Tomb Raider Reaches One Million Players in Two Days

[remnant_phoenix]

Alright Crystal Dynamics, these numbers got you some pull with Square. What you must do is talk them into pulling the IP for Legacy of Kain out of whatever hole it's in and work that magic again like you did here. Lord knows Dyack won't be doing it anytime soon.

Yes indeed.

Square-Enix rumored a LoK reboot a while ago. I'm hoping that since LoK is (like Tomb Raider) a Crystal Dynamics property, and Tomb Raider 2013 is a success, SE will read the signs that LoK (like Tomb Raider) is ripe for a well-done return to form.

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

Nice to see a triple A game doing what there supposed to, being not a disappointment.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

I didn't hear that rumor. All I heard is that the rumored game would be a "re-working" of the original Soul Reaver

If that would be the case, I figure they could reuse a lot of the writing and sound files from the original game.

 

[Poetic Nova]

New Tomb Raider is great, CD deserve these numbers.

 

[shintakie10]

A solid, well-made game with minimal bullshit sells like hotcakes while EA's latest attempts at using always-online DRM is creating a PR nightmare.

Sometimes the universe just works...

You say that, except I'm almost 100% certain that even with that PR nightmare and all the bad press Sim City will still outsell Tomb Raider which will be both disappointin and completely unsurprisin.

 

[Erttheking]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

 

[Frankster]

This was one critically acclaimed game i really wasn't disappointed with, glad to hear it's selling well ^^

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

I only do it because I care. And not all criticism is an insult. If your sister were getting married to a compulsive abuser and liar then would you not feel the need to speak up, even though it might hurt her feelings?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. My hope was that people playing Tomb Raider would sit up and say, "wait a minute, I've been playing this game because they told me it would have deep storytelling and challenging gameplay, and yet all I've been doing is running around shooting at things." Maybe I have to insult more than their taste.

 

[Kal-Adam]

I'm surprised it managed so well, considering earlier controversy. Good for you Tomb Raider!

 

[Erttheking]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

I only do it because I care. And not all criticism is an insult. If your sister were getting married to a compulsive abuser and liar then would you not feel the need to speak up, even though it might hurt her feelings?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. My hope was that people playing Tomb Raider would sit up and say, "wait a minute, I've been playing this game because they told me it would have deep storytelling and challenging gameplay, and yet all I've been doing is running around shooting at things." Maybe I have to insult more than their taste.

The thing about this is that you're wording it like you're objectively right and everyone else is objectively wrong. That's where the insulting bit comes in.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

I only do it because I care. And not all criticism is an insult. If your sister were getting married to a compulsive abuser and liar then would you not feel the need to speak up, even though it might hurt her feelings?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. My hope was that people playing Tomb Raider would sit up and say, "wait a minute, I've been playing this game because they told me it would have deep storytelling and challenging gameplay, and yet all I've been doing is running around shooting at things." Maybe I have to insult more than their taste.

The thing about this is that you're wording it like you're objectively right and everyone else is objectively wrong. That's where the insulting bit comes in.

Then according to you, everything is a matter of taste. We may as well not be talking at all and this forum may as well not exist.

 

[Erttheking]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

I only do it because I care. And not all criticism is an insult. If your sister were getting married to a compulsive abuser and liar then would you not feel the need to speak up, even though it might hurt her feelings?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. My hope was that people playing Tomb Raider would sit up and say, "wait a minute, I've been playing this game because they told me it would have deep storytelling and challenging gameplay, and yet all I've been doing is running around shooting at things." Maybe I have to insult more than their taste.

The thing about this is that you're wording it like you're objectively right and everyone else is objectively wrong. That's where the insulting bit comes in.

Then according to you, everything is a matter of taste. We may as well not be talking at all and this forum may as well not exist.

You can criticize a game without insulting people. Come on man, don't pull a be all end all argument like that.

 

[Epic Fail 1977]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

I for one was not insulted by this, even though I like the game. However I do think you ought to qualify it with, well, anything really.

 

[Epic Fail 1977]

I'm surprised it managed so well, considering earlier controversy. Good for you Tomb Raider!

Yeah, I mean when has controversy ever increased a game's sales? ;p

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Hmm, still undecided on getting this yet. I played the old Tomb Raider games and liked them, but haven't touched one since Tomb Raider Revelations on the PS1. (1999?! Christ that makes me feel old).

I keep hearing good things about this one, and am kind of running out of games to play.

It's absolutely worth playing. I don't see it having any of the replay value of the blocky first installments of the IP, but as an interactive experience and a mighty fine action game with an above-average believable heroine it's on par with the first Rambo movie. Not asking if you like that or not, it's just that no matter how you decide to play this game (zip through it or completionist OCD or just climbing, running and jumping around like it's a big playground once you removed all threats), Lara's story will offer a new and quite interesting approach to the character. It's a reboot and a prequel and an origin story of sorts all rolled into one, so I should hate it. I don't.

Depending on how well versed you are in movie tropes, you'll feel like a real-life Nostradamus most of the way, but there's still plenty of stuff that make the ride interesting and worthwhile, methinks.

I also dig the action quite a lot. It's quickly at odds with the newly conceived lore, but the gun play and the melee and the takedowns are an explicit sight to behold. Yes, it's Heavenly Goddess of Uncharted Bayonetta War or Tomb Raider May Far Cry all over again, but it's a neat package that's technically sound (except for the fancy new hair on PC and the crashes for NVIDIA users) if you don't happen to be Conan O'Brien.

Don't be Conan O'Brien.

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[Blood Brain Barrier]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

I only do it because I care. And not all criticism is an insult. If your sister were getting married to a compulsive abuser and liar then would you not feel the need to speak up, even though it might hurt her feelings?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. My hope was that people playing Tomb Raider would sit up and say, "wait a minute, I've been playing this game because they told me it would have deep storytelling and challenging gameplay, and yet all I've been doing is running around shooting at things." Maybe I have to insult more than their taste.

The thing about this is that you're wording it like you're objectively right and everyone else is objectively wrong. That's where the insulting bit comes in.

Then according to you, everything is a matter of taste. We may as well not be talking at all and this forum may as well not exist.

You can criticize a game without insulting people. Come on man, don't pull a be all end all argument like that.

I'm disputing that it WAS insulting. The guy below your post didn't think it was. In fact, it's you pulling the 'be all' argument, that anything you label 'subjective' is invalid. How about instead of telling me "you can't say that" responding to the criticisms I made of the game?

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

I for one was not insulted by this, even though I like the game. However I do think you ought to qualify it with, well, anything really.

The thing is, I'm one of those people who I said like rubbish. I played the game almost to the end while mostly hating it. Why? I don't know. I think that should be sufficient a qualification.

 

[Erttheking]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

I only do it because I care. And not all criticism is an insult. If your sister were getting married to a compulsive abuser and liar then would you not feel the need to speak up, even though it might hurt her feelings?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. My hope was that people playing Tomb Raider would sit up and say, "wait a minute, I've been playing this game because they told me it would have deep storytelling and challenging gameplay, and yet all I've been doing is running around shooting at things." Maybe I have to insult more than their taste.

The thing about this is that you're wording it like you're objectively right and everyone else is objectively wrong. That's where the insulting bit comes in.

Then according to you, everything is a matter of taste. We may as well not be talking at all and this forum may as well not exist.

You can criticize a game without insulting people. Come on man, don't pull a be all end all argument like that.

I'm disputing that it WAS insulting. The guy below your post didn't think it was. In fact, it's you pulling the 'be all' argument, that anything you label 'subjective' is invalid. How about instead of telling me "you can't say that" responding to the criticisms I made of the game?

First of all, it was pretty insulting considering that you basically said that people like rubbish. You could've just said that the game was rubbish, there was no need to say that people liked the game because people like rubbish.

Second of all, I'm not disagreeing with your opinion on the game at all and I can't debate the tranquility of the game because I don't own it.

Third, I didn't tell you that you couldn't say that, I said that you didn't need to be so insulting to get your point across.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

The game is total rubbish, but the 1 million players isn't surprising since gamers seem to like rubbish these days.

Did you have to insult people's tastes?

I only do it because I care. And not all criticism is an insult. If your sister were getting married to a compulsive abuser and liar then would you not feel the need to speak up, even though it might hurt her feelings?

Maybe I'm being too optimistic. My hope was that people playing Tomb Raider would sit up and say, "wait a minute, I've been playing this game because they told me it would have deep storytelling and challenging gameplay, and yet all I've been doing is running around shooting at things." Maybe I have to insult more than their taste.

The thing about this is that you're wording it like you're objectively right and everyone else is objectively wrong. That's where the insulting bit comes in.

Then according to you, everything is a matter of taste. We may as well not be talking at all and this forum may as well not exist.

You can criticize a game without insulting people. Come on man, don't pull a be all end all argument like that.

I'm disputing that it WAS insulting. The guy below your post didn't think it was. In fact, it's you pulling the 'be all' argument, that anything you label 'subjective' is invalid. How about instead of telling me "you can't say that" responding to the criticisms I made of the game?

First of all, it was pretty insulting considering that you basically said that people like rubbish. You could've just said that the game was rubbish, there was no need to say that people liked the game because people like rubbish.

Sort of amounts to the same thing, doesn't it? If 1 million are playing it, and I say it's rubbish, wouldn't it follow that those 1 mil like rubbish? I could have left out the part that I didn't find it surprising but what good would that do? We've known for years that people will prefer to play a shooting rampage hero game over a 12th century feudal simulation, myself included. I'm sorry if you don't agree, but that says something important about you and I, which I see no point in concealing, and no small amount of good in exposing.