I spent four hours in a remote mountainside village, searching every cave and scaling every cliff in the hopes of finding my next upgrade. Several of Rise of the Tomb Raider's areas are open hub zones, replete with resources, NPC side missions, and secret passageways. Now more than ever, you have territory worth exploring. By going back to older environments, you can venture off the beaten path in search of useful abilities, a la Castlevania or Metroid. New items open new zones in the valley, but also let you explore previous areas more thoroughly. This isn't a sandbox, though-subsequent areas are gated by ability unlocks. Like its predecessor, Rise of the Tomb Raider places you in an expansive world filled with enemy soldiers. Rather than collide, gameplay and story share the space, supplementing each other and emerging as a cohesive whole. From the outset, the game prepares you for this, and maintains a subtle undercurrent throughout.Īnd as a third-person adventure game, Rise of the Tomb Raider excels. Crystal Dynamics doesn't use magic as a storytelling crutch, though it injects mystical elements in a way that makes sense within the world they occupy. Even the villains have compelling reasons for pursuing the otherworldly power. Lara refuses to acknowledge her father's death, opting instead to seek the Divine Source, the object that could stave off death-and grief-for good. Yet Rise of the Tomb Raider anchors Lara's story with its own believable characters and emotional weight.
Lara has changed since the events of 2013's Tomb Raider.
Nathan Drake, a more apt and recent counterpart, spent Uncharted 2 hunting for the Tree of Life. The Holy Grail grants the same power in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. If that premise sounds trite, that's understandable. In Rise of the Tomb Raider, she's running headlong into the fray at her own pace, seeking the key to eternal life. In 2013's Tomb Raider reboot, developer Crystal Dynamics thrust Lara into danger against her will, marooning her on a strange island with even stranger secrets. So begins the next adventure for the iconic archaeologist.
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