I won’t spoil any of the settings, but rest assured each is meticulously designed and great fun to explore. The puzzles themselves remain relatively short and simple once you know what’s required of you, although disabling the hint system is an option for those seeking a more devilish challenge.Ĭracking them tends to involve shooting rope arrows, pulling levers and sending things crashing into other things, but it’s where these self-contained challenges take place that make them must-plays. While still technically optional, they make up some of Shadow‘s most awe-inspiring moments, and completing each one unlocks a new ability in the skill tree. The world might be about to end, but the Tomb Raider has to make time for raiding tombs (and crypts). There is also a lot of underwater swimming in this game, and you could make an argument that Lara Croft’s lung capacity is even more impressive than her pinpoint aim. Played with headphones on (recommended) you can hear screeching monkeys clambering through the treetops above and the not-so-friendly purring of jaguars stalking you through the bushes.Īs you make your way through immaculately detailed foliage, muddy swamps and across creaky rope bridges, you’ll encounter massive stone temples that clearly don’t get a lot of visitors.Īt its best, Shadow is a treat for the eyes, so you’ll want to make time to muck about with the photo mode.
If I had one criticism of Rise, it’s that I wasn’t all that enamoured with its snowy setting, but there’ll be no need for fluffy parkas here.Ī hairy moment in the game’s opening hours sees you plonked right into the middle of the Peruvian jungle, where you’ll have to avoid traps, stab your way through merc patrols and tame the local wildlife.
Dominguez, and the natives that fear him.īut it’s a bit all over the place, with more holes to pick at than last year’s Christmas socks, and I’d be lying if I said I was thinking about any of these characters after the credits rolled. Shadow of the Tomb Raider‘s plot – apparently aided by historians and cultural consultants – goes to some pretty interesting places, particularly as you learn more about villain of the piece, Dr. I’ve always found these games to be more than a little po-faced stood next to the popcorn silliness of the Uncharted series, never really earning their ultra-serious tone. If we are now in agreement that travelling across the planet raiding the contents of tombs like you would your parents’ fridge is in fact bad, then Lara might need to start handing out CVs.
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This introspective arc to the Lara Croft story does make you wonder where the series goes next, if indeed we are to see another Tomb Raider entry anytime soon. In the wrong hands (that would be Trinity’s), the dagger can be used in conjunction with an enchanted box to remake the world, and it falls on Lara to stop that from happening.īy some distance the darkest of the noughteens Tomb Raider games, Shadow sees Lara pushed to her limits both emotional and physically, and her close friendship with Jonah tested.Įvery time she encounters a new area she sees the consequences of her questionable actions, and spends a lot of the game battling with them.
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