Not a bad game at all!

User Rating: 7.5 | Tomb Raider: Underworld X360
Brilliant puzzle and level design and some of the best sounds and music I've heard in a game. GS is right though - could be heaps better if they got the combat system up to date... Combat is stupidly easy and I'm not sure I died in combat once I figured out the controls, though you can tailor combat difficulty so I only have myself to blame for that I suppose.

I haven't played a Tombraider game for years (since 2 I think) and it still gets frustrating when you can't find that one ledge you need to jump onto. Getting the camera to angle just right can also be quite annoying but the environments look very nice indeed with Thailand being the highlight. The game has a good pace to it though felt decidedly short and the end level is pretty disappointing as it goes to a long cutscene as soon as you get to the final battle and then the game just ends! Weak! Actually, many of the cutscenes should have had interactive elements to them or be dealt with in-game so that was another missed opportunity.

That all said, it was an entertaining game which I thought had an interesting storyline and I liked the way it pulled together the myths from around the world as well as drawing on storylines from previous games - nicely recapped for people like me in a 'Previously on Tombraider...' video. Oh, and Lara is lovely.