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360GamerCast - Tomb Raider Review

Lara makes her return as a 21 year old woman fresh out of University, embarking on her first adventure with some friends in search of the Lost Kingdom of Queen Himiko.

The adventure begins with a very short cut scene before Lara is washed up on a strange island, she is cold, frightened and alone. Her vulnerability really shines through which is very much unlike the Lara Croft we know from previous titles. Crystal Dynamics have done an amazing job with Lara, she looks like a real woman unlike her cartoonish 90′s predecessor which makes the game feel like a mature title, she is one tough cookie who has to struggle to survive this harsh wilderness

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cooperdnizzle4060d ago

game is good but not that good. A solid 8 in my opinion. But to each there own. Might also be that at first my pc wouldn't play it without messing up, crashing/ a hole bunch of glitches when it actually would run. It tore my 680 apart.

joab7774060d ago

Well glitches can ruin even the best experience. I think this game works very well because of the origin story. Everyone loves Lara and this is a great adventure from beginning to end. With that being said, i think the story hides some flaws. The leveling is quite shallow and the game can be beaten in hard fairly easily without using any upgrades. Some of them are fun and open up new ways to kill people but there is no real choice. Like most rpg elements today, u dont have to choose because u can be an expert in everything. Theres a little assassins creed in this aspect. Also, as many have mentioned she becomes a deadly killing machine quite quickly. This could have been remedied with a short cutscene in which Roth says something like, "u r the most gifted fighter i have ever trained. U hav been doin this since u were a little girl. The only difference now is that its real...these are not target dummies." Then u have one of her closest friends killed or hurt because she cannot pull the trigger. Bam, she becomes a killing machine becajse she is trained and must survive and protect her friends. There are hints to this but nothing this blunt. The enemies do well to recognize laras skill, but we dont know where it came from.

I worry about the sequel because there is no real focus on tombs and only a little on archeology. This can be remedied by writing another emotionally gripping story. It is a wonderful game that is a must play but i hole the sequel gives us more depth in leveling and begins to delve deeper into ber first love...archeology. Back to the game.

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Tomb Raider I, II, III Remastered Review – To The Freezer ⏐ Nerdy Bird Games

Tomb Raider I, II, III Remastered is available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Lara Croft is back in a classic remaster of the original PlayStation 1 hit title. Is the remaster any good though?

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The Best Tomb Raider Games Ranked

We've gone on many adventures with Lara Croft. With another reboot in the making, Wealth of Geeks felt it was a good time to go down the nostalgia rabbit hole and remember the best of those tomb-raiding thrills.

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Sonic188161d ago (Edited 61d ago )

I do agree that Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness was the worse one 😂 I remember playing some of it and I took it back. That game was just awful in every way. I bought it used at gamestop and glad they had that 7 day return policy for used games 😂

Pyrofire9561d ago

Would it be worth saying why?

ZeekQuattro61d ago

Simple. He's been hating on the Tomb Raider reboots for years. I can't imagine seeing them at the top of a best TR game list let alone being on the list in general sitting well with him because of it.

-Foxtrot61d ago

Zeek

“Hating”

No no, just pointing out how TR mutated into a generic action adventure game losing the appeal of what it once was when it was more about puzzles and platforming over going Rambo, slaughtering waves of enemies

But hey, continue being a dick and speaking about me like I’m not going to see the comment.

MeatyUrologist60d ago

Foxtrot, I'm curious if you have played the most recent games. Sure the 2013 reboot was hugely focused on combat, but each follow up became less and less about combat to the point where outside of a few large scale story missions I don't even remember combat being a part of shadow of the tomb raider. Shadow was so puzzle focused it actually was a bit much for me and I love the TR puzzles.

I still feel like Rise was the best of the series and I was a huge fan of the originals. To me it struck the perfect balance of exploration, platforming, puzzles, and combat. Not saying your opinion is wrong I'm just curious what you think they should have done different. Games do need to evolve somewhat to stay relevant. Would you prefer small linear jumping platform levels like the original?

RavenWolfx61d ago

I would agree Rise for 1 and the reboot as 2. Shadow is a bit high, though.

Sonic188161d ago (Edited 61d ago )

I think Shadow wasn't even develop by crystal dynamics. I thought it was the worse in the new trilogy

Pyrofire9561d ago

That's right. Shadow was developed by Eidos Montreal who who went and made Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy next. (Great game)
Meanwhile after Rise of the Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics made Marvels Avengers. (bad game)

MeatyUrologist61d ago

Agrees. First two are correct but Shadow should be around 5-6.

terstomp61d ago

For me, Legend should be alot higher (along with the other two ). Shadow, I enjoyed it, but has too much has fluff, as modern games tend to do. Playing the remastered series, and apart from the controls, is very good.

jznrpg61d ago

I really enjoyed the first 2 games, Legend and the first of the reboots and the rest I didn’t get into so I never finished.

robtion61d ago

Completely subjective list. I really liked Underworld, I preferred Lara's design. That said I loved the horror/uncharted feel of the reboot. I think all the TR games have strengths and weaknesses. None are objectively better in every way.

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The Best Video Game Reboots of All Time

Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had

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