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Ice climbing, rope swings, and grappling hooks are all here, and chaining moves together is a heck of a lot of fun, especially on the run.Įven once the main story is complete, there are a solid armload of other things to do in the game. Traversal is also important when raiding tombs, and Lara’s skill set is beyond diverse. The game does a nice job balancing puzzle difficulty, making what needs to be done reasonably obvious, and making how you achieve that the challenge – I rarely felt stuck. Far from the traditional block pushing puzzles of the 90’s, water flow, explosives, ropes, and more all play significant roles in solving puzzles. That’s still the case in the 21 st century, and they’ve become infinitely more clever. Since her Playstation days, Lara Croft has been known for puzzle solving. It’s a magical combination that makes tomb raiding far and away the best part of Rise of the Tomb Raider. It’s a guided experience, but manages to maintain the sense of freedom and discovery that gives a gamer the warm fuzzies.

Don’t mistake that design choice for easiness or a lack of exploration though, as stumbling across a challenge tomb or side objective still feels great. Many of the game’s areas are indeed wide open spaces, but are ones that typically have a specific number of path options rather than the infinite variability seen in other games. The other hand includes all the other stuff – collectibles, scavenging, exploring, hunting, and more – which make Rise of Tomb Raider an almost-open world game. Lara’s ‘survival instincts’ can be activated briefly if you’re completely lost, but the lack of constantly visible directional arrows makes Rise of the Tomb Raider refreshingly organic feeling. Amazingly, Rise of the Tomb Raider manages this without gaudy objective indicators on screen. Just like an expertly paced action adventure movie, Tomb Raider’s main loop of exploring an area, gazing in wonder at an incredible vista, and tackling a challenge of some sort is immensely satisfying. On one hand is the main storyline, which funnels you effortlessly between story beats thanks to excellent environmental design. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a hybrid of game types. “The lack of constantly visible directional arrows makes Rise of the Tomb Raider refreshingly organic feeling.”