Good morning everyone,
Well, we've reached a new high score for games finished with 70 this year... and with a few weeks left, that number will increased.
So yes, we did finish Shadow of the Tomb Raider last night, and I'm really surprised I did finish it, because of how distracted I would get with side quests, tombs and challenges. Hell an hour of tonight's stream was dedicated to just ONE TOMB because of my tendency of not realizing where to jump, a fact that came up repeatedly towards the end of the game!
That said, much like the first two games in the Survivor trilogy, Shadow of the Tomb Raider's 3rd act is really short when all things considered, but the plus side is the game does have a New Game Plus, which allows to start a new campaign with all the abilities unlocked you earned. So there's a nice incentive to play again at some point on a harder difficulty setting.
In terms of the actual story, Shadow of the Tomb Raider served to give Lara closure on the death of her father and the short amount of time she had with her mother, in addition to closing the book on Trinity... even though there is no real connection to the 2013 game beyond a passing mention in Rise of the Tomb Raider. But the question is, where does Lara' story go next, because I would assume there will be a Tomb Raider game on the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 consoles coming in a year or two.
I was asked how I would the Survivor Trilogy... so first would be Tomb Raider, second would be Rise of the Tomb Raider and third would be Shadow of the Tomb Raider... It's not like I liked the trilogy less as it went along, but I really did enjoy the first game in the saga the most, as I feel it had the best layout of being able to find the tombs without having to go off the beaten path too much.
Following the stream we sent the fun over to Phoenix_face who was playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive over on twitch.tv/phoenix_face!
On a side note: turns out some of the achievements from last night's stream were part of a DLC pack, and they were diamond achievements. Anyway, two achievements were earned this morning when I was going down the list of what was earned and realized I could pop into the game to get two pretty easy!
Shadow of the Tomb Raider Achievements
- Thanksgiving: Shoot a turkey with a Flare Round
- The Chosen One: Find the Silver Box of Ix Chel
- Total Party Kill: Kill 5 enemies with friendly fire
- Back to Where We Started: Return to Paititi
- To the Nines: Restore and equip a matching vestige outfitQueen of the Damned: Make an unlikely ally
- Marksman: Perform 20 headshots with the bow
- On the Go: Craft special ammunition 50 times
- Smart and Resourceful: Complete Shadow of the Tomb Raider on Smart and Resourceful difficulty
- Quite the Adventure: Finish the main storyline
- Underwater Archeologist: Collect 5 underwater Artifacts
- That Was A Breeze: Complete the Path of Huracan Challenge Tomb
- Go With The Flow: Complete The Age Makers Side Mission
- Eyes Of The Storm*: Obtain A Thousand Eyes skill, equip elite versions of Oathtaker's Bow and Sinchi Chiqa Battle Dress
- That's a Knife!*: Fully upgrade the knife
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With Shadow of the Tomb Raider finished, what will be the next major game to be played? Well Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is the leading candidate at this point. Other contenders include Persona 3, Final Fantasy VII Remake and several other huge games.,
Today's Fitness Boxing 2 Daily Work Out Featured Straight Combo #2, Sway Back Combo and Hip Shape Focus Combo for a duration of 31 minutes and an estimated calorie burn of 464 kcal.
Just going to say if: the person to blame for the current situation in
Major League Baseball is Scott Boris, who has three clients as leaders
of the MLBPA.
Didn't play any Final Fantasy XIV last night because of the All Worlds Emergency Maintenance.
So instead my post-stream gaming was focused on Jump Force and I did get two achievements done.
Jump Force Achievements
- The Curtain Rises: Won friendly match one or more times.
- Fanfare: Used emotions 100 or more times.
Which means the one achievement that will be a pain in the ass to do as it relates to the online ones would be challenging someone, have them accept and completing the match ten times... managed to get one, but I can't imagine that being possible at this point.
For Tonight's stream, we will be achievement hunting with Jump Force to lead things off, playing online matches to grind towards that achievement of playing 100 of them and then Iceman and I will be resuming Gears of War 4 with Act IV!
So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!
