Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation

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8.7

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  1. rock3r03
    May 4, 2021
    10
    todo un clásico, el juego esta ambientado en Egipto; en donde varios niveles están conectados, por lo que la exploración a detalle es obligada, ya que si olvidas un articulo hay que regresar a buscarlo para lograr avanzar, explora tumbas, pirámides, catacumbas, y ciudades cimbradas por el caos, combatiendo contra animales, momias, guardianes, etc...

    también es importante no olvidar la    todo un clásico, el juego esta ambientado en Egipto; en donde varios niveles están conectados, por lo que la exploración a detalle es obligada, ya que si olvidas un articulo hay que regresar a buscarlo para lograr avanzar, explora tumbas, pirámides, catacumbas, y ciudades cimbradas por el caos, combatiendo contra animales, momias, guardianes, etc...

    también es importante no olvidar la experiencia conduciendo una 4X4 y una motocicleta, para avanzar en ciertos niveles...

    Y al final todo sea por encerrar a Set una vez mas ......    … Expand
  2. Rakoen
    Sep 22, 2010
    10
    First think that this game is 11 years old. Then play. This game is one of the best games ever made. It has a great story, good graphics & gameplay for that time and awesome levels. The reason I give this a 10/10 is because that game changed my life, I play this when I was very young, and now still like it. I keep thinking at the long great levels, the complicated story with names IFirst think that this game is 11 years old. Then play. This game is one of the best games ever made. It has a great story, good graphics & gameplay for that time and awesome levels. The reason I give this a 10/10 is because that game changed my life, I play this when I was very young, and now still like it. I keep thinking at the long great levels, the complicated story with names I couldn't announce then,... it's the best Tomb Raider game ever made.… Expand
  3. Macdealer
    Jan 7, 2018
    10
    This is the best Tomb Raider of all franchise. I played ALL OF THEM several times. I am a huge fan of the saga and this one takes the cake!
  4. firstevil87
    May 14, 2012
    9
    The last revelation is not a Tomb raider, it IS tomb raider. It is the most tomb raider-y experience since the very first game back in 1996. Most game reviewers usually complain that the core-design games lack innovation, they do a rehash of the first game with more levels, so? It may be true for tomb raider 2 or 3, but for me personally that's not a con. tomb raider 4 on the other handThe last revelation is not a Tomb raider, it IS tomb raider. It is the most tomb raider-y experience since the very first game back in 1996. Most game reviewers usually complain that the core-design games lack innovation, they do a rehash of the first game with more levels, so? It may be true for tomb raider 2 or 3, but for me personally that's not a con. tomb raider 4 on the other hand plays differently while still giving the atmosphere you loved from the first game. Tr4 main setting is Egypt, and the sense of wonder from level to level is astounding. Each chamber, each open field, every place is full of personality and not a lazy copy-and-paste. Puzzles are different now, the one I most fondly remember is the "dice game" with Semherket. Action is usually integrated when solving puzzles, like when you have to use the strength of a raging bull to open a door, it's not the tired "press switch run to the door". Even though there are not "traditional boss fights, you will use your guns a lot. Up until the third act the pacins is amazing, the last levels are somehow tired. There is an increasingly difficult spike that would put some players off, without a guide you would feel lost. The main problem is that it's never clear wich objects are interactive and wich not, combine with the permanent state of darkness in the last leves that your eyes will bleed in agony. It's weird but Cairo and Giza (the last two sections of the game) are overly long, with little to no "break" with cutscenes, they are not set during the day so it's difficult to catch little details (like a key on the ground). In the end, if you like a challenging game with an involving story (that I didn't spoil for you), engaging environments, great action, this is the game for you.… Expand
  5. TdTSimon
    Oct 1, 2010
    9
    Some people ask themselves why other people like this game so much. For people who haven't played this game yet, it has everything a good game should have. I know, it's one of the forgotten games (like NOLF and many others, that's why this is only the second review of this game) but that doesn't mean it is not a good game. And especially, this game is 11 years old. The game has a greatSome people ask themselves why other people like this game so much. For people who haven't played this game yet, it has everything a good game should have. I know, it's one of the forgotten games (like NOLF and many others, that's why this is only the second review of this game) but that doesn't mean it is not a good game. And especially, this game is 11 years old. The game has a great story (one of the best story's ever in a game),and the gameplay and the graphics are both very good for a game of 1999. But there is one thing that TR 4 makes the best Tomb Raider ever: the very difficult puzzles. This and the great story makes it one of the best games I ever played in my life.… Expand
  6. Denniro
    Oct 1, 2012
    10
    This is probably my most favourite game of all time. I am replaying it now on Vita and like it as much as more than 10 years ago. This is an example the real adventure game should be like. Huge complex levels, thrilling and atmospheric sound, difficult puzzles and the duration of the game. A true masterpiece. Thank You, Core Design.
  7. Andante
    Oct 13, 2014
    9
    One of the best Tomb Raider games of the "classical" era and my personal favorite together with TR3. All the nice features are there and the difficulty is just right.
  8. iddqd4
    Jan 23, 2018
    9
    Продолжение любимой серии и обожаемой мной героини, уровни головоломки в которых нужно найти выход, с бектрекингом, ключами, рычагами и кнопками, это моя тема. Я не равнодушен к уровням лабиринтам во всех их проявлениях.Продолжение любимой серии и обожаемой мной героини, уровни головоломки в которых нужно найти выход, с бектрекингом, ключами, рычагами и кнопками, это моя тема. Я не равнодушен к уровням лабиринтам во всех их проявлениях.
  9. palmeiras9
    Dec 12, 2015
    6
    "The Last Revelation" is a game that really brings back that sense of "Lara exploring tombs", that was lost in the magnificent Tomb Raider 2 and in the minor Tomb Raider 3. But I say with regret that I was never able to finish it. The game is atrociously difficult: is humanly impossible a normal person able to finish it without the help of a walkthrough. The entire game takes place in"The Last Revelation" is a game that really brings back that sense of "Lara exploring tombs", that was lost in the magnificent Tomb Raider 2 and in the minor Tomb Raider 3. But I say with regret that I was never able to finish it. The game is atrociously difficult: is humanly impossible a normal person able to finish it without the help of a walkthrough. The entire game takes place in Egypt, and while it offers really beautiful surroundings, at a certain point I was tired of seeing sand and pyramids along the way, which made me lose interest to continue playing.

    The controls, like all old games of Lara Croft, are archaic in compared to the current generation. In "The Last Revelation" we have the movement of Lara crouched. This movement always was annoying and irritant for me, for being too slow. Men players from that time certainly liked to contemplate the view, and perhaps they didn't realize how slow that was, but as I'm a girl, I never saw any grace. But if you thought that only this is slow in this game, just wait to see the screens of Loading... Jesus Christ. Think of a thing slow like a slug. And this isn't comforting in a game where everything can kill you at any time. You spend more time waiting at the loading screen than playing.

    Not is a bad game (Is much better than Tomb 3 and Chronicles), but I only recommend "The Last Revelation" for the most ardent fans of Lara. If you've never played a old game of Tomb Raider, I recommend spending far from it.    … Expand
  10. Sarah_Hardy
    Sep 16, 2018
    10
    First game of the franchise I played. Epic and well built. The puzzles are complicated and the challenges are striking. Good story with exciting ending.
  11. Kadeemluvmusic
    Jul 21, 2016
    7
    This is the moment where the Tomb Raider series finally hitting rock bottom thanks to this game. I'm not saying The Last Revelation is a bad game everyone says, only Chronicles and The Angel of Darkness were both mediocre at best. I think it's a fairly decent sequel, but if you recall on the last 3 Tomb Raider games, this should've been extremely awesome whether it's fighting a T-Rex orThis is the moment where the Tomb Raider series finally hitting rock bottom thanks to this game. I'm not saying The Last Revelation is a bad game everyone says, only Chronicles and The Angel of Darkness were both mediocre at best. I think it's a fairly decent sequel, but if you recall on the last 3 Tomb Raider games, this should've been extremely awesome whether it's fighting a T-Rex or swimming past deadly sharks, or discovering Area 51's mysterious secrets. Tomb Raider still keeps me waiting for a fun and dangerous adventure awaits in one Lara Croft excitement. But The Last Revelation wasn't quite daring enough. I've played the game on Steam (or Playstation) and it was fun. The acting was great, the story was great, the puzzles were kinda difficult (the tutorial was a bit meh). In fact, the ending where Lara Croft trying to save her father until a boulder of rocks starting to crumble and Lara Croft dies will indeed be gone down in infamy as one of the worst endings in video game history. That's what happens when Core Design started everything nice and fresh until it burns all the way down the rabbit hole. Everything is just the same in this game, awful tank controls, the level designs are just not the same like it should've been done in previous games, and also I just hope Toby Gard (since he left Core in 1997) is very sad and unhappy why his former bosses at Core starting treating Lara Croft as a iconic sexpot who like most men sees her breast in every game, but that's over with. Lara is now C-cup now in the recent Tomb Raider reboot series (which, technically, was his idea choice for an Indiana Jones-like female character ever since the first Tomb Raider was in development from the early begginings in 1993) and that's why Lara Croft is still the reigning queen of video games. In short, The Last Revelation is still re-playable, but let Crystal Dynamics do all the work and let Croft stills what she does best, killing every bastard and every artifact she can find.… Expand
  12. pookie
    Jun 28, 2012
    7
    This game returns to the roots. With focuses more on exploration and puzzle solving. Fewer weapons, Fewer outfits, and fewer locations. The whole game takes place in Egypt. The storyline is probably the most epic of 32-bit Tomb Raider. The engine feels smoother and refined more than ever now. It's visually superior to TR1-3, but the changes are far from drastic. TLR has a slow pace.This game returns to the roots. With focuses more on exploration and puzzle solving. Fewer weapons, Fewer outfits, and fewer locations. The whole game takes place in Egypt. The storyline is probably the most epic of 32-bit Tomb Raider. The engine feels smoother and refined more than ever now. It's visually superior to TR1-3, but the changes are far from drastic. TLR has a slow pace. Crawling and climbing around becomes more of a annoyance. Backtracking between levels creates a feeling of a huge open world, but is rather tedious. The vehicle bits are decent, but don't hold a candle to TR2 and 3. This is a huge game. This is a good game. However, once you've played through it a few times it's hard to go back to it.… Expand
  13. MrSonicFan
    May 7, 2013
    7
    This game is FAR better than Tomb Raider III. The level design is better, The graphics are great for a PS1 game and the story is the best in the series a this point. I would recommend it to people who like platformers
  14. strangermoon
    May 23, 2023
    10
    best egYpt pyramids puzzle game. great cut scenes and lara contuniation storyline. feels like egYpt comic book or own adventure book.
  15. PEMGILRAT
    Aug 15, 2021
    10
    This was one of the first games i played in my life. i played it when i was 11 years old on my first PlayStation console. I have never played an exploration game with such complex puzzles, it was just to much for me to solve. So i played with my cousin and it took us about 3 years to beat it because figure the game out was really hard but very very enjoyable. I loved everything about thisThis was one of the first games i played in my life. i played it when i was 11 years old on my first PlayStation console. I have never played an exploration game with such complex puzzles, it was just to much for me to solve. So i played with my cousin and it took us about 3 years to beat it because figure the game out was really hard but very very enjoyable. I loved everything about this game, the game play, the level design, the sound design was nice. For me , even now 19 years late , the game is a bad ass 10 out of 10 and the best tomb raider ever made. ( my top 3 is actually TR4 -TR1-TR2) IF you like puzzles this is a must to play game!!

    (try it with the graphics improvement Mod on pc.)    … Expand
  16. SilverOrlov
    Oct 9, 2019
    9
    This part was as interesting as the previous ones, but this part had a more ... heavy and depressing atmosphere. It was well felt in the last part of the game. But this does not mean that it is bad. It was a little sudden, but very interesting.
  17. harmit900
    Sep 14, 2020
    10
    this is my most played tomb raider game my favorite part of the game temple of karnak area tomb of semerkhet guardian of semerkhet and whole alexandria area i love to play these places again and again i want this type tomb raider in 2020 independant badass lara who dont need jonah like idiots
  18. BStheBOBI
    Mar 17, 2021
    4
    The game started out strong. Having a nice mix of levels in terms of exploration and action. The introduction was good. But the more you progress the more the flaws start to show. Exploration is good but when you don't know what are you supposed to do, multiple interconnected levels, no clear way to progress furder, combining parts that are scattered all around the multiple maps. It is aThe game started out strong. Having a nice mix of levels in terms of exploration and action. The introduction was good. But the more you progress the more the flaws start to show. Exploration is good but when you don't know what are you supposed to do, multiple interconnected levels, no clear way to progress furder, combining parts that are scattered all around the multiple maps. It is a big disconnect that hurts the game. The movement is pretty much the same which is for 1999 starting to get very old. The story is good, the gunplay is good. Overall i can only recommend the game for true tomb raider fans who want to play all of the tomb raider games.… Expand
  19. LT_Gruber
    Dec 18, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolute best one in the Tomb Raider series, in my opinion.

    After the disaster that is, Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft, I lost all hope. A good series, ruined. But then came Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation. The series redeemed itself instantly.

    This installment is the best in the whole series in my opinion. It takes place in Egypt and its whole level design, the different puzzles, obstacles and challenges to overcome are just glorious.

    In Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation, you start off in the past, in which you go on an adventure with your mentor, Werner von Croy. You are just a teenager at this point. You go to the temple complex Angkor Wat in Cambodia to search for an ancient artefact. When Werner does not respect the ancient ruins, it starts to collapse and you barely make it out, without von Croy or the artifact.

    Years later, when exploring as the Lara we know and love today, you stumble across a crypt on your journeys and find a ancient amulet, belonging to the Egyptian God Seth. You accidentally remove it from his grave, which awakens him. Now he threatens to destroy the world and you must reverse your mistake and stop him. Meanwhile, your old mentor Werner von Croy is back and learns of the amulet. He sends his goons after you to steal it from your hands. You travel to Karnak, Luxor, Alexandria, Cairo and Gizeh, while being hindered and chased by von Croy and his buddies. In the many crypts and temples, you also need to overcome different challenges and unkillable beasts that chase you. It is all so epic.

    This game is also, undoubtedly the largest and biggest one yet. As a kid, I spent hours and hours on this game and even today, as a grown ass man, it took me many days and hours to complete this gem from my childhood.

    The graphics have been improved from the previous games and the animations are a lot smoother. The best thing of all, Lara’s rack is now round and polished. The new environments, fire, lighting and water looks also very nice and more polished than the first three games.

    The sounds is also improved, with as biggest upgrade, the new sounds of the weapons and their fire. Pistols do not sound like pea shooters anymore, shotguns give a big roaring bang when fired and my personal favourite: The grenade launcher. It is still one of the better sounds designs that I experienced in a game.

    When speaking of the controls, it is still just as clunky and stiff as the previous games. This is of course because of the Tank Controls this game uses. However, they feel a lot more responsive for some unexplainable reason. In this game, I also discovered some new tricks Lara can do, something I did not see or notice in the previous games, if they were even there. When holding a ledge, pressing shift and up lets Lara do an acrobatic leg swing onto the platform. So epic. When jumping and pressing crouch, Lara will back flip herself into attack position into the air. It looks really cool.

    You also got some vehicle stages in this game in which you ride a motorcycle and a jeep. The controls for them are horrendous and these two stages I disliked somewhat.

    I only had one complaint about this game. The Cairo levels. As a kid, and as a grown man, I struggled to find out where to go to next. I did not want to check for walkthroughs at first. But I got stuck on exactly the same point as when I was a kid. No matter how hard I tried, I could not figure it out. After a walkthrough, I was like: “Really..?”. Nevertheless, I completed the rest of the game without issues after this.

    For me, Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation will always be my personal favorite in the series. This is mainly because it is the game that marked my youth, but also because of its excellent level design, it’s beautiful and different environments, puzzles and balance of platforming and action.

    Definitely recommend this gem.    … Expand