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Outed: Lara Croft And The Guardian Of Light

Lara Croft's Top Down Co-Operative Adventures was released yesterday. Have you played it? It's a bit stunning. I've only spent an hour with it, but for the entire duration of that hour I found myself repeating "Jesus, these developers ate their Weetabix" over and over again.

John's Wot I Think is inbound for this Friday, but in the meantime you can enjoy the demo, and there's a launch trailer hidden in the dusty crypts below.

What makes it so good? I'm not sure where to start. It has a Popcap-like attention to detail. The characters have an excellent, satisfying feel to the way they move and attack. The puzzles are excellent. The setpieces are frequent, and smart. And on top of all the action and exploration is a moreish Diablo-like game of artifact collection. It's just a top quality piece of work, plus co-op. Did I mention there's a demo? There's a demo.

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Quintin Smith: Quinns was one of the first writers to join Rock Paper Shotgun after its founding in 2007, and he stayed with the site until 2011 (though he carried on writing freelance articles well beyond that). These days, you can find him talking about tabletop board games over on Shut Up And Sit Down, or doing proper grown-up journalism with the folks at People Make Games.
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