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The Back Page · March 20, 2026

Shared from search: Tomb Raider

01:22:29 - 01:23:08

I'm gonna go with Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Again, a game I have a real fondness for, you know, particularly tied to RPS. I covered this at preview and review. I was really into it. I think it's not held up as highly as the Tomb Raider reboot and then Rise of the Tomb Raider. It's a little bit uneven, but it actually had a lot of the stuff that I really liked in it. They really lent into the stealth elements for this one. A lot of her moves were about like covering herself in mud, Lara Croft, that is, sort of shimmying behind bushes to off people. Because of that, I felt like there was less out and out fire

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... speed. Alan Moore is not dead, of course, but it was a joke about the way Watchmen characters are used by DC Comics. Nonetheless, that is the entry I wanted to drop in here, so thank I'm gonna go with Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Again, a game I have a real fondness for, you know, particularly tied to RPS. I covered this at preview and review. I was really into it. I think it's not held up as highly as the Tomb Raider reboot and then Rise of the Tomb Raider. It's a little bit uneven, but it actually had a lot of the stuff that I really liked in it. They really lent into the stealth elements for this one. A lot of her moves were about like covering herself in mud, Lara Croft, that is, sort of shimmying behind bushes to off people. Because of that, I felt like there was less out and out fire I think both those games really explored that territory. And so you had the sort of stealth, so it was a little bit slower. But what I really liked about this one was the way these ...

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01:22:19 - 01:27:03

speed. Alan Moore is not dead, of course, but it was a joke about the way Watchmen characters are used by DC Comics. Nonetheless, that is the entry I wanted to drop in here, so thank you for your patience and enjoy the rest of the episode. What's the number nine, Matthew? I'm gonna go with Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Again, a game I have a real fondness for, you know, particularly tied to RPS. I covered this at preview and review. I was really into it. I think it's not held up as highly as the Tomb Raider reboot…

00:59:16 - 00:59:48

... Considering they're very apolitical, which is preposterous with these third-person shooters set in the real world, they are nonetheless great shooters. Then Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which is up there with Metro, is in the kind of like, why didn't I play this awards from this E3? ...

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