides to repeat herself every 10 seconds so you can't explore the room in peace. Far too many crafting nick nacks littering the ground. Bloat Bloat Bloat I think i read somewhere that the person who wrote this game wont be working on the sequel They need to strip this game to the fucking bones and start again for the threequel. In fact they need to go lost city, fighting dinosaurs, ass hanging out, old school ham with the third game. This one's so fucking dour

Wait, is Mario considered a different species now? Or are plumper's (Or perhaps Italians) a sub-species in Nintendo land Fuck it, this shit looks the bomb i'm pre-ordering now

new bomberman Nintendo are going to make a bazillion with this thing. And that arms games looks fun, feeding those early Wii-mote party games. It's been long enough that people are nostalgic for the early Wii days, they just need to make bowling again and they'll be set for world domination.

Shit just got real

With Ripleys mother

Or even... "People in China haven't seen Alien, lets reboot/remake the film, The Force Awakens style "

hey thats me ^ This looks generic as hell from what they've shown. Only thing that piques my interest is seeing David, the rest all seems so 'ben there done that' ;), although on second viewing seems as though David is up to his old tricks again. Hopefully this isn't a soft reboot of Alien, linking Prometheus into the continuity whilst hitting all the tried and tested story beats. What if the board meeting for this film was literally "Alien is old and people in there early/mid 20s haven't seen it, lets reboot/remake the film, The Force Awakens style " I assume that David, with his Alien Knowledge from the last film is tricking Dr Manhattan that the egg is perfectly safe for you to put your face over. Otherwise that'll be the third(?) time someone has stuck their face where they shouldn't in the aliens franchise.

Let's be friends I guess we have to do it through following each other on Twitter @Mark_Elmer Or you can post your QR code in here.

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UK readers represent! I thought occasionally stuff comes up that's only really relevant to us UK folk. We should have a thread! You can post about events, travel advice, biscuits, the Union Jack, how to pronounce Shropshire. Whatever takes your fancy. I'll start: 20,000 Days on Earth (2014) is on E4 next Friday. Ya'll should get set to record. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt2920540/

How long before the first Pokemon related death as someone walks in front of a bus chasing psyduck, or murdered down a dark alley hunting for snorlax. Gotta catch the all. On a lighter note it does look fun I can fully imagine that Times Square event really happening... Probably with 10x as many people. I'm sure there are more than a few people that would genuinely travel the globe to collect Pokemon. If that stuff works by GPS they could create special events anytime there's large gatherings of people like at festival etc