Tomb Clancy's I Spit On Your Grave: The Official Game of The Movie

[Don Flamenco]

[archie4208]

Looks like she can protect herself just fine.

[Sho Nuff]

GRODY EXECUTIONS MANG

[chronovore]

Hey, if you'd almost been raped, isn't this what you'd do as a reaction?!

[Great Rumbler]

Shouldn't we all have learned by now that game developers are never to be trusted when they talk highly of the story in their games?

[Don Flamenco]

Hey, if you'd almost been raped, isn't this what you'd do as a reaction?!

"We're making a deep, emotionally charged narrative...the origin of one of the most famous and beloved characters of all time.  You'll want to protect her and help her survive the brutal jungle.  We are taking story-telling and world-building to the next level.  Video games are truly the highest form of art in the 21st century.  We pumped $100 million into making and marketing this fucking thing.  and there's gameplay in there somewhere, to appease the hardcore players, I guess. Doritos."

...and it has the basic plot premise of a 70s pulp fem-revenge flick

[Himu]

zzz

[Joe Molotov]

...and it has the basic plot premise of a 70s pulp fem-revenge flick

And I'm okay with that!

[MCD]

I see nothing wrong here.

I dunno why gamers are making a big fucking deal outta everything Tomb Raider related.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Can't be worse than Far Cry 3's story.

[Akala]

yeah, looks cool to me. grimy chixx and ultraviolence.

[Don Flamenco]

its that they pass it off as some deep experience but...ok sorry my bad

[Himu]

its that they pass it off as some deep experience but...ok sorry my bad

haha don't bother. video games bro.

[MCD]

no need to apologize lol

[Don Flamenco]

i know it's tired to point this stuff out.  i just think it's especially funny how the marketing built this up, you'll want to protect her, girl in trouble, oh no she's getting raped QTE...then bam, MANHUNT 3

or more accurately...

[Joe Molotov]

i know it's tired to point this stuff out.  i just think it's especially funny how the marketing built this up, you'll want to protect her, girl in trouble, oh no she's getting raped QTE...then bam, MANHUNT 3

It's like that part in Citizen Kane where Charles sleds down a mountain avalanche in Rosebud and then fights some ninjas.

[Great Rumbler]

Can't be worse than Far Cry 3's story.

What a load of nothing that was. Not that I actually expected anything differently.

[Momo]

I spit on this Lara

[Diunx]

Don't understand all the bitching about this game, think it looks awesome.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Looks like a great game. Who cares about marketing.

[Stoney Mason]

I see nothing wrong here.

I dunno why gamers are making a big fucking deal outta everything Tomb Raider related.

This.

People say lots of bs things to try to sell me stuff in every walk of life. Not sure why videogames would be any different. As long as the game is fun who cares about this stuff.

[Cerveza mas fina]

This is just bringing TR up to the top of 2013 stuff, if you listen to some people it should still have tank controls n shit.

[Don Flamenco]

Looks like a great game. Who cares about marketing.

the lead up is just really funny.
"we're going to create this unique experience for you." 

"Just kidding, here's tits axing a dude in the head." 


i will play it if it's good. 

i respect your individual viewpoints equally.

that's all dudes.  that's all.     

 

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[brob]

if they really pushed the exploitation angle it could be neat in a balls-out kinda way, but it will end up being uncharted without the snark and pizzazz.

Zzz...

[Cerveza mas fina]

Tomb Raider reboot, serious stuffs.

Is this better than just shelving the series?  The popularity of this is pretty much guarantees the death of the franchise permanently since it superficially uses the IP.  It's like if a person suffers a severe head injury and they lose their memory and their personality changes completely.  The person is still alive, but who they were is dead.

And let's not act like this was the only way to drum up more interest in the franchise.  Tomb Raider's problems weren't its gameplay, it was budget and time.

Even if the gameplay was getting outdated, which it wasn't since they had already successfully modernized it, you don't renovate a house by tearing it down and building a McDonald's in its place.

Heh, that actually reminds me of a real life example:

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This was Mearle's Drive In in Visalia, California.  It was a classic diner serving old-fashioned greasy spoon food.  In 2006 it closed due to financial problems; there was a fire and a handicapped person sued them for not having a handicap booth.  In 2011 it became this:

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The kept the building, parts of the sign, they kept the milkshake, the put a nice mural dedicated to Mearle's on the side, but now it's a fast food place.  The Habbit may be good, but you can get their food elsewhere.  This example doesn't completely work, because it was at least nice of The Habbit to save the building since the owner of the property didn't care about it's iconic legacy and it was pretty much impossible for an individual to save Mearle's since the building required renovation to conform to modern building codes that made the whole thing too costly, but still, I think it makes a point.  I think The Habbit showed more reverence for Mearle's than Eidos for Tomb Raider.  Turning Mearle's into a Habbit probably cost them more than they would have had to pay to just make a new building, but they probably got patronage from Mearle's fans for saving the landmark so it worked out for them.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I wonder why gamers are so weird about games featuring female protagonists these days.  This is something new as well; five years ago, nobody gave a fuck about Lara Croft.  Now there's thousands upon thousands of pages of angst from people about her.  Fuckin internet I swear.

[Himu]

It is because of the games marketing. They were advertising shit like Lara getting raped and crap.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Thank you.  I try to avoid gaming industry "controversies" as much as possible but this one kept popping up throughout the year.

[Great Rumbler]

It is because of the games marketing. They were advertising shit like Lara getting raped and crap.

If anything, it was a poor choice of words by one of the producers, not some massive marketing campaign:

RON: "And then what happens is her best friend gets kidnapped, she gets taken prisoner by scavengers on the island. They try to rape her, and-"

KOTAKU: "They try to rape her?"

RON: "She's literally turned into a cornered animal. And that's a huge step in her evolution: she's either forced to fight back or die and that's what we're showing today."

She gets attacked by some bad guys and has to fight back, I don't think they actually had a scene in there [or even planned to have a scene in there] that was really much worse than you'd seen in any other violent videogame. It got blown up because the internet's gonna internet. And Kotaku's gonna Kotaku. Whatever, though.

[Himu]

Still you can see the intent of the production earlier this year even in that interview: trying to sell it as a legit artistic experience and it is really an uninspired piece of shit.

[Great Rumbler]

Still you can see the intent of the production earlier this year even in that interview: trying to sell it as a legit artistic experience and it is really an uninspired piece of shit.

It was the same way with Far Cry 3, but that was still a really fun game [with a terrible story].

[Sho Nuff]

It struck me that Far Cry was more pushing the fact that you could put C4 onto hang gliders and use them as flying IEDs instead of saying it was a meaningful story

[Cerveza mas fina]

This is what happens if you pay attention and follow games closely, i just see something cool and get it or not (except the one game i follow sometimes like wow, d3, zelda64)

[chronovore]

It is because of the games marketing. They were advertising shit like Lara getting raped and crap.

If anything, it was a poor choice of words by one of the producers, not some massive marketing campaign:

RON: "And then what happens is her best friend gets kidnapped, she gets taken prisoner by scavengers on the island. They try to rape her, and-"

KOTAKU: "They try to rape her?"

RON: "She's literally turned into a cornered animal. And that's a huge step in her evolution: she's either forced to fight back or die and that's what we're showing today."

She gets attacked by some bad guys and has to fight back, I don't think they actually had a scene in there [or even planned to have a scene in there] that was really much worse than you'd seen in any other violent videogame. It got blown up because the internet's gonna internet. And Kotaku's gonna Kotaku. Whatever, though.

Yes, 100% correct. The producer was having... an off day, to say the least. This was not the angle which Marketing had planned. I mean, Despite S-E owning both, Crystal Dynamics is not IO Interactive.

[Don Flamenco]

This is what happens if you pay attention and follow games closely, i just see something cool and get it or not (except the one game i follow sometimes like wow, d3, zelda64)

i know, turn ur brain off brah.  it's like just sit bak an stop having observations

[Don Flamenco]

http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/tomb-raider-hands-on-a-lack-of-meaningful-interaction/


Sounds pretty awesome...refined mechanics instead of difficult areas with fail states, no needless inventory management bullshit which is really just busy work, simple single-button presses to ensure success instead of complicated almost fighting game-like inputs to do things, and lots of action instead of a whole bunch of downtime with time consuming "exploration."   Seems like it'll be cinematic and action packed, hope they spared no expense on the cut scene mocap, VA, and writing.  I don't get why anyone was worried about this game based on some silly marketing.

[Timber]

Man I loved Underworld.

[Himu]

Looks like should get underworld instead of this

[Cerveza mas fina]

Loved Legends, never got into Underworld.

http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/tomb-raider-hands-on-a-lack-of-meaningful-interaction/


Sounds pretty awesome...refined mechanics instead of difficult areas with fail states, no needless inventory management bullshit which is really just busy work, simple single-button presses to ensure success instead of complicated almost fighting game-like inputs to do things, and lots of action instead of a whole bunch of downtime with time consuming "exploration."   Seems like it'll be cinematic and action packed, hope they spared no expense on the cut scene mocap, VA, and writing.  I don't get why anyone was worried about this game based on some silly marketing.

Ok ok ok brah you win.

This doesnt sound like TR but it still could be fun.

[cool breeze]

here's probably a better idea of how the game will be

puzzles and stuff


fast travel, combat, qtes

[Great Rumbler]

Looks pretty awesome, will pick up for $35 on Day 1 at Green Man Gaming.

[chronovore]

The game is plenty of fun.

I played TR: Legend to 1000/1000, and I am hoping I can wrap up my TR: Underworld and TR: Anniversary before this comes out.