{"id":4349,"date":"2016-10-26T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2016-10-25T16:31:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T00:31:21","slug":"rise-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/rise-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration Edition\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Blayde Biacan\r\nFreelancer<\/pre>\n<p>The original tomb raider turned 20 years old last week, and since then has gained a huge fan following. With the 20th anniversary, \u201cRise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration\u201d was released on Oct.11. The new edition includes many new features, such as virtual reality and multiplayer.<\/p>\n<p>The game also has a new downloadable expansion called \u201cBlood Ties\u201d. This addition to the story explains Lara Croft\u2019s family bonds and doesn\u2019t add many new details to the story, but rather, enforces some content that was lightly mentioned throughout the plot of the game. The playthrough of this is more story-based so there isn\u2019t much action, but there is a lot of time to connect the dots. This is also playable for anyone with a virtual reality device through free hand control or a move-click system as a form of movement. However, it looks smooth enough without the system and can cause motion sickness.<\/p>\n<p>Another feature of the game which is unlockable after completing the Blood Ties story is a similar playthrough except with the addition of zombies and a more eerie environment to play in. When playing, it\u2019s difficult to really know the direction from where a zombie might appear. The dark environment is no help to this, as it has a small field of view with mixed audio signals in a cramped space with multiple pathways for zombies to approach.<\/p>\n<p>I like the new multiplayer mode, although it\u2019s not competitive. It has a survival component with another player and both players need to rely on each other for food and supplies as well as exploring booby trapped maps that are randomly generated each playthrough.<\/p>\n<p>I would recommend this game to anyone that has played the previous \u201cRise of the Tomb Raider\u201d and who wants to experience something new with an additional challenge and highly recommend it for people that have not. This is a game that has lasted 20 years in an ever-changing gaming community. Truly a game that deserves the title \u201cold but gold\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the author at bbiacan16@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Blayde Biacan Freelancer The original tomb raider turned 20 years old last week, and since then has gained a huge fan following. With the 20th anniversary, \u201cRise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration\u201d was released on Oct.11. The new edition includes many new features, such as virtual reality and multiplayer. The game also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}