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From the original Tomb Raider with "Nude Raider" to Tomb Raider: Legend, Lara Croft has been the kick-ass treasure hunter that we have all played once or twice. In The Guardian of Light, Lara is put in an unoriginal story involving an artifact that releases something evil. Nothing amazing there. But this time Lara has a companion. Totec, an ancient warrior is here to destroy the evil that was released. There is a single player campaign that is just fine, but the co-op campaign is much better. You work together in order to reach higher places and to get hidden goodies. Luckily if you have no friends, you can still do all of this in story mode, but with no A.I..
 The action is top down, much like the classic Baulder's Gate, and throughout the game you can unlock various upgrades and guns. There are some weapons that are interesting such as the flamethrower but most of the rest are the usual, good, but nothing amazing. There are challenges and points that are throughout each level, either to jump to platforms, beat the game in a certain time limit, or get a certain amount of points. These challenges give the game great replayability. These also earn you upgrades and the better weapons of the game if you complete them.
Overall, Lara Croft The Guardian of Light is an excellent game with good co-op, a not so exciting story, and great challenge and replayability. And all of this is an Xbox Arcade title. For all of this, I give Lara Croft and the Guardian 0f Light a 4 out of 5.