Justin Mahboubian-Jones
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The phrase ‘Optional Challenge Tomb’ says a lot about Rise of the Tomb Raider. This is what the game chooses to call its puzzle-driven chambers. Is Tomb Raider still a game principally about, err, raiding tombs when it treats its namesake activity like a side salad? One that comes with no croutons and way too much dressing.
Wait. What’s that ear-splitting noise? I just helped a crew of robots launch their 19th century wooden ship airbound.
Yes, you read that right, the last time I hopped into the shoes of Master Chief was in Halo: Combat Evolved approximately fourteen years ago. Halo’s sluggish handling and flavourless sci-fi simply wasn’t my cup of tea.
You creep into an enemy base inside a cardboard box that, when stationary, the guards don’t seem too suspicious of.