The Sun Queen's Tomb Was Raided!

Good morning everybody,

Safe to say last night's stream ran long as I went searching for stuff... which is funny considering we finished Tomb Raider at about 9:50 PM Eastern.

Now the run to finish the actual story wasn't so bad, as I actually remembered the solutions for a lot of the puzzles I came across, which meant things were a lot more straight forward. This also also applies to the the final two tombs... but if I didn't remember the solutions, safe to say it would've been just to finish the game out right. There were some deaths that were more my fault than anything by mistiming key button presses or misjudging distances and assuming Lara can either make a jump or survive a fall.

If  there is one thing that bothers me about Tomb Raider's game play, it's that last battle with Mathias which is more of a quick time event and sure, it's the big moment when Lara finally gets to wield two pistols at once, but when you figure in that before it you're facing an Oni, which requires a bit of a strategy to beat, it makes the big show down with the main villain a little... I don't know, underwhelming... unless of course you screw up the button presses, then it becomes unintentionally hilarious.

What extended the stream till past 12:30 AM Eastern was going back to find documents, relics and GPS tags, as well as trying to knockout various other achievements along the way, finishing up with 25 of the 50 achievements. Granted of the remaining 50, most of those involve the online multiplayer which no one is really doing in 2021... so that really leaves just a couple to get for the single player... which means looking up how to reach certain points because I believe some routes become locked off due to how the story progresses.

Chances are we'll tackle Rise of the Tomb Raider as the next big game, which I have not played before, so it would be a new experience for sure!

Following the stream we sent the fun over to twitch.tv/sw33ts_gaming where Sw33ts_Gaming was playing some Smite!

Tomb Raider - Definitive Edition Achievements

1. Intellectually Superior: All optional tombs completed.
2. Now We're Getting Serious: One weapon fully modded and completely upgraded.
3. Tastes Like Chicken!: 10 small animals killed and looted.
4. Gunslinger: 35 enemies killed with the pistol.
5. Historian: 75% of all documents found.
6. A Survivor Is Born: Game completed.
7. Archaeologist: 75% of all relics collected.
8. Equalizer: 75 enemies killed with the rifle.
9. Bag Full O' Cache: 75% of all GPS caches found.
10. Lethal: Purchased all skills in all categories.

Twitch Clip Links

• Put The Bunny Back In The Box
• Lara Croft Wins... Fatality 
• I thought it was a cinematic!
• Not Saying It's Obvious But.... Loading In Rear 
• Have a nice trip! See you next fall dude! Bye!
  

I've finally reached the end of Heavansward, and probably the biggest revelation is that Yda isn't Yda, but instead her younger sister Lyse... and I kind of wish there was more foreshadowing leading up to the revelation other than someone who knew her older sister recognizing Yda's mask to catch Lyse off guard with dialog of 'hey remember this that and other'. That said, I'm not too keen on Lyse's design without the mask, but at the very least, everything does lead toward liberating Ala Mhigo... or at least going there to see what all the hype is about.

I also stumbled across another 'epic side story' called Warring Triad, which sees three primals being waken up for to good deeds... and one of them is named Sephirot... sure the spelling is difference, but the musical arrangement for part of the fight is clearly out of Final Fantasy VII... but near as I can tell the creature is based on something from Final Fantasy VI, at least based on the design style. Just my opinion. That said, the amount of back tracking to the Rising Stones and getting back to the Flagship is a real pain in the ass even with a flying Chocobo.

Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Workout exercises were Front-Back Step Combo, Beginner Combo 31 and Hook Combo #2 for a duration of 28 minutes and a estimated calorie burn of 438 kcal

For tonight's stream we'll be playing Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions, as we continue to go through the arcade mode to unlock achievements and alternate attires for remaining characters. There are 8 left, so if the pacing goes well, we'll try and tackle them all... if not, we'll split the difference

So on that bombshell we'll see you later tonight over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!