Just beat both Tom Raider reboot games (I'm watching the credits to Rise right now), and, honestly, I prefer the first game. I found the story to be more interesting, and the only differences Rise made (gameplay wise) were minor. Both the crafting for ammo and the crafting for bigger ammo pouches were completely unnecessary, and things like the spool wire were not exactly ground breaking (not like the rope launcher in AC Syndicate). Plus some of the skill upgrades were vastly overpowered (true triple shot with the bow, which guarantees three head shots every time? Tell me that that's not broken).
All in all, it felt too much like the first game, with very little improvements (except for the bloody cut scenes, which for some reason had to be pre rendered Xbox One cut scenes with plenty of artifacts, needless to say I was not happy). I guess it won't matter so much if some time has passed before you play the second one, but if you play both back to back it's disappointing.
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