Tomb Raider walks a precarious balance between realism and fantasy, and in a few cases that balance tips in an uncomfortable direction — particularly in its infrequent death animations. Sometimes a mistake is followed by a quick fade to black and a checkpoint reload. But sometimes the game shows a disturbingly detailed vision of Lara's demise. You can see the exact angle that she breaks her neck against a rock or hear the gurgle of blood as a spike stabs through her stomach. In a single-player campaign where every element feels carefully considered, this is the one thing that seems unnecessary — a split second of gruesome voyeurism in an otherwise empowering game. These deaths didn't occur often enough to tear me away from the game, but if scenes of extreme realistically rendered violence turn your stomach, be warned.