Lara Croft : Tomb Raider 2013
We have all seen Lara Croft as an extraordinary adventurer rivalled only by Indiana Jones but never like this. This game depicts Lara on her first ever expedition to discover the lost island of Yamatai. She is nothing more than an academic with no field experience. The game lets us witness Laura as she is stabbed, pounded, shot, suspended upside down and thrown off cliffs as she transforms from naive archaeologist to merciless killer.
Pros+
Builds up Lara from scratch.
Amazing settings and visuals.
Wide array of puzzles.
Good controls.
Cons-
Multiplayer is very lackluster.
Somewhat predictable story.
Gameplay:
The gameplay was top notch. Varying from mountain climbing, running through forests, underground caverns, and so on. The Quick Time Events also were a refreshing change from the ordinary events. Fail any of those Quick Time events and you’ll end up crushed, dragged, mauled or killed in any other way.
Lara’s Survival instinct mode also helps you move along the game by highlighting important aspects such as wolf tracks, salvage, and doors which you have to open.
There are endless customization options and they allow you to modify your gear with the salvage you’ve found. Hunting for salvage is a nice distraction in itself.
Graphics:
The graphics were amazing. The splendid changes from open jungle to underground cave to brick buildings is awesome. The world is huge with endless number of caves to explore and tombs to raid. You are after all the tomb raider.
Controls:
The controls were perfect. Running away from enemies, sneaking up to them and killing them were all a pleasure due to the very responsive controls which do exactly what you tell them to.
Gun controls were a tiny bit unpolished but they were extremely minor niggles in an otherwise perfect game. Nothing to deter you from trying this game out for yourself.
The Verdict:
Lara Croft : Tomb Raider is a reboot which lives up to the name of the previous games. It combines breathtaking visuals and diverse landscapes with pinpoint controls and an engaging story line to bring to you a Lara Croft which you have never seen before.
The only downside is the multiplayer part which frankly does not live up to the singleplayer campaign.
A MUST play.
Karthi
Karthikeyan M : Geek, Gamer, Coder, Blogger - he shares his love of Technology in the form of tutorials, reviews, and how-to’s. An avid reader, he is a student at SRM university pursuing his B.Tech. in Information Technology.
