Review-Tomb Raider (2013)

Tomb Raider Review
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For PS3, PC and XBOX 360


This review is a few months late and I’m sorry about that but here is my review of Tomb Raider.
Tomb raider has been around for almost 20 years.  There have been nine games and there have been two movies. Earlier this year a new Tomb Raider came out and this game is a prequel to the other nine games and the movies. This game is about Lara and the first big adventure she endures. The slogan of this game is “A survivor is born” and that slogan hold true throughout this game. I bought this game the day it was released and I was hooked right from the start. The opening scene shows Lara and the crew of the Endurance going about their day, when out of nowhere they run into a storm. This storm is so powerful that is wrecks the ship. Now the crew and Lara are forced to make their way to a near by island. Lara is separated from the group but before she can make her way back to the rest of the crew she is knocked out and kidnapped. This is the beginning of Tomb Raider.

Survival Instincts at work.

The game spends no time messing around and the game starts off right away with a puzzle (the first of many).Now at this point in the game Lara knows very little about Surviving but as the game goes on she learns more and more. One of the games new features is a skill called Survival Instincts when using this skill the screen becomes very bright and objects needed to solve a puzzle light up. This helps solve puzzles if you are stuck. Later on in the game you can upgrade your Survival Instincts to light up secrets and collectibles hidden in the game. As Lara goes on the hunt to find and meet back up with her friends she comes along some of the islands “natives” and she must make her first kill. Since this is Lara’s first adventure she has no idea what it is like to kill a person. Once Lara kills her first person she immediately begins to cry and scream Lara feels so bad about what she had to do and it really shows. This was one of my favorite scenes in the game because I feel that during this scene you can really connect with Lara. She is so torn up about killing this man and it really shows.

As you play through you get more and more skills points that can be used to unlock new skills. These skills help Lara become better at fighting, surviving and looting/upgrading gear. Upgrading skills and weapons can be done at campfires. They are like checkpoints throughout the level.

Beginning

I played this game of PC and I must say that the controls are amazing and very easy to get used to. The visuals in this game are also amazing the textures are great to look at, just everything in this game looks great. Even as you play through the game Lara becomes dirty, her clothes get holes in them, her eyes become red and she just looks more like a survivor that the little teenager you begin the game as. This is a pretty cool transformation to watch and it’s very exciting to get to see the changes from start to finish.

End Lara

Rating
On a scale of one to ten I give Tomb Raider a 8.5 out of ten.