The laser bounced off the mirrors to pierce a number of darkened orbs, which opened up the next stage.
#TOMB RAIDER LARA CROFT AND THE TEMPLE OF OSIRIS SERIES#
Inside were a number of puzzles that required us to adjust a series of series of mirrors in order to aim the laser beams. Enemies of increasing number and difficulty starting popping out of the ground, including one type of scarab that leaves a fire trail as it skitters around.Įventually, we won our hard-fought battle against the undead rolled a ball of caged light to another nearby pillar to unlock the door to the main tomb. As it turns out, creatures get very upset when you try to blow their stuff up. In this case, the gods had to use the staff to raise a set of rotating platforms while another player uses them to leap onto a central pillar and plant a bomb. It's also tough to keep the puzzle in mind while fighting for your life. Although my light beam cut down targets at a swift pace, I was limited to one enemy at a time, so getting overwhelmed is always an issue. Combat works like a twin stick shooter, where the left stick moves the character, the right stick aims the weapon, and holding down the right trigger fires continuously. I played as Horus and mainly stuck to shooting a laser beam from my staff. This is where the cooperative play can get a little chaotic. After completing the challenge puzzle, we made our way to a large pit, where we were ambushed by undead minions and oversized beetles. A couple were impaled along the way, but the respawn time is pretty fast and there doesn't appear to be a death penalty. Our first cooperative was to solve a short challenge tomb, and the four of us had to quickly make our way across floors equipped with sword trapped pressure panels and to stand on buttons to unlock a door. The overworld map looks pretty expansive, and the developers promise that more tombs will be added to it as future DLC is released. If you're unsure where to go, using the staff will cause various statues to point the way for you. There's a central hub where players can restock on ammunition, pick a tomb, and head towards it.
Revealed for the first time at this year's New York Comic Con was the fact that the game supports an overworld that connects all the tombs together. Levels reconfigure themselves according to how many players are in the game. The Temple of Osiris supports drop-in/drop-out multiplayer, and can mix between online and couch co-op. Players are also working to complete different challenges like collecting red skulls. However, the gems are not shared between the characters, so there is some competition involved. Special items are purchased using gems that are liberally scattered throughout the world. Furthermore, characters can equip rings and amulets to add bonus skills, but the amulets sometimes have a downside as a trade-off. If players grow tired of the standard weapons, pickup weapons like the assault rifle and shotguns can be equipped and used by all. Additionally, the staff can be used to interact with objects that have glyphs, which includes raising and lowering platforms. This shield can be used by Lara and Carter as jumping off points to reach different areas. The two gods' secondary abilities include creating a protective energy bubble around themselves. There's also a nice trick where the grappling line can be used as a tightrope for players to walk across. Lara and Carter's secondary ability is to fire a grappling hook to scale walls and pull up their companions. Both she and Carter use small firearms (Lara has her signature twin pistols while Carter uses a revolver), and the two gods use a staff of Osiris to fire blue laser beams. The human characters have skills that mirror each other, and the two gods are the same way. To be clear, this game features the classic Lara Croft, not the one seen in the recent reboot. So, it's up to Lara and her crew to collect all the pieces and reassemble the deity and gain his powers back. Using their combined skills, the foursome battle their way through a tomb (of course) filled with undead minions commanded by the Egyptian god Set, who hacked his brother Osiris up into pieces. In her upcoming adventure, Lara teams up with a rival raider named Carter Bell and not one but two gods, Horus and Isis. Tomb raiding is usually a solo career, but Lara Croft manages find allies in the strangest places in the cooperative puzzle action game Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.