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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

168 Comments

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deactivated-5f00787182625

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is this a quick look? 
 
Edit: When I posted this Quick Look: wasn't in the title.

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Looks good

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Edited By zidane_24

Mmm, closest I've ever been. Good to see rorie on more QLs. 

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Just in time for my lunch quicklook.

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Edited By WOLVERINE366

Matthew!

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Edited By DjDonFrancisco

It's always nice to see a quick look after lunch!

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Edited By Kajaah117

Awesome, a Quick Look with Rorie! 

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Edited By hockeymask27
@V_Ben said:
" Bye Matt :( "
wrong matt
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Edited By Toxin066

Oh, so it's Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light in the sense that the GoL is a dude you see often and play with, like Batman and Robin. I was thinking the GoL would be just a cutscene guy.

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Man, while I like Rorie, I wish Kessler was in this Quick Look as part of his send-off.

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Good old Keeley Hawes, I thought it was her.

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Edited By BloodRavyne

Wasnt lara croft games Sony exclusives? Why does Sony keep losing exclusives?

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Edited By Civraz

looks alright. Not sure if i'll get it though...

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Edited By Besetment

I guess the screened.com guys don't have a lot to do? I've wondered why they don't do video reviews of movies, but I guess it's because they don't have access to clips of new movies. Or maybe they're lazy.

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Edited By Vonocourt

Not because I'm a butthurt fan, but how come this game was played in co-op while Scott Pilgrim wasn't?

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@Vonocourt said:
" Not because I'm a butthurt fan, but how come this game was played in co-op while Scott Pilgrim wasn't? "
Probably because nobody there wants to play Scott Pilgrim.
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What did Matt say/not say at the end? I can't tell.

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Looks like an elegant way to handle the single-player. That had me worried the most about this game.

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@MrGtD: Brad made a comment about picking up a controller, then Jeff pretty much said no.
 
Ignoring the license, I just don't see why they would play a beat'em up in singleplayer.
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Looks pretty fun with a friend.

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This has convinced me to buy it and Matt totally sounded drunk at the end.

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Boobs.

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@BloodRavyne said:
" Wasnt lara croft games Sony exclusives? Why does Sony keep losing exclusives? "
No.
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"Thang fravmeh."

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Edited By jakob187

Gotta say - that game looks pretty farkin' sweet!  Definitely gonna have to pick it up next week.

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Edited By 1p

What does Matt say at the very end?

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@BloodRavyne: No; they have never been Sony exclusive
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@BloodRavyne:  
Nope, never, Lara was on Saturn and Dreamcast, I think the Saturn version came out first.
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I believe Matt tried to say "Thanks for having me" at the end there.

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Looks very good, I'll probably get this when it hits PSN.

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Edited By NeilRapalee

Thank the stars it is Rorie.  I was worried they included Kessler.    
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Wow, really surprised by how much I'm liking this. It was off my radar and as soon as it hits PSN I'm thinking I might just have to find a co-op partner and buy it. Really like the isometric view, the co-op puzzles, etc. Combat mayyybe not so much but I don't care.

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Game looks rather neat, kinda wish that i waited for this instead of getting deathspank (looks like this might have more playtime on it).

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A lot of the coop mechanics are pretty cool for this kind of game.  I like what they have done.

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Goddamn I love isometric games.  This looks pretty fun.

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Hmm im just not feeling it, i like the idea a lot, perhaps it was just that level in particular i didn't like, but if the game has some levels that go down the alleys of my mind then i might have to get it, there's just no decent  way of me knowing that or not.

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So pretty much whoever picks the Guardian is getting the short straw? Nice.
 
But anyway. A good co-op fantasy adventure game is hard to find, and this does look promising (at least polished). So it's kinda a shame this isn't gonna have online support for a while, otherwise, I would have picked this up as something to play with my girl :(. Boo that.

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Yep, doesn't look much fun on your own, will wait for that online co-op.

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What's with the constant loading between screens? They couldn't just have it flow naturally in one large map?

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This kind of reminds me of Hunter: The Reckoning.
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@Vonocourt said:
" Not because I'm a butthurt fan, but how come this game was played in co-op while Scott Pilgrim wasn't? "
Because Jeff doesn't like making games any more fun than they have to be. He'd rather just complain about it being repetitive.
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@IBurningStar: "Thanks for having me" but it ended up being "fangforhavenmuh" XD
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Matt Rorie's need to mock Lara's voice every time she speaks is pretty annoying. Yes, people other than Americans speak the English language and they do it in different accents.

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@sofacitysweetheart said:

" So pretty much whoever picks the Guardian is getting the short straw? Nice.  But anyway. A good co-op fantasy adventure game is hard to find, and this does look promising (at least polished). So it's kinda a shame this isn't gonna have online support for a while, otherwise, I would have picked this up as something to play with my girl :(. Boo that. "

          
Totec can change his weapons too, plus he's got the shield which you can use to deflect enemy fire back at them. There's over 30 different kinds of guns available to both Totec and Lara. The mini-guns are particularly awesome.  
 
The online co-op will be launched for 360 on the 28th of September but obviously local co-op is in there from the start.  
 
Hope that helps. 
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It looks really interesting.  Getting it for sure.

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At first I thought it would be Kessler, I am relieved now that its Rorie

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How come it's a Screened guy playing with him? What are Brad/Vinny/Jeff/Drew/Dave/Any other GiantBomb people doing?

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This actually looks really good. I'm pleasantly surprised.

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Edited By Benjo

I can't even tell you how excited I am to get this game.  Co-op games are my favorite, and this looks right up there with the best of them.