Anyone else disappointed with the last boss?

[keybox]

Why would they build up the confrontation with Konstantin, give you all these weapons and weapons upgrades, and the last fight is a QTE battle? lol
I can't believe how boring this entire game was.

[BoloWolf]

I'm disappointed with this entire trilogy except for graphics, does that count?

[keybox]

Sure. I kinda agree. First game was short and sweet so I didn't mind it as much. This one was just so... Hollow. Is the third one as bad? Because I was planning on finishing all three but I don't think I can stomach more of the same... Where is all the tomb raiding?

[Thumper]

Since you got all three thru EPIC and your playing them back to back I can understand why your not getting your full worth of the game.

1st off if she had all her weapons for the final boss fight, it would be over before it starts, right? In terms of content, yes all 3 are the same, you start in a out of place beginning, meet many people, find tombs, crypts, weapons and learn new skills. There is a twist along the way, a long hard climb on a rock face and a big boss fight at the end.

Thats all 3 TR's, the only difference is story and location. Thats as good as it's gonna get. People have tried to debate this is better then that. But in the end, there really just one big Tomb Raider game.

[keybox]

Originally posted by Thumper:

Since you got all three thru EPIC and your playing them back to back I can understand why your not getting your full worth of the game.

?? I can play other game series back to back without issue. Didn't get them through EGS because I don't support Tencent or monopolistic practices EGS is employing lately.

As far as the last boss goes, bears and wildcats are harder. The boring, long, drawn out battles with 10+ soldiers were harder. They could have been creative, he's a trained killer, he's been working up to this moment for a long time. During the span of what, 3? days, Lara has amassed an arsenal and all these skills and all the devs could muster for the confrontation with him was a QTE battle. There's no excuse. They could have had him get to the divine source right before Lara, to make him a beefier opponent like the deathless ones.

[Thumper]

I only get my games thru Steam, so I don't have a clue as to what you do or don't support.

But did you understand my point on why she had no weapons for that boss fight?

I didn't notice how all 3 games were the same until I reinstalled Shadow and Rise. It's been about a month now and this is my 4th run.

I think in your case, playing all 3 as one game is a better way to go.

[keybox]

Originally posted by Thumper:

I only get my games thru Steam, so I don't have a clue as to what you do or don't support.

But did you understand my point on why she had no weapons for that boss fight?

I didn't notice how all 3 games were the same until I reinstalled Shadow and Rise. It's been about a month now and this is my 4th run.

You mentioned epic game store, so I said no I didn't get it from there, it's irrelevant regardless.
Yes I understood your point, but your point was that the boss fight would be over quick and I countered that with ways they could have made it not be quick and more interesting than a QTE battle...

[BoloWolf]

Originally posted by Thumper:

Since you got all three thru EPIC

The mouse icon next to a name means they have the game on Steam. I didn't check their profile but they have at least Rise here on Steam.

I myself have 2 of them, I've had Rise for years but only recently got myself to finishing it. I got the Epic deal but I have no idea when I'll play Shadow. I just don't feel like it. Besides graphics these games upset me.

Today I replayed Chronicles a bit, finished half of it. I don't know, classics are sure dated but they have their charm this trilogy can't seem to provide for me.

[Thumper]

@Bolowolf, I quick read topic and guess the rest. The topic's here had faded over time, The free TR's thru Epic got the forum to light up a little again. I have a hard time answering some of these topic's, not because I can't, instead because they will find there answer elsewhere and my sarcasm runs to deep. But I do understand why for some this was not what they wanted or expected. It gets better if you look at the game at face value

The old TR game had a charm all there own and that fan base followed L.C. to this reboot. They lost some of the team from the old TR and the dev's decided this had to be a "everybody TR". The reboot was a whats to come, I don't expect to see another TR until end of year or spring of next. It will be a overhauled, very high end version of the 3.

Between TR13, Rise and Shadow, I have a combined total hours 2200+.

Myself, I liked TRLR and Underworld the best.

[BoloWolf]

Originally posted by Thumper:

the dev's decided this had to be a "everybody TR".

Yeah I know and it pisses me off. We have thousands of games and multiple categories. Why can't each game appeal to a certain group of people and do a great job at it than trying to appeal to everybody? The answer is money of course but it upsets me regardless.

They were bragging about how they implemented full swimming in Shadow. The classics had that in the first game 20 years ago, lol.

Originally posted by Thumper:

Between TR13, Rise and Shadow, I have a combined total hours 2200+

Man, why spend your life away on 3 games? If you played 10 hr each day that's 220 days just playing these. The closest I have is on Vindictus with 1000+ but that's how MMOs are designed and some good portion of it was idling in front of market board, alt+tabbing checking prices and items once in a while. And those stupid crafting times, grrr... at least they worked in the background window.

[keybox]

Originally posted by Thumper:

It gets better if you look at the game at face value

Okaaaay, long post that doesn't seem relevant at all... Nobody is asking you to respond if you don't have anything to say about the topic. As far as "it gets better if you look deep", you mean lore wise? Because I don't play video games for lore. Good lore is good, but the game needs to not suck at being a good game. I have 97% completion save file, just how "deep" do you require me to go before I'm allowed to call the boss fight stupid? The boss fight would be stupid even if I didn't own or play the game. You having 2000 hours in all the Tomb Raiders doesn't make the end boss not boring, either.

[Thumper]

I reply because I like to argue. If you found the boss boring to fight, O'well, not all boss fights are dull or boring. What about the queen in TR13, that was a boring boss fight. In fact the 1st thing she picks up is the last thing she use's.

The boss in Shadow is the same way and I said earlier that all 3 reboots were the same.

Point being there are/were other parts of each of the 3 to more then make up for a boring boss fight. There is also the fact she did something in one that you wished she did in the other. In TR13 only, you could use rope arrows to pull down bad guys from a ledge. In Rise she could swim without coming up for air, in Shadow the fish in the water will eat you.

In TR13 no matter how many bad guys you killed in a fire fight, you could only loot 8 bodys. in Shadow you could sell off excess inventory. In Rise everybody $hit themselves the 1st time they confronted the bear. I jumped out my chair when the bear came out of the cave in the trailer. But you can't dismiss the game just cause the boss is boring.

[keybox]

I'm allowed an opinion as much as you are. You think all the games are amazing, good for you, bud. But you agreed the boss fight was bad, that's all I was saying. I spent 20? something hours running around collecting all this gear and upgrade mats and couldn't use them in the end. It lost its fun factor because it was so sparse in actual content. Collectathons are great when collecting things actually means something, like a meaningful skill or upgrade... In this game, beyond 1 shop unlock and the documents everything else was pretty worthless. In my opinion. :)

[Thumper]

I agree, I use 1 weapon type each, 1 suit. the supply shack, only what I need and I still can't get past 98%. I know what I'm missing but I'm to lazy and don't even try anymore.

Oddly I've got more time in Shadow, but I can't get past the 1st town to continue. I think the puzzles in Shadow and the DLC's are better and you have the NG+ option but even that get's boring quick. There just to easy to solve.

As much as I enjoy playing TR, over time it just lost it's luster.

[fenderjaguar]

Originally posted by keybox:

I can't believe how boring this entire game was.

a bit disingenuous, surely?

If it was that boring, you would have stopped playing long before that

[keybox]

Originally posted by fenderjaguar:

Originally posted by keybox:

I can't believe how boring this entire game was.

a bit disingenuous, surely?

If it was that boring, you would have stopped playing long before that

How would I know if I liked the ending without playing to the end? Of course when the end is that meaningless I assess what was the point of me doing anything.