Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Dec 21, 2021

  Not Great, Not Terrible

  The third, and so far last, installment in the Tomb Raider Survivor Timeline fails to impress. While it's certainly a competent game and enjoyable to play, I think it falls pretty short compared to its previous titles. Let's go over some pros and cons. Pros 1. Graphics. Lara Croft especially looks fantastic with the game world looking great too. The physics are also notable if not incredible. 2. Music. Tense, spine tingling and anxiety inducing, the music is a great accompaniment to the somber environments and action packed moments. 3. Gameplay and progression. Lara can become an absolute monster and can destroy entire platoons with the same sadistic enjoyment that a kid gets when plucking out the different parts of an insect. 4. Native languages. It's super commendable that the devs went out of their way to record voice lines with people who actually speak the local languages. I definitely wish more games did this but not exactly in the way Shadow of the Tomb Raider does. More on this in the Cons section. All in all, the core elements of the game are solid. The issues with Shadow of the Tomb Raider becomes apparent when you explore other things. Cons 1. Worldbuilding. The entire premise of the game, involving the migration of a certain ethnic group to another part of the world, is ridiculous. Either one of these civilization would have a wealth of history and culture to explore on their own and mixing them together, frankly, is kinda insulting. It's like the devs think that the player wouldn't be able to differentiate them. 2. Story. Weak villains, weak supporting cast, weak plot. I honestly never really understood anybody's motivations beyond menacing buzz words like "remake the world". The main antagonist, Dominguez, shows up in the first 5 minutes of the game and is retroactively assigned to have been responsible for every bad thing that ever happened to Lara. That's some seriously lazy writing IMO. 3. Character models. The game has just a few dozen character models in a world with hundreds of background characters. Expect talking to the same person A LOT. 4. Bugs. I've had Lara fall off or fail to grab on to things quite a few times. When you're playing on the hardest difficulty, this can be especially aggravating. 5. Tombs. Tombs in the previous games had a certain believability to them. Like, you can kinda imagine that someone could actually build this. Tombs in this game are like Rube-Goldberg machines. They're so insanely mechanically complex that they feel less like tombs and more like amusement parks. 6. Stupid NPCs. There's a section in the game where Lara puts on a disguise and pretends to be a local priest. The fact that everybody is fooled by this little white girl is genuinely laughable. It's even more jarring if you turn on native languages. Everybody's talking in their own language and Lara comes in speaking English and nobody bats an eyelash. There is NO suspension of disbelief in this game. 7. Too many collectibles. I've played 38 hours. At least HALF of this was just gathering collectibles. Conclusion At the end of the day, I'm OK with giving this game a thumbs up. All the core elements are there and the gameplay is definitely fun. It's just unfortunate that the change in devs (from Crystal Dynamics to Eidos Montreal) led to a drop in quality in so many things. I genuinely hope we get a sequel where Lara FINALLY becomes the Tomb Raider or at least a different, fun reboot.
• gamedeal user

  May 9, 2022

  Laura Croft is hot Press like if you agree
• gamedeal user

  Jun 24, 2022

  MY REVIEW OF THE SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER GAME

  In South America

  The most significant difference that always characterised each Tomb Raider episode: the change of location. My preference is with the colder climate (this also means that this episode omits the Endurance mode) but it is always nice to see how a new location can affect gameplay. Areas with battle now allow Lara to go back into hiding by bathing in mud. An interesting concept - I particularly liked how she could move along the wall out of plain sight due to the overgrown flora. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NN7UCIAHsQ&t=17s

  Trinity

  The bad guys return and Lara now encounters a leader called Pedro Dominguez. It is nice to add a face to Trinity this time and Pedro actually knows more of Lara than she thinks. Cutscenes are amazing with the usual high-quality voice acting on everybody's part and there is increased focus on Lara's childhood and father this time. There are a couple of twists here an there - as usual later on a new form of enemy appears to make the story more exciting. This alone does not make the plot totally different so the creators decided to include more peril by choosing artifacts with great power. Let's just say that Lara's race against Trinity has time factored in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwljTbmEjvw&t=4s

  Gameplay

  You know how the developers add new elements even when it is not necessary. Gameplay in the previous two instalments was fast and dynamic enough. Still, there's new gear, of course. Overhang climbing is now possible with the use of special boots. I think this feature was unnecessary and thank god no puzzles were based on this. Grappling down from cliffs, however, is a nice new addition. We find all sorts of materials - beside upgrading our weapons we can craft pieces of clothing. Upper and lower body pieces are available but we can also acquire full body outfits. These add bonuses so getting dressed before a fight we can decide if we intend to aim for a more stealthy approach or go full guns blazing by putting on something that gives Lara health regeneration. And, naturally, we can give Lara the "old" look by applying skins from previous games (this is a purely cosmetic choice here). Other than these small changes or additional stuff gameplay mechanics remain the same. I liked the inclusion of air pockets during underwater sequences which made it possible to increase the time spent in such areas. Once again Lara can decipher various monuments (her language skills increase gradually) and there are tons of relics and letters to be found out there. You'll return to previous locations by using the camp system several times just to get that 100% completion. Graphics appear to be enhanced once again; I cannot comment on the latest RTX technology but everything else looked stunning as usual. Two more small adjustments done to walkthroughs: there are difficulty settings we can choose from but they are broken down into various elements we can adjust separately. Additionally, there is a possibility to make immersion better by allowing the NPCs to use their native language instead of English.

  Longevity

  What else to say about Shadow of Tomb Raider? Another great entry in the series where there are more and much bigger tombs. The DLCs also focus on these extra challenges. The hub area we visit appears to be greater and there are many side missions to complete. It's worth investing time into these as getting the rewards will make Lara stronger. There is a New Game+ mode available with additional skills we can purchase only during this second walkthrough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdEfROL2Wx8&t=340s I had fun with the latest instalment. The puzzles were sometimes annoying (oh boy the one in the church was just awful!) but gave me a good challenge, nonetheless. Of all 3 episodes this one has the most interesting story and definitely the most satisfying end game boss battle.
• Sleepless

  Nov 18, 2022

  The game looks beautiful and feels well optimized. Although it's not a complete open world, the explorable areas are decently sized and offer a good level of immersion and realism. Side quests, tombs, crypts and collectibles gives extra stuff to do and lots of lore, also npcs give immersion to the game. The gameplay is really good and fun, you can be either creative with stealth approches or just enter guns blazing. There are also 3 different skill trees for you to play around. I think the game starts a little cold but as you progress it gets really fun and enjoyable.
• agzsar

  Nov 27, 2022

  This game is the worst one out of the whole series. It is incredibly frustrating because it takes away the initiative from the player and forces the player into situations are neither of his own choosing or fair. There are vast sections where you have to melee through even though you kill guys with guns - yet you can't take their weapons and have to continue with a knife alone... It's complete BS and I profoundly regret spending money on it.
• andrewglenjenningsjunior

  Nov 28, 2022

  Terrible. The fighting is almost nonexistent at 9 hours into the game. I actually ran around for like an hour just not looking for something to kill other than deer and squirrels. nothing. Ive unlocked about a quarter of the skills and havent used any of them yet. At this point i cant pick up any resources because im at max capacity for them. But I havent really looked at the crafting menu because.... i cant imagine what i would need to craft if there is no combat. Lots of cutscenes and you lose control of your character a lot like when you squeeze through tight spaces. Also... whats with the outfits? Lara doesnt even have cleavage. Glad the game was practically free. I don't see myself ever playing this again.
• Yuletide (Dropship) Thunder

  Dec 4, 2022

  This game more or less cemented to me that I really just do not have the brain to play these bland, visually stunning, "slow, cinematic walking and talking" AAA games anymore. It's why I've avoided God of War. What a terrible game! The stealth is Batman stolen wholesale, up to and including hanging enemies up to make them scream, you get poison arrows that make the enemies kill each other from Asscreed. It's a real shame. At least there was multiple sequences where I, a white british person, gunned down natives armed with sticks and sharp glass. It's been a long while since we had flagrant imperialism in a game but thankfully Tomb Raider 3 brought it back.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 4, 2022

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• simonichampagne

  Dec 11, 2022

  Les nouveaux TR sont géniales.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 12, 2022

  5/10 dont buy a game that is a movie all this new lara croft game or this trilogy in specific is the same mechanics and the same style of gameplay it never evolves super boring and is trying to be a competition to uncharted but boy in all this games that are movies i have never play one that solve a puzzle automatically this last game of the trilogy is why people are concern/hate games that focus their scene with an actual movie hell i think im just going to YouTube and see the entire thing