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It's about the prettiest and most taxing game I've played on it. Oh, actually I've got Ryse which plays alright and was a next gen game. I think that'll be my next game to finish now I come to think of it.

Fired it up, no Crossfire support. Meaning I will have to wait for a driver. Oh goody !

I tried setting it to AFR and tried the existing Tomb Raider Crossfire profile but no joy from either.

Over to you, AMD...

Yeah that's much better than console gaming.

Don't recall saying it was? do recall having a good moan about it the other day.

It's shitty but it's just where I'm at. Any way, just read that apparently AMD are preparing Crimson 16.1.1 as I type this so with any luck it should be good soon

I've just been watching some YouTube vids on graphics cards and stuff running new Tomb Raider. I've also discovered I have an overlocked quad-core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 2GB Radeon 260X. But then all the videos I watched were about the i7 and the i3. The i7 was good and better than xbone but the i3 was not good and shitter than the xbone, so I reckon being in middle an i5 should be reasonable and the same as the xbone using the power of the assumption.

So I'm getting this for defo.

When I'm good and ready, mind.

Your machine will absolutely definitely play it. Whether it runs it better or worse then the Xbone well depend on various factors as always, but it's not going to look bad or anything so don't worry about it.

Note to AMD users. New updated driver released today especially for Tomb Raider. Fixes numerous issues and includes full Crossfire X support. The driver in question is Crimson Hotfix 16.1.1.

Couple of pics running 4k.



Not the best example but I wanted to capture the new hair, PureFX.



Today is a good day for 4k. As much pain and suffering it has caused there are some days, like today, where it absolutely takes your breath away.

So it looks great - how does it play - is it just the same / an update from the previous TR ?

Pre-orders for the PS4 version are now available but have the date set (possibly as a placeholder) for the end of the year , if its going to be a while its something i may pick up for the PC

http://www.gamereactor.eu/news/376373/A ... er+on+PS4/

It's pretty much the same as the last one in gameplay terms. Well, unless anything new happens later. Sadly it crashed, and when I tried to reload it it just crashes on startup so I can't even play it

Edit. OK so I seem to have sorted that now. I disabled Crossfire and the game loaded OK again so then I saved and quit, turned Crossfire back on and fingers crossed that seems to have fixed the issue.

Phew.

Something something PC Master Race.

Master Race: group of people who mistakenly believe themselves to be superior to others.

I'm the PC Great Dalmuti.

I'm the PC Great Suprendo

I'm Ronnie fucking Pickering.

Two more hours invested so far today. TBH it literally feels like the last game ended and this one began, that's how similar they are. Having said that there was absolutely nothing wrong with the first game so why change anything?

I could be wrong and it could change. Right now I am just about to investigate a downed chopper (ooer).

Hmm. I've had time to sit down and play this properly now (six hours) and tbh? I'm actually starting to fall out of love with it a little bit. It's far, far prettier than the original and the new hair is cool 'n all but the story is just so much waffles. It seems to go in a pattern. 3 minutes of cut scene and story (that I daren't skip because by the end BLOPS 3 made no sense) then 4 minutes of actual gameplay which is identical to the original before 5 minutes of cut scenes and story. It honestly feels like an interactive movie and after six hours of it I am assuming that it is absolutely identical in terms of gameplay to the original too. There just doesn't seem to be enough action vs the cut scenes and so on.

Looking past how pretty it is (because it seriously is one of the most gorgeous games I've ever played) nothing seems to be different.

It's not worth full price is what I am trying to say. I wouldn't pay any more than I did for it without feeling a little hard done by.

I'm probably being a little grumpy but yeah, nothing new here it seems. Whilst reviewers seem to be going crazy over it and awarding it high scores I think they've been blinded by the graphics a little, or just desperation to be Lara again in her new guise.

Personally I'd be more than happy to play a game that was the same setup and mechanics as the last one but with new level designs etc. Granted, your comments about the ratio of gameplay to cutscenese doesn't sound brilliant but nothing else you've said there is putting me off.

Yeah it all works as it should whilst looking remarkably pretty so if you liked the last one you'll definitely enjoy it I'm enjoying it, just not as much as I thought I would.

I think if you sat through all the cutscenes then BLOPS3 made no sense so dont let that influence you :-)

October 11th for Rise on PS4

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/07/ ... station_vr

Includes some VR stuff and some new modes + all DLC so far

No, you're the Peon... Your PC is the Great Dalmuti.

Only just realised this is a new game, for some reason I thought it was a DLC'ed up version of the 2013 Tomb Raider.

Consider me interested.

The DLC'd up version is out and is often dirt cheap on ps4 if you have not played it before its well worth picking up (when on offer its around £8 - £10 but its currently on the PSN store at £35)

The new one (Rise of the Tomb Raider) has only come out on Xbox and PC so far - I was tempted to pick up the PC one cheap (~£20 on cdkeys : http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/rise-of- ... -key-steam ) but i think i'll wait for the PS4 version

Yeah, I really enjoyed the 2013 one. Don't think I'll bother with the DLC'ed version though. I'll be getting the new one on PS4.

I started The Definitive Edition last night. It's proper good so far, with runnung, jumping, danger and stuff. It looks and sounds lovely, too. Well worth getting on the 2 for 1 sale on PS4 store.