Rise of the Tomb Raider Reviews
There are also side missions scattered throughout the different locations, but they aren't all that extraordinary, to begin with. They will have you shooting down drones, fetching supplies, exploring certain locations and bringing back items. So while the games story is lacking and acts only as window dressing for the games set pieces and Lara has no real character to speak of not to mention the lack of memorable supporting cast members in the game. I can still highly recommend the game as it is an excellent polished port and the DLC will keep you busy for hours. Thoroughly enjoyable, with a surprisingly long campaign which vastly improves on every single aspect that we got in the first game. If you haven't already, go pick it up and play it now!
Rise of the Tomb Raider is one of the strongest, most entertaining, single-player experiences of 2015.
Your enjoyment of Rise of the Tomb Raider will be entirely tied to whether you're more interested in a game's story or its gameplay. If you're looking to be in your own interactive action movie, you're going to absolutely love ROTTR. If you want characters and story, then you should go back to Tomb Raider 2013 if you haven't already played it.
"The action throughout is pulsating with exciting combat that rarely fails to deliver, with all new combat elements and crafting system to get to grips with and some of the greatest scenery I have ever encountered in a video game, the latest addition to the series is not only a fitting one but a great sight".
This fantastic sequence also underscores the reason this review isn't complete yet. Although I have an excellent grasp of both the strengths and weaknesses of Rise at this point, I need to see if that explosive, fiery battle is a sign of great things to come. TR13 became more and more bogged down with asinine GTEs and clichéd scripted action sequences as you approached the end, and Rise could very well end up going in that direction as well. I hope it doesn't, though. Tomb Raider may have been built on a foundation of borrowing ideas from other games and developers, but the series has long since established itself, and Rise proves it: It's great when it's brave enough to be itself, and not so great when it's trying to be some other game.
Rise of the Tomb Raider knüpft an den erfolgreichen Reboot der Serie an und liefert endlich genau das, was Fans der Serie bisher beim Reboot vermisst haben. Fans von großen Gebieten zum erkunden inklusive fordernden Klettereinlagen und Rätseln, werden mit Rise of the Tomb Raider ihren Spaß haben. Die etwas schwache KI und die fehlende Herausforderung im Action-Bereich mindern zwar wieder etwas das Gesamtbild, aber der Titel bietet einige Schwierigkeitsgrade, die dann zumindest etwas mehr Herausforderung bietet für die Action Fans unter euch. Von uns gibt es eine klare Empfehlung. Falls euch der Vorgänger gefallen hat, bekommt ihr hier ein quasi Tomb Raider 2.0, mit einer Verbesserung in fast allen Bereichen.
Review in German | Read full review
Lara Croft proves once again that she's a real badass and even after years on a gaming market she has still plenty to say. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a beautiful action adventure game.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Those who are fans of the series won't be disappointed. Those meeting Lara Croft for the first time will be inspired to play through the previous games.