Gemma Haigh

It just doesn’t have enough substance. I was a big fan of the older Tomb Raider games and I feel as though Lara has lost what made her such a fascinating and unusual character. In this game, Lara is selfish, pretty boring, and more of an assassin than an archaeologist. The games used to challenge you with their puzzles and I felt like I actually learnt things about mythology, whereas now I’m just running around some temple foraging materials and shooting the odd Trinity soldier. The game doesn’t even let you automatically hear stories about the artefacts you pick up... You have to go back to the map to listen to what Lara says about the objects, which destroys the flow and immersion of the game. As a die hard Tomb Raider fan, I’m wholeheartedly disappointed with this game. I feel more like I’m playing an Assasins Creed game than Tomb Raider and I really don’t know what the narrative is supposed to be.