Man.... I waited too long to pick up Shadow of the Tomb Raider. I don't know what it was... I appreciated it when it came out, but I never got into it like I thought I would. I kind of ran through the main storyline and that was it. I remember being more concerned with that Fallout 4 life... I was also only rockin an RX 580 back then. To me, that's one of the best in it's class... still is! But... running SotTR, even at 1080/60, it is night and day between that and an RTX 2060. Maybe that's part of why. Performance wasn't
bad but it did involve some compromises and even then, it struggled. Now, I pretty much max everything and I have to say that the game looks gorgeous and runs great.
In spite of my excitement and satisfaction with Metro's RTX GI implementation, not feeling SotTR's RTX shadows. Number one, the visual differences are much more minor, something approximating the difference between 'high' and 'ultra' shadows... or maybe somewhere between that on the low end and BTAO-HBAO+ on the high end. From the very start there was stuttering and I said 'no way.' I didn't upgrade my GPU to have the same game still stutter lol
No regrets grabbing the season pass on sale... I think it was like $50 and now there is so much DLC to break into. I think it's actually running for $40 right now.
But I digress. Point is I'm enjoying it a lot more this time around. Some of you may have noticed that I'm what you might call a manogomous gamer. When I don't have "my game" anymore, I may try a few out, but they don't stick. And then I find that one game that I just latch onto and play exclusively for long stretches... pretty much until I exhaust it of all gameplay value. I play fewer games this way, but all of the time I spend playing games is more satisfying for me. It's nice to have a game around that you just know you can pick up any time and be immersed. Maybe I'm just too busy now... if I kill too much time playing games that I wind up not being into, that bothers me. Gotta maximize. Life is to short to spend it playing shitty games, or even games that are just okay.
Now, I realize that's a nicer way of saying I'm overly obsessive with my games, but still, I think this is gonna be the next one I go in on. Might as well, since I've got all of the DLC. Question is whether I will be able to find all of the collectibles. I'll try... but not on my first playthrough. Maybe on number 3 I'll consider it. Gotta prioritize the challenge tombs.
Speaking of being busy... as I say this and dive in, I am 7 hours away from waking-up to start a workday that will go for at least 10 hours. Wish me luck! In my very early adulthood it was partying and girls that kept me up at night. People used to joke about me being a future 27 club member. Now at age 28, I just stay up binging on video games like SotTR before I go to work my real job like a normal person! I sure showed them.