Tomb Raider - PlayStation 3

There is not one thing I hate about this game! I love it I was recomended this game by a Best Buy associate and I could not stop thanking him. This game has a great storyline and amazing graphics, outstaning combats and a lot of suspension throughout the game I am willing to play this again because I have finished it 100% I just need to play online and win a couple trophies. The Online games are amazing. The maps are outstanding.

The graphics are amazing in this title. The surreal environments are heavily textured despite being on an aging system. There is also plenty of dynamic lighting and shadowing. I cannot remember the last title that looked this amazing on my TV! The storyline starts out strong with Lara constantly striving between her will to survive and lack of experience (she gets nicked, scratched, groped and impaled more than any TR game. Period. ) The later portions of the game focuses heavily on real time button mashing but since the action sequences are so intense, the player barely realizes this minor annoyance on the first play through. Overall, this title is extremely exciting and satisfying. I would definitely recommend this to any casual gamer and fan of SquareEnix! I cannot wait until the sequel but will be a bit sad knowing she won't be the innocent and vulnerable heroine as she is in this first remake title.

Let me start by saying GREAT game. If you like the Uncharted series, you will definitely like the female version of Tomb Raider with a better spin on the overall experience. Once you lock, load, and play it, it’s very hard to stop playing it through to the end. It’s a short storyline filled with adventurous plots, battles, puzzles, and more. As for the multi-player mode, it can use an extreme patch update. Loading is slow from all aspects. For example, when you are in the lobby, starting a game mode, or Re-spawning requires some patience in waiting to get through. Finding a lobby seems to take forever. It also freezes a lot. Overall, I found Tomb Raider story to be awesome due to the dramatic graphics effects, stereo sound/audio effects that accompany the animations in which I found freaking amazing. It was like watching or being in a movie. It really does draws you into the game play with its straight forward and clear storyline from beginning to end. It is a must try, must buy, and must play :)

I was worried when I heard they turned Lara into a whimp in this game, but now that I played it, I can assure you she is anything but whimp in this game (excluding the very beginning). As a matter of fact, she is a balanced character portrayed in a decent story. ******************************Pros************************************** **Action Adventure Setting and Gameplay: The story takes place on an island. There is a good mix of both uncharted games like action and island exploration. While story is linear for most part, you traverse through many open areas and allowed to go back there for exploration. **Freedom in Stealth and Action gameplay: While at times you are forced to fight the enemies, other times you can either sneak past them or stealth kill them. I enjoyed this variety in the gameplay. A welcome addition. **Great Character Development: When the story starts out Lara is just a girl, but they do a good job showing how she turns into a survivor and a warrior. I like how during the mid and late game she calls out onto enemies. “Yes, still alive you bast….” Made me laugh. Very enjoyable. **Nice Scenic Location and Graphics: The scenery is pretty great: woods, caves, ancient tombs, wreaked ships, shores and more. It looks great and feels great traveling through them during day and night times. **Upgradable Skills, Weapons and Equipment: I never thought I would like using and upgrading different weapons so much in this game. Especially the composite bow. It rocks. It is nice how you can gain experience doing various tasks ranging from killing enemies and animals to collect experience and material to upgrade both your skills and weapons. **Reward for Exploration: I only like exploring different places in the game if they have something useful and interesting. The best thing you can find in this game while exploring is diaries. It has texts but also voice recording which adds depth and emotion to the writings in the diaries. Also they help you understand the story much better. Other than that there are treasures which are somewhat interesting as you can examine them and gain some additional experience. **Action Sequences: This game has uncharted like action sequences. While I am not a big fan of quick time moments, I didn’t mind them in this game and enjoyed the action sequences. **Tombs: Very interesting puzzles. ******************************Cons************************************** **Glitches: Good thing there are no game ending glitches like Skyrim, but there are noticeable number of them. I am happy that restarting the last save point fixed all of them. **Enemies and bosses: This game has very few different types of enemies. And the types of enemies that are interesting are at very end and for a small portion of the game. Also could have included more boss fights and could have done better job with the ones that are in there. **Tombs: Interesting puzzles but very short and could yield better rewards than simply experience. **Survivor (Batman) vision: Nice how you can spot objects of interest with it, but I found myself tapping L2 so many times and it is not nice how everything else turns black and white. It is a strain on your eyes. It would be easier and better if they just make the objects of interest glow without making everything black and white. ******************************Conclusion************************************** Yes the game is not perfect, but it is a worthy reboot. Liked how they developed Lara’s character from beginning to end. The gameplay is enjoyable and something I can see myself playing more for 100% completion. With the cons I described I would give it a 8.9/10.

I'm a big Tomb Raider Fan, and the last few games that have come out have been pretty BAD. lol but this new tomb Raider game is different, it tell the story of how she became the tomb raider. don't want to spoil the game for people you haven't played it yet. but i been wait to buy this game, and when i saw it on sale on black Friday I didn't hesitate to buy it. Good Game

Got this for a great deal of $15 during Black Friday. I've never played any of the previous Tomb Raiders. I just know Lara Croft from the Angelina Jolie movies and the early press during the Playstation One days when they named her the hottest game character ever at the time. This, I am to understand, is an origins story and though I have yet had the time to play it, the gameplay that I saw during my research looks amazing. From my research alone, it looks like it is worth trying out.

First off, this is my first review I have written on Best Buy.com. I have been gaming since the Atari days, yes I am old. I grew up playing adventure games (first being Pitfall) and I still remember the original Tomb Raider. Let me say, this is one of the finest games that I have played on this generation's consoles. From the very start of the game, I was blown away by the graphics and the way Lara moved gameplay wise. The controls are spot on and the graphics are some of the best I have ever seen. I have been playing for hours now and half of the time has been spent just spinning the camera and viewing the graphics. The developers have truly made a beautiful game. From lush forests to underground tombs flooded with crashed freightliners and WW2 era planes hanging from the cavern ceilings, it is all very impressive to look at. The gameplay has matched the graphics as well. It is easy to move Lara around, jump to the direction you wish her to go (which is important in any platformer# and the AI of the enemy/animals are amazing. The multiplayer is a bit convuluted and clunky, but I did not buy it for the multiplayer so it really doesn't affect my review of the game. If you loved the Uncharted series #which to me took it's roots, Uncharted 1, from Tomb Raider) then you will love this game. Tomb Raider has officially returned and it is the best yet!

I'm not a Tomb Raider fan. I was never a fan of the series ever since the PlayStation 1 years. I really never liked a female being the main character in a game. Then later this game came out and it reminded me a lot of Uncharted for PS3. I loved and enjoyed the Uncharted series and when I saw the trailer for the new reboot of the Tomb Raider series, and saw Lara Croft more down to earth, serious, and saw her go through everything she has to go through in this game, I was hooked!! I bought the game when it dropped to $20 and I beat it within 3 weeks. That's how good it was. I played the main story in 3 weeks.