This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Verdict: A female protagonist who is a badass, a mystical artifact, a super-secret dirty organization, a menacing villain, an army of the undead, a Christ-like Prophet, secrets hidden in caves, do I need to sell this more? A superb addition to the Tomb Raider franchise. There are quite a few puzzles like that in the main story too. They are enjoyable and hard, and finally, when you solve them, you feel elated, and you think you are a brainiac for solving them. They are not your regular, boring little side quests. The optional tombs are quite challenging in terms of puzzles, and you would need to rack your brain really hard to solve them. Even though there were quite a few side missions, nothing is remarkable or noteworthy. There are varied side quests, and doing them will give you cool rewards which will make your combat easier. There are quite a few side missions that are not directly related to the story, but each has a story in itself. The idea of “Base Camps” and fast travel is pretty neat and lets you travel to any part of the Game World at any point in time to complete challenges or collectibles. So what is your gain in Lara learning these languages? You get to read the Monoliths in each sub-area and collect coins which you can use to buy some cool weapons in a place called “Shack”. Lara’s thirst for knowledge is shown adequately as she collects relics and documents and learns new languages such as Greek, Mongolian and Russian. Exploration:Įach area is divided into a few sub-areas for exploration. Fights are also aplenty even though exploration takes precedence. The enemy AI can be better but still it is not bad. You can use the traditional approach of arrows with the latest additions of craftable cool arrows such as grenade arrows which explode on impact or use an Assault Rifle and shoot everything in sight! The choice is plenty. It gives you an opportunity to fight in any way you like. If someone spots you, you are in for a ranged/melee combat and this is where the game excels. Lara can strike from the shadows, can jump from the top, can pull you into the water and kill you inside it. Having said that, for an action adventure driven by story and exploration, the aspects of fighting aren’t bad, especially stealth mechanics. On the gameplay front, its a traditional Tomb Raider game where exploration and challenging puzzles take precedence. Thus, we can connect with each character in the story. When she helps them fight Trinity, they finally trust her and help her find the Divine Source. The tribals do not give much info to Lara about the Divine Source or its whereabouts initially and have trust issues. Hence, she knows that something is out there that can give her immortality. The question of why Lara wants to do this now is answered by the fact that she met face-to-face with something supernatural in the first part, and hence she believes her dad now. The actions of each character are justifiable if you think about it. The character building is top-notch in the game. Does she find the artifact and prevent it from getting into the hands of Trinity is the rest of the story! Now, our heroine is caught in between the two groups. There is also a tribe whose primary job is to protect the “Divine Source” from falling into the wrong hands. They send a menacing villain, Konstantin, who thinks finding it is his destiny, and God has ‘chosen’ him for that. They also believe in the “Divine Source” power and want to exploit it to their will. Source: Įnter Trinity, a super-secret organization that is unknown to the world. So she takes her friend Jonah for what seems to be a suicide mission to the snow-clad mountains of Siberia.
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So she wants to redeem his name and uncover the mystery. Her father, who was searching for the artifact as well, was ridiculed to death by the masses. It gives immortality to the finder and is lost in the city of Kitzeh.
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The story is set in Siberia, where Lara Croft searches for a mystical artifact called “Divine Source”. Lara Croft returns as the menacing gun-wielding (or in this new franchise, bow-wielding) archeologist/adventurer for more action in a newer location. The game continues from where the first part left. Rise of the Tomb Raider is the second part of the franchise reboot of Tomb Raider, which started in 2013.