Every step in Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a luxurious delight, but every time it demanded I think about why I was doing any of it, my only response was: good question. But then the characters speak, and the voyage’s pristine clarity is muddied by personalities and a plot that, though inspired at the outset, bring the whole point of the game into question. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a balanced journey with the right ratio of beauty, cleverness, violence, and batshit insane ideas of how to do archaeology the right way. Of course, I’ll come with you, Tomb Raider! The call to adventure is irresistible when everything works this well. Use your wits to dive into a deep well of teasing (but never daunting) puzzles. “Lara, come jump all over this grimy stuff! Find some gilded totem that lets you jump all over more stuff. The jungles, gargantuan ruins, and improbable contraptions you have to clamber through and over speak so clearly on their own. Shadow of the Tomb Raider would be a perfect game if no one spoke.
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