You start the game by seeing Lara Croft on board the Endurance travelling to the Dragons Triangle with her group of archaeologists when suddenly the ship gets hit by a freak storm causing them to become shipwrecked on a South Pacific island. Separated from her crew, Lara is forced to survive by hunting animals and fighting crazed natives with whatever she can find.
Once you start off, Lara is forced to hunt a deer for food using a bow that she finds (which I find quite exciting myself because I am an archer) but before you know it, you've learnt to fight, swing zip ropes and climb mountains all over the mysterious island all of which come in to use when a tribe of shipwrecked, hell-bent soldiers kidnap one of your friends for some kind of ritual: one that's tied to the bizarre weather/storms stopping your rescue, your job is to find out what they're doing on the island and to save your friend.
You have the feature to upgrade your weapons that you find along the way but to do so you must find salvage and gather resources around the island and once you have enough, you can find a base camp and choose what you upgrade. You also earn skill points which you are then allowed to spend on different skills to make surviving, hunting and fighting much easier.
Each level is full of combat, exploration and puzzle solving but some areas are off limits until you have a certain weapon modification and/or equipment. As well as there being salvage and XP, there are also collectibles to, well, collect. GPS caches and ancient relics are stored in hidden places around the island for you to find to gain XP and unlock something new.
I have to say that Square Enix have done a fantastic job with this game and I recommend it to anyone who have played previous Lara Croft Tomb Raider games or gamers who love a bit of action and girls kicking butt!
I rate this game 9/10 because although it's full of action and has a great story line, there are a few things that I would change such as making it a little bit more realistic but I can understand that the game has to be easy to play.
Tomb Raider is retailing for £14.45 or $23.12
