Shadow of the Tomb Raider has 16 Challenges but only 15 are needed for 100% Completion (Completionist trophy and achievement). Each region has different requirements and new unique tasks to complete. The tricky part is that the game does not tell you what to do and unlike Collectibles, the Challenges do not get marked on the map. To make this easier, buy the skill “Owl’s Wisdom: Reveal Challenge objects while using Survival Instincts”.It’s highly recommended you do the challenges on easy difficulty. That’s because on easy the Survival Instinct can be used to highlight them if you have the Owl’s Wisdom skill unlocked. Shadow of the Tomb Raider has 16 Challenges but only 15 are needed for 100% Completion (Completionist trophy and achievement). Each region has different requirements and new unique tasks to complete. The tricky part is that the game does not tell you what to do and unlike Collectibles, the Challenges do not get marked on the map. Rise of the Tomb Raider: wow look at that sam still exists i guess. (Halo vs Tomb Raider Parody) by Sam Green Media. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN RISE AND SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER. Shadow of the Tomb Raider Game Details. This section will be updated as new information becomes available. It includes minor spoilers about NPCs, Lara's gear and abilities, game mechanics and collectibles, etc., but never any major, story-related spoilers. Shadow of the Tomb Raider takes place about one year after the events in Rise of the Tomb. At some point between the events of Inferno and Shadow of the Tomb Raider Sam had called Lara while she and Jonah were in Bali and Lara states that she has been meaning to get back to her. This implies that the two are beginning to mend their relationship after everything that happened with Himiko. Conrad Roth Edit. Climbing paths are also marked clearly on easy. On hard there is no survival instinct and no markings so it would be harder to do. Okay Rule's here: This is a totally pro Sam Thread, don't like it, don't read it and go away. But I won't tolerate here any people blackmailing others for their beliefs. You can have another oppinion which is totally okay, but I want clean and fair discussions here!!!so, okay, I just finished my first playthrough of Rise of the Tomb Raider, and I am more than dissapointed that Sam isn't in it. Well since english isn't my natural language I would like to copy an Article I just found a few days ago, which describes exactly how I feel. And yes I do believe that Lara and Sam have a thing for each other, and yes I do believe that Lara is gay.So thank you and all credits to this article goes to Jilian from femhype.com:Without Sam, ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ Left Me ColdOn December 30, 2015 By JillianIn Analysis, Feminism, LGBTQIA+Rise of the Tomb RaiderAuthor’s Note: This is a non-spoilery review of the game! You can read even if you haven’t played or watched it yet.I’ve written a lot about Tomb Raider over the past few months. Not only did the adventures of Lara Croft initiate me into games as a child, her pioneering tenacity helped me come to terms with my identity as a lesbian. The franchise was hugely influential in my life, and I honestly don’t know whether I would have come to love gaming as much had her story not existed. You’re waiting for the other proverbial boot to drop, aren’t you? Okay, I’ll cut to the chase: I’m not feeling Rise of the Tomb Raider, and I’m here to discuss a key element in the last game that was conspicuously—and, in my opinion, detrimentally—absent from its sequel.Last time, we left off with Lara departing from the fabled Yamatai on a passing freighter, shaken from the events on the island, yet fiercely determined to uncover more secrets about her family legacy. Who doesn’t love a good origin story? The trailer revealed at E3 2014 for the next installment promised a great deal to fans who were eager to continue this journey. Quite understandably, and in a rare turn of events for a big budget game of this caliber, Lara would apparently struggle with the horrors of what she experienced. Rise of the Tomb Raider would be her path toward finding herself, fraught with the struggles of someone who clearly suffers from severe trauma.To me, this was clearly setting us up for a new opportunity, something that rarely, if ever comes along in the gaming industry: an exploration and reaffirmation of the deepening relationship between two capable women in the face of hardship. Yes, two women. Out of everyone who embarked on the Endurance for that fateful trip, Sam was the one person who understood exactly what Lara had went through. For Rise of the Tomb Raider to feature two leading women who support one another would mean the much-needed end to the hypermasculine, devil-may-care adventurer with no regard for anything but the end goal and his chosen squeeze. I was so ready for this, folks.None of that glorious potential for a queer exploration between two strong women came to fruition. In fact, in a bizarre turn of events, Sam was removed from the equation entirely. Not to be deterred (because we queer folk learn to scavenge for bait where we can), I kept up my desperate search for any hint of Sam’s whereabouts during my initial playthrough. Maybe if I wished really hard and looted enough, we could contact her over the radio? Find a crumpled up, clearly re-read letter somewhere in Lara’s pocket? Okay so a quick peek to Sam's wiki page showed that not only was Sam not mentioned in Rise of the Tomb Raider, she was last seen in a mental ward because a remnant of Himiko was giving her grief. “Okay so a quick peek to Sam’s wiki page showed that not only was Sam not mentioned in Rise of the Tomb Raider, she was last seen in a mental ward because a remnant of Himiko was giving her grief. Such bull.”You’ve got to be kidding me.To be honest, I’m not entirely surprised that Sam didn’t make the cut for the second installment. Queer characters—and, in particular, queer women of color—are sidelined pretty regularly in games, to say nothing of their shoddy portrayal across mainstream media in general. When I first heard rumblings that Sam might not return, I was immediately reminded of The Last of Us. Riley appears only in a DLC before she’s conveniently eliminated the moment a romance is confirmed between her and the lead, Ellie. Why is it apparently cool for the queer white woman to get a beautiful redemption arc, but the queer woman of color has to sit the rest of the adventure out?Removing that fundamental piece from Lara’s life is to leave a gigantic, gaping hole in the progression of her character development. CoolROM.com's game information and ROM (ISO) download page for Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis (Sega Dreamcast). Download resident evil 3 nemesis. Custom Covers for Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis (USA). These custom covers have been specially designed for you by MLSchleps. Download and print them for. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (Clone) iso for Playstation (PSX/PS1) and play Resident Evil 3. Year: 1999; Region: Unknown; Genre: Action; Download: 74267. Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis SLUS-00923 ROM Download for Playstation (PS1) on Emulator Games. Play Resident Evil 3 - Nemesis SLUS-00923 game that is. Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Disc size, 689 MB. File size, 254 MB. Serial #, SLUS-00923. Graphics, 8.71. On a purely technical level, Sam existed as the literal bridge between two worlds: reality and myth. She was certainly hardworking, but also knew when enough was enough, and she expertly softened Lara’s edges simply by being near her. Sam made Lara laugh and smile for God’s sake, and that’s while they were being hunted by armed, aggressive fanatics. Like the classic boyfriends of old, Sam was the Kirk to Lara’s Spock, the Watson to her Holmes, and together, they would be more. Rise of the Tomb Raider could have fostered that connection between two independent, skilled women with a level of finesse that we still don’t see in pop culture literally ever.Protect them. #SSEnduranceProtect them. #SSEnduranceInstead, Lara’s father was shoehorned in for the driving motivation of the game, which became more than a little frustrating. At every turn, Lara is either being guided by the blurry flashbacks of Lord Croft or the crackling radio of Jacob, who is—surprise—another middle-aged white dude. Because that totally hasn’t been done before. (Cough, Roth, cough.) Where her father is (and always has been) largely absent in Lara’s life thanks to his debilitating ambition, it was Sam’s absence that felt deeply misplaced. I’m sure we’re meant to assume that Lara inherited her father’s career-driven personality just as much as his stubborn determination, but I’m not buying that she would so easily discard Sam.In the last Tomb Raider, Lara was ready to abandon her initial search for answers the moment her friends were in danger. Narratively speaking, removing Sam from the story entirely frees Lara from a lot of compassion that made her human, not to mention any lingering sexual tension and deep affection that began to blossom between the two. It’s apparently more important to depict Lara squeezing her hair dry after a swim and scavenging for crafting materials than it is to depict two women approaching something like love. I’m hearing you loud and clear, Square Enix, and I’m not liking it.We talk a lot here about representation for women in games, but I honestly think we should be stepping a little beyond that at this point. I’m more interested in discussing the relationship between characters who are women, and how that’s portrayed and cultivated over the course of a story. Or not at all, as the case usually is. What really did happen to Sam, anyway? According to the Wikipedia:“After Himiko had transferred part of her soul to Sam, she began to change and act strange. She begins to suffer from violent outbursts, blackouts, and being very distant. One of the results of which, Sam assaults a man, and ends up being imprisoned in a mental institution.”Because that’s definitely not something Lara would ever comment on within the context of the new game, nor reason to express any concern—even in passing. If anything, it sounds like Rise of the Tomb Raider would have greatly benefited from including Sam’s journey through her own healing process. How utterly revolutionary would a game like that have been? Just picture it: two women learning to trust in their own companionship and seek solace in each other’s company. They’re still capable and skilled, yet that doesn’t diminish the fact that they have a lot of work to do in terms of self-care. Together, they find strength in their shared journey, both for the Divine Source and inner peace. Except Sam was removed from the equation entirely to make room for something? Not tombs, at any rate.To eradicate Sam from the narrative is, in my opinion, to remove the fundamental groundwork that the first game worked so hard to establish. And, quite honestly, the first game did achieve some truly wonderful moments. In the Tomb Raider reboot, the relationship between both young women is so strong that it drives Lara through hell and back just to get to Sam. It’s very clear that this affection was intended to stand in stark contrast to most of the men who populate their story (with the exception of Jonah). Where the original games were unequivocally about Lara Croft, the reboot was about Lara’s relationship with another woman—and how that empowered her.Rise of the Tomb RaiderExcuse me, do you have a moment to talk about queer women?Without Sam by her side in Rise of the Tomb Raider, we’re just pillaging ancient tombs, looting priceless artifacts, and mowing down faceless NPCs. It’s cold, and I don’t just mean the sunny Siberian weather. Why is it that all “Strong Female Characters” have to be depicted as brutal and heartless in order to be held up as a fine example of writing? Why can’t women be allowed to cultivate loving relationships with other women? Shadow Of The Tomb Raider Sam NishimuraIf you play the game for long enough, this well-worn writing tool is never more apparent than when you realize who was working against Lara’s father, and who, ultimately, is prepared to sell Lara out in order to get ahead.There’s a scene (and I won’t spoil!) where Lara, in her admittedly justified fury, almost calls another woman a “cunt” before the word is bitten off. It’s that kind of gendered inflammatory language that pits women against each other, much like “whore,” “.,” and “dyke.” We’re creating divisions between us, forcing separation where there could be strength. It’s completely unnecessary. I’d expect language like that from Konstantin, the lead antagonist of the game, or any one of his faceless cronies. But when I heard Lara wielding it against a fellow woman, I knew Rise of the Tomb Raider wouldn’t be rising above its own internalized misogyny any time soon, and that’s really disappointing.I’m not the only one who feels this way, either. While this particular article was published before Rise of the Tomb Raider was released, “Why Sam Nishimura Being Sidelined is Such a Big Deal for Lara Croft” sums up my experience playing the game so well, it’s almost prophetic:“The first game showed a fantastic range of emotion in Lara, a character who developed and drew her tremendous strength and perseverance from her desire to save Sam, her friends, and whoever else she could from torture and death. That is what kept her going, and what led her to perform amazing feats of incredible bravely, to finally be united with Sam, to save her and everyone, and to lead what remained of her crew off Yamatai. Why are the devs trying to strip Sam away from Lara? Why is Sam spoken about on some of the official forums like a weakness for Lara? Sam helped Lara develop into the heroine that she is.”Lara already had to go it alone in the first game. In Rise of the Tomb Raider, Jonah traveled all the way to Siberia with her in order to prove that she didn’t have to face her problems like that again. Isn’t it time that we allow women to support one another, too? Or are we fearful that women banding together will become too overpowered? Because, yeah. That’s a thing.so this is exactly what I thought. And I don't think that we are a minority.if I look at Deviantart, Tumblr.I just think that the producers got scared that they would loose to many players if they would really go that way.I mean come on they could make it like Dragon Age.completely up to you if you want to make Lara gay or not.okay, so how do you feel about it? I haven't seen you before, so welcome to the forum.Firstly, it was never indicated in game that either Sam or Lara are lesbian, let alone being in a relationship. They're close friends, that's all we can deduce from the scenes. And yes, despite apparently being opposite personality types, they do go well together as friends. If anything, there is a small indication that they're into guys as indicated in a document. In it, Sam is talking about how she encourages Lara to go clubbing and how they met 'cute guys'. So the author's rant of any lost opportunity to represent 'queer women of colour' is misguided here.As someone who liked this friendship in the game and who has read the novel, Ten Thousand Immortals and the comics, I did become tired of the 'Samsel effect'. How can the answer be improved? Get troubleshooting help for problems recording game clips with Game DVR on Windows 10. Get troubleshooting help for problems recording game clips with Game DVR on Windows 10. Why is my audio device not working? Check that your audio device is compatible with your PC, then connect it and make sure Game Bar recognizes it. Comcast dvr not working. Sam was caught and rescued by Lara in game twice. Lara also went out of her way to rescue Reyes, Jonah and Alex and went to help Alex on the Endurance; Lara then goes out of her way to save Sam in the novel and once again in the arc1 of the comics. It became too much. Yes, Lara went through a lot to save Sam, she was determined to make sure her friends were safe and that they could all leave the island together. After all, she felt responsible for their being there. With the loss of Alex, Grim and Roth and with the terrible possibility of Sam losing her soul, it's no wonder Lara went to such lengths and hardship. She wasn't about to fail any more.Secondly, Tomb Raider isn't about two women going on nice safe adventures and bonding over camp fires. It's about Lara Croft going on dangerous adventures looking for mythical artefacts.which is precisely what Rise was about. The Richard backstory was added in there as following in her father's footsteps is a logical starting point. Lara trying to find proof of immortality and so being able to restore her father's reputation is an additional purpose (one she realises she doesn't need to do in the end). Both TR'13 and Rise show the origin of Lara becoming a tomb raider, so, imo, a blossoming romance would have been out of place, especially considering what Lara goes through.I think CD are trying to keep the games standalone story wise, only tying them loosely, hence Jonah's inclusion, the immortality theme and Trinity. You'll notice Reyes was left out as well, which is less surprising considering her relationship with Lara is shaky. None of those lost were mentioned either. Maybe there's a reason behind that, that CD will dive into in the the third game. I also think Sam was effectively written out was to keep it fresh. Jonah is more capable, therefore more suited to accompany Lara on her adventure.albeit briefly. Trinity captured Jonah to get to Lara and Lara rescues him. If we replace Jonah with Sam, I think her damsel role would have been almost comical at this point. I think CD were aware of that. This time the rescue was done well. Even capable strong Jonah was put in danger, pretty much why Lara left him behind after the avalanche. Putting her friends in more danger just isn't worth it. Maybe Sam will have a role in the next game, but I doubt it will be as an adventuring companion. More likely to be in cut scenes, perhaps to resolve the Himiko issue.Last edited by Rai; 7th Feb 2016 at 16:25. Shoehorning Samsel back into the next game for sake of gender politics? Uhmm.Neither Lara nor Sam is gay. No offense, but I think that after nearly 3 whole years it's high time to finally accept this reality and stop trying to grasp at straws. There were absolutely no 'signs' in TR9 that either character is gay, no matter how much some people want there to be, in the name of 'relatability'.I'm glad Sam was dropped from the reboot after the very first game. She was utterly useless and only dragged Lara down. From a story POV she served her purpose as damsel is distress, so it was time to cut the ditz loose. As I said, onto bigger and better things!And regarding that article quoted in the OP - oh my gosh, so much wrong with it, I don't know where to begin. It already failed after the very first paragraph where the massive bias of the author already became painfully obvious. The author is clearly heavily agenda-driven and that totally undermines any point she tries to make. But hey, what else can be expected from a site called 'femhype'. Neither Lara nor Sam is gay. No offense, but I think that after nearly 3 whole years it's high time to finally accept this reality and stop trying to grasp at straws. There were absolutely no 'signs' in TR9 that either character is gay, no matter how much some people want there to be, in the name of 'relatability'.Agreed.Not only that, but what is this fascination with people trying to make fictional characters gay? I mean, Jesus Christ, it's one thing to have some kind of fantasy about Lara and Sam being together, but to take things so far out of context.and to what end? Exactly what does the player gain from Lara and Sam being 'officially' lesbian? It does nothing for anyone. Lara doesn't even need to have a sexuality; she raids tombs, discovers myths and kills anyone who dare stand in her way. I don't give a hot damn about whether she prefers sausages or tacos. Lara is plenty relatable as a straight woman as she would be a lesbian, so can we please all just form a damn circle and put her bloody sexuality discussion to rest? And regarding that article quoted in the OP - oh my gosh, so much wrong with it, I don't know where to begin. It already failed after the very first paragraph where the massive bias of the author already became painfully obvious. The author is clearly heavily agenda-driven and that totally undermines any point she tries to make. But hey, what else can be expected from a site called 'femhype'.Couldn't agree more. It's women like that that give feminism a bad name and all that article has proven is that even people I've never met on the other side of the country can give me a migraine with such ignorance. Not only that, but what is this fascination with people trying to make fictional characters gay? I mean, Jesus Christ, it's one thing to have some kind of fantasy about Lara and Sam being together, but to take things so far out of context.and to what end? Exactly what does the player gain from Lara and Sam being 'officially' lesbian? It does nothing for anyone. Lara doesn't even need to have a sexuality; she raids tombs, discovers myths and kills anyone who dare stand in her way. I don't give a hot damn about whether she prefers sausages or tacos. Lara is plenty relatable as a straight woman as she would be a lesbian, so can we please all just form a damn circle and put her bloody sexuality discussion to rest?.Couldn't agree more. It's women like that that give feminism a bad name and all that article has proven is that even people I've never met on the other side of the country can give me a migraine with such ignorance.Completely agree with all of that, Valenka. And it's good to hear these sentiments voiced by someone actually from the LGBT community. It totally shouldn't matter whatsoever whether these things are voiced by a straight or a gay person, but unfortunately it does; in today's society the SJW types are more than happy to slap BS labels like 'racist', 'sexist', or in this case, 'homophobe' onto anyone who disagrees with their ideology in order to dismiss different points of view. Completely agree with all of that, Valenka. And it's good to hear these sentiments voiced by someone actually from the LGBT community. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider What Happened To SamIt totally shouldn't matter whatsoever whether these things are voiced by a straight or a gay person, but unfortunately it does; in today's society the SJW types are more than happy to slap BS labels like 'racist', 'sexist', or in this case, 'homophobe' onto anyone who disagrees with their ideology in order to dismiss different points of view. It's sad.Well, that's the problem in a nutshell. In today's world, too many members of the LGBT community are fascinated with having some kind of gay agenda, which is quite the opposite of what the LGBT community is as a collective. On a grander scale, most homosexuals want nothing more than equal rights and the freedom to live their lives in as much peace as if they were straight. However, nothing is worse than a radical lesbian feminist who feels like any strong, attractive, physically able woman must be a lesbian and if they aren't, they must be 'shown to their true path.' Like, no, Betty, she just doesn't like muff pie, back off! Conversely, nothing is worse than a gay man who feels the need to try and convert every attractive straight man in the country to prove a nonsensical, weightless point. I remember one kid I went to high school with had this disturbing obsession with trying to get with straight guys on the football team just to prove to his female friends that he can get anyone he wants.Nothing is more toxic to the LGBT community than members who actively promote behavior that has given the LGBT community such a negative outlook in the first place. We don't have an agenda, we aren't trying to steal your husbands, burn your churches or corrupt your children. Well, at least I'm not. Now, don't get me wrong: there have been plenty of times-and by 'plenty of times,' I mean on a regular basis-that I think about how wonderful life would be if Daniel Craig were gay and romantically interested in me. However, I'm not about to hop a flight to London, stalk the man and attempt to 'convert' him like I'm some kind of Westboro Baptist freak. Furthermore, I am certainly not the kind of person to hit on a guy at the bar and then scream 'homophobe' when he says he's straight and not interested. Those kinds of people really need some kind of professional counselling.When it comes to fictional characters, I still struggle to understand why people make it their life mission to uncover any kind of evidence of homosexuality. It is completely unnecessary because they are fictional characters. I won't deny the fact that I've often thought about Geralt and Iorveth in an inappropriate way whilst playing The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings, but I'm not about to over-analyze every spoken word, every body movement or analyze astrological phenoms that may inspire some kind of twisted homoerotic lust because Orion's belt was over the Appalachian Mountains on a Tuesday during the Winter Harvest.Lara and Sam are no more lesbian than the normal morning sky is yellow. If that depresses anyone, I suggest spending some quality time on FanFiction.net. If you want to fantasize that Lara and Sam are a lesbian couple, be my guest. Your thoughts are yours. Just please, keep them from pouring out over the rest of us. If Lara Croft were to become gay, it should be done because it fits her character and not just be done for the sake of it or to set some kind of precedent. I never got a hint of there being a romantic bond between her and Sam. Frankly I find it a bit surprising that some people simply want them to be lovers because 'Hey, they're two females that are on Team Good People! They should be!' Nah, eff all that. It either makes sense or it doesn't. It doesn't in re-bootiverse. So far.And I say this as someone who's argued that Lara could be gay before. If Lara Croft were to become gay, it should be done because it fits her character and not just be done for the sake of it or to set some kind of precedent. I never got a hint of there being a romantic bond between her and Sam. Frankly I find it a bit surprising that some people simply want them to be lovers because 'Hey, they're two females that are on Team Good People! Shadow Of The Tomb Raider SamplesThey should be!' Nah, eff all that. It either makes sense or it doesn't. It doesn't in re-bootiverse. So far.And I say this as someone who's argued that Lara could be gay before. ![]() Pre-re-bootiverse.Yeah, let me clarify: I have nothing against Lara being a lesbian. I couldn't care less. But to make her a lesbian just to appease a percentage of gamers is nonsensical. Leave her sexuality off the table and let players speculate if they really want to. Like I said before, making her a lesbian wouldn't change anything nor would it improve anything. So touching on her sexuality is just pointless and I would much rather not experience a Tomb Raider story where Lara is dealing with relationship nonsense. I would rather go through the whole 'I need to find my mother' narrative again than have to watch Lara make out with her boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever. It's just unnecessary. It's not what Tomb Raider is about at all.Why does a video game character need to be straight or gay? Why does it matter? They don't exist in the real world and making a fictional character gay or straight does nothing for anyone. The only time I care about when a video game character is gay or straight is in games like Dragon Age and Mass Effect so I can figure out who to partner my character up with. Other than that, I couldn't care less.But to raise a hand in support of your claim, I too have never found any kind of inclination that Lara and Sam are more than friends. Nothing whatsoever. Plus, if Lara was a lesbian, she could do a hell of a lot better than Sam, to be honest. As anybody who knows me would understand, I am not opposed to Lara having a romantic relationship with Sam. And while I did script that fanfic, it was more in fun as an exercise in creative writing than anything serious. Don't take that to mean I would avoid the subject. If anything I would love nothing more than to see Lara's characterization expanded even more, and given more depth by exploring her capacity for attraction and just feelings in general to further uncover what lies beneath the surface; be that with Sam, or some guy. I much prefer this to the perpetual loner trope.But the way this author is going about it. There is just no scale for how wrong her approach is. That tabloid caliber piece is is founded on her own personal projection. She see's Lara as being lesbian, she wants to see her that way so bad that it completely bends her objectivity to asserting her conclusions based on nothing more than her wishful thinking. So everything from there is criticizing a failure to meet her delusional expectations, and not the actual subject as it was created.But as we did see on the Wishlist many many people would love to have Sam and Lara in a Relationship or that Lara and Sam have a thing for each other.And 'many many people' would love to have Lara run around in a Bikini with large breasts, that doesn't mean it should be in the game.I'm glad the game has a rather believable character development, and doesn't include a forced love story to become more appealing to anyone - either side. But hey, there's enough room for interpretation, and i'm pretty sure plenty of fan made rule34 content exists. I have asked meagan about sam and she told me that they coulndt really find a place to add her in properly. Lara in this case is trying to find a cure for sam and trying to understand the occurrence she has encountered on the island. But, meagan also told me that she would love to see these lara and sam being lovers. Yes, im not making this up. Thats what she told me in person in hong kong. They are playing around with the idea to give some kind of hints that maybe there is more between them. But nothing final about it.now, i still didnt had the chance to play the game since i have to wait for the tower to arrive and also im busy with uni too. So i cant give any comment about the game as such and how sam is portrait in it. Thought i share the remark meagan had about the lara/sam relationship and what maybe could happen in the next game.now i still strongly support the idea but i will not cry and lose sleep over it if it never happens. I have asked meagan about sam and she told me that they coulndt really find a place to add her in properly. Lara in this case is trying to find a cure for sam and trying to understand the occurrence she has encountered on the island. But, meagan also told me that she would love to see these lara and sam being lovers. Yes, im not making this up. Thats what she told me in person in hong kong. They are playing around with the idea to give some kind of hints that maybe there is more between them. But nothing final about it.now, i still didnt had the chance to play the game since i have to wait for the tower to arrive and also im busy with uni too. So i cant give any comment about the game as such and how sam is portrait in it. Thought i share the remark meagan had about the lara/sam relationship and what maybe could happen in the next game.now i still strongly support the idea but i will not cry and lose sleep over it if it never happens. But to be clear this sounds like a personal preference rather than a definite route that may have been intended for the game? But to be clear this sounds like a personal preference rather than a definite route that may have been intended for the game? As i said: meagan supports it and they are thinking about it for the next game, but nothing is final. It could be in there, it could not be in there. Maybe they give minor hints. I have no idea. Just quoting what she told me.@dribersaw your post just after i have posted the above.very possible. She didnt really hesitate or told me not to tell anyone about it. Meagan was very confident and kind of happy to express her self about this lara/sam romance. Maybe because she knows that i support it, therefor felt more relaxed to talk about it.just speculating now how she really felt on that day.Last edited by Metalrocks; 8th Feb 2016 at 11:59. But as we did see on the Wishlist many many people would love to have Sam and Lara in a Relationship or that Lara and Sam have a thing for each other.As you know, those numbers in the wishlist are not representative of the community, so it's a little disingenuous to imply that there is this big wish for Lara to be gay within the community. In fact it's the opposite - the TR community itself is mostly against the idea of LxS.Those unusually big numbers in the wishlist originated from a gender politics campaign from outside the forum. LGBT activists got wind of the poll and so people used sites like Deviant Art to go around spamming practically random strangers, sending them LxS campaigning messages in private to rally folks to artificially boost the numbers of the poll here and trying to influence the minds of the devs.Here's one of those rallying messages from back in 2014 that one of the community members forwarded to me, which shows just how the poll numbers came to be the way they are today. I would like to have some oppinons from them. Otherwise this discussion is very one-sided.Well it's going to be very one-sided, because only a tiny fraction of the community would like to see Lara turned gay. There's nothing wrong with a discussion being one-sided if most people are of the same mind. If we were to have a thread here asking people how they feel about Donald Trump, I guarantee you it's going to be very one-sided against him, heh. And for good reason.If you look at the accounts who upvoted those LxS wishes you'll notice that they are mostly drive-by posters; they came from outside and just created an account to upvote LxS and then left again. Barbie games free download for pc. Free Barbie Games for Computer, Laptop or Mobile. In this category FreeGamePick team collected Barbie games for girls and these are Barbie make up games and other interesting entertainments with Barbie. Barbie games for girls is often colorful and interesting. Every girl dream about some adventures with her favorite doll. So you won't find them coming back here out of their own to support you. Most of them don't really care about TR; they only care about gender politics and seeing their sexual identity represented in as many games as possible. Which if you ask me is a totally wrong and misguided way to go about these things. So.thank you all for your wonderful insights.and I begin to understand why you think that Sam shouldn't be part of the Rise of the Tomb Raider or the following games.But as we did see on the Wishlist many many people would love to have Sam and Lara in a Relationship or that Lara and Sam have a thing for each other.I would like to have some oppinons from them. Otherwise this discussion is very one-sided.Artificially inflated numbers from people doing drive-by posts that most likely don't actually care about Tomb Raider and probably didn't even play the game from 2013.@AdobeArtist, The more I think about it the more Lara really is similar to Batman/Bruce Wayne, both come from a wealthy family, both use their dead parents as inspiration to do their work, both have a dark and brooding persona. So she probably would be better off alone, Batman uses the billionaire playboy persona of Bruce Wayne to throw people off from who he really is, Lara doesn't really have that luxury of having a secret identity.Last edited by Murphdawg1; 8th Feb 2016 at 12:50. I liked Sam as a character and think it would be fine if her and Lara did get together. If we look at the feedback to the different characters left at the end of TR 2013 then Jonah was the most popular of the side characters so seems only natural that when making a choice to put in somebody to help Lara he was the best choice. You can get tangled into reading whatever you want in to why it wasn't Sam but the reason seems much simpler.I would like to see Sam return and become a regular series character but if you include all the extra media beyond the game it shows her too much as someone Lara has to save all the time and so would really want to see her come back stronger. Quick Navigation. Site Areas. Forums. As Mission Impossible: Fallout has decisively proven, there’s nothing wrong with sticking to a formula if it’s good and you know how to build on it. Tomb Raider had a great formula: its electrifying 2013 reboot was a bold, tight reinvention of Lara Croft’s adventures for modern times, while 2015’s sequel Rise of the Tomb Raider expanded on the idea and upped the action movie excess.The problem with Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the third game in the reboot trilogy, isn’t just that it’s formulaic. It plays as well as ever, the pacing is spot-on, and it’s often extremely beautiful. But without any substantial upgrades to the action, anything to escalate the drama, or any way of generating genuine emotional resonance, it ends up feeling inessential.Whenever Lara Croft returns, she’s going to need more than this.Shadow of the Tomb Raider sees Lara, now a fully risen archaeologist / killing machine, travel through Mexico and South America in search of an artifact that will, as ever, stop extremely bad things from happening to the world. The good news is that Shadow abandons Rise’s lofty conspiracy thriller pretensions for a tighter, character-focused story. The writing is also less clunky than in the last two games. The bad news is that even though the story involves battling the same shadowy organization after you inadvertently trigger the Mayan apocalypse, of all things, it still manages to take itself far too seriously.This is a game that involves wearing ponchos at La Casa Mexicana one minute and battling supernatural Mayan forces the next. Shadow of the Tomb Raider does make efforts to make you care about Lara’s journey, but the previous two games were so cold and dispassionate in that regard that there isn’t really any room left for a payoff. RelatedThe Tomb Raider reboot series is often compared to Uncharted, and I think the comparison can be a little lazy given how differently the games can play out. But this is where the gulf in quality is most pronounced. Naughty Dog’s series can afford to coast with little innovation because its writing and action direction is consistently phenomenal. I always want to know what’s going to happen next, and that’s just never the case with Shadow of the Tomb Raider.On the other hand, Shadow of the Tomb Raider does introduce a variety of new mechanics that are welcome additions. Extended underwater sequences are probably the biggest change. They bring the reboot back in touch with the series’s roots but with considerably better controls. These moments are atmospheric and effective, particularly if you share my intense fear of swimming through confined spaces — though even I quickly grew tired of a particular repeated quick-time event involving a moray eel.Lara’s gravity-defying traversal abilities have expanded to include rappelling and climbing nearly upside down on overhangs, both of which help the exploration sections feel a little more off the rails without substantially altering that basic fact of the game’s design. The same goes for stealth: you can now do things like cake yourself in mud and hide in vines before you jump out and shank someone.None of these new elements are bad, and for the most part, Shadow of the Tomb Raider plays just as well as its predecessors. The pacing is excellent, and the exploration / puzzles / combat mix is skewed less toward combat than ever. There are also fewer forced gun battles this time around, and the game is better for it. The ratio of tomb-raiding to head-shooting becomes even greater when you take a breather to explore the large hubs in search of optional crypts and tombs.It’s just a shame that the pacing wasn’t mapped onto a coherent or compelling story. Shadow of the Tomb Raider goes for both spectacle and sincerity at once, and it just doesn’t work. The plot is so absurd, yet it’s handled with so little humor and self-awareness, that it becomes exhausting to get through — if not downright uncomfortable at times. One particularly ridiculous segment involves the aristocratic, extremely white Lara dressing up in Mayan battle clothes to successfully blend in with a band of attackers; the disguise is not convincing to the player nor to a small child in the streets who says, “Lara, your serpent mask disguise is good!”. ‘Shadow of the Tomb Raider’ doesn’t do much to advance the franchiseThe awkwardness of scenes like this is only exacerbated by the “Immersion Mode” setting that makes non-player characters speak in their native language of Yucatec, Quechua, or Spanish. I really liked the idea of this mode, but the implementation is disastrous. Lara still only speaks English to these characters, who inexplicably understand her perfectly (and vice versa), making the conversations far less immersive than if everyone were to speak English. Lara Croft is from England, I get it, but why include this mode at all if it’s not going to extend to her? There is literally a mechanic in the game that involves leveling up your language ability so that you can decipher the writing on ancient monuments. I think Lara could have brushed up on her spoken Spanish a little.Shadow of the Tomb Raider doesn’t do much to tarnish the franchise, but it doesn’t do anything to advance it, either. It’s a competent game that amounts to less than the sum of its parts. And while an explosive final act delivers a welcome ramp-up in intensity, by the end, I was happy to be done with the story and this incarnation of the franchise.Much like Mission Impossible movies, linear action games like this either need to blow you away with their direction or deliver on their story — preferably both. Shadow of the Tomb Raider does neither. As a fan of the previous two games, I was happy enough to blast through another near-identical adventure. But the series now finds itself at the same place it was before the reboot: stale and out of ideas.Shadow of the Tomb Raider is available for,. Upon investigating some of the city’s outlying tombs, Lara uncovers a dagger accompanied by murals portraying a Mayan apocalypse, as well as references to a hidden city and a “silver box”. Lara ignores the warnings and takes the dagger to prevent Trinity from obtaining it, but Dominguez eventually captures her and takes the dagger, informing her that her actions have triggered a series of events that will lead to the Mayan apocalypse referred to as “The Cleansing”, which would bring the Sun’s death. Before leaving her, Dominguez states that he is going to stop The Cleansing and remake the world in his image with the power of the dagger and the silver box. The first cataclysm of the apocalypse begins with a tsunami destroying Cozumel. Lara and Jonah are able to escape, but tensions between the pair rise as Lara insists on going after Trinity and the box, versus Jonah’s desire to help the townspeople. The two put their arguments aside and travel to the Peruvian Amazon. While en route, they fly into a storm caused by the second cataclysm, which sends their plane crashing into the middle of the jungle. Lara and Jonah survive and, with the help of Abby – a local mechanic – eventually make their way to the hidden city known as Paititi.Lara saves a boy named Etzli, who happens to be the son of Unuratu, Queen of Paititi. The city is divided into two groups, one of which is a cult controlled by Pedro Dominguez, whose real name is actually Amaru. As it turns out, Dominguez was taken from Paititi as a child by Trinity, having returned to recreate the world in his image. He also happens to be Unuratu’s late husband’s brother. Unuratu heads up a rebellion aimed at stopping the cult’s influence on the townspeople. Dressed as a cultist, Lara explores the surrounding tombs and comes to learn that the dagger and the silver box were property of the goddesses Chak Chel and Ix Chel. Piercing the box using the dagger as the key will sacrifice the spirit of the god Kukulkan, effectively ending The Cleansing. During her search, she encounters cave-dwelling humanoids who have slaughtered countless Trinity soldiers. She later comes to learn that the creatures are called the Yaaxil, and they are the guardians of the silver box. Unfortunately, while on a rescue mission to save Unuratu from the cultists, Lara overhears Dominguez say that the box was stolen by a 17 th-century missionary who hid the box at a mission of San Juan in a neighboring village. During the rescue, Unuratu gets shot, leaving Lara responsible for finding the box before Dominguez. Before dying, Unuratu warns Lara that the box will try to tempt her into using it, but to stay strong and resist the temptation. Her and Jonah travel to the mission of San Juan, uncovering a catacomb full of puzzles beneath the crumbling church. They find the silver box, but Dominguez greets them and takes it for himself. Much like before, Dominguez leaves Lara and Jonah just as another cataclysmic event hits in the form of an earthquake and massive mudslide. The two survive and head back to Paititi to prevent Dominguez from performing his ceremony with the help of Etzli – the new leader of the city – and his army. As Lara and crew lead an assault on an underground temple to stop Dominguez, Etzli’s forces are cut off by Trinity, leaving Lara on her own. A volcanic eruption occurs at the same time; the fourth and final cataclysm. Lara eventually comes across the Yaaxil again, who are battling Trinity as well. She encounters Crimson Fire, leader of the Yaaxil and the symbolic representation of Chak Chel, and the two join forces to stop Dominguez, with Lara symbolically becoming Ix Chel, the other half of the goddess duo.RELATED:The Yaaxil are able to take down Trinity and the High Council for good, while Lara takes on Dominguez. She arrives to the scene a little too late, as Dominguez pierces the silver box with the dagger, filling him with the power of Kukulkan. With the ceremony partially interrupted, Dominguez and Lara battle atop a raised platform, with Lara eventually coming out victorious. With Dominguez’ death, the spirit of Kukulkan transfers to Lara. Immediately, Lara is tempted by the box. She envisions herself as a little girl with her parents, brought back to life by the box’s power. Ultimately, she says goodbye, resisting the temptation to actually use the box. Lara and Crimson Fire perform the sacrificial ceremony that destroys the spirit of Kukulkan, ending The Cleansing just in time.Lara returns to Paititi where Etzli has already started the rebuilding process to restore the city to its former glory, having laid Unuratu to rest. Jonah exclaims that he will be taking a vacation with his new romantic interest, Abby, while Lara decides to head back home. Following the credits, Lara is found at her desk in Croft Manor, reflecting on her experiences and re-balanced priorities. While her intent may be to take a break from any more expeditions for a while, the ending certainly hints at the idea that they may come sooner than expected, tying the original Tomb Raider games in perfectly as her potential next adventures.Shadow of the Tomb Raider takes an introspective look into one of gaming’s strongest female characters. The self-doubt and vulnerability Lara experiences throughout the game is a refreshing focus, ultimately molding her into the character that gamers have come to know and love.
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