Just like Angelo, I too miss harder difficulty settings that offer some greater amount of variation to the gameplay. I feel that today's games rely on Achievements and Trophies as a substitute for difficulty, which to me, is lazy.
I absolutely agree that the violence is unnecessary - I've railed against it a couple of times in print and podcast - and I also agree that not every game needs to be a blockbuster. But, publishers think that Tomb Raider should be a blockbuster based on previous sales and general notoriety. I hope that future installments get back to the series roots more, we'll just have to wait and see.
No worries - I got that fixed up for you :)
As the author of this piece, I agree that the new Tomb Raider needs more platforming and more puzzles. I think Crystal Dynamics was trying to hit the biggest spectrum of consumers with the reboot since previous games weren't selling that well. I hope they have more creative freedom with the next entry, now that they have an established hit on their hands.
I'm also considering writing a follow up piece on ways that Tomb Raider needs to improve in a sequel.
Totally saw the Duck Tails influence. Made me even more excited.
Totally backed this. I'm kind of a Kickstarter whore at this point.
I played the original waaaaaaaay back in the day - when it first hit - but haven't picked up the sequel after it got more middling feedback. I'd like to pick it up though - it's certainly a mentally backlogged title.
It'll blow over soon enough, like any topic. With the Sarkeesian documentary starting to hit, the topic is rife for click bait pieces from all sorts of places - which is why there is more arguing than debate - more discourse that constructive conversation.
Hope you don't stay away too long, Kay.
Sorry about that - the original source pulled the video. I've replaced it with the new source.
Variety is indeed the spice of life.
