There's a bug with the attack on the church on the Den. If the door is closed before you start the attack, it locks itself and there is no way to get the guys that are inside. Combat finishes, Lara takes you to attack Tyler, but when that combat is over she stays in combat taunts. If you go back...
Well, it happened to me a couple of times that a flying cockroach fell on my head. It sounds like some plastic paper with a small weight. Then you touch your head and have it trying to fly or running around your bed. Horrible things.
On topic, the novel sounds interesting, though I doubt I...
Well, we already had a game full of those :smug:
Great news about traits, not being able to max out all skills, the removal of most useless skill perks, no "boobleheads" that affect SPECIAL or skills, pacifist walkthrough... Great news, indeed.
I don't believe it has anything to do with the engine. The animations in this video look quite nice:
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Not really, there are lots of royalty free sound libraries, and lots of sounds where you can buy sounds pretty cheaply (like http://www.soundsnap.com/). I'm pretty sure they used a mix of sound libraries (with some mixing and changing) and internal made sounds.
That sounds pretty...