ⓁⒶⓇⒶЧитаєш опис до гри і здавалося б нічого не змінилося в іграх про Лару Крофт. Вид від 3-го обличчя, пригоди, екшн, головоломки і сама Лара. Але запустивши цю гру, відразу стає помітно, що ця гра відрізняється від усіх інших ігор. Нова назва - новий жанр! І цей експеримент розробників став успішним і вдалим. А також, це перша гра про розкрадачку гробниць з мультиплеєром та спільним проходженням.ⒸⓇⓄⒻⓉ

╰◕Розпочнемо з сюжету. В загальному плані ця історія має традиційний зміст, на кшталт "зло набирає силу, потрібно зупинити його". Але у Лари з*являється новий друг - гвардієць Тотек і це вносить цікаві корективи. Цей Тотек охороняв світ від зла у вигляді Ксолотля, який у свою чергу може створювати армію різноманітних монстрів. Тотеку вдалося закувати злий дух Ксолотля у артефакт, по який відправилася Лара... Але ніхто не знав про таємничу силу археологічної цінності. А Лара не знала, що за нею слідують найманці... В результаті всіляких перепетій, зло вивільняється, а у Тотека і Лари зовсім мало часу, щоб зупинити його, поки світ не накриє тьма. Це все ви дізнаєтеся, ще на самому початку. Потім вас чекають пригоди, та взаємна допомога розкрадачки і гвардійця.

╰◕Також з самого початку гри вже зрозуміло, з чим ми маємо справу. Вид зверху не дає нам можливості помилуватися Ларою, тим паче в дуже коротких cut-сценах помічається її "потенціал" з її відомим вбранням) Але графіка гри 2010 року нічим не поступається сьогоднішнім іграм. Рівні різні за розмірами: від маленьких печер до великих джунглів, болот, храмів з мапами. Сам по собі жанр гри не потребує довершеної графіки, а ось дизайн рівнів на висоті. Все якісно деталізовано, камера незручностей не створює(хіба що є обмеження в кооперативі, де обидва гравці повинні знаходитися в межах видимості один одного, тобто розідлитися вони не можуть і мають проходити випробовування разом). Музичний і звуковий супровід зроблений для посилення "відчуття пригод".

╰◕Але найоголовніше в грі, що дало їй популярність, що дало нові відтінки пригодам Лари Крофт, що зробило гру особливою, це ігровий процес. Геймплей складається з основного завдання, головоломок та перестрілок. Голволомок в грі багато, що радує і є особливістю серій ігор про Лару Крофт, і вони різноманітні. Є задачки і на швидкість, є і на уважність, є і на логіку. В мультиплеєрі з другом, де головоломки адаптовані під 2-ох гравців, їхнє вирішення це саме задоволення. Побічних квестів з такими головоломками є на кожному рівні + основне завдання, яке виглядає як збирання частин пазлу для відкриття чогось і звичайно потрібно пометикувати, щоб здолати перешкоду. Перестрілки в грі видовищні і Лара, і гвардієць Тотек мають зброю, великий арсенал зброї. Пістолети, автомати, гранатомети, вогнемети, навіть снайперська гвинтівка та безкінечні міни. Також є унікальна зброя - списи Тотека, які використовуються для подолання перешкод і вирішення головоломок. Крім цього в грі присутні артефакти, які підсилюють нашого героя. І стріляти теж буде в кого) Ворогів-монстрів дуже багато, всі вони різні: від павуків до великих тролів, магічних монстрів, які можуть стріляти вогнем та енергетичними згустками, та багато інших. Будуть в грі траплятися і битви з босами. І це буде не просто частина рівня, це може бути сам рівень з окремою локацією для цього.

۝Недоліки в грі? Катастрофічно мало людей грають онлайн(все ж таки гра 2010 року); сюжет неоригінальний, але й для гри такого типу важко вигадати щось краще; завдання на швидкість проходження(не є обов*язковими, але відкривають нову зброю та артефакти), які можуть добре пограти на нервахツ.

☛Висновки: ця гра не є окремою від основної серії Tomb Raider, а доповнює її. Ще одна сторінка пригод в історії Лари Крофт. І це успішний і дотепний хід розробників, які показали легендарні пригоди в новому вигляді. Не дарма, є продовження у цьому напрямі, яке називається Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris. Для проходження з другом взагалі чудова, варта здобуття всіх досягень і перепроходження. Ця гра вам сподобається.

Even though this is a spin-off and not a main Tomb Raider entry, this game is pretty Tomb Raider-tastic.

Lara hunts down an artifact no one should wield and sets off apocalyptic events that only she can stop? YEP.
Plenty of shooting of natural and supernatural enemies in well-paced fight encounters? YEP.
Lots and lots of booby traps to avoid, disarm, or survive? YEP.
Puzzles that usually involve timing, platforming and typical Lara acrobatics? YEP.
Smartass one-liners and quips from Lara almost everytime she opens her mouth? Yep.
Well-placed and often hidden collectibles? Yep.
MANY, MANY GUNS? YEP.
Tomb raiding? You bet!

The controls are snappy and responsive, the puzzles and platforming are very satisfying, and ultimately pretty much everything about the gameplay is rewarding in some way. Every level has a handful of optional objectives you can try to complete for even more rewards -- such as artifacts or relics that boost your stats or combat ability in various ways. The game's visuals and audio both are actually a hell of a lot better than I expected, and I often found myself gleefully looking around to admire the level design or dancing around a boss in time with the boss stage's music.

Bonus: You can play this with a friend, and the game even redesigns much of the levels' puzzles to accomodate 2 players. The second player character, Totec, CANNOT be played on his own, i.e. if you're playing on your own, Lara is your only option. But, well, she's the far cooler option anyway. :P

A tip: Use a controller. The game only fully recognizes Xbox 360 type controllers but you can very easily fool it into accepting others by using a controller emulator (x360ce). Mouse and keyboard controls have much more precise aiming for shooting, but I found they just were too clunky for me for -everything- else.

This game is very great for relationships.
My girl kept sabotaging me by bombing me or trapping me with the bombs.
:(
Although to be fair, I kept telling her to jump on my golden rod.
:D

Surprising depth and interesting gameplay for an isometric game.
It has good thoughtful puzzles and the achievements aren't absurd to complete.
The single player and multiplayer use the same maps, but the puzzles are different and require both parties to work together to solve.

This game is pretty good and kinda surprised me.Its in short a top down Tomb Raider game.Kinda feels like a hack n slash mixed in with a puzzle game.The controlls are pretty tight and can use controller or Keyboard and Mouse.The game has SIngle Player and Co-Op so thats pretty neat.One player takes control over Lara and they other plays as Totec an ancient Mayan warrior and leader of the Army of Light.So do you have what it takes to stop the evil Xolotl !! If you do give this game a go.

P.S cant wait for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light 2 !! =D

Enjoyable mix of rpg-style skirmishes, platforming & puzzles/traps.
Challenging but not punishing.
Not a great variety of foes, but each area is interesting & there is some replayability with various challenges (time, loot, etc.).
It's a fair buy, especially on sale.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is exemplary coop ingenuity.

Transplanting the Tomb Raider franchise onto an isometric shooter, its genius lies not within its clever puzzles or satisfying combat, but the lengths at which it has been designed from the ground up as a brilliant coop experience. It forces you to think with two players in mind instead of opting for the far simpler solution of just dropping another player in beside you, and this devotion makes for refreshingly unique puzzle designs and the means with which you navigate the world.

The focus on teamwork is in large part based on the different character abilities between archaeologist, Lara Croft, and the ancient Mayan warrior, Totec. Each has various gear and moves (from a grappling hook, to a shield that can be raised and jumped on) and it's in using them in tandem that you can manage to make your way through environments that one person couldn't. It inspires cooperation in ways that simply providing double the fire power doesn't, putting you in situations where each player has a specific role and no one feels the lesser for theirs.

It's a fairly radical departure for the series traditional gameplay hooks, but Guardian of Light still feels distinctly Tomb Raider. Though the perspective has changed and there's less of an emphasis on platforming, there are still plenty of supernatural monsters to kill and tombs to raid, with puzzles that are probably the best the series has ever seen. They revisit many of the same designs but in a way that's constantly layering on new challenges, requiring you continue expanding your perception of them even when on the surface they're born of the same basic template.

I don't doubt that it's entirely possible to play Guardian of Light as a solo adventure and have a good amount of fun with it, but to me that would be missing a huge portion of what makes it so enjoyable. There's just nothing quite like the sort of beautiful coop design presented with a game like this, with playing with friends already being generally more entertaining and something so tailor made to that playstyle elevating it to new heights. There's something really special to me about games that can serve as essentially bonding moments between friends and family, and ones as smart and polished as this are all too rare.

Short Verdict: A great "shoot-and-blast" (how I call "hack-and-slash" games with guns and bombs) adventure game with heavy puzzle elements, designed to be played in co-op mode, but which is also fun to play alone. Apart from Lara Croft and the theme, it's very different from games in Tomb Raider series, but I have to say I enjoyed it even more--and here's a TR fan speaking! Recomended 100%!

Pros:

• 16 (iirc) fun levels with great and varied atmospheres, enemies and puzzles
  
• Optional objectives add a lot of fun to the game
  
• Lots of weapons, relics and artifacts for you to collect and equip
  
• Gameplay in single and multiplayer modes are considerably different--it's fun in single player, but A LOT more fun in multiplayer
  
• Awesome BGM
  
• Great balance between action, puzzles and exploration
  
• In multiplayer, the 2 characters have very different gameplays and they depend on each other to complete puzzles

Cons:

• Online multiplayer lags a lot and crashes from time to time, but it's still playable (should be really awesome in local multiplayer)
  
• Way too many weapons, artifacts and relics you'll never use
  
• A bit too easy, even on hard

Bought on: Steam Store for R$ 3,39 (US$ 1.41). Worth its full price, no doubt.

Definitely a fun game, meeting with the expectations of an adventure game. It's more fun played in co-op mode but still enjoyable in single player story mode.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light es una alternativa diferente al ya clasico Tomb Raider! Con vista cenital, plataformeo trepidante y unos puzzles bastante entretenidos! Hace que el juego se digno de comprar y disfrutar!

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Having played this to it's completion (exept for the entire collectibles part) i must say i find it to be one of the best games of it genre. The games is a must-have for playing with your best pal, if you are into puzzles and combat.

A quick resumé: - Gameplay: Damn good! - Visuals: great - Coop: Amazingly fun and a challange. - 9/10

First of all, this is MEANT to be played in co-op. It is definitely of the best coop games out there, and I have enjoyed every minute of it with a very good friend of mne. Many of the levels are designed for coop, but has a sort of hot-fix for singleplayer solving etc... Much coop, very fun, such laughter. wow.

The game is fairly short in single-player, unless you try to accuire every collectible in one run. This is also the case in co-op. My advice; play the coop and take your time to explore and have fun. No need for rushing (unless a challange requires you to do so).

The game features a full controller support, which is always a plus. Having tested both mouse/keyboard and controller, i find that they are equally pleasing. A matter of preference really.

The overall movement mechanics really has a flow to it, you feel in control when you dash around the map, aiming your gun og moving at the same time. Movement on the keyboard however may at times be a bit annoying as you can only move in vertical, horizontal and diagonal with the WASD, this is however nothing that you will not get used to.
the combat system is very easy to get used to, and is actaully pretty straight forward. (point => shoot => kill) it does however feature a lot of custimization later on, which I am not going to spoil. All I can say is, mutiple options are great!

The game features puzzles which will test both your brain and timing. The combat system is easy to learn and utilize, especially with mouse/keyboard, which may give the user move aiming freedom (yet again, a matter of preference). In the singleplayer part of the game, many of the puzzle seems to fade out in becomming mostly timingskills. Quite easy to figure out, somewhat difficult to execute. In the coop part however, the puzzles require teamwork, timing, and some space to experimentation and to think (although timing and executions are still present).

Visuals are pleasing, and the astosphere is great. The theme of the game is present throughout the game, which is nice. The only think the games actually lacks, is a better storyline. It's pretty straight-forward; Lara must help the good guy defeat the bad guy, solving puzzles and defeating minions. BUT! the story is not the main focus of the game, the gameplay, the levels, the coop is indeed the driving force!

I rate this games 9/10.
Visuals are good, gamplay is amazing, broad custimization options. lack of a better story is just about the only thing dragging the score down. The story, however, is not the main focus of the game, and therefor the drag-down is not much.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is an action/adventure game featuring Lara Croft. This brand extension combines the hallmarks of the Tomb Raider franchise including exploration & discovery, platforming, and puzzle solving combined with character progression, fun fast-paced combat, and elements of human cooperation and competition.

Super fun twin-stick-shooter with fun puzzle-y bits! Looking forward to checking out the next one: Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.

Nice game. A little repetitive but a lot of puzzles to solve :)

A great combination of classic Tomb Raider puzzle-solving and adventuring with platformer item collecting.

A top-down co-operative Tomb Raider game. A lot of fun for two, but only pick this up if you have a buddy to play with.

This new take on the Tomb Raider series is a wonderful idea well executed. Even if some platforming elements are complicated by the perspective, the isometric feel and the general graphic execution is flawless (multi-layered animated background, vertical level design...).

There is quite a lot of content with intelligent replay value, the multiplayer is fun (if you have completed the single campaign at least), the difficulty is well adjusted (not too much frustration but still plenty of challenge) and the mix between platform, exploration, combat and puzzle draws near perfection.

Two minor complaints though: the DLC challenges are great but the original price is a bit high for the content (wait for sales) and the voice acting does not really help a weak story (also known as Tomb Raider/Benjamin Gates/Any adventure movie since The Last Crusade curse)

Fun game all in all. just gets a bit repetitve. reallly short game to.
worth it for the price tho.

Funny co-op experience,interesting puzzles.
I played local co-op with brother,because i didn't find anyone to play online(only few times).

★★★★★

Pros:
- Excellent co-op experience, which is funny and intuitive.
- Puzzles never got old, they are both varied and thought provoking.
- Difficulties just right.
- Local co-op works with Keyboard+Mouse/Controller together.
- The game really makes you work together.
- Tight controls, the game feels great with solid gameplay and looks good too.
- Lots of mini challenges which are fun to work towards.

Cons:
- Storyline, really bland.
- Odd bug here and there, but nothing to harm immersion.

Verdict: One of the best co-op games i have ever played, yet to try its singleplayer.

it's a good co-op game.