Oh, Lara Croft, you’re always looking for a lost city, chasing the ghost of your dead father while being hunted by secret organizations. You never rest. In Rise of the Tomb Raider, you’re the same, as the game builds upon the foundations of its predecessor, with a more carefully written story – where your journey is not at odds with how …
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“It’s not my first lost city,” protagonist Nathan Drake says to his brother at a certain point in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, which is symptomatic, as this is a gorgeous but ultimately safe sequel that offers familiar set pieces, locales, and characters: it tries very hard to marvel the player with its visuals and spectacle but, just like Nathan …
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It’s great when things make sense. And it’s even greater when they also come together nicely, harmoniously. Charles, the snob, likes to call this a matter of “coherence” and “cohesion”, but you can call it whatever you want if you still stop and take the time to see if all elements in a piece of art are working together or …
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