This review contains spoilers
Rise of the Tomb Raider was a great improvement and sequel to the reboot of the series. The story was captivating and the supporting characters were all well written and drew emotion from me. Jacob was a great character and I loved his story.
The new mechanics for gear, skills, and learning languages was enjoyable and made me interested in the historical fiction of this series. Playing on Extreme Survivor was also new for me and while it wasn't super difficult, I did die multiple times both in and out of combat which resulted in me having to restart sections.
My biggest gripe for this game is the load times. On Series X, I was not expecting nearly 5 min load times whenever I died of fast traveled. In addition, the Baba Yaga DLC started to break on me where the titular witch didn't appear in the final fight and after I beat the level, Lara would not stop crouching when there were no enemies near. She also has issues with aiming in the unlocked outfit and the enemies would freeze in a t-pose whenever combat started.
I finished all story content and Baba Yaga DLC on Extreme Survivor and played through the 20th Anniversary Blood Ties add-on. This was a very enjoyable game and I hope that feeling continues into the last one.
The new mechanics for gear, skills, and learning languages was enjoyable and made me interested in the historical fiction of this series. Playing on Extreme Survivor was also new for me and while it wasn't super difficult, I did die multiple times both in and out of combat which resulted in me having to restart sections.
My biggest gripe for this game is the load times. On Series X, I was not expecting nearly 5 min load times whenever I died of fast traveled. In addition, the Baba Yaga DLC started to break on me where the titular witch didn't appear in the final fight and after I beat the level, Lara would not stop crouching when there were no enemies near. She also has issues with aiming in the unlocked outfit and the enemies would freeze in a t-pose whenever combat started.
I finished all story content and Baba Yaga DLC on Extreme Survivor and played through the 20th Anniversary Blood Ties add-on. This was a very enjoyable game and I hope that feeling continues into the last one.