![]() It takes about a dozen hours to reach the Karen O-scored credits, but time flies by because the action is so varied and so well paced. Guardian of Light Fortunately, Rise of the Tomb Raider borrows more from action movies than just hammy scripts. The plot also ends on a huge sequel tease, in case it wasn't pulpy enough. Trinity is essentially the Knights Templar-meets-Blackwater, and one of Lara's major allies might as well be Jesus Christ. #RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER XBOX ONE CODE#This premise leads the story into goofy The Da Vinci Code territory. But Trinity has its zealous eyes on the prize, too. Obsessed with the idea that her father was discredited and murdered by a shadowy group called Trinity, Lara ventures to Siberia to find a lost city supposedly holding the secret of immortality, a discovery that would vindicate her father's work. However, it also doesn't care about avoiding cheesiness. The recalibrated tone means Rise of the Tomb Raider can tell a good, old-fashioned, supernatural conspiracy yarn without caring too much about realism. And while the action is still violent, it's less jarring and fetishistically brutal than Lara's gruesome, horror-movie deaths in the reboot. But instead of having her do nothing but mope around and dwell on the past, the script wisely lets her grow from the experience into someone closer to the strong, witty Croft of the original games. Rise of the Tomb Raider, once again written by Rhianna Pratchett, acknowledges Lara's psychological trauma. Lara agonized over all the death around her, including the deaths she caused. #RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER XBOX ONE SERIES#This Xbox One game is a one-and-done experience, but in our post-Uncharted world, it's great to see Lara Croft remind everyone why she's the real Indiana Jones of gaming.Ĭradle of Life The Tomb Raider reboot may have ended with Lara exorcizing Japanese weather demons, but its big hook was that it injected some gritty humanity into the series and its protagonist. With all that hard work already accomplished, the Xbox One ($200.00 at eBay) exclusive Rise of the Tomb Raider ($59.99) hits the ground running and delivers more of what worked in the reboot while reintroducing classic concepts that had initially been stripped away. Fortunately, 2013's Tomb Raider not only returned the series to AAA gaming heights it hadn't seen in over a decade, but it also managed to turn Lara Croft from a sexy cipher to a well-rounded action heroine. Reboots may be an overdone entertainment trend of the past few years, but Tomb Raider was truly in need of one. ![]()
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