I like the fact how he describes exploration in Tomb Raider as "effective" as that's how I felt about it. I played bits of the TR Trilogy made by CD and IMO I thought that the exploration part of those games were a bit on the "empty" side in terms of feeling. Some "backtracking" in Tomb Raider was just not particularly fun at all and deathtraps were sometimes a bit dumb to me. If there's a way to describe the Trilogy, I think the game is a chore to play at times.

I thought the game was great.Raised the bar for ND's UC4.