Seeming as I am struggling with creativity in regards towards writing a Christmas blog, this game will now serve as this year's Christmas special, as it coicidentally takes place in one of the coldest environments out there; Siberia.
A vast improvement over the 2013 reboot, in setting, gameplay, scale and presentation, Rise of the Tomb Raider comes to the PlayStation 4 in a special 20th anniversary edition of the franchise, featuring all of the DLC and additional extras.
This time, Lara is on the tracks of uncovering the lost city of Kitezh in the far east of Siberia, and only Jonah is really returning from last time to help out. Trinity's Konstatin and Ana are decent villains, and Jacob is a modest leader in a snowy landscape.
Additionally, the expansion stories and DLC make it a large game, and side content also include the return of optional tombs to raid. The Craft mansion episode is a well done extra providing for more background story, and it's easily more interesting to move through than the entirety of Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, which I despised.
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a great game with addictive climbing and maneuvering mechanics, and can now easily compete with for instance the Uncharted franchise, although the tone and dialogue among other factors are obviously different.
Improvements for the future could include a better cast to accompany Lara, and maybe a bigger arsenal of weaponry, seeming as Lara has become a cold mass murderer anyway, much like Nathan. I figure that I also ought to give the older Tomb Raider games a second chance, in order to celebrate the series even better.
Rating: 8.5
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