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Quick Look: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Ryan and Matt get down to the lucrative business of cooperative tomb raiding.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Aug. 18 2010

Cast: Ryan

Posted by: Vinny

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@onarum: 
well said and great point, but I'm sure you should have noticed now from all the quick looks on this site and just from a glance at any of the staffs' gamercards, although the GB staff love games, they are not very good at them....at all....
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reminds me of Alien Swarm.. only not in space and wearing less clothes.. oh and not fighting aliens...

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@Hashbrowns said:
" Rorie does know it's Lara, not Laura, right? "
I know that and I still say "Laura". Lara has never sounded like a real name to me. It just feels weird to say.
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As I've grown, I've realised I don't care too much about Lara's low cut green tank top but instead on her delicious hot pants.

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Looks decent.

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@mnzy said:
" So, the co-op is only local? Really?  This is the third game in a row for me that has it that way. Come on, it's 2010! "
Maybe it wasn't specifically mentioned in the QL, maybe you haven't read anything about this game.  I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.  Online co-op is being added a month after release, when the game comes out on other platforms. 
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Loot! I do like loot.

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@radioactivez0r said:
" @mnzy said:
" So, the co-op is only local? Really?  This is the third game in a row for me that has it that way. Come on, it's 2010! "
Maybe it wasn't specifically mentioned in the QL, maybe you haven't read anything about this game.  I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.  Online co-op is being added a month after release, when the game comes out on other platforms.  "
I didn't watch the full QL because it's a puzzle game and I didn't want to know everything. But thanks. That's still weird to me. What do other platforms have to do with online co-op?
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Edited By Pop

what's the difference between streaming and progressive?

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Damn. Lara Croft still holds the title of THE video game sex symbol.

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Haha great ending.

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Uhm... deja vu.

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I loooove them balls.

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@Pop: streaming streams the video to you with little to no loading. Progressive forces you to buffer before you watch the video, but if you buffer it all the way, it will never need to load.
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Sounds like they recycled at least some of the music from previous Crystal D titles. Not that it's bad music or anything, but kind of disappointing.

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@MagikGimp said:
" Deja vu... I swear I watched this days ago. "
Yeah, me too. I'm not sure why this is back in the news feed. <_<
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This actually looks interesting.

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Haha I loved Matt's fumble at the end :)

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@onarum:  While I agree that the more recently popular games tend to be easier than yesterday's, I just want to remind you that hard games do not always make fun games. Demon's Souls is an acquired taste, and for some (like the GB crew) the absolute brutal difficulty was a turn-off. Go figure.
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looks freaking awesome, that's the first time I have ever said that for a tomb raider game,(I own them all too), will be purchasing this sooner than I thought.

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@Toxin066 said:
" @MagikGimp said:
" Deja vu... I swear I watched this days ago. "
Yeah, me too. I'm not sure why this is back in the news feed. <_< "
Because it disappeared for days. I saw it when it first popped up but it had vanished before I had a chance to watch it.
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It's scary how long I watched this before realizing that it's an old video that I've seen before.

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Game looks a lot better than I was expecting.

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@mnzy said:
I didn't watch the full QL because it's a puzzle game and I didn't want to know everything. But thanks. That's still weird to me. What do other platforms have to do with online co-op? "
Because it's being put out as a 360 exclusive, it's sort of a consolation to non-360 owners - "Oh, they don't get the full experience though".  Funny thing is, 360 owners get the first DLC free.  Go figure.
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@Pop said:

" what's the difference between streaming and progressive? "

Also, you can only skip ahead to not yet loaded parts using the streaming option.
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Compettive ness 

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The menus looks like the Uncharted 2 online menus....

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This proves it! I feel like I'm wasting my time during my days but instead I must be in some sort of time loop because I swear I watched this earlier.
 
Maybe some sort of Groundhog day loop? I must investigate!

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Wish it came to PC

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I'm picking up a lot of Baulder's Gate Dark Alliance here, and that's a good thing.

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@onarum:
I think I agree with you. I would go on my own rant but you did it better.
 
actually my rant is just to have more dave.
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"thangfuhavenuh" 
 yes.

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I'm downloading the demo while watching this quick look.  The game looks pretty good.

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ah it's back again, why was it gone again?

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@onarum: Most mainstream players like their games to be easy. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, although personally, I usually seek out challenges, in real life and in games both. As long as a game offers a "very hard" setting that's well developed for those who want it, the hardcore set isn't being deprived.
 
This looks like it's just the beginning of this game, so who knows whether it gets tough later on.

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9:18 
Looks like a secret room behind a wall you need to blow up.
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 Matt is boring...not talking at all.

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Hrm, wasn't this QL up last week? Either way the game looks fun & more likely to enjoy this over some of the other games of summer XBLA entries.

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There's an inordinate amount of loading in this game.  I watched this via google cache when I heard it got pulled down.

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Thankryran. Best outro ever.

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and boom goes the dynamite 
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As weird as this game sounded initially, now that I have seen this I feel like all the Tomb Raider/Lara Croft games should have been this way. All the parts that make up this game just seem to fit the themes of the Tomb Raider games better than any of the the other games did.

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What does Matt Rorie say at the end?

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"Constant Mood and Flow-sapping Pop-ups and Tutorials: Cuz We Totally Think You're A Goddamn Moron"

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@Levio said:
" Wish it came to PC "
 
It is coming to Steam.
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@Jonny7892: "Thanks for having me", I think. But he said it super weird and fast.
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What the hell did he say at the end? :D Brilliant.

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Matt Rorie shouldn't talk so fast.
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Lara's boobs......nuff said.

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I was very skeptical of this at first, but this quick look just sold me on it.