Lara loves falling to her death and will rarely stop at edges.

A couple of puzzles (~3) are counter-intuitive.

Open world is very restricted and only an excuse for resource grinding.

Upgrading takes way too many resources.

Pointless inventory size limit is really annoying.

Failing during puzzles is a pain because the game uses checkpoints.

Challenge objects are the only thing not marked on the map.

Lara murders dozens brutally then looks shocked when people get killed in cutscenes.

I love that you can destroy so many parts of enemies' armor.

The voice memos and artifacts are generally interesting.

You fight, hunt, craft, puzzle and platform your way to a terrible fight with the endboss. ROTTR is a third-person action game taking place in a hub-based world (several interconnected maps instead of one big one). Overall Rise of the Tomb Raider is a solid game that has all the potential in a sequel to be something incredible. The environment is beautiful and worth exploring The main plot is mostly predictable but well executed The environment itself was very awe inspiring, I found myself a couple of times just staring at the landscapes and underground ruins for a bit. Although, the optional tomb puzzles you can explore/solve were great and I don't really like puzzles in games very much and even I have to admit that I thought they were kewl and made me feel smart when I solved them. They were probably just there to stretch the game length or maybe to give you more incentive to explore the more open environments but still, they were totally unnecessary. What's strange is that the game doesn't even need them, it was good on its own.

They were all basically lame fetch quests and were basically just filler content. Another thing not that stellar were the side quests. The main story was interesting at times but definitely nothing all that special, You could guess a ton of what would eventually happen, although I think it was still executed well. I didn't really employ many guerrilla and stealth tactics in my playthrough and I'm not really sure if it was just the way I was playing or if they just made the game that way but either way when I did use them it was still great to take down a group of enemies AC style. Collecting resources to make upgrades to your weapons is still satisfying and the gunplay/bowplay is still intense. Climbing, dodging, swinging, and sliding around the environment is still great. I remember the gameplay being exciting and fun in the first game and this one keeps that going. The environment itself was very awe inspiring, I found myself a couple of times just staring at the landscapes and underground ruins … More

Last week I really had the urge to play through a proper Indiana Jones style adventure so I finally got the next Tomb Raider game I've been meaning to play.

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