Rise of the Tomb Raider Review (Vel)
Game is OK 👍
Review
Grade
Gameplay
B
Story
A+
GFX
B- | (For the time of release and not as of this review)
SFX
C
Price vs. Value
C | Wait for Sale ( I got the Game + All DLCs for 5 euroes)
Stability
D | Bugs, Stutters, FPS Drops
Modding
D | 90% of the mods are nudity clothing or different characters
??/10
6
Further Info
CONS
- Bugs:
-- Characters clipping in the environment
-- Enemies are braindead
-- Your character will get stuck in objects sometimes, or falls down on a mountain in a very unreal way, like just straight ahead
-- FPS drops in the Menus
-- FPS drops in Cut-Scenes
- Controls:
-- Clunky player movements (The body-model has to rotate in order to go different directions)
-- Every time you drop from somewhere or drop an object, you have to press Shift again to run
-- Walking is almost always better than Sprinting
- Instinct Sense (Q, Highlights objects)
-- You need to stand still to use this or keep spamming it if you're walking, becomes extremely annoying after a while
-- No labels on the highlighted objects, which means, if you stand on top of a very high position and press Q, almost the entire map will be highlighted with objects and you can't really know what is what
- Hunting & Animations
-- You can hunt birds, rabbits, squirrels, Apex Predators like Bears and wolfs etc... but it feels very bland; all of them have the same animations for looting
-- Same for the trees/sticks etc...
-- Repetitive actions like: Press E to break wall, Repeatedly press E to break box, Hold E to do X etc... you will see this through the entire game
PROS
- The game-play, as usual, has the fantastic Tomb Raider vibes.
- "Tomb-Raiding" challenges/puzzles are very well done and feel really rewarding.
- All "Notes" or "Collected scrolls" are voice acted - I love this!
- Ammunition can be looted almost constantly which means you won't have a lack of ammo or items
- You can upgrade weapons
- You can upgrade your skills (3 trees x ~17 upgrades)
- The story is well written, it starts with a cliff-hanger and your entire game play will be the point of reaching there again
- Fast travel
- Maps are kind of connected to each other, you can see your entire map and how the sections (areas) link
- Lara Croft bobs and vagen
- Magnificently detailed environments! Tombs, Caves, Mountains, villages, factories etc...
- Clothes (Mostly DLCs tho) have some kind of applied bonuses
- No crashes
I recommend the game (on sale) regardless of your interest in Tomb Raider series.
Expect some bugs here and there, but overall you can get some tens of hours of fun with it.
DLCs exist in Cosmetics, Maps, New Challenges - Pick whatever you think you need to have.