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Rise of the Tomb Raider

Updated: Dec 7, 2020


Definitely one of my all time favorites. Tomb Raider is one of the pioneers of adventure games since the mid 90s those of you who are familiar with Tomb Raider 1996. I love how they have always kept Lara Crofts character as a tough badass woman and I hope they never drop the ball to make her some romantic somebody (well we all love romance don't we but just to maintain that character identity we all love).

After playing the first reboot game Tomb Raider 2013 this game was a step up. What I like about Rise is the constant action. It has that surprise element and heavy explosive fighting. Among the many I just want to focus on its graphics and gameplay.

Lara looks good than her character model in the reboot game and particularly well defined. In this game the character model is very defined (skin texture eye movement dirt hair) and looks fantastic for a now 5 year old game. And now gameplay:


Gameplay for me is brilliant. I love the stealth approach going behind your enemy and even Lara's facial expression changes as she executes her enemy which is something some games ignore. You can also choose other methods of being stealthy and my favorite being the underwater executions:

However I do have of course certain things I didn't enjoy about the game. Firstly when you are hunting for animal resources the process is just complicated. You shoot a deer and it moves fast in its limping state which is pretty frustrating.

The tombs for me are poor as there is no real in-depth exploration. They are pretty obvious on what you need to do and are smaller. The NPCs don't really look great as well they are duplicated. However overall its a great game to play. What I would love to see in this game is definitely in my next comments on its sequel Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Let me know your thoughts about the game in the comments section and please support by subscribing as well.

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