It was a competent, but by the numbers action platformer. That’s when I knew that this game wasn’t going to take any risks. It was just so fake and corny compared to the ultra-realistic multiple deaths that Lara endured just a few years ago. I fell into a spike pit and when one of the spikes went through Lara’s head, I laughed. One or two were cool, but most cool deaths are when you kill other people silently. It was around the second open-area, this one pertaining to cold war Russia that it happened.ĭeaths were nowhere near as often nor as gruesomely graphic as they were in Tomb Raider (2013). The core platforming in Rise of the Tomb Raider is sharp and exciting, though perhaps a little too forgiving. Through some more mission completing, tomb raiding, and resource gathering, you discover that Lara will have to sacrifice everything if she’s going to come out of this one. Much of what Lara's father had researched was about this fabled lost city, but, more importantly, what the city contained.Ī device known simply as “The Divine Source” is said to grant immortality, something that a figure known as the great prophet is said to have had while he gathered followers to his great city. I continued on, learning the history of this land I had stumbled into, a hidden empire known as Kitezh. It does add Byzantine artwork, so that's cool. Something that really stuck out in the previous game… Pulling back from the flashback tutorials, we have Lara in almost the same situation as Tomb Raider (2013), although this time we have snow and very, very stupid enemy AI.Īs I began playing and collecting the various hidden shit around the first snowy map, I realized that this was familiar, but something was missing… It’s a very organic formula, one that Tomb Raider (2013) laid the groundwork for. It starts with a nice intro, letting you jump across ice cliffs, run along edges, and just generally show-off before throwing you to a Syrian desert flashback, finding a tomb in an ancient cliffside.īoth opening sections serve as tutorials of sorts, as game developers have gotten quite tricky and totally throw instruction manuals away, allowing you to learn the game mechanics through on-screen prompts, while also giving exposition as to why Lara can perform these actions. ![]() After their phenomenal reboot/prequel Tomb Raider (2013), Rise of the Tomb Raider follows Lara trying to uncover more of who and what her father was searching for. Rise of the Tomb Raider is the latest Tomb Raider joint to drop from Square Enix. ![]() I am Lara Croft and I am the Tomb Raider. I look up and see my goal A lone stone entrance leading into a tomb. A single bullet causes an explosion that erupts and engulfs the group, turning the scene into sparkling ashes and smoke. I pull out my SMG and aim it a red barrell right next to their charge. ![]() I dodge to his side and dig my climbing axe into his neck, instantly turning him into a burning pile of ash and items.Ī group of his companions come screaming at me in a language long since dead and distorted. I push myself over the lip of the cliff and scurry away from the ledge as it falls into the blizzard abyss below.Ī soulless warrior, dressed in the garb of a mongolian, yet carrying a greek shield and sword, comes swinging at me. The ledge cracks from my weight as I grip on for dear life.
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