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Gorgeous, breathtaking ancient sites? Check.Īnd what of our heroine? Well, it’s safe to say that Lara’s grown as a character since we last saw her. Surprising character reveals and plot twists? Check. Since this is meant to be a spoiler-free review, I won’t go into any great detail about the plot or the game’s secondary characters but the game certainly has an air of a classic action-adventure movie about it.
Surrounded by Trinity forces and eager to find the magical MacGuffin at the heart of the story before they do, we see our heroine explore (and fight) her way through abandoned Soviet bases, crumbling ruins, and a lush geothermal valley in a bid to uncover the secret to eternal life. The clues now point to Siberia, specifically to the mythical lost city of Kitezh, and she soon manages to persuade her friend and former Endurance crewmate Jonah to join her on her latest quest.Īn avalanche strikes, separating the two and casting Lara into the frozen Siberian wilderness. One lucky escape later, Ms Croft returns to London, where it dawns on her that she’s been looking for prophets in all the wrong places. Unfortunately for her, Trinity gets wind of her plans and dispatches a team, led by chief antagonist and all-round psychopath Konstantin, to put an end to her adventuring.
Realising that her father may have been onto something and desperate to find answers to her questions, Lara sets her sights on travelling to northern Syria to locate the Prophet’s Tomb. Her best friend Sam is in jail after assaulting a stranger on the street (see Tomb Raider #18) and Lara is struggling to make sense of what she had seen on the island, turning to her father’s notes to review his research on immortality myths.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is set roughly a year after Lara’s ordeal on Yamatai. ********* A Captivating Tale of Ancient Mysteries and MacGuffins
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However, most, if not all, of the points below also apply to the game’s Xbox One counterpart and, I imagine, to the eventual PC and PS4 releases. Lastly, this review is based on my playthrough of the Xbox 360 version, which I got as a birthday present from my husband, i.e. The screenshots used in this article were taken from the various promotional videos released by Crystal Dynamics in the lead-up to the game’s launch and no major plot points will be discussed below (I’ll be saving those discussions for future articles). I know the Microsoft exclusivity deal has killed many people’s enthusiasm for the game and has led to less-than-spectacular sales so far but let me just explain why you need this game in your life, whether it’s right now if you’re an Xbox console owner or in a few months’ or a year’s time if you’re not.īefore I continue, I’d like to point out that I have kept this review as spoiler-free as possible. Perhaps I’ll get around to finishing it someday.Īnd then there’s Rise of the Tomb Raider, *the* Tomb Raider game I have been waiting for for years. I had to take long breaks during my initial playthrough of the 2013 game as I found the seemingly endless combat sequences exhausting, Legend was largely enjoyable but far too short, Anniversary turned out to be a pale imitation of the original game, and I never finished Underworld because of a game-breaking bug in Southern Mexico that meant I’d have to re-play a sizeable chunk of the game… which I quite honestly couldn’t be bothered to do. It’s been a while since a Tomb Raider game has captured my attention so effectively and kept me glued to the screen. And, trust me, as a huge fan of the Classic era, this is high praise. So imagine my surprise when I discovered that Rise of the Tomb Raider wasn’t just a great game it was also one of the best Tomb Raider games to date. When I saw the E3 2015 and Gamescom demos, I was worried that the sequel was going to be nothing but a retread of its predecessor. Even now, I still feel that the 2013 game is a bit of a “misery fest” that had more to do with killing cultists and rescuing best friends than raiding tombs.
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Now, I admit it’s taken me a long time (two years to be exact) to warm up to Reboot Lara and truly appreciate the direction that Crystal Dynamics are taking the series in. And that’s without taking the game’s various Expedition modes into consideration. If there’s one thing that can said about the game it’s that you’d definitely be getting value for money. And even after a good 30 or so hours of exploring Rise’s vast hubs, I’m still at 96% game completion. Not a day has gone by where I haven’t sent Lara back to Syria or Siberia in search of elusive collectables. It’s been a week since Rise of the Tomb Raider was released for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 here in Europe and what a week it’s been.
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