shadow of the tomb raider definitive edition gameplay

#SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER DEFINITIVE EDITION GAMEPLAY 1080P#
#SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER DEFINITIVE EDITION GAMEPLAY PS4#

The linear story pulls you through at breakneck speed, taking Lara from frightened castaway to hardened survivor.

These new control features and DLC don’t add anything to what was already a smooth, satisfying, genuinely thrilling action game, held together by an iconic, sympathetically written main character, fast-paced and varied combat, and some breathtaking action set-pieces. The last new addition is the ability to use Kinect to physically grab and rotate the artefacts that Lara finds, or lean left and right at cinematic moments to change the camera angle I much prefer doing that with a control stick, considering it’s already in my hand. Enemies’ shouts also sometimes seemed to activate voice control, though I’m reluctant to blame Tomb Raider for that so much as Kinect itself. I did actually start using that last feature, until the Kinect interpreted the sound of my kittens having a playfight on the carpet as me saying “bow” in the middle of a shootout with three men with assault rifles. You can say “show map” to pinpoint your location or name a weapon to equip it.

#SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER DEFINITIVE EDITION GAMEPLAY PS4#

More interestingly, the Definitive Edition employs voice and gesture control on Xbox One and PS4 (if you have the camera add-on). It still isn’t worth much of anyone’s time. The rest of it is either superfluous weapon attachments or multiplayer maps and items, and sadly the multiplayer hasn’t magically gotten better over the course of the past year. The only significant single-player DLC is a single extra secret tomb, those little self-contained tributes to Tomb Raider’s puzzle-driven heritage. The Definitive Edition comes with all the DLC - though this isn’t as significant and addition as you might hope. (Assuming you haven’t already played on the great-looking PC version, that is.)

#SHADOW OF THE TOMB RAIDER DEFINITIVE EDITION GAMEPLAY 1080P#

The question for you, then, will be whether you fancy playing through it again and marvelling at a 1080p version of its stunning setting and resilient, likable heroine. It’s still an excellent cinematic action game, up with Uncharted at the peak of the genre. Realistic mud and sweat is not the next-gen revolution that gaming has been waiting for - but happily Tomb Raider doesn’t need extra special effects to make it worth playing.

Shadow of the tomb raider definitive edition gameplay