EDGE #320 - July 2018 - Shadow of the Tomb Raider

[Boy Wander]

Bit of a light month review-wise, especially if you're not a PC gamer, but some good articles.

Cover: Rise of the Tomb Raider

Reviews
Frostpunk (PC) - 8
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (PC) - 9
Forgotton Anne (PC) - 5
Battletech (PC) - 8
Cultist Simulator (PC) - 7
Swords of Ditto (PC) - 7
Far: Lone Sails (PC) - 7

Previews
The Crew 2
Spy Party
Radical Heights (Ironic timing of a print magazine)
The Sinking City
Bad North
Travis Strikes Again; No More Heroes

Articles
Trigger Happy - Steven Poole hands the controller to a new breed of digital creator.
Big Picture Mode - building Labo, flat-pack furniture and a family.
Hold To Reset - Alex Hutchinson considers the practicalities and pitfalls of a demo.

Features:
Dark Side - Shadow of the Tomb Raider shows us an imperfect Lara in her most revelatory adventure yet - 12 pages
Shared Space - The similarities are plentiful; why, then don't games and architecture work more closely together - 10 pages
An Audience With... - PUBG's creator, Brendan Greene.
The Making of... - Ode
Studio Profile - Larian Studios
Time Extend - Nier: Automata
The Long Game - Fortnite

 

[Joeyro]

I'm curious to see what they think about The Crew 2, i've been waiting for a good open world racer on the PS4 and it looks promising so far.

 

[kurahador]

Forgotton Anne (PC) - 5

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[Deleted member 8196]

Frostpunk (PC) - 8
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (PC) - 9
Battletech (PC) - 8

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Nice EDGE.

 

[Floex]

An all monthly PC review scoring?

Hmm, wonder why?

 

[Boy Wander]

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Awkward Controls
Painfully dull door puzzles
Squanders considerable early promise.
The world in which it is set is delightful.
Overall feeling is one of disappointment. Everything is built so well and it all slowly dismantles.

 

[Kyussons]

Nice score score for Battletech.

 

[svacina]

Awkward Controls
Painfully dull door puzzles
Squanders considerable early promise.
The world in which it is set is delightful.
Overall feeling is one of disappointment. Everything is built so well and it all slowly dismantles.

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Well, bugger.

 

[SuikerBrood]

Frostpunk is glorious and deserves that 8. Hope they'll add more content soon.

 

[Einreich]

Nice month!

 

[Messofanego]

What's the Far Lone Sails review like? Good to hear it got a 7.

Into The Breach, Battletech, Frostpunk. Strategy games been killing it recently.

 

[Deleted member 11214]

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[Kylo Rey]

We are in Mid-May and it's the July issue?

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Hmm, more info on Shadow of the Tomb Raider? Always good!

 

[catboy]

Any cover pics? (Not scans, just like cover art somewhere)

 

[FredFredriksson]

The Sinking City, nice! Please be good...

 

[Soph]

That is a lot of PC exclusives, with just 1 mediocre game. Good for you Edge, maybe I should renew my membership.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

That PC.

 

[Deleted member 5167]

Cool reviews section this month considering Edge used to be terrible at PC coverage. Thanks, Chris Thursten?

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I mean... what else were they covering?

 

[Falchion]

I'm so thirsty for more Shadow of the Tomb Raider stuff.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Any cover pics? (Not scans, just like cover art somewhere)

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Yeah I'd like to see that as well. Hell show it all to me :)

 

[DannyClash]

Gg Pillars!

 

[bombshell]

Previews
Radical Heights

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Ouch

 

[Remo Williams]

Well, bugger.

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I thought it was an easy 9, and I disagree with pretty much all the listed negatives, apart from the controls remark (they're not terrible, but the mapping of some actions is really strange), so I suggest you play it and see for yourself.

 

[Yuuber]

Radical heights... shite. That hurts.

 

[svacina]

Ouch

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Doubles as a post mortem too. Efficient.

I thought it was an easy 9, and I disagree with pretty much all the listed negatives, apart from the controls remark (they're not terrible, but the mapping of some actions is really strange), so I suggest you play it and see for yourself.

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Thanks, I'll try it then.

 

[NeoRaider]

Cover picture? Is it new art?

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[InquisitorAles]

Cover picture? Is it new art?

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Unfortunately no, just old key art from your avatar zoomed to her face:

 

[NeoRaider]

Unfortunately no, just old key art from your avatar zoomed to her face:

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Yeah, just edited my post. That's too bad but cover looks nice anyway.

 

[catboy]

That's a disappointing cover. Although don't subscribers get variant covers? Hmm