For a game that spends a lot of time talking about the sacrifices that needs to be done in order to survive, it sure does nothing to explore the emotional trauma and ramifications that comes with it. After Lara makes her first kill she reflects on how suprisingly easy it was for two seconds and then goes Rambo on the entire islands population for the next 12 or so hours. It's hard to take the game seriously when it faintly dabbles in moral dilemmas while also going on a murder spree without batting an eye.

Now since I played this 9 years after release, I can safely say that while it on a technical level held up better than I expected, it still showed it's age just slightly. It had some perfomance issues as it struggled a lot to hold a steady framerate. The animations where also very janky and lacked the overall realistic polish that most modern games have today. I swear, during some segments it felt like someone was fast-forwarding Lara's animations as she was speeding through her animations like she was Sonic.

It's a decent game that doesn't do a whole lot out of the ordinary. It plays it pretty safe and delivers a decently enjoyable adventure. The characters are about as thin as Lara Croft's original waist from the 90's and only acts as objectives for you to save. It's a pretty basic game that tries to be deep and morally complex while at the same time being fueled by loud explosions and joyous violence that drowns out all attempts at deep emotional reflection. Don't think, just shoot and have fun.