You’ve just booted up Rise of the Tomb Raider . Lara Croft stands poised in the snowy wilderness of Siberia. The music swells. The anticipation is palpable. Then, before you can even scale your first ice wall, a gray dialog box shatters the immersion:
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"Failed to open BIGFILE.000. The file is missing or corrupted. Please verify your game cache." You’ve just booted up Rise of the Tomb Raider
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