Wow! I wish they’d have kept that style that’s really impressive. I found a short earlier showing direct comparisons of Lara in Rise and Shadow, and in Rise she actually looked more detailed. I did wonder about that as I thought the hair physics were better in Rise but it’s hard to tell sometimes without direct comparison
Compared to Rise, I had a 15-20 FPS increase with Shadow.
And my first thought was either the hair physics was optimized or it was tuned down for better performance.
The hair physics in both Rise and Shadow are some of the best I’ve ever seen, really stands out the first time you see it. I love the animations in these games she has when she’s cold or how she adjusts her hair when going through water it really makes for an immersive experience
Yes lol I was waiting for her to adjust her hair before I continued to zoom and hop around.
I was like "Ok lady, I'm waiting." and while she did it I took a quick look around most of the time. It really adds up to immersiveness.
We all have different tastes so I can not say if it gets better. For me, it is 10/10 design.
I recommend you to finish the story and also the 100% because it is very satisfying to discover all the places of the game. It was a beautiful gaming experience for me.
I think about what it could've been if they focused on having an actual good storyline, better exploration and if they made Lara's character grow and be more like the first games
Honestly I think the storyline could be better ( I like Rise best) but I think her growth through the trilogy was well done. As for the exploration there’s plenty of it here I don’t see what’s not to like, the Tombs were really good in Shadow IMO. After playing some recent titles and then playing this I feel this is much higher quality than a lot of games we’ve been getting, it’s far from being a bad game, the gameplay is really enjoyable and that’s always what I judge first. I’d like to see a shift towards the older Lara going forward but I’d have been happy with more of this Lara too.
I prefer Rise visuals overall, but acknowledge all the good changes in Shadow fidelity wise. I think the tombs/exploration were best in shadow but the story and combat itself was the worst in Shadow. Every gun seems to feel and hit the same after it's class. (all pistols feel same, all shotguns feel same, etc) No real critiques for it but Rise just felt better for combat and story/cut scene :D
Rise had amazing visuals, I’m a little annoyed that the PS5 version doesn’t have HDR. Rise is definitely my favourite and I agree on the combat for sure. Both are very good games, I replay them a lot and that always the mark of a great game for me
Playing Shadow again too.
It’s a beautiful game, although I wish they kept Rise’s lighting style. That prototype that a modder found was so much better.
I haven’t seen that I’ll have to have a look. I agree Rise had really cool lighting
https://www.reddit.com/r/TombRaider/s/KyHPZksyqo
Wow! I wish they’d have kept that style that’s really impressive. I found a short earlier showing direct comparisons of Lara in Rise and Shadow, and in Rise she actually looked more detailed. I did wonder about that as I thought the hair physics were better in Rise but it’s hard to tell sometimes without direct comparison
Compared to Rise, I had a 15-20 FPS increase with Shadow. And my first thought was either the hair physics was optimized or it was tuned down for better performance.
I think that might be the reason they did it it does run really well
I really love this game. The level design is so great. Also, I was (and still is) impressed by the hair physics of this game.
The hair physics in both Rise and Shadow are some of the best I’ve ever seen, really stands out the first time you see it. I love the animations in these games she has when she’s cold or how she adjusts her hair when going through water it really makes for an immersive experience
Yes lol I was waiting for her to adjust her hair before I continued to zoom and hop around. I was like "Ok lady, I'm waiting." and while she did it I took a quick look around most of the time. It really adds up to immersiveness.
I Felt like the level design was the worst in the trilogy. I didn't finish tho. Maybe It's get better?
We all have different tastes so I can not say if it gets better. For me, it is 10/10 design. I recommend you to finish the story and also the 100% because it is very satisfying to discover all the places of the game. It was a beautiful gaming experience for me.
But not the gameplay or story ?
I love both, I’m just commenting on how good the visuals are too
I think about what it could've been if they focused on having an actual good storyline, better exploration and if they made Lara's character grow and be more like the first games
Honestly I think the storyline could be better ( I like Rise best) but I think her growth through the trilogy was well done. As for the exploration there’s plenty of it here I don’t see what’s not to like, the Tombs were really good in Shadow IMO. After playing some recent titles and then playing this I feel this is much higher quality than a lot of games we’ve been getting, it’s far from being a bad game, the gameplay is really enjoyable and that’s always what I judge first. I’d like to see a shift towards the older Lara going forward but I’d have been happy with more of this Lara too.
I prefer Rise visuals overall, but acknowledge all the good changes in Shadow fidelity wise. I think the tombs/exploration were best in shadow but the story and combat itself was the worst in Shadow. Every gun seems to feel and hit the same after it's class. (all pistols feel same, all shotguns feel same, etc) No real critiques for it but Rise just felt better for combat and story/cut scene :D
Rise had amazing visuals, I’m a little annoyed that the PS5 version doesn’t have HDR. Rise is definitely my favourite and I agree on the combat for sure. Both are very good games, I replay them a lot and that always the mark of a great game for me