Rise of The Tomb Raider - The BEST Tomb Raider Game?
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Introduction: 0:00
The Best Part: 2:36
Introduction: 4:06
A Promising Sequel: 5:48
Tomb Tourism: 17:08
Another Crazy Croft: 37:24
Conclusion: 53:33
Post-Script: 55:18
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After the events of Yamatai, a once innocent Lara Croft is now a hunter, pillager, and a survivor. Despite attempts to tell the world what she saw, all evidence of Himiko and the lost city of Yamatai are erased, leaving Croft considered a fool, like her late father. With a shattered psyche and a tarnished family name Lara takes up a new challenge in Rise of The Tomb Raider, redeeming her family's name, and proving to the world, and perhaps to part of herself, that she, isn’t, crazy.
After the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider, Croft seems to be heading in a new direction that while separate from that of her older adventures, couldn’t separate itself from the very series that it inspired. But really quick, I want to level with you all. The name Lara doesn’t roll off the newfie dialect very well so in my first video, I thought, “hey I’ll just say Laura and nobody will care, tomato, tomato. Sasha, Sasha, Tara Tara”. I thought very wrong and a hell of alot of you pointed out how much it bothered you, so as promised, we’ll be calling Lara by her proper name BUT, if any of you have read my name aloud and called me that boy “ackwa” instead of “that boy aqua”, sleep with one eye open, I’m in your walls. With Croft's latest adventure performing well enough it wasn’t long before we received a new entry, this time being Rise of Tomb Raider, which I hope is the game where Lara reaches her potential and truly embodies the modern Tomb Raider. Some were expecting this to be a return to older games and while I can see why, I expect something new as this is a reboot. The term reboot used in the last video explained why I wasn’t wanting just another older game and judging by the comments, that needs more clarification.
I know that the definition of reboot is a restart or revival of a series, but in a gaming context, what I have come to expect from a reboot is something new. I know that the older games had greater fantastical elements and Croft was more of an unrelenting badass than she was here, but if Lara was the same in these games, I’m sure many would question the need for a reboot at all, why not make a sequel. With that said, I’m not expecting the game to completely abandon its Identity. This is why the 2013 Tomb Raider wasn’t received as well by die hard fans, and there's merit to this, with there being few actual tombs for you to raid. By the end of the game after Lara transformed into the badass reminiscent of her previous incarnation, many including myself were ready to have a sequel that fulfilled a adventuress power fantasy from start to finish, with hopes of better puzzles, a better story, and a better Tomb Raider And what did we get? Well, let’s say we got a developer that listened, mostly.
The Tomb Raider survivor trilogy was a controversial one. Despite the first game being met with praise and pillory, Rise of The Tomb Raider or more commonly, Rise of Tomb Raider, saw Lara Croft, Not Laura Croft I'm so sorry, in a game that did more to please old fans, while still keeping new ones happy. Hence why we can look at Rise of The Tomb Raider 7 years later. 7 years later, we can see what worked and what didn't. This Rise of The Tomb Raider review, Rise of The Tomb Raider analysis, and Rise of The Tomb Raider critique will look over every aspect of the game to varying degrees. This Rise of The Tomb Raider Retrospective will not feature a discussion of Tomb Raider 4 or any other new Tomb Raider Game. Though if one is released, then it will be discussed in this Tomb Raider Retrospective. Shadow of The Tomb Raider is the next Tomb Raider Review and that Tomb Raider Critique will be out in a few months along with perhaps some earlier games in the Tomb Raider Analysis series. For now, let's see the Rise of The Tomb Raider explained, critiqued, and analyzed.
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