EDIT: Then again the in-game facial expressions sometimes fail even without overrides and Lara has the personality of a psychopath caring for nothing but her own gain with no regards to the other characters encountered thus far.
She sure has put on a few lbs. in the facial area since her golden days, eh?
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For some scenes she has a more angular facial structure and then for others it gets more rounded, the photo mode override pushed it even further though.
Overall she's quite a bit stockier but also looks a fair bit older though the character models from the 2013 and 2015 games are in here too when you use existing save data albeit they use some alternate character model for the 2013 one probably taken from the re-release with improved skin and texture detail but the hair in particular looks horrible whereas most other outfits use the PureHair(TressFX) effect other than the retro skins and then this one has some flat textured plane instead.
And for the regular game well something like this. You don't really get close up to the character model outside of the cutscenes and usually it's going to be with the camera on the back of the character as you fall to your death again, thanks auto centering during platforming. https://i.imgur.com/a2suJQY.jpg
(Minus the fish, I bröke something again in the game.)
EDIT: Although I guess the Gear Guide image and such already shows the designer using <-> on the character model a bit.
It's not as badly proportioned though like say ME Andromeda but Lara does look a fair bit different in this game compared to the last two. (Even if it probably takes place close after Tomb Raider Re-Revived and Rise of the Tomb Raider and not years later with Lara in her upper 20's to early 30's.)
EDIT: Hmm the design might have changed over the course of the game too going by early footage though it's the usual cinematic stuff.
What an extremely overrated game. It's exactly the same formula with yet another weak story. I do like the voice acting and the sound design. Lara's face is extremely well done and incredibly expressive. And the new tombs are fun. But there are soo many problems with the game, ranging from exploration and progression to severe technical issues. They couldn't even be bothered to fix the shooting or the transition between animations...
Worse than the previous game?
I think this game will fail purely due to the release period. Spider-man, dragon quest and RDR2 coming up. Yeah, it's fucked.
The narrative's quality doesn't differ much. The stories are pretty much in the same boat of racing for doomsday artifacts against some poorly written antagonists. But at least in RotTR the progression was much more fleshed out and exploration paid off to a degree. Here is just a grind for boring skills and weapon's upgrades. The guns behave poorly and the shooting often has no impact or feedback on the target. The enemies are uninspired and pose little to no challenge relying on cheap AI tricks where spotting means that the enemies will know your exact position no matter what. We are exploring a jungle in South America and there are no snakes or other setting appropriated animals to fight, that's how lazy the design is. And the supernatural enemies (SPOILER ALERT!) are not much different from the ones in the past games. If the developers didn't shift focus from the combat, Shadow of the Tomb Raider would have been an even bigger drag than already is.
This game costs 60 bucks and they couldn't even license the gun's names or do a proper sound synchronization. Every grave I searched for loot has the sound effects way off and this is one of many examples where the sound just doesn't match the action on the screen. I am absolutely disgusted how the journalists rated this game.
Fixes included in this patch:
Steam Controller support (and the use of the Steam controller configuration UI) now has to be explicitly enabled in the gamepad options menu.
This is intended to not have it interfere with the native Xbox 360, XboxOne and PS4 controller support, no matter how Steam is configured.
We recommend leaving this option disabled unless you intent to use the Steam controller.
For users using SteamLink, please refer to the fix provided here at step 8 of 'first things to check': https://steamcommunity.com/app/750920/discussions/0/1742220290366130593/ .
Some improvements to photo mode camera control, including bugfixes for when axis-inversion is being used.
Fix for a helicopter getting stuck in place at high framerates.
Fix for a texture issue encountered on some machine / setting combinations.
Improvements to stereoscopic 3D rendering.
Fix for a problem where the camera could unexpectedly turn away when Lara hangs on a ledge.
A variety of smaller fixes related to functionality, performance, and stability.
A variety of fixes for issues that could cause framerate stutters on specific PC setups.
Added warning message for when the game does not have access to the ‘Documents’ folder to write save data.
One common reason for failures is Windows Defender ‘Protected Folders’ feature. If you have problems with your game not being saved, please consider disabling ‘Protected Folders’.
Changes to make Exclusive Fullscreen more robust. This specifically relates to problems that occur when other applications or tools like overlays hook into the game.
For best stability we recommend that you play without enabling any 3rd party tools that influence the game.
Added native support for PS4 controllers connected to your PC via Bluetooth.
When using Steam Input:
Game now provides default configurations for Xbox, PS4, and other controllers.
Updates to Steam Controller configuration.
Rumble support for Steam Controller.
Changes to ensure BitDefender and other AV products are less likely to block the game.
A variety of smaller fixes related to functionality, performance, and stability.
Really nice textures and thats it. I feel like in а cut scene simulator, I am not playing anything. When walking somewhere it's usually limited space and you can go only straight.
Yeah it's a issue with some of these not registering, will be interesting to see what it lands on as I'm around 66% completion so far with the earlier areas other than Paititi fully completed now.
Ultimately it's just a achievement though, SAM works on Steam (On Github now and a bit more up to date.) but I guess legitimate 100% is a thing too and even if it's just a script issue that's going to bother a lot of players who would be at 100% if the thing triggered properly.
(Instead of missing or skipping certain collectibles or getting stuck or whatever else is broken with that counter.)
Polygon has a point, though while all the rebooted titles received a massive boost in the fun factor by eliminating the annoying platforming sessions and obsolete logical thinking from the so-called "classics", nothing was done to solve the biggest issues of the franchise: the blind cultural appropriation and glorification of white colonialism in its purest form.
It's downright insulting that Lara has to wander around blatantly wearing ponchos and folklore masks, belittling the Mexican culture and helping out Indigenous people who needn't any help, more so if it's coming from an heir to the British Empire that's indirectly feeding GamerGate's nazi male power fantasy. She then proceeds to ransack their ancient tombs, tear down statues and collect trophies just for the regressive conquistadorish sake of it like a modern G.W. Bush, a trope that has no reason to exist in games and yet it is glorified alongside violence and extreme objectification of the female body. Speaking of which, why can't Lara look like a normal girl for once? Or do the developers really think that by reducing the size of breasts and by adding a few pounds to her figure the sexualization is magically gone?
I forced myself to finish this game for my review. I didn't think it was possible for them to come up with a story that's worse than Rise, but Shadow achieves this with ease. The ending was a rapid succession of cringy moments, the rock bottom of a main story that's drowning in mediocrity. The whole experience is generic and repetitive to the point of exhaustion. Nothing has been done to fix the gameplay or technical problems of the past. Everything is the same from the bad shooting (which somehow is even worse now), to the dumb AI, to the tedious and railed exploration.
Lara's origin story was such a joke that I don't even want another Tomb Raider.
They did that with the fourth game. (Considered one of the peaks of the series.) Unfortunately Eidos wanted more so they had to make a fifth and it got delayed and somehow rushed and that was pretty much it for the original team I believe.
Delayed and rushed happened again with the anniversary or remake of the first game though it then improved for the rest.
And then it was rebooted again with this origin story which really was just the first game but then Trinity became a plot point with Lara taking a brief stop in Siberia ensuring Jesus does not come back and it's off to this jungle adventure which from how I hear they couldn't really wrap up very well so the end game is probably going to be spectacular.
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