Lara Croft GoL: Things that Go Boom - Challenge Pack 2 DLC

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It's not worth it.

Recycled from main game.

Got all the DLC from a bundle, they add a lot more content.

1 map is annoying, 1 is cool and other 2 are survival mode maps

The first challenge pack was fun but it had some frustrations with 2 challenges relying too much on luck. This challenge pack seems to be more balanced and less frustrating. The first 2 challenges were horde mode that were short and sweet. Me and my friend got the objectives the first time in the same run (reach certain scores by killing enough enemies). The third challenge is the least favourite in this pack. You need to take a spiked ball through lots of traps, mostly through toxic plants. It’s still decent compared to the frustrations of challenge pack 1. The fourth challenge is a big puzzle area. I found this to be my favourite out of all the DLC I tried so far. A new mechanic is introduced that is fun and well utilised with the puzzles. It was fresh and you could take your time to figure things out. The objectives of the last 2 challenges require you to finish them within certain times. Challenge pack 2 is better than 1 even though it’s shorter. I prefer having a shorter but fair and satisfying experience than a longer DLC. This has been a pleasant surprise. It’s worth it on sale but normal price is too expensive.

Honestly? This DLC was pretty boring, even playing with a friend. Do not buy this one separated, get it from the bundle.

This "Challenge Pack" provides Four Challenge Tombs (2 Combat and 2 Puzzle): [h1]Ill Valley[/h1] Combat map where you have to survive in an arena with multiple environmental hazards such as toxic pods, spikes, spike crushers and eventually, toxic gas surrounding the lower levels of the map. I do enjoy the combat in this game, although I absolutely HATE the toxic pods and gas. The gas itself has no definitive "edge" to its harmful radius, meaning that in the process of escaping from enemies, you often run past the edge of a gas cloud which results in you losing your fully charged Artifact! I have had this happen countless times while playing this game and it is incredibly frustrating. Overall this is a well-made arena, however the abundance of toxic hazards made this more of a headache for me. [b]Note that combat arena tombs are quite simple as they have none of the following features:[/b] Remaining enemy counter, Wave counter and a method to view your past high scores while playing the map. [h1]Madness River[/h1] Another Combat map where you have to move around a large area with a river in the middle. This map also features health and ammo pickups that can ONLY be reached by a short traversal over a few spiky hazards. I like this as it doesn't just give HP and ammo for free to the player, they have to earn it. Overall a good map and a much better combat arena tomb than the previous map. [h1]Mayan Mini-Golf[/h1] Puzzle map where you have to move a stone ball through the tomb, past multiple explosive toxic pods, over spike panels and on top of 3 massive spiky grinders. I hated this map as the ball moves faster than you, which means it can roll ahead and set off the explosive toxic pods before you have a chance to stop it. This results in a chain reaction of many toxic pods exploding the ball in some random direction and leaving gas clouds which slowly sap your hp. The rng in this challenge tomb alone is just ridiculous. Even while using a grenade launcher or RPG, I still had a lot of trouble directing the ball where It needed to go. A very straight forward puzzle, complicated by far too many hazards for the player to handle. Was not a fan of this tomb. [h1]Blast Lifts[/h1] Another Puzzle map where you have to bomb these stone "lifts" whilst standing on them to ride them up and into the next areas. While this tomb was short [u](50 seconds to 1 minute for an experienced player)[/u], I appreciated that the puzzles where completely new as opposed to recycled mechanics from the main game. Definitely my favourite tomb in this DLC. [h1]Overall Rating: 4/10 - Length of content = 10 to 20 minutes[/h1] A definite downgrade from challenge pack #1, the combat maps are simple, repetitive and don't offer much replay value, unless you want to reach the (optional) score objectives. In terms of puzzles, I only enjoyed the final tomb. (However the Tomb itself was very short and could have easily expanded on the new mechanic introduced.)

The best of the three in my opinion. The levels are detailed and non-linear. It's really cool to explore the areas and they offer a lot of reply value. They are challenging but not as challenging as some of the others. I really do like this! If you are wanting to buy only one of them, I say this one is the way to go!

This, like the previous item of DLC is very short. It has 2 survival levels that I don't particularly enjoy and 2 puzzle levels. One of these is more frustrating than satisfying to solve. So I'd probably give this one a miss.