RoTR has marked a new chapter in my gaming life, it has stamped its authority as the most exhilarating, fun, beautiful and epic game I have ever played.
The world: Every section is as beautifully created as the previous one. In some games (especially ones I have played recently) you see one area looking better than the other as you progress further in the game, giving off the feeling that the devs got tired or bored, but not in this game. RoTR holds a beautiful, lively, colourful and exciting world from start to finish, every area is so well designed and captures the "Adventure Theme" flawlessly.
Characters: From cut scenes to in game, every character looks fantastic, lip synch is spot on and Lara is HOT!!!
Weapons: The weapons consist pretty much of the same weapons that TR 1 came out with on the old PS 1. I will add as well, that all the weapons are absolutely pointless and useless (on normal difficulty, not sure if the same applies for harder difficulties). The Bow and the Arrow upgrades makes for a weapon untouched by any machine gun, shotgun , handgun etc. They just don't compare. The Bow is excessively overpowered compared to the other weapons, it has stupendess range, phenomenal damage and then has poison, grenade, armor piercing and, and, and upgrades. So when it comes down to it all, I don't see the point of any of the other weapons tbh.
Gameplay: As every TR I have played, the controls and overall gameplay is simple and very effective. I do however recommend to play this game on Hard or Survivor as the game is pretty easy on the normal setting. I also found that the Tombs are just way too easy and that a little more danger (not enemies as such, but maybe more traps) and harder puzzles should've been introduced.
Story: The game offers a great story, you get to know Lara a lot better, her history, why she's doing what she's doing and why she continues to become the adventurer we know her to be. The ending was also great, not only because it was a good ending to a great story, but also the fact that the ending showed me that my time with Lara might have ended now, but she's definitely coming back to give us some more great adventures!
I give this game a solid 10/10. Even though the devs decided to make the most powerful bow known to mankind and Tombs that a grd R child can complete (maybe there's good reason for it) they are such minor issues that it wont, or shall I say, that it didn't affect my experience in such a way, that it put me off.
RoTR is an absolute MASTER PIECE and I would urge anyone with an X1 or 360 to buy this game asap, you will NOT regret it!!!