This Xbox One game is a one-and-done experience, but in our post-Uncharted world, it's great to see Lara Croft remind everyone why she's the real Indiana Jones of gaming.Ĭradle of Life The Tomb Raider reboot may have ended with Lara exorcizing Japanese weather demons, but its big hook was that it injected some gritty humanity into the series and its protagonist. With all that hard work already accomplished, the Xbox One ($200.00 at eBay) exclusive Rise of the Tomb Raider ($59.99) hits the ground running and delivers more of what worked in the reboot while reintroducing classic concepts that had initially been stripped away. Fortunately, 2013's Tomb Raider not only returned the series to AAA gaming heights it hadn't seen in over a decade, but it also managed to turn Lara Croft from a sexy cipher to a well-rounded action heroine. Reboots may be an overdone entertainment trend of the past few years, but Tomb Raider was truly in need of one.
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