Lara Croft and the Temple Of Osiris

Up until recently I have been a firm believer that the Tomb Raider / Lara Croft games have been over hyped drivel thanks to a personal dislike of them, however this all changed recently. Thanks to having a boyfriend who is a massive Tomb Raider fan, I decided to download the recent rebooted version of Tomb Raider which he is enjoying a lot. Now when he first started playing I was sat on the other side of my room playing Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix, leaving him to play. However I couldn't help but glance over my shoulder to take a look at what exactly drew him to this game so much. I found myself constantly looking over my shoulder and watching him play, it had changed so much that it might just interest me. So when he went home on the Sunday Evening, I took the time to try it out and see if I did.

Within 30 minutes of playing I was hooked. I would count down the hours until I finished work to be able to go home and play it. That was on top of me keeping him up to date on how much further I had gotten than he had left it. However I completed it pretty quickly and found myself wanting more, then I stumbled upon the recently released 'Lara Croft and the Temple Of Osiris'. I didn't think I'd like it much due to the nature of it being old school Croft rather than reboot. After watching a few videos I contemplated it but never went through with it, that was until I looked on the PSN store. There it was, for £7 odd, and I couldn't resist. I bought it without thinking and once downloaded dived back in. I started playing a little hesitantly thinking 'urgh I'm not going to enjoy this' but again, I am finding myself hooked to the game! I've only just about managed to drag myself away to write this post.

To me, the game seems to be a merge of a varying set of Game Genres. You have aspects of a puzzle game (with how to open doors and defeat certain enemies), you have the action through combat with the varying weapons and RPG elements through the different skills you can equip through amulets and rings. Granted the graphics may not be up to Next Gen standards, but does that really matter in the day where Indie Games are saturating the market?

There isn't much of a story to the game, with only a mild one being explained throughout with the occasional dialogue or mild cut scene, but not a large amount that it becomes completely story driven. The game largely sticks to what Lara is best at, which is Tomb Raiding in search of the pieces of Osiris. The game is Egyptian driven, with a co-op of up to four people, including Horus and Isis the Egyptian Gods. In no way is this game a marvel of the New Generation consoles, neither does it innovate with any new game concepts however it does meld together the different genres in such a way, they seem flawless.

For a small snippet of gameplay footage, watch the video below:

Pros:

- Fluid Gameplay

- Great puzzles

- Harks back to Lara Croft of old

Cons:

- Outdated Graphics

- Lack of Story

- Sometimes clunky controls

Overall - 7/10

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