What is it?
Tomb Raider with a guy. Cover and shoot baddies then climb around some ruins.
Liked
- Interesting story
- Female support isn’t usual useless damsel type
- Covering and shooting works well and is fun
- Climbing big ruins
- It looks pretty
Didn’t like
- Vehicle sections are clumsy
- Enemies are repetitive
- The game pointing out the answer to almost every puzzle
- Scenery that looks like you can grab it
Uncharted is fun but I think I fell victim to journalist hype. Plenty of people talked up the game and while it is good, the post release “hype” had me expecting more. Call it Tomb Raider with a guy and I don’t think you will fall too short of the mark. You shoot things, solve puzzles and climb things. That said Tomb Raider was a lot of fun, and so is this! (Just don’t expect anything ground breaking)
Bad guys manage to be everywhere you want to go and you know they are about to storm the area when solid blocks of cover are carefully laid out in front of you. Hiding (or covering if you want to sound more manly) and shooting is fun and feels exciting. It is just a shame there is not a great variety in the bad guys until a lot later in the game. I would have preferred a bigger mixture in looks and behaviours earlier on to keep gun fights from all feeling the same. Why does every guy who has a grenade launcher wear a cowboy hat?
Puzzles are pretty straightforward and the game gives such obvious hints with the camera that you shouldn’t struggle to solve any of them. Turn this, move that then push this button, secret door opens. Behind every “secret” door though is a bunch of baddies, I guess the puzzles are even easy enough for them to figure out!
Vehicle sections are terrible, but there are not too many of them to ruin the experience.
It was just worth my £40 I did enjoy it, but now I’m done I don’t really intend to go back. If you want to play a game that feels like an Indiana Jones blockbuster, in both action and story, you won’t go too far wrong with this. Just don’t go in expecting a “Game of the Year”.
Quick Tips: Switch to Run ‘n’ Gun with faster baddies. Always use cover in gun fights
Who’s it for:
- People who like action adventures
- People who like Indiana Jones
- People who liked Tomb Raider
- Fans of Gear of War style cover and shooting
Who’s it not for:
- People who don’t like shooting or climbing
- Social/Family gamer
- People who like multiplayer
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