So this is a big win for me right here. After 2 years this FINALLY LEFT MY BACKLOG. I'm absolutely not the only one in that position like come on $3 on sale is a steal. ANYWAYS apparently this is a reboot of the Tomb Raider series, which is a series i have no previous connection to. So that makes me the PERFECT, target audience these folks were aiming for. I have positively NO point of reference for this series so I can't compare to what came before or after. Being on sale for $3 does that to a man.
Let's start off with the presentation because this game reeally wants to show off it's graphical capabilites. It's kinda cute looking back at what cutting edge used to look like 10 years ago. It's one of those "this will be gaming in -CURRENT- year" games—weird label i know but it makes sense in my head. Regardless the game holds up quite nicely at least.
Gameplay wise um well i have to come out and admit it I barely dabble into these cinematic–third-person–lite rpg–story-driven games before. Confessions from a stupid nintendo fan I know. But you know for what it's trying to achieve it does it quite well. The scenarios are bombastic and are mellowed out with some light exploration. The combat is REALLY fun and can remind me of RE4 at points. But it kinda fell into that same trap RE4 fell where the puzzles suffer as a result. I dunno maybe i didn't explore enough (70% complete take that for what you will) but the puzzles were few, easy, and kinda jarring. Like when i entered a tomb i expected it to be a series of progressively harder puzzles, but it ended up just being a singular one for the entire tomb. Also not enough raiding of tombs was made weirdly enough.
A little bit of an uneducated ramble, but like from what I think the series would be about it's that the core of the game would revolve around the tombs and Lara would, well, raid them—hence Tomb Raider. Crazy I know. I dunno i thought the structure would be closer to Zelda, but it was more Uncharted.
Overall still a solid game, and it does make me curious about the rest of the series like I NEED to know if Tomb Raider is actually about raiding tombs I'm not crazy ok
EDIT: ALSO SHOUTOUT TO ALEXALILY FOR MENTIONING THIS IN THEIR REVIEW—FUCK THOSE WHITE FLASHING LIGHTS THAT APPEAR EVERYTIME IN THE CAMPFIRE MENUS OH MY GOD
Let's start off with the presentation because this game reeally wants to show off it's graphical capabilites. It's kinda cute looking back at what cutting edge used to look like 10 years ago. It's one of those "this will be gaming in -CURRENT- year" games—weird label i know but it makes sense in my head. Regardless the game holds up quite nicely at least.
Gameplay wise um well i have to come out and admit it I barely dabble into these cinematic–third-person–lite rpg–story-driven games before. Confessions from a stupid nintendo fan I know. But you know for what it's trying to achieve it does it quite well. The scenarios are bombastic and are mellowed out with some light exploration. The combat is REALLY fun and can remind me of RE4 at points. But it kinda fell into that same trap RE4 fell where the puzzles suffer as a result. I dunno maybe i didn't explore enough (70% complete take that for what you will) but the puzzles were few, easy, and kinda jarring. Like when i entered a tomb i expected it to be a series of progressively harder puzzles, but it ended up just being a singular one for the entire tomb. Also not enough raiding of tombs was made weirdly enough.
A little bit of an uneducated ramble, but like from what I think the series would be about it's that the core of the game would revolve around the tombs and Lara would, well, raid them—hence Tomb Raider. Crazy I know. I dunno i thought the structure would be closer to Zelda, but it was more Uncharted.
Overall still a solid game, and it does make me curious about the rest of the series like I NEED to know if Tomb Raider is actually about raiding tombs I'm not crazy ok
EDIT: ALSO SHOUTOUT TO ALEXALILY FOR MENTIONING THIS IN THEIR REVIEW—FUCK THOSE WHITE FLASHING LIGHTS THAT APPEAR EVERYTIME IN THE CAMPFIRE MENUS OH MY GOD