Rise of the Tomb Raider
Jan 04, 2018
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Huge thanks to Tapas user @Zombiy and Facebook user Michael Williams for suggesting this week’s game, Rise of the Tomb Raider! I’ve been itching to play this one after absolutely loving the previous Tomb Raider game, so thank you for giving me the excuse to go out and play it!
–Verdict–
Art: Siberia is gorgeous. The set pieces just beg to be climbed and explored, and the temples have enough variety to keep you interested. Everything down to the way Lara puts her hair back into a ponytail after swimming is very well done.
Gameplay: Play as the British Badass herself. Run, climb, be stealthy or not so much, and if you’re me miss the button press in the quicktime events 30 or so times before you can continue the story. It is an absolute joy to sneak around and shoot people with the bow, but I find the addition of crafting to be absolutely useless to the game.
Replayability: Depends on how much of a completionist you are. Once the items are collected, the tombs have been raided, and the (fairly insignificant) sidequests are taken care of, there’s not much of a reason to keep playing the game. Like the game before it, I tried to find excuses to play the main game again, but with the lack of anything to do there’s not much reason. Now then again, if you have some friends who own the game, or don’t mind playing yet another survival crafting game, there are some excellent DLCs and out-of-campaign games that can keep you playing.
Would I recommend? I’d recommend playing the previous game in this series first. If you liked it, and crave more, by all means get this game. If you’re satisfied with one, however, I see no need to purchase Rise of the Tomb Raider. It’s good, yes, but it didn’t bring anything to the table that makes it any better than the first one.
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