It's been about three and a half years on this account but I'm migrating to a new one since backloggery doesn't allow you to change names. I have added everyone to the new multitap, please feel free to add me back or not as your prefer.

The new name is: flatearthpandas.
This is the same as my online IDs for various gaming services, and I'm told that will be my ID on Neogaf as well within a week or so.

Cheers.

Oh sorry if I confused you, Chronicles has the Japanese voice cast which includes full voice acting during the skits. I really like it because you can hear the emotion in the character's voices, you can easily tell who is talking/when they are talking, and the mugshots move/jump around like they do in the later Tales of games. They didn't bother redoing anything for the English cast; however they did add a BIT more voice acting for the new PS2 content apparently. I haven't got there yet myself, but the actors are re-credited with a note saying its for the extra stuff.

As for Dawn of the New World, yeah it used a newish voice cast which featured full voice acting in the skits.

I gotta ask: Why would you get Fire Emblem Awakening if you aren't a fan of the series? Also, why play on Hard?

Figured I'd let you know, I finally got around to doing a full review of Tomb Raider ^_^

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Well I'm thinking about doing a full review of it, but basically... I really like it so far! I mean I'm only a few hours in, but the game is quite shocking! Personally I was never a huge Tomb Raider fan, and it made me sad to see Underworld being so rushed with so many issues, but this game has fixed all of my complaints. I love the new version of Lara (who is a normal girl right out of college), the way she is portrayed really makes her come alive/feel real, and they REALLY put a lot of detail into the game in these areas.

The game still has all of your climbing and puzzle solving, but the rest of the game feels more like Uncharted than Tomb Raider. Combat is realistic, Lara auto sneaks around/ducks behind cover which gives the game one of the most realistic cover systems I've ever seen, the guns feel great, combat is fast and fluid, and enemies react in some realistic ways as well. They'll get stressed out, their shots will miss, they'll panic, they'll alert the others on what type of gun you have, and they'll try to play it smart (instead of just standing out in the open like they do in most games lol).

While the levels/areas progress like Uncharted as well, the game is also open world with a LOT to explore. The maps are huge, there are no loading screens between areas, and there's a lot of items to find and resources to collect/animals to hunt as well. The weapon upgrade system is also really nice, and its cool how Lara gets XP to spend on learning skills and abilities. There's also hidden tombs to find which play out like Classic Tomb Raider levels.

Basically, the game takes the best of Tomb Raider, the best of games like Uncharted, and mixes their elements together in a pretty amazing open world. I really can't wait to see where I get to go next lol