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Tomb Raider multiplayer – first details

January 2nd, 2013 Posted in 360, News, PC, PS3
Posted By: Valay

One fan has transcribed the first Tomb Raider multiplayer details from the latest issue of OXM. A summary of the magazine’s article, posted below, covers game modes and more.

The information is as follows:

  • He (OXM editor Dave Rudden) acknowledges that fans will be wary of changes.
  • But of course comes back to say that after playing it feels the “creation and execution are coming from the right place.”
  • Team Deathmatch is in.
  • “a team of Lara’s surviving allies pitted against a group of hostile natives cutely referred to as “scavengers.”"
  • Best-of-three matches, alternating between sides.
  • “an immediate wrong turn out of our cavernous base … had us sliding down a rocky water tunnel…”
  • “the maps aren’t too wide open”
  • “lever-baser traps that shot spikes out of walls, climable surfaces, destroyable environmental elements (like bridges), and weaponry like Lara’s now trademark bow and arrow.”
  • Second game type “Rescue” survivors have to collect a certain amount of med-packs and deliver them to rotating destinations while scavengers must reach a certain kill count.
  • Rescue gives survivors a “bleed-out” time, that you can cut short with a “brutal” melee finisher.
  • “Wind Chasm” was the map they played on. Tropical, with traps, vantage points and junk.
  • Karl “dropped hints about a mode called “Cry for Help,” which apparently will place a strong emphasis on discovery and collection.” Adventure as opposed to combat game type.
  • Unclear if any other modes available.
  • “select from a deep roster of characters.”
  • “different stats and loadouts.”
  • “primary firearm/bow, sidearm, grenade style projectile, climbing axe that serves as a melee.”
  • XP gained can go to altering stats and purchasing more advanced characters.
  • No Lara in multiplayer that he saw.
  • Can chose the same character as a teammate.
  • Some single player actions have been sped up for sanity-sake.
  • “[Noah Hughes] goes on to note that while it make seem odd that this historically loner heroine now has a whole roster of companions…”
  • Goes through the same old campaign points; hanging upside down, falling onto spike, running through cave, Sam, wolf, bear trap, blah blah blah.
  • Bow can be used to distract enemies.
  • More QTE’s.
  • “… Lara runs into a group of scavengers that includes a shielded man wearing a steel mask. Gunfire doesn’t work on this guy…”

More Tomb Raider multiplayer content is on the way. Square Enix is promising an official update during CES 2013 next week.

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