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I don't think it holds a candle to four either, or even 3.

 The only thing I think it does better is platforming. It's about the same as Uncharted in puzzles, though Uncharted at least has the balls to put puzzles in the main game and not put a tool tip up every 3 seconds to remind you of a mechanic you're already well aware of.

 I think Rise of the Tomb Raider has the potential to be great, but it never realises it. If it mixed it's combat with it's platforming a bit more we might have a fun system, but it's mostly broken up into platforming and combat zones. Uncharted's combat has incorporated interesting verticality at least from 2, and 4's combat is leaps and fucking bounds above it.

 And I forgive a lot about Uncharted because I like it's characters and world. I don't think I like anything about Tomb Raider's characters, and the plot is fucking garbage even compared to most video games.

 What really hurts it is how inconsistent it is, how it's like "don't freeze to death" then puts you in freezing water constantly. Then in a cutscene you fall into the same freezing water you just swam through for like 20 minutes and now all of a sudden it's a problem. This happens so fucking consistently with every aspect of the story that I can't take it seriously.

 Which would be fine, because gameplay is king but it doesn't even do that well half the time. It's too scared to take risks, or it half takes them then backpedals out because it's scared the player might have a fucking stroke if anything even remotely original happens.

 Not to mention that in terms of structure, this is almost a remake of the original game. It feels like very little has changed this time around apart from having a few more things to play with and a bit less combat.

 It's like the first game, painfully average dribble that people think is the second coming of Christ for some fucking reason.

The bear is a decent fight, but stuff like that doesn't happen anywhere near often enough.

I like it a lot. If you're gaming in 1080p and not worrying about going above that, you can run most games on at least high at 40-60 fps, so it's decently powerful for it's size. The only real downside is it can be quite noisy due to the fans. And it only has 4 USB ports and HDMI is the only connection type.

 It is tiny though. Like about the size of a wii. Doesn't take up much space at all, and it runs pretty well so I'm pretty happy with it.

You mean Heart of Thorns? I like it a lot. It's hard as fuck, but there's a lot of new stuff. I didn't really like ESO though, so I'm not the best to ask.

 Alright, I'll have to wait a week for my internet cap to reset though. In the meantime, I started playing Black Desert Online, which definitely has the best MMO combat hands down, though I'm not conviced about the questing.

Yeah. I was just about to read your XCOM 2 blog when I came on here. 

 New System Shock does look good, but it's mainly that it's an un-optimized alpha with no proper graphics options outside of lowering your resolution. It is actually an awesome game though - mainy because it's a beat for beat remake of the original but with modern controls and graphics.

 It is an Alienware PC :D

And play SOMA. I think you'll get a kick out of the story knowing your tastes.

If you want to play neverwinter together ill download it for ps4.  I already have riders of icarus downloaded but havent played it yet.

 Tried paragon but bounced off it. 

I've tried to get into this multiple times but I alwasy bounced off it. I think it's the combat honestly. It's action combat, but it doesn't feel anywhere near fluid enough. Plus, it feels more overbearing than most to begin with once it dumps you in that huge city. Idk, I might give it another go.

Right, but that was technical problems and balancing issues if I'm recalling right. The first one still honestly isn't great, though Dragonfall and Hong Kong are utterly amazing. 

 Those games get by heavily on their stories and worlds though, whereas this is heavily reliant on both the combat and the roguelike loop. They could easily fix the roguelike systems with some patching, as drops are the main problem most people have with most runs feeling very samey - but I don't see them fixing the combat without a decent overhaul.

That's fair enough, it's definitely not a type of game suited to everyone. Yeah, I got my refund. Now I just have to work out what else I want to spend that $30 on haha.

As glitches go that's not too shabby :p

 Yeah controls are my biggest issue when playing old games. I can handle shitty textures and even weird polygonal faces, but when the game doesn't feel good to play, that's when I'm out.