Tomb Raider 2013

Is it still worth playing?

Crystal Dynamics' 2013 third person action adventure for the PlayStation 3, Windows and Xbox 360. In this reboot, Lara Croft, an inexperienced archaeologist, survives on the island of Yamatai and escapes a cult, the Solarii Brotherhood. The island is a hub and spoke interconnected space with camps, ziplines and climbable tracks. You use a free aim bow and salvaged guns, with stealth kills, Survival Instinct highlights objects, experience unlocks skills and salvage upgrades weapons, and optional challenge tombs hold puzzles. Fast travel lets you return to earlier areas for gear gated spaces and collectibles, and stages offer several approaches though the critical path is mostly linear. Online multiplayer is for two teams of four. Balancing stealth, action and puzzles, with fast travel that turns backtracking into a reward, still lets you set the mix today.