Assignment 2: Criteria 2 and 4

Group Review:
Ciaran McMillan
David Price
James Scholfield
John Tamin

Review of Tomb Raider 2013 Review
The review of this game shows that the game is called Tomb Raider, it is rated 18 because of the graphical scenery and also the foul language used, it’s a third person/action adventure and platform game; released on the 5th of March on the PlayStation 3, Windows PC and Apple Mac and also the Xbox 360. The review mentions that it is developed by Crystal Dynamics and uses the Modified Crystal Engine, this game was published Square Enix, although it doesn't really explain about the systems requirements.

The review doesn't explain that much detail about what the objective of the game is and what you have to do, but it does however explain that you have to survive the island that the character has crashed into with a group of other survivors. Also mentions that both the player and character don't have their first kill in the game until like an hour through the game play and that when it happens it is an emotional scene...and that pretty much after that the player is experiencing more of a killing spree, much like how they would in the original tomb raider games. This gives both the player and character a much easier way to survive the island by killing enemies, who are mercenaries, and killing animals that attack and try to kill the character.

The review states about the multi-player mode in the game but it also mentions that it is its downfall, only because it doesn't feel the same as a multi-player based game would feel like and that it isn't as good as the story, but it does say that the multi-player is fun though to play...this part of the review seems a little bias as the reviewer is only one person, but they do have a fair point on their review because the game isn't really a focus on the multi-player, it is mostly focused on the story itself showing how the Lara Craft became the Lara we know to this day...

The reviewer expresses their feeling on the game saying that it is "well written, sympathetic, exciting; beautiful and just incredibly well made" and that the feeling in the campaign is that you get to feel as if an actual explorer and never losses touch on the original character. They go on about how the game's controls are easy to use and fun to play and that it's graphics in the game are well designed and created. They don't go into detail about the graphics, sound nor quality but they do mention that it it's "incredibly made" and the sounds are as how they would feel in the original tomb raider games.

The review does go on about after the completion of the campaign, will the game still be playable??. They talk about the collectibles in the game that you can go back on missions to get and also that it will be fun to play it on different levels of hardness to get more unlock able contents on consoles. so that will be achievements for Xbox and trophies for PlayStation. They talk about the multi-player mode yet again and say "At best it's passably entertaining, but I'll be surprised if anyone is still playing it in a couple of months"

Now the review doesn't say anything about related games with same sort of genres but it does mention "It is a greatly successful origin story, a series reboot that feels both authentic and hugely exciting" so this shows that the review does mention something about a new franchise plus its predecessors, from a certain point of view.

The reviewers overall opinion on this game is "Tomb Raider is well-written, sympathetic, exciting, beautiful and just incredibly well-made. The single-player rarely makes a mis-step, and though Lara's quick transformation into a hardened killer seems at odds with the narrative at first, the game quickly moves past it. It is a superb action game that brings a new emotional dimension to one of gaming's most enduring icons, and repositions her alongside Nathan Drake at the top of gaming's action-hero hierarchy" and gives the game a rating of a 9.1/10 which I believe is a pretty much fair rating being that the multi-player does lack structure.

5 most important things that a good game review should have in it

Blog – Tomb Raider

Gameplay, storyline, characters, characters background, release date, fair review.

5 potential problems – biased, bribed, not playing the game all the way through, If the reviewer was too negative or too positive