I must say first off that this game has made an amazing attempt at creating an exciting, fast paced gameplay style which exceeds the quality of the original game. However after playing the game once and thinking i would give it a 9/10, a few months later i have decided to play it again. The action is still great, however the rest of the game is quite flawed.
Lets start with the storyline. My god. It is riddled with deus ex machina, clichés, and terrible dialogue which makes a film student like me cringe to the very core. This is also joined by the lack of logic the game withholds in contrast between gameplay and cut scenes. As you play the game you can kick ass with your weapons with ease, however once Lara is in a cut scene she is next to useless in fighting the enemy. After the second play-though of this game i have witnessed Lara watch two people die without even trying to save them with her weapons, literally standing there and doing absolutely nothing. (SPOILER UPCOOMING) These deaths are of course the one of the pilots that crash landed on the island, and Grim. Lara also lacks the capability to kill her enemy to ensure the safety of herself and Sam twice in the same mission. This is of course when Lara "tries" to save Sam from being sacrificed and assumes that simply disregarding the existence of the other enemies while she blatantly shoots arrows at the enemy's leader will save Sam, leading to the certain capture of Lara. Once they are escaping in the building, instead of killing the leader and a fellow enemy, she shoots the rafters to create a barrier between them. SHE SHOOTS THE GODDAMN RAFTERS. I had to question whether Lara would actually survive in one of these situations had it been real life. YOU'VE BEEN KILLING PEOPLE THIS WHOLE GAME YET YOU'RE RELUCTANT TO KILL THE ENEMY'S LEADER, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU LARA.
Overall i would rate this game 6/10. If the action gameplay wasn't so amazing, unfortunately i would have no other choice than to rate it 4/10 due to its horrible storyline and overall logic. If you skip all the cut scenes and mute the volume then i would recommend you play this game as it's gameplay is the only good thing about the game. However, if you can't play a game while being blind to the story line, then it not worth it.
Lets start with the storyline. My god. It is riddled with deus ex machina, clichés, and terrible dialogue which makes a film student like me cringe to the very core. This is also joined by the lack of logic the game withholds in contrast between gameplay and cut scenes. As you play the game you can kick ass with your weapons with ease, however once Lara is in a cut scene she is next to useless in fighting the enemy. After the second play-though of this game i have witnessed Lara watch two people die without even trying to save them with her weapons, literally standing there and doing absolutely nothing. (SPOILER UPCOOMING) These deaths are of course the one of the pilots that crash landed on the island, and Grim. Lara also lacks the capability to kill her enemy to ensure the safety of herself and Sam twice in the same mission. This is of course when Lara "tries" to save Sam from being sacrificed and assumes that simply disregarding the existence of the other enemies while she blatantly shoots arrows at the enemy's leader will save Sam, leading to the certain capture of Lara. Once they are escaping in the building, instead of killing the leader and a fellow enemy, she shoots the rafters to create a barrier between them. SHE SHOOTS THE GODDAMN RAFTERS. I had to question whether Lara would actually survive in one of these situations had it been real life. YOU'VE BEEN KILLING PEOPLE THIS WHOLE GAME YET YOU'RE RELUCTANT TO KILL THE ENEMY'S LEADER, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU LARA.
Overall i would rate this game 6/10. If the action gameplay wasn't so amazing, unfortunately i would have no other choice than to rate it 4/10 due to its horrible storyline and overall logic. If you skip all the cut scenes and mute the volume then i would recommend you play this game as it's gameplay is the only good thing about the game. However, if you can't play a game while being blind to the story line, then it not worth it.