Out tomorrow?

Ive played everyone of the Laura Croft games and I guess Im going to have to buy a copy of this too.

Anyone else?

Might get it in a few weeks time depends what people think of it.

not being a fan of octagonal breasts, ill give it a miss.

The latest has been getting very good feedback from the people that have played the demo on xbox360 and pc.  Review of the full 360 version gave it 8.2 so its looking good.  I will know tomorrow

Oh, and the next Hot Coffee mod? http://www.xboxic.com/632.htm

It suprises me that they had an oppurtunity to target a larger audience, i.e. women, but decided to just tart her up again when it came to rebranding lara.

No complaints here being male and all, but it seems like a like a waste of an oppurtunity to increase the fanbase.

Quote from: Cornholionot being a fan of octagonal breasts, ill give it a miss.

Once you get past the initial few minutes her looks dont really matter TBH, you spend far more time gawping at the scenery. At least I did in Tomb Raider 1. The Egyptian temples were very impressive  

And they have been superbly modelled so they bounce more "naturally".  I bet there are more polygons used in her chest than the rest of her body.

I really really enjoyed the demo! This one actually feels like its been designed for PC and not just ported! fantastic, eager to play the full game.

I just received Tomb Raider and the first thing it wanted to do was update my dashboard. I wonder why though. I thought I was on the latest version already. Version is now 2.0.2258.0 and I dont think the game supports 1280x1024, it looks squashed.

Well, its not the resolution. I tried the game at 1024x768 and it still looks squashed. Ah well. There are a number of things I like and dont like about the game. The first is that it screams that its an Xbox game that has been ported to the 360. The menu text is the same as what you will get on the Xbox, it looks scaled. Exactly a PS1 port looked on the PC where they made no effort to take advantage of the higher resolution the game will be run at. As previously mentioned, other models are very basic compared to Lara. They remind me alot of the goons from Sin. If I was Jeep, Id be be calling the lawyers on Core for making their Jeep Commander look like sh*t. Unless it really does look as bad as it does in the game.

On the other hand, the gameplay is pretty sweet. There are some nice touches with the controls although the left stick is very sensitive and it seems as though its not moving Lara in quite the direction I want it to. Lara has already dropped from a great height once because of that. I also like how in the intro they really take advantage of the power of the Xbox 360 by bump mapping her huge lips. There is a nice effect with the binoculars, Depth of field but also as you look around things further away come into focus where as near objects go out of focus. However, there does appear to be a hit in frame rate when looking around with the binoculars. The water effect is pretty kick ass.

And a final note, I thought they would have figured out to have a smooth sliding blade if you click the guide button while on the menu. Youd think that would be the least taxing of screens. OK, there is a large close up of the 1 billion polygons that is Laras chest yet it should be smooth. This has launch day title written all over it.

Quote from: Deaths HeadLara has already dropped from a great height once because of that.

Laura has a tendancy to end up falling from a great height and ending up mashed potato.There was a bit in the first one when I was playing it with a few mates. We were definitely not sober but the item was a saved game and I had completed so it didnt really matter. The aim was simply to get her to dive from a platform at the top, do a swan dive through a hole and into water - simple really.

Except in our combined states none of us could manage it and then someone laughed, and then everyone was laughing and it became impossible to control the thing. I dont think we ever managed it but it was a load of fun trying

Poor Laura was terribly abused but seemed game enough to keep trying as long as we did.

Quote from: Deaths HeadThe latest has been getting very good feedback from the people that have played the demo on xbox360 and pc.  Review of the full 360 version gave it 8.2 so its looking good.  I will know tomorrow

Oh, and the next Hot Coffee mod? http://www.xboxic.com/632.htm

How the hell could you spot that if you were playing the game, you have to e a bit of a perve.

Anyone seen cheaper than Ã,£17.99 on play.com for the PC version of this? put up other versions prices too

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I got this today and I cant get it to run... keeps crashing/freezing with a sound loop.

9800 Pro with Cat 5.10s
Soundblaster Live 5.1 (last driver available is dated 2004 )

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What are you guys managing to run this on?  Im close to taking it back as Im well above the minimum specs.  I updated the drivers for the 9800 to Cat 6.3s but I couldnt enable DirectDraw for some reason so Ive reverted back to 5.10s.

Will there be any value in upgrading my soundcard too?

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Try updating to Cat 6.3s?  Im running it on an Xbox360  One note, the PC version is based on the Xbox version and not the Xbox360 version, so it wont look as "good" as the 360 one.  Good is relative...

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Which version do you thinkn looks better?

Serious, http://uk.gamestracker.com/pc/9106/  You can save 2p by buying it from Tesco Jersey

Tbh, them xbox 360 shots looks overly shiny and reflective, especially on laras face.

Cant knock them shadown on the 360 though but I cant stand the shinyness of all the 360 stuff, its like sometimes it tries too hard.