12. Rise Of The Tomb Raider
Ever since Nathan Drake landed, quipped up a storm and plundered tombs like nobodies business in 2007, people have given decidedly less and less time to Ms. Croft, despite her prominent rise to media-domination around the late 90s/early 2000s. So, when Crystal Dynamics revived and revamped Lara to get away from the overly sexed-up visuals of the past, it felt like even more identity had been stripped from the character - despite 2013's release being one of the best action games to feature the name so far. Now Rise has been confirmed and Microsoft have secured a timed exclusive, all eyes are on whether or not it's a big enough deal to convince people the Xbox One is worth investing in to play it. Looking to tell a far darker tale than the original (and that featured Lara getting battered by all and sundry across its runtime) hopefully this potentially brilliant sequel can restore some of the swagger and over-the-top characteristics that were sorely missing in the last instalment.