Yes, there’s a clear failure to maintain what made Tomb Raider so special in the first place: Lara’s agility and autonomy, clever puzzles, actual tombs.
So exciting, in fact, it’s kept players coming back to the Tomb Raider series for nearly three decades.
Chronicles was the fifth Tomb Raider game released in five years.
The game opens on a rainy evening in Paris, apparently; the dismal industrial buildings and empty warehouses make it feel like a damp night in Croydon.
Lara has a new love interest, Kurtis, who is incredibly irritating and looks like he plays bass for Linkin Park.