This was, to say the least, not very good. I can acknowledge when a game simply hasn't aged well and when it just wasn't good from the beginning, and this is a case of the latter.

Tomb Raider tries to be so edgy to the point it's just weird, what's the point of putting Lara though so much trauma? And the brutal death scenes? It just doesn't fit very well.

The story, to be blunt, was shit. At no point did I ever care about any of the stakes or characters. The game did not do a good job at getting me to care whatsoever.

The gameplay is similarly bad. It's repetitive, tedious, and boring. It has the same problem that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune had, where there's horde after horde of enemies with only mind-numbingly stupid puzzles in-between, the difference is, Tomb Raider was made by an experienced studio in 2013, while Uncharted was made by a studio rather inexperienced in the genre in 2007.

Overall, Tomb Raider is just another piss & shit filter, dark & gritty, nothing story shooter from the late 2000s and early 2010s, and it is incredibly forgettable. They tried to be Uncharted but edgy, and failed, miserably. Getting through this game was a genuine struggle as I felt like playing something better about 15 minutes into each play session. Although the one thing I can praise about this game is the atmosphere, it does that quite well.

Also, didn't really raid any tombs, 40/100.

Reviewed on Aug 27, 2023


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