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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:15 pm
Post subject: Tomb Raider (minor spoilers)
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First level is the demo level plus more.
Second level is in Peru and part of it involves a motorbike chase.
Surprisingly the motorbike riding is pretty smooth - surprisingly, because
in my experience, driving sections in action games are usually cack.
There are some context sensitive action moments in the game - when Lara is
in great danger you have to press certain buttons on the controller for her
to do certain moves (like Shenmue or Fahrenheit). These are not long
sequences - 2-3 button presses so far, there are also not alot of them, so
don't worry too much if you don't like that sort of thing, they seem rare -
3 levels in and I have had to do a sequence only twice.
The environments look fantastic, but I have to say the first level (which is
the demo) does not show it off the best. Its only when you reach Peru on the
next level do you see more of the next gen. |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:15 pm
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| That's because there isn`t a pc in existence at this time that can
reasonably play this game in 'next-get' mode.
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:04 pm
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"Beck" <beck.DeleteThis@photoscene.coo.ukk> wrote in message
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> First level is the demo level plus more.
> Second level is in Peru and part of it involves a motorbike chase.
> Surprisingly the motorbike riding is pretty smooth - surprisingly, because
> in my experience, driving sections in action games are usually cack.
>
> There are some context sensitive action moments in the game - when Lara is
> in great danger you have to press certain buttons on the controller for
> her to do certain moves (like Shenmue or Fahrenheit). These are not long
> sequences - 2-3 button presses so far, there are also not alot of them, so
> don't worry too much if you don't like that sort of thing, they seem
> rare - 3 levels in and I have had to do a sequence only twice.
>
> The environments look fantastic, but I have to say the first level (which
> is the demo) does not show it off the best. Its only when you reach Peru
> on the next level do you see more of the next gen.
Its Tombraider though? What a pile of absolute cack.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:25 pm
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Badass Scotsman wrote:
> "Beck" <beck.DeleteThis@photoscene.coo.ukk> wrote in message
> news:4434f85f$0$9252$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>> First level is the demo level plus more.
>> Second level is in Peru and part of it involves a motorbike chase.
>> Surprisingly the motorbike riding is pretty smooth - surprisingly,
>> because in my experience, driving sections in action games are
>> usually cack. There are some context sensitive action moments in the
>> game - when
>> Lara is in great danger you have to press certain buttons on the
>> controller for her to do certain moves (like Shenmue or Fahrenheit).
>> These are not long sequences - 2-3 button presses so far, there are
>> also not alot of them, so don't worry too much if you don't like
>> that sort of thing, they seem rare - 3 levels in and I have had to do a
>> sequence only twice.
>>
>> The environments look fantastic, but I have to say the first level
>> (which is the demo) does not show it off the best. Its only when you
>> reach Peru on the next level do you see more of the next gen.
>
>
> Its Tombraider though? What a pile of absolute cack.
>
> Badass.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 1:52 pm
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On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Beck to exclaim:
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> The environments look fantastic, but I have to say the first level (which is
> the demo) does not show it off the best. Its only when you reach Peru on the
> next level do you see more of the next gen.
But it looks the same as the current gen PC version 
So really it's 'last gen' 
Choobs
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:08 pm
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On 6 Apr 2006 13:52:11 GMT, Sir Chewbury Gubbins
<chewbury.gubbins DeleteThis @nelefa.org> wrote:
>On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Beck to exclaim:
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>> The environments look fantastic, but I have to say the first level (which is
>> the demo) does not show it off the best. Its only when you reach Peru on the
>> next level do you see more of the next gen.
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>But it looks the same as the current gen PC version
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>So really it's 'last gen'
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>Choobs
your logic is broken.
very poor trolling, i must say.
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:24 pm
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On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Chris F to exclaim:
> On 6 Apr 2006 13:52:11 GMT, Sir Chewbury Gubbins
><chewbury.gubbins DeleteThis @nelefa.org> wrote:
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>>On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Beck to exclaim:
>>>
>>> The environments look fantastic, but I have to say the first level (which is
>>> the demo) does not show it off the best. Its only when you reach Peru on the
>>> next level do you see more of the next gen.
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>>But it looks the same as the current gen PC version
>>
>>So really it's 'last gen'
>>
>>Choobs
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> your logic is broken.
>
> very poor trolling, i must say.
In what way? I wasn't aware of anyone on PC newsgroups running around
going 'IT'S TEH NEXT0R GEN!!1!one!', and yet here we have a 360 game
which looks exactly the same as the PC version. I'm just a little
confused as to what 'next gen' is supposed to look like.
Choobs
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:26 pm
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins wibbled in this way:
> On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Chris F
> to exclaim:
>> On 6 Apr 2006 13:52:11 GMT, Sir Chewbury Gubbins
>><chewbury.gubbins.TakeThisOut@nelefa.org> wrote:
>>
>>>On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Beck to
>>>exclaim:
>>>>
>>>> The environments look fantastic, but I have to say the first level
>>>> (which is the demo) does not show it off the best. Its only when
>>>> you reach Peru on the next level do you see more of the next gen.
>>>
>>>But it looks the same as the current gen PC version
>>>
>>>So really it's 'last gen'
>>>
>>>Choobs
>>
>> your logic is broken.
>>
>> very poor trolling, i must say.
>
> In what way? I wasn't aware of anyone on PC newsgroups running around
> going 'IT'S TEH NEXT0R GEN!!1!one!', and yet here we have a 360 game
> which looks exactly the same as the PC version. I'm just a little
> confused as to what 'next gen' is supposed to look like.
>
> Choobs
>
half the people whinging about next gen are those who are trying to take
the piss and failing.
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:00 pm
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On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled bobmitch.DeleteThis@gmail.com to exclaim:
> That's because there isn`t a pc in existence at this time that can
> reasonably play this game in 'next-get' mode.
Unsurprising - noone has the faintest idea what 'next-get' actually is.
Choobs
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:40 pm
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"Sir Chewbury Gubbins" <chewbury.gubbins DeleteThis @nelefa.org> wrote in message
> In what way? I wasn't aware of anyone on PC newsgroups running around
> going 'IT'S TEH NEXT0R GEN!!1!one!', and yet here we have a 360 game
> which looks exactly the same as the PC version. I'm just a little
> confused as to what 'next gen' is supposed to look like.
Consoles have generations as they are more or less unmodifiable and come
along every few years... you can tweak your PC whenever you like more or
less... it's not a hard concept is it?
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(Msg. 11) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:40 pm
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On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled cNp to exclaim:
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> "Sir Chewbury Gubbins" <chewbury.gubbins.RemoveThis@nelefa.org> wrote in message
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>> In what way? I wasn't aware of anyone on PC newsgroups running around
>> going 'IT'S TEH NEXT0R GEN!!1!one!', and yet here we have a 360 game
>> which looks exactly the same as the PC version. I'm just a little
>> confused as to what 'next gen' is supposed to look like.
>
> Consoles have generations as they are more or less unmodifiable and come
> along every few years... you can tweak your PC whenever you like more or
> less... it's not a hard concept is it?
So, a 386SX25 with a Cirrus Logic 5424 is the same generation as a twin
Xeon with whatever Nvidia claim is top of the range, then?
Hrm.
Choobs
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:05 pm
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Sir Chewbury Gubbins wrote:
> On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled bobmitch.RemoveThis@gmail.com to exclaim:
>> That's because there isn`t a pc in existence at this time that can
>> reasonably play this game in 'next-get' mode.
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> Unsurprising - noone has the faintest idea what 'next-get' actually is.
Well, I'm assuming the people who created the next-gen mode for the PC
version have an idea of what they think it is... And as far as I'm
aware, it's pretty much the 360 version.
Though I suspect the fact that PCs can't run it is down to dodgy PC
code, rather than 360 awesomeness.
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(Msg. 13) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:20 pm
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On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Chris F to exclaim:
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> hearing you constantly sniping at the 360 in comparison to the PC as a
> gaming platform gets a bit tiresome, frankly.
I think you're mistaking me for someone else. The only PC I have is a
laptop with an ancient X300 card in it. And I only play Warcraft. I
generally use macs. So please, direct the vitriol elsewhere.
Choobs
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:25 pm
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"Sir Chewbury Gubbins" <chewbury.gubbins.DeleteThis@nelefa.org> wrote in message
> > Consoles have generations as they are more or less unmodifiable and come
> > along every few years... you can tweak your PC whenever you like more or
> > less... it's not a hard concept is it?
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> So, a 386SX25 with a Cirrus Logic 5424 is the same generation as a twin
> Xeon with whatever Nvidia claim is top of the range, then?
>
> Hrm.
I'm saying that the Next Gen concept of consoles has fcuk all to do with PC
generations.
It's also not an important concept at all even regarding Consoles and you
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(Msg. 15) Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:25 pm
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On 2006-04-06, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled cNp to exclaim:
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> It's also not an important concept at all even regarding Consoles and you
> just need to stfu about it and get over it.
That's nice to know. However, you're not entitled to request that I
'stfu' about *anything* *at least* until your balls have dropped.
Once that's happened, by all means come back and resubmit your request,
at which point it will be ignored for reasons I'll think up nearer the
time.
Run along, now.
Choobs
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