Most of us we’re happy to see that Square Enix did not leave the series in the dust, and near the end of the year a new entry will be released. We’re still sort of up and arms against the „green” since they’re trying to make Rise of the Tomb Raider to be fully exclusive, luckily the publisher decided not to choose only one side.

The adventures of Lara Croft continue where we left off. Life, and the mysterious island has tested the poor girl’s mettle, and did not leave her unscathed, as the opening scene starts out in a psychologist room. The determined psychologist, with a calm tone informs Lara that all is going well, and that the horrible memories appear less and less now.

Lara is nervous

The girl sitting infront of the shrink however still looks tense. Cracks her knuckles, taps the floor with her feet in rhythm, looks at the floor shellshocked, and her face shows that Yamatai has broken the aristocrat girl. All the while she gets the cliché medical jargon: live a stress free life, walk outside a lot in the fresh air, and she should be careful with other people, as after such a ordeal, she can swing back into depression quickly. Miss Croft’s behavior is not of a depressed person, she instead wants and craves adventure.

The bear is not a toy

Our heroine in the next scenes is being chased by a bear, and to avoid the wild beast, she jumps over an abyss. It seems that Lara is not the frail girl as she was in the old days. Seriously in the 2013 I wanted to hug her all the time, after she survived the heavy ordeals. Now she does not seem such a helpless girl. This is shown in the next scene where she hunts down a sentry with a bow in the dark. This is how a hunted becomes a hunter.

New location, new adventure.

Rise of the Tomb Raider will take us to Syberia, to discover a forgotten city from the 13^th century that holds the grave of Prince Vladimir. We were in jungles millions of times before, and while Syberia was featured in the previous games, it seems we’ll have to dress warm again. As Square Enix has not revealed too much from the game, including actual gameplay, levels or the release date of a PS4 version. Though that might change by the end of the year.

What is certain that crafting will be revamped, and since there will be dynamic day/night time, to be more accurate every human and animal will be realistic relative to the time of day. There’s no information about online multiplayer, but as seeing how that went last time I wouldn’t mind if they would just skip it this time.

Also while exclusivity was whined out by the opposing team, the publisher went on to comment that it will not be forever, and only timed. So at this point maybe after a half a year PS4 users will get to play this icy new adventure.

– Dazo911 –