Overall . . . okay but not as good as "Rise" or "TR".  Bugs seem to be on a par with "Rise", little more to say as we all know about that.  Graphics on a "normal" Xbox aren't as good as "Rise" - poor.  Story not as good overall although it wasn't awful.  Random stuff like, "Oh, yeah the high council of Trinity happen to show up and die off-camera".  Rourke's death was a bit tame; given her, "You're fucking dead," comment regarding the man, why did the red woman kill him, not Lara in some really vicious manner?  She hides guns and unearths them again but it's not really explained why certain outfits and weapons are not available in the meantime.  Early hints at Lara losing the plot a bit with her obsessive nature weren't really followed-up and should have been pursued more fully, that was an easy way to add tension and drama, it's an 18 so why not do that?  The cut-scene in the oil refinery was good but could have been more as a culmination of losing a bit of humanity during her journey in the game, that could have been much darker and more powerful.  As it is she just got out of the lake, stabbed "another bloke" and then went on shooting people.  Short chat with Jonah following that to "regain" her humanity was a bit . . . weak.  Maybe I'm just a miserable git but do feel there were missed opportunities.

Overall I enjoyed it. I agree with a fair bit of the points you made.

I kind of liked the Porvenir scene(s).  As in my video, Lara hits bottom and rises up all "F you I'm Rambo" and when Jonah walks out she almost breaks down knowing her last bit of life is still alive. When she put her hand on her mouth and almost shattered I almost cried with her LOL

Visually I like it better then the others, though I like Rise because I have always loved snowy video game maps.

Story wise I thought it was pretty good, taking it at popcorn value.  Digging into nit pick, some plot things that could of been expanded/utilized and stuff you mentioned.

Taking away collectible hunting and side missions, felt shorter then the previous two.  The Maya 2012 apocalypse blow universe plot was alright.

Overall I think it both better and subpar to the previous two reboots. I'm not going to do too much nitpicking.

Edited October 6, 20188 yr by Big Tyler 08