Steam key Giveaway (Rise of the Tomb Raider)

bengy (73) in giveaway • 7 years ago

NOTE: All images and videos are part of the public press kit at the Steam Store.

Okay, is there really anything that needs to be said about this game? If you haven't been living under a rock, then you will know that this remake of Lara Croft is one of the hands-down best remakes of this century! A much more believable characterisation of Lara and a gripping story. Combined with some amazing survival add-on expansions (not sure if they come with this particular key), this is a keeper for any gamer that is worthy of that name!

This was an instant hit with critics and gamers alike, an enviable combo! Even after completing the game, I still have it on my gaming rig for the survival mode.

If you are interested in winning this game, drop a comment and let me know why you would like it. Or just have a chat about anything! The winner I will be picking based on the conversations I have!

COMPETITION RULES

Prize is a Steam key via Humble Bundle gift link.
Entry is by comment (upvote is not mandatory but helps me out, resteem is not necessary, but highly appreciated!), have a chat about why you want this game out just about anything!
Winner is at my discretion (at post payout), generally the one that I think will like it best, and that has had the most pleasant and engaging interaction over the course of the competition.

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Screenshots from Steam Store (press kit)

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Thanks!

Big thanks to the gaming community at @peopleofthenight (run by @vishire) for helping spread the word about my Steam Key Giveaway!

The People of the Night are a newly formed community of gamers based in India that helping to create and promote quality gaming content on Steemit. It is early days for the community, but it is planing already to branch out into contests and tournaments in the future!

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Last week's winner

@ratticus is new proud owner of Galactic Civilizations 3, with a great conversation about the old Multiplayer game "Utopia" and also ranging across a number of Space 4X games. Thanks for the chat!

Let me know how it is best to get you the key. I am on Discord and Steemit.chat, I think you are also teamaustralia? Hope you have enough internet to get the game!

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ratticus (58) · 7 years ago

And for anyone wondering, Messaged @bengy, who responded already and sent me the gift link, and the game is already in my steam library and downloading. Good luck for any entries this week!

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Thanks! Hope you are enjoying the game!

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tuukka69 (30) · 7 years ago

Sounds good!

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stabilowl (63) · 7 years ago (edited)

I just saw a review on this game by @steemgc recently.
I guess I am the first one to participate. Let's see... How about the fact that I have never played Tomb Raider before, so this would be the perfect introduction to the series for me. I do love Square Enix tho. Played all the Final Fantasy games up to FF13 (FF14 was multiplayer so difficult to assemble teams here in Australia and FF15 are on PS4 which I do not have, and my PC requirement is not good enough). So I would be interested to see Square's take on other game series.

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago (edited)

Well, this is a much better introduction to the Lara Croft series than any of the other previous games. It really does justice to Lara as a real believable character rather than a teenage boy's wet dream.

I had a few goes at the more recent final Fantasy games. I really love the production values and the story. But I really dislike the JRPG formula. Do, after a short while, I give up on them. It's unfortunate, as I know that many people are ardent fans of the series. Each have their own tastes I guess.

For this game, Square Enix is only the publisher and not the developer. I think Crystal Dynamic is the development team. So, this will be a completely different kettle of fish compared to Final Fantasy!

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stabilowl (63) · 7 years ago

I agree partly that they all have the same formula and it get boring and predictable at times. Many of the new Final Fantasy also suffers from the storyline, as they are too ambitious with the graphics and not enough development time is put into the story. Have your tried Nier Automata? I heard it is a much better game than Final Fantasy 15

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Sorry about the delayed reply, the comment section from another post took over the reply feed and I lost track of some conversations.

I haven't tried Nier, I've heard good things about it. And I think it's sitting in my backlog of shame on Steam... Definitely one that I intend to play... Right when I finish with battletech and Frostpunk.

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Congratulations, I've picked you for the Rise of Tomb Raider Steam Key, details on claiming the prize can be found here:

https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steam-key-giveaway-kerbal-space-program

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ratticus (58) · 7 years ago

Oh awesome. Thanks very much @bengy. I've messaged you on Discord

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Winner of the Steam key for Tomb Raider and the new contest information is found here:

https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steam-key-giveaway-kerbal-space-program

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saifuddin.p3md (51) · 7 years ago

Thanks @bengy for your smart information

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vishire (49) · 7 years ago

Wondering if I can win again :p

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

You can definitely try!

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Winner of the Steam key for Tomb Raider and the new contest information is found here:

https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steam-key-giveaway-kerbal-space-program

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ethandsmith (62) · 7 years ago

You're just giving away all sorts of incredible-looking games! I'll cast my lot in, even though I'm sure there are more worthy Steemians out there to win.

Thanks for sharing this opportunity with @thesteemengine group! I know I've enjoyed Stellaris very much since winning that key in one of your previous posts. I don't know if I'll ever get around to playing Tomb Raider or not. I haven't ever played any of the games.

I'm interested in your thoughts on the games if you've played them.

Thanks again for sharing this series with us!

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

The benefit of having a giant Steam library combined with a humble Subscription! Lots of duplicate keys to give away!

Anyway, I did try the previous games, but they just didn't grab me. I never really got what other people found interesting about them. In the end it seemed only to be a bit because of the overly sexualised main character. It even just having the novelty of having a female lead.

Then came the first reboot (cleverly named, Tomb Raider) and that was just amazing. Great graphics, a great plot, and a character that wasn't a superhero but just starting out at the beginning of her career. Top character development. So, a real master work of story and narrative combined with graphics that would make your GPU weep and stellar game play.

This second one. It is even better! The survival and crafting modes are just the icing on the cake!

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ethandsmith (62) · 7 years ago

I did notice that it looks like the graphics are great. I recently got a laptop that has a GTX 1050, so it's been great being able to play games that I couldn't for years (I'm looking at you, Arkham Knight). Anyhow, thanks for the feedback. Maybe some day I'll get around to playing one of these games.

Keep up the giveaways. They're definitely fun to host. I remember when I gave away some keys in my past blogs, it was so much fun to notify the winners.

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Arkham (all of them are great!). Out of curiosity which laptop did you get? I have an XPS 15 (1050) for travel and a desktop (built inside an s4 mini case that is the size of a ream of paper) that has 1060 in it.

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ethandsmith (62) · 7 years ago

It's a Dell Inspiron 15-1577 I believe. Amazon put it on sale last fall, so I grabbed it because I had been using my previous laptop for almost 6 years.

It's been a great PC so far, and I've enjoyed being able to play games without lag and on full settings. Before, my laptop had an Nvidia 525M, so it was a huge upgrade.

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Wow, that is a nice step up! The laptop looks like a similar (non Xps) version of mine. Probably has more space for better cooling though. The XPS runs pretty warm on more demanding games, also had to fix some problems with some capacitors overheating and throttling the machine...

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ethandsmith (62) · 7 years ago

I've been impressed with the cooling capabilities of this machine. If you read the reviews of the PC on Amazon, the biggest complaint people seem to have is with the quality of the screen, which I haven't noticed to be too bad. I've mainly been impressed with the gaming capabilities, and sometimes I use an external monitor, so it doesn't bother me that much.

I've also been impressed with the processor. I do some video conversion-related tasks occasionally and it can convert a blu-ray rip, for example, in the duration of the movie, which is a huge improvement over the 8-12 hours one would take on my old laptop.

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago (edited)

This last time I thought I would step away from a gaming laptop and have something with a nice chassis and keyboard and screen, but with decent internals (so, just the perfect laptop really...).

The XPS 15 looked to be everything and it really is, but the tells run a touch hot if I don't undervolt. I might open it up again, it seems to be running hot off late. Maybe there is a chunk of dust, or a repaste is needed...

I remember each time I step up, the tasks like audio and video compression are like lightning!

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bengy (73) · 7 years ago

Winner of the Steam key for Tomb Raider and the new contest information is found here:

https://steemit.com/contest/@bengy/steam-key-giveaway-kerbal-space-program

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