Shadow Of the Tomb Raider

[Some Guy]

Anyone else playing it?
Only just started, but graphics are superb and the tombs are certainly a lot more interesting and have better puzzles than the past 2 efforts.
Lara looks well fit too.

[snuffy]

Te graphics are very impressive so far, but why is Ms Croft wondering round with Michael Caines the celebrity chef ?

[vonuber]

Yes, about 55% through.

It's the best of the new games by far.

As for Lara:





She does look good on PC.
The game is a lot of fun:

Edited by vonuber on Tuesday 2nd October 15:18

[Some Guy]

Love the ability to string people up in the trees predator style.
The contraption in the Eagle Trail was rather good.

[Kenny Powers]

Bought this for my One X but I’m currently playing through Shenmue II before starting it.

Loved Rise and played it to death, so I’m stoked for Shadow. So many fantastic games around this year!

[vonuber]

66% of the way through and this game is by far the best of the 3.
It's my game of the year so far, easily.

[vonuber]

Finished it last night. Absolutely brilliant, really loved it.

Plus THAT scene at the oil refinery. Blimey.

[Kenny Powers]

Good stuff. I’m very much looking forward to getting stuck into it myself.

Did you finish it to 100% including all artefacts etc. or just the main narrative?

[vonuber]

Kenny Powers said:

Good stuff. I’m very much looking forward to getting stuck into it myself.

Did you finish it to 100% including all artefacts etc. or just the main narrative?

Finished to 97%, I took my time to explore. That percentage didn't require much running around the map at all, it can came naturally.

One thing I can really recommend though is disabling the survival instincts thing in the options so it doesn't highlight stuff. Transforms the game.

The game looks absolutely beautiful running in DX12:

Taken using ansel:






Close up of her face to show the animation:

[Kenny Powers]

Great! Thanks for the snaps. I kinda quit PC gaming a few years ago. Still have a rig that ran Rise of the Tomb Raider beautifully, but I’ll make do with my One X for Shadow.

Dragging my heels with Shenmue II though so it’ll have to wait.

[anarki]

My RTX 2080 arrived this morning, I've been holding off playing SOTTR until they patch in Raytracing but its so bloody tempting to fire it up right now

[vonuber]

anarki said:

My RTX 2080 arrived this morning, I've been holding off playing SOTTR until they patch in Raytracing but its so bloody tempting to fire it up right now

Nah, do it now. It's worth it.

Edited by vonuber on Monday 8th October 13:52

Edited by vonuber on Monday 8th October 13:52

[vonuber]

I updated to win 10 to get directx 12 running, as this game supports it natively.
Not only does it now run better, but it just looks amazing.

[FourWheelDrift]

Lara Coft playing with herself