It seems like it’s generally accepted that game 3 is the best of this trilogy, and game 2 the worst, but I’m in agreement with @[email protected] - there’s something about the balance of ‘Rise’ that made me like it a bit more than the rest. I hope you like it!

Tomb Raider 2013 is something of a poster-child for ‘ludonarrative dissonance’:

https://medium.com/@TurboHoodie/ludonarrative-dissonance-and-a-tale-of-two-lara-crofts-46d3f4d8be8b

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludonarrative_dissonance

I picked one, but just do any sort of web search for ‘tomb raider ludonarrative dissonance’ and you’ll see a huge number of articles and videos on the topic.

I still loved he game though!

Ha! No, genuine individual recommendation.

[Was tempted to reply here recommending Mass Effect again - not sure the joke would’ve landed thought :-)]

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Playing through the Legendary Edition remasters on Xbox right now - I second this recommendation, they’re a lot of fun.

Triple Click is great! I think it fits what they’re looking for. It is not a ‘news’ podcast, and will often have a sort of ‘theme’ for the week that covers older games too - but they do cover major news, have opinionated year-end lists etc.

https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/triple-click/

Such an amazing game. The scope of the world!

It was the second game I played after getting back into gaming during the pandemic, and it’s not an exaggeration to say it’s sort of spoiled me for other games.

I don’t think we’ll see it’s like again for a long time.