


The series decided to go toe-to-toe with the storytellers at Naughty Dog, but did so without the vibrant characters and sense of fun that made the Uncharted series such a hit. This franchise spiraled into mediocrity rather quickly, didn’t it? After the Tomb Raider 2013 reboot got everyone’s attention and gave us a fresh new take on the character, the sequels have done everything they could to make this new world as dull as possible.

That's how long I have to sit here and stare at these stupid corporate logos. Still no patches.īut Shamus, why didn’t you just get it for the console?Ī better question is why didn’t Square Enix fix the bugs? I got the game for my preferred platform, and if Square Enix didn’t want to support a PC release then they shouldn’t have made one. And now they’re working on a Game of the Year edition. No patches, not even to correct for the widespread and well-documented problems. That’s pretty standard for the genre, but when combined with the random crashes it made for infuriating setbacks.Īdding insult to injury is that Square Enix didn’t support the PC release at all. This was exacerbated by the save system, where you have to reach certain locations in order to save. And before you blame my machine, let me just point out that I played lots of different games this year and none of them were prone to crashing every twenty minutes. Yes, I installed the Far Mod that supposedly fixes the game. I made it a little ways into my second playthrough before I got sick of the crashes and played something else. This is a game you’re supposed to play through several times, because you get to see the world from the viewpoint of different characters.

It was gorgeous, fun, and thought-provoking. I loved the world and the brilliant character designs. I was interested in the ideas it was playing with. If you're going to have a restrictive save system, then you absolutely need to make sure your game is stable.
