Digging Through My Steam Backlog: Tomb Raider (2013)
After Dukey Nukey in the Third Dimension , I figured it was time to revisit a game I hadn't played in years, Tomb Raider . No, not the 1996 original, the 2013 reboot. I remember playing this on Xbox One and not being impressed by it. It just felt kind of forgettable to me. But that was 8 years ago and shockingly time and hindsight gave me new appreciation for this game I didn't have when I was younger. The story of Tomb Raider is an origin story, following famed gaming heroine Lara Croft's first adventure. Lara, fresh out of college, winds up marooned on a mysterious island while on an archeological expedition. It quickly turns out however that the island is full of crazed lunatics who worship a long dead Japanese queen and it's up to Lara to survive, rescue her shipmates, and learn if the long dead queen is truly the reason no one can leave. Now I'm skipping a lot of nuance but one thing about this story I actually really liked is Lara's own growth. Lara star...