I tried this game a couple of years back and didn't really like it.
I gave it another chance tho
So my background:
1. Liked the first two games for the gameplay
2. Didn't like the story and characters in them
3. Not really a fan of stealth
So how's the game? Pretty fucking good.
1. the gameplay - is amazing. The shooting is one of the best 3rd person shooters from any modern games. Lara is snappy, the weapons feel and sound good and impactful. You have weapon progressions, skills(they don't really matter tho), tons of ammo that you can build on the fly, some meds that you can craft on the fly, rolls, melee, and stuff like that. It just works perfectly, it's really satisfying to just play the game
Also there is stealth, and it's pretty good, even I enjoyed it. Nothing too crazy, but because the shooting part is so good, it's not a problem to fail stealth and just blast your way through.
The climbing tho is pretty bad as always. It def got better with much more complex systems, but it still has no challenge and you die only cuz bs, not cuz it requires some skill or anything. I just hate the modern climbing system in modern AAA. But I guess here it has the most amount of purposes and overall fits the game.
The puzzles and tombs are there, but tbh I never understood why it was such a big deal. They are fine, climbing and moving stuff around, nothing crazy. Visually looks good tho
2. Graphics and ART - the game looks amazing. Technically shit is insane. It looks very fucking good, the landscapes, Lara, the details, DAMN
3. Setting - that was the reason why I stopped playing the game the first time. I don't care about Maya/Aztec/whatever in video games/movies. Never was interested in that and it's always boring and the same shit.
Also, I hate jungles in video games
So in comparison with the second game huge letdown.
4. Story - it was actually the best story in the trilogy but soly based on the characters. If we take out Lara and Jhona, the story is just not for me. I couldn't care less about all this fighting between these clans, or whatever, and then the mythical part and the main villain, eh....
5. Characters - finally some character development. Lara just became a total fucking badass.
First it creates some really interesting drama between Lara being obsessed with finding artifacts and just going crazy about it, and Jhona trying to save and help people and being mad at Lara for becoming an insane person who doesn't give a damn about other people.
Sadly it doesn't go anywhere. And it really sucks cuz It was such an interesting idea for her to become somewhat of a villain. I was hoping for some TLOU2 type of shit, but instead, after it turns into standard no character development during the clan battle story.
Thankfully Lara also gets some moments of being a badass when she is on the edge, just killing left and right guerilla style, covering herself with mud, and going alone with her night. DAMN. Again, some Ellie moments
Overall super fun game. I loved the trilogy overall. The story is shit in every game, in this one tho, Lara is really good as a character. The gameplay is amazing in all entries. Wanna see more but with better story and less fucking jungles
I gave it another chance tho
So my background:
1. Liked the first two games for the gameplay
2. Didn't like the story and characters in them
3. Not really a fan of stealth
So how's the game? Pretty fucking good.
1. the gameplay - is amazing. The shooting is one of the best 3rd person shooters from any modern games. Lara is snappy, the weapons feel and sound good and impactful. You have weapon progressions, skills(they don't really matter tho), tons of ammo that you can build on the fly, some meds that you can craft on the fly, rolls, melee, and stuff like that. It just works perfectly, it's really satisfying to just play the game
Also there is stealth, and it's pretty good, even I enjoyed it. Nothing too crazy, but because the shooting part is so good, it's not a problem to fail stealth and just blast your way through.
The climbing tho is pretty bad as always. It def got better with much more complex systems, but it still has no challenge and you die only cuz bs, not cuz it requires some skill or anything. I just hate the modern climbing system in modern AAA. But I guess here it has the most amount of purposes and overall fits the game.
The puzzles and tombs are there, but tbh I never understood why it was such a big deal. They are fine, climbing and moving stuff around, nothing crazy. Visually looks good tho
2. Graphics and ART - the game looks amazing. Technically shit is insane. It looks very fucking good, the landscapes, Lara, the details, DAMN
3. Setting - that was the reason why I stopped playing the game the first time. I don't care about Maya/Aztec/whatever in video games/movies. Never was interested in that and it's always boring and the same shit.
Also, I hate jungles in video games
So in comparison with the second game huge letdown.
4. Story - it was actually the best story in the trilogy but soly based on the characters. If we take out Lara and Jhona, the story is just not for me. I couldn't care less about all this fighting between these clans, or whatever, and then the mythical part and the main villain, eh....
5. Characters - finally some character development. Lara just became a total fucking badass.
First it creates some really interesting drama between Lara being obsessed with finding artifacts and just going crazy about it, and Jhona trying to save and help people and being mad at Lara for becoming an insane person who doesn't give a damn about other people.
Sadly it doesn't go anywhere. And it really sucks cuz It was such an interesting idea for her to become somewhat of a villain. I was hoping for some TLOU2 type of shit, but instead, after it turns into standard no character development during the clan battle story.
Thankfully Lara also gets some moments of being a badass when she is on the edge, just killing left and right guerilla style, covering herself with mud, and going alone with her night. DAMN. Again, some Ellie moments
Overall super fun game. I loved the trilogy overall. The story is shit in every game, in this one tho, Lara is really good as a character. The gameplay is amazing in all entries. Wanna see more but with better story and less fucking jungles