Things I love and hate about…Rise of the Tomb Raider

Hated – Weaponry

The first weapon Lara comes across much like in her the first of the reboot series is the bow and rarely did I ever feel a need to use anything different. While the bow certainly feels like the best fit for the character and let’s be honest the coolest it’s still frustrating that there are three other weapon classes on offer and all of them feel pointless.

Pistols, rifles and shotguns make their standard third person shooter appearance but all feel weightless and like they have no impact. There’s even multiple varieties of each weapon class yet none of the variants really feel unique or like they demand usage. The game goes to lengths to force you to use them from time to time like when you obtain the grenade launcher attachment but as soon as you unlock the exploding arrows that immediately becomes useless. Throughout her adventure Lara acquires fire, poison, exploding and armour piercing arrows which cover just about every situation you may find yourself in and with the right upgrades unlocked you will rarely ever run out of arrows.