Tomb Raider 2013 was Genuinely Great

[@tendiesoffmyplate9085]

The tomb raider remake was just passion of the christ for indiana jones fans

[@patrickbyrne5070]

Damn that’s apt. Good job

[@samholdsworth420]

Meta

[@CertMediocre]

You're right, but also, goddammit.

[@YaBoyJRock42069]

I mean you're not wrong

[@Styner09]

You're not wrong.

[@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg]

I love how oboshoe was just baffled by the fact that good games exist. Not that I blame him bad games make WAY more content.

[@citizen3000]

Ironically the game is bad

[@matteodelapaz1698]

@@citizen3000 not even close

[@Jon_1996.]

@@matteodelapaz1698 but you can’t use the 50cal?!?!

[@citizen3000]

@@matteodelapaz1698 It’s not even close to being a Tomb Raider game, I agree. Compare the single-room absolutely pathetic ‘tombs’ in this to the wonderful complex level design of the original games. This has - get this - optional tombs. Optional tombs in a tomb raider game lol. Because they really wanted to make an Uncharted game. Sad. I’ll always miss the lonely isolation and sense of grandeur of Tomb Raider proper.

[@Qtoyghs]

@@citizen3000 It reminds me of the conundrum of Fallout 4. Fallout 4 is a good game, but it's a terrible Fallout game. Ditto for 3. Tomb Raider (2013) is a good game, but probably shouldn't be called "Tomb Raider".

[@mostdakka3295]

Ah the Lara Croft torture simulator. Some of the death animations for this gama are sick and someone really enjoted making them little bit too much.

[@admiralpepper6933]

The one that always stands out, and still does, is the fuckin' impalement death. That shit was brutal as fuck and I don't think any death scene from this game to the later ones can top that.

[@FSH-fv6ww]

@@admiralpepper6933 the one where she gets crushed by the boulder

[@sgtsourarchive8369]

Crazy how u can get Laura impaled through the chin but if you shotgun a man's head point blank it doesn't explode like a watermelon

[@skuzzyj]

@@admiralpepper6933 Those were super over the top. To me, the sharp smack of hitting the rocks under shallow water after screwing up a jump was the worst one. Then in the sequel you could swan dive off a cliff into ankle deep water and be fine once the jelly went away

[@admiralpepper6933]

@@skuzzyj Oh yeah I think I know what you're referring too. Laura Croft is a fuckin' tank _and_ a fuckin' antelope with those high jumps.

[@tindekappa9047]

This game is exactly at the intersection of the trends of every game having a bow and arrow that's stronger than a pistol and every game having detective vision.

[@VRichardsn]

Reminded me of Medal of Honor Allied Assault, the first one for PC, around 2001. The stupid Hi Standard silenced pistol was more powerful than the sniper rifle, it was positively hilarious.

[@hazelcrisp]

I remember the early 2010's loving bow and arrows. Hunger Games, Assassin's Creed 3 and Tomb Raider

[@tindekappa9047]

@@hazelcrisp also Skyrim probably

[@fantasyconnect]

​@tindekappa9047 Skyrim isn't really the same. It's a pseudo-medieval RPG, bows are somewhat expected fare.

[@vomitman7533]

Oboeshoes Lore: In his continued fight against bad guy industries, Oboe has single handedly caused bad guy industries to hire Aliens (Sef) and even worse Furries. Each new game bad guy industries is able to get bailed out again and again, but Oboe is a bastion of justice and won't let mister bad guy and bad guy industries escape.

[@crosseightyeight]

I got this for free on XBOX 360's Games with Gold. Genuinely enjoyed it. The butcher's slaughterhouse house creeped me out, especially because you never actually encounter him.

[@hgill257]

Wow spoilers dude

[@forrandomsites3336]

@@hgill257 wow, the game is 9 years old with hundreds of videos and articles about the game's story, and you're worried about this one comment's "spolier"?

[@dwightd.eisenhower2031]

@@forrandomsites3336 exactly, comment sections are going to have spoilers, you need to expect that

[@hgill257]

@@forrandomsites3336 that’s the JOOOOKKKEE. Home run bro home run

[@Ricardo-cl3vs]

@@hgill257 Not funny. No home run, kiddo.

[@jujuthethird4602]

I remember my father taking me to the game store at night to buy some games on my old Xbox 360 and tomb raider was one of them i got home put it in the console and played until i was tired my mom even watched and she got interested in the story also. She watched me beat the game also

[@Cesly-mo3uf]

Had the exact moment with uncharted 2 as a kid. Put it on with my the new system in the living room. Parents would watch it for the story.

[@Dinnizzel97]

That sounds like it was a really fun time

[@Thatonedude227]

God this makes me feel old

[@Ace-pd1lp]

Very cool mom.

[@wangchung2157]

Used to loving doing the same with ww2 ahooters and scifi shooters with my dad.

[@Evanz111]

I adore how you play tens of hours of these games to complete them for your videos instead of just playing the first hour and making highlights out of it, making it the same video as every other content creator revisiting older games

[@TheMC1102]

When Oboe uploads a 20+ minute video: "A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one"

[@Starwarsgeek12]

"Interesting maneuver"

[@MrMangoustine]

I really love how bad guys react when you have new weapons and trought the game they became more and more affraid of you

[@gunnargunnarsson5963]

sounds like Far Cry 2 to me

[@JThought320]

“what the hell she has grenades nows!?”

[@TheMC1102]

I hope Oboe eventually plays Half-Life 2 so we can watch him mess around with all the red barrels.

[@urosstankovic3498]

He'll play as John Halflife

[@Gameprojordan]

Everyone knows what half life is though. His whole thing is playing old obscure games

[@medmedmedmed_.]

@@Gameprojordan battlefield is not obscure though

[@ihatestairs9034]

@@Gameprojordan He just played Black ops 2 a few videos ago

[@urosstankovic3498]

@@medmedmedmed_. Neither is tomb raider

[@jonbaxter2254]

I loved the death scenes, they were totally fucked and really made me careful around ledges and stuff.

[@thesupertendent8973]

Yah at first when I played this game I was sceptical. But after playing it, I immediately started a new game. It was honestly Quite good

[@Beanibirb]

God I forgot just how hard the developers beat and battered Lara in this reboot, the death animations don't help ease it either

[@Jormyyy]

Though not my first Tom Raider game (I played the first two back on the ps1, could not beat a single level of either lol) , this was the first one I ever got invested enough to complete all the way through. Dang good game.

[@Carlos-Garcia47]

Lol same 😂 I'll never forget those tigers or was it monkeys from the ps1 game. Think the only one I finished was tomb raider legend

[@Jormyyy]

@@Carlos-Garcia47 I think it's the second game that has a cheetah or something in a cave as one of the starts for a level. I never even got past that lol

[@Carlos-Garcia47]

@@Jormyyy same but then again I was super young and had no idea what I was really doing😂

[@citizen3000]

@@Carlos-Garcia47 I highly recommend the remake of the first game, Tomb Raider Anniversary. It’s far better than the new trilogy and captures the best of the original games while bringing in some new mechanics and much better graphics. It’s now a bit old itself though so they probably should , uh, remake the remake lol. Honestly though if you like Tomb Raider I’d really check that out. It’s a lot better than Legend but uses some of the mechanics from it like the grapple. For me it captures a (simplified) version of what I love about Tomb Raider games.

[@animalmother5902]

@@citizen3000 I’m literally about to go pick up the tomb raider trilogy that has anniversary from an Amazon locker lol

[@tropixi5336]

this was the first game i 100% completed, i thought this game was great

[@Jeremy-ql1or]

I have played TR 2013 and 100%ed it every time. It's fun to do, unlike almost every other game I have ever tried to do.

[@AlanQSmithee]

I love how she pocketed the samurai sword and then just.. forgot it. You don't even use it to kill the lady at the end you just use a wooden stick

[@UltravioletNomad]

Even the devs claim the series is defined by the bow, but the best moment in the first two is getting the freaking shotgun, and this one especially. The fact the it comes in this psuedo horror section, and the "the ancient magic was real" moment, hits so damn hard.

[@Bruno-cb5gk]

I love that Oboe plays games on easy but then makes tons of Dark Souls references.

[@RonaldMcJuicy]

spoilers for non stream watchers: theres a lot of these coming up

[@scarecrow2097]

The first game was pretty damn good, second too, third….not so much. I appreciated though how they recognised in game that Lara acts stupid.

[@JuanPablo-su6vw]

Sadly in the sequel Lara never use the dual pistol ever again for some reason

[@sylonogwailou]

This game is great, I like Laura's evolution into a monster, by the end of it she really seems to enjoy killing. Interesting little detail in the end game, if you go back to earlier sections of the island and pick off the guys who are left, like say if you were trying to get all the collectibles, they don't spawn back. By the last achievement on your save file, it's just an empty island. I like to think that's canon.

[@kobi7955]

Who's Laura?

[@deadliestvice5356]

Laura Kraft.

[@reymenders5437]

@@deadliestvice5356😂

[@mixererunio1757]

Play A Plague's Tale. That's The Last of Us, but good. And in French.

[@KTraftonB]

Awesome game. In my head canon, it takes place in the x-men universe and Lara has a healing factor

[@matthewboer8279]

Never played a tomb raider growing up but got this and played one weekend. Ended up being one of my favorite gaming memories. Surround sound and hours of exploring.

[@galaxygamer247]

“Play the Tomb Raider theme,” proceeds to play Uncharted music. 😂 This guy is hilarious

[@Poet482]

It was average quality. Adequate. Uncharted ripoff with a goofy, nonsensical, and overly-serious story. As in, this would've been a great rental back in the day. I've never gotten the slightest motivation to play the sequels. There's nothing unique about it.

[@DavidJCobb]

the next game was pretty much just _Tomb Raider: Lara Croft Fights the Templars from Assassin's Creed and Mopes the Entire Time_ so you haven't missed anything interesting

[@themightybagle99]

Probably the best thing about the first game In this reboot trilogy Is that Lara becomes visually beaten, bruised, and covered In blood and cuts by the end of the game. It’s a shame she looked absolutely perfect In the 2 sequels-

[@tomasburian6550]

I rarely ever come back to games I finished, but I finished this 5x. The best experience out of the new three games imho.

[@thearousedeunuch]

1:03 Ah, yes. Tomb Raider's iconic theme song. Lovely. For those of you that aren't aware of it, that's actually Uncharted's theme song.

[@urosstankovic3498]

Thanks I was unaware

[@andrews.5212]

Never played uncharted but the theme felt familiar

[@joshfennell2257]

The Weezer joke and the Gollum joke were amazing. Thank you.

[@zomg1337h4x]

All of them are pretty good, and starting in Shadow you don't have to watch Lara die horribly if you mess up! The failure states were... detailed.

[@alex-vs4hh]

Probably my most replayed game in general. It's just a lot of fun.

[@demo3702]

Last (you can’t comment anymore I was the last one)

[@patrickbyrne5070]

☝️😮…….😐😶

[@DTX_G0D]

Cut scene lara croft has the IQ of a goldfish but the vitality of a greek god

[@wackyworldofwyatt5041]

Kevduit did a 8 minute video and you gave us 23 minutes of glory?? Did yall switch editors for a day 😆

[@Typo350]

Really like the longer video. I enjoy your content so more is great

[@steelbear2063]

Oh yeah this games slaps, controls were flawless

[@indiomoustafa2047]

I mean for a totally on rails adventure game that did nothing innovative gameplay wise with puzzles that are more insulting than challenging, it was pretty good. The best 5/10 experience I had at the time. I'd rather play the OG Tomb Raiders tbh, but I was never a huge fan of those either. Idk, this isnt my genre, its always been boring to me.

[@Salieri01]

So why you even playing this? wtf

[@indiomoustafa2047]

@@Salieri01 I'm not, I played it 7 years ago lol

[@coopers1716]

"Aurora, this is Sunbeam" really caught me off guard lmao

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

I remember all the rule 34 that came out of this with the 2013 model. Good times.

[@noalowenstein6741]

I will never forgive Ubisoft for making her straight

[@MEEEEOOOOWWWW738]

wow ubisoft does a good thing for once

[@elliot9634]

the mr. krabs bit busted me, but then the “skyrim mod bow irl” just did me in completely

[@the_sixxness]

All three games of the reboot trilogy were great. But that first one was my favorite because it felt like survival horror.

[@ernestkhalimov7407]

Great video, homefront 2 playthough maybe?

[@georgeofhamilton]

The two sequels can barely even considered to be part of the same series.

[@claudiosacchi3720]

It's the best tomb raider of the new Trilogy. The story, the pacing and the gameplay are on spot. The sequels felt bland to me and full of useless collectibles. Btw Shadow is a joy for the eyes.

[@TheUltimateEel]

I usually hate collectibles, but Rise and Shadow have collectibles i really enjoy. I really appreciate the work that went into Modelling them, and i really like that Lara narrates them a little bit. There not just pointless text, but tiny bits that furnish a connection the ancient places your raiding (even if not real). I even like the stories that are told on the admittedly rather dry stone tablet things. All in these are the only collectibles in gaming that i actually like and search for.

[@aweigh1010]

Lara was so pretty in this game... they made her uglier and uglier with each sequel to own the "sexist" gamers.

[@may292]

What? Her face is the same one, she even has makeup on.

[@Sub-Atomic]

Is something wrong with climbing segments? I genuinely like em for the most part.

[@Blarglesnarfe]

If this game had any identity or good qualities, maybe it'd be remembered more. Unfortunately, Tomb Raider is now a shallow shooter with no puzzles, enjoyment, or charisma.

[@neonblack211]

"give them the old donkey kong country "

[@sauceelf653]

I remember i got this game in a bath in bin, played it, never touched it agin

[@raze_]

Lara Croft gets impaled on so much crap in this game. Like shes swiss cheese by the end of the game.

[@gabrielhersey5546]

Tomb raider trilogy is incredible in so many ways.

[@msw0322]

I actually enjoyed this whole trilogy. This one and Rise were my favorites. Shadow was ok, but I wasn't a fan of the jungle setting running all those errands was exhausting and boring. This first one was intense!

[@Gameprojordan]

This game reminds me of dead space in the sense that your character gets thrown, rag dolled around, shot, stabbed etc nonstop in the cutscenes but always comes out unscathed 😂

[@mrbungle3310]

I dont get why people put it in the same chategory as some other generic sony cutscene games,it was actually pretty solid 7/10-8/10 on a good day

[@Daniel-rh7kh]

My potato PC can't run it smoothly until now, remember when it came out and hair physics were the deal.

[@BugsyFoga]

I can’t believe it’s not uncharted

[@OkieTrash]

I really enjoyed this game. Despite its age it's still a very good looking game and looks better than some games that came out recently. I haven't played the sequels so idk if they're as good as the first.

[@HL3AlcAida]

Part 2 is really good to. The third part was ok it has a nice hub world but there was a lot of missed chances. And yes they have all really nice graphics.

[@Terminal_Apotos]

Played it recently and I couldn’t stop marveling at how beautiful it was.

[@SeraStaplz]

I played this game recently, and while the gameplay is fine and visuals great of their time, the writing and directing is on the same terrible level as Prometheus.

[@es68951]

The Mr. Krabs part made me laugh way more than it should have lol

[@georgeofhamilton]

Timestamp?

[@TheRogueEmpire]

this one was good, the next two sucked

[@Agent_OB]

when the pumba went into the leaves and despawned it made me so mad i almost clicked off the video and im not even playing

[@ChubbsterBrown]

There's no topical kind of humor like Weezer humor. Timeless, unlike the band

[@cyber_xiii3786]

Personally I feel like it’s bland as feck but it’s nice that people can enjoy it/the remake trilogy

[@citizen3000]

Bland as fuck is kind, but yes.

[@mitchboland9591]

For whatever reason, I vastly preferred this to the sequels

[@gamershaggy3098]

The sequels do have fun gameplay but the story feels kinda feels bland in rise and Shadow

[@RaveDecoy242]

with all your impressions throughout your videos, i seriously, genuinely would want you to make a video in the style of solidjj. your wit and humor is just too good and would lend well for those types of vids.

[@fn-pug5447]

This is my first time of being early to an OboeShoes video

[@BIacklce]

Gun Dark Souls could be a cool idea if somehow done correctly

[@clementineshetheyfae8312]

This game is a perfect examples of why content/trigger warnings are nice. I wasn’t expecting to get sexually assaulted in the first chapter of the game and it fuuuuucked my brain for a little bit

[@GFX667]

Of the Tomb Raider reboot series, this one was definitely the best. I finished Rise of the Tomb Raider, but didn't like it much and I just cant be arsed to finish Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Been a Lara Croft fan ever since I played Tomb Raider 2 on the PlayStation. I really hope the new reboot will do Lara good. They want to go more back to the Classic Lara, but mentioned something about a love interest. Kinda worried about that, but am still very curious. As long as they bring back the gunplay and riddles/escape rooms.

[@corentinesummers8259]

They're making her into a lesbian if you still don't know

[@KillerDudeT19]

The pvp for this game was fun af too

[@Justin.Franks]

6:45 So other games have....not enough pylons?

[@SilverGeFer]

Am I the only one that’s always been bothered by how sideways Lara aims her guns?

[@Tadicuslegion78]

I seem to vaguely recall back in the day, the neckbeards complained Lara was too flat now

[@scotthallgv]

Quick time event the game...no thanks.

[@citizen3000]

Weren’t you EXCITED though?

[@scotthallgv]

@@citizen3000 Not at all. I was literally so annoyed by having to do so many quick time events in the intro that I never played past it cuz I despise them so much.

[@Hans.6947]

I loved this game, i could replay it again

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

oboeshoesgames actually ENJOYED playing Tomb Raider? I'm at a loss for words (I enjoyed it too, btw)

[@FSH-fv6ww]

It’s a uncharted for Xbox. Still amazing in my eyes (and much better than the first uncharted)

[@pro_rookie_gamedev]

It also sucked in the new game+ you don't keep the dual pistols.

[@zionz1164]

For me this was the best tomb raider. pass this game 4 times on both 360 and ps3. Rise and shadow didnt really kept me addicted in playing like 2013 did

[@stonytrees8573]

Qui-gon pile on lmao nice one

[@RadioactiveNapalm]

It’s weird because I just watched Mitten Squad do a “ can you beat tomb raider with only a climbing axe “ hint: NO

[@jebidiahgrassoblue1879]

played probably like 100 hours of this game's multiplayer just 1v1ing my friend

[@purplevoles8368]

"Lara Croft is the apex predator" will forever live rent free in my head now

[@SturmgeschuetzIV]

I too was laughing about the exploding temple.

[@imfamous-ld7pm]

wasn't bad...not the real Lara...bring back the classics

[@solorowry9683]

"Play the Tomb Raider theme song" *Plays Uncharted 3

[@SirDankleberry]

This game felt inspired a bit by Arrow since both protagonists get stranded on an island after a boat accident, they go through a whole lot of punishment, both have the island be associated with Imperial Japanese expeditions in the past and they both use a bow as their primary weapon. I don't know if this was inspiration or coincidence since Arrow I think only released half a year before Tomb Raider 2013.

[@MrDevonZaehler]

Lol I saved this video to my playlists expecting it to go to 'watch later'. So right as Laura had her first fall, this video instead saved to my 'Joints/posture' playlist 😂

[@p.a.phencyclidine]

Thank you, oboeshoes, thank you. I feel genuinely validated. 😔🙏🤤

[@Jeremy-ql1or]

Hollywood should play Tomb Raider 2013 to see how to write a real strong female character.

[@TheCosmicNapper]

BRO THIS GAME WAS MY CHILDHOOD I PLAYED THIS OVER AND OVER. Legit 114/10

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Lovely video as always Having grown up on old school Lara and first wave reboot games, the second wave Reboot games fell entertaining but weak. They diluted the gameplay and level design to convey stories that were never important to begin with.

[@citizen3000]

Hard agree.

[@patrickbyrne5070]

And wayyy too many polygons on those boobs.

[@mosalim2166]

Best tomb raider game ever

[@C21H30O2]

Feel old yet? I was making mods for the original Rainbow 6. In 1998.

[@roberthartburg266]

Tomb Raider 2013 was a mediocre Gen7 game and an abysmal Tomb Raider game. Every reboot of the Tomb Raider series made the character of Lara Croft worse and the games dumber.

[@iwillkeepwaching5080]

The classic rebar stab in the side but how many game's did that