It's like BioShock, Dues Ex, Dishonoured and Dead Space had a baby and here it is. I'm absolutely loving the game so far, can't seem to put it down, the gameplay is great (although I got quite OP very quickly so there's no challange with the combat anymore) and the story is interesting.

Playing god isn't all it's cracked up to be As it turns out, being the only inhabitant of a world is a dull affair. You are logged out. Login | Sign up The payoff for solving these puzzles (apart from more puzzles) is another short glimpse into the mindset of the god that's being controlled.

Portraying existential quandaries as gameplay puzzles is a daring idea, but ultimately this is a more enjoyable game to watch and listen to than it is to play.

The visuals are gorgeous and despite odd moments of clumsiness the script is often funny; clever; and genuinely thought provoking

The gameplay concept underpinning the majority of puzzles just isn't that interesting, and often frustrating to work with; Very short and too expensive

Having a lot of fun with this game. It's a good blend of survival horror and action. Lots of ways to approach things and different endings for multiple play throughs. All in all I think it's a great game.

Unlike the AAA, big-budget, blockbuster 'Tomb Raider' franchise that Lara is best known for, the 'Lara Croft' series is smaller in production value and scope. It's not an over-the-shoulder third-person action-adventure with a big expensive engine.

I like to sometimes think of videogames as strange machines. Each one of them built by many engineers and artists compiling and crafting the pieces, gears and sockets. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is one of those games that seems to fit well into that analogy.

When the god Osiris was murdered by Set, his body was lopped into pieces and scattered across the land. This was bad news for Osiris, but it was good news for game designers. And look at this: several thousand years later, here's a new Lara Croft adventure in search of a handy structural conceit.

Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the follow-up to the popular Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light released a few years ago. Temple of Osiris delivers the same blend of puzzle solving and combat wrapped in a co-op shell, but is a little easier and shorter than its predecessor.

Satisfying co-op locally and / or online; solid gameplay; interesting puzzles

So-so story; bland combat; too easy

The fact that Temple of Osiris features the classic, confident, adult version of Lara Croft rather than the newfangled, young, vulnerable version should tell you exactly what this game is aiming for: Simple escapism, a video game for gaming's sake.

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Layered combat system; Sandbox goodness; Many good elements rolled into one

Bugs-O-Plenty; Typhon could use more variety; Graphics needs a polish