Tomb Raider

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  1. Xumari
    Dec 7, 2013
    5
    This is a very very great game, I'd love it. But it is not Lara Croft.
    Nice cut scenes, nice BSO, very nice environments, nice RPG-like system, nice story line... but not a Tomb Raider.
    I'd have liked this one if it had been just another franchise, but not Tomb Raider. My score would have been 9, but as a TR fan of the classic games, I'm very disappointed. It looks like the usage of the    This is a very very great game, I'd love it. But it is not Lara Croft.
    Nice cut scenes, nice BSO, very nice environments, nice RPG-like system, nice story line... but not a Tomb Raider.
    I'd have liked this one if it had been just another franchise, but not Tomb Raider. My score would have been 9, but as a TR fan of the classic games, I'm very disappointed.
    It looks like the usage of the Tomb Raider franchise on this title is just for marketing.    … Expand
  2. sandutter
    Jan 9, 2014
    6
    The positive: great graphics, nice controls and playability, female hero, was really fun to play the first half.
    The negative: ludicrous story, and here and there unnecessary violent and bloody, becomes too repetitive after the first half of the game (I lost interest and never finished).
    I wished that the developers could have focused more on puzzles, survival and story rather than    The positive: great graphics, nice controls and playability, female hero, was really fun to play the first half.
    The negative: ludicrous story, and here and there unnecessary violent and bloody, becomes too repetitive after the first half of the game (I lost interest and never finished).

    I wished that the developers could have focused more on puzzles, survival and story rather than forcing Lara to become a simple killing machine. For instance, it would have been nice elaborate on survival skills, hunting, building shelters and so on. This part exists in the game to some lesser extent, but is never really required for finishing.    … Expand
  3. dyspeptic
    Mar 13, 2014
    7
    Played: Dec 2013
    PROS:
    + Level design is quite good: the locations actually feel like parts of an island (the mountain village is especially good) + Several awesome action sequences CONS: - Story is pretty flimsy - Combat doesn’t feel quite right REVIEW: I picked this game up for $10 during steam’s end of year sale, and man was it a bargain! Running this game on a high-end PC    Played: Dec 2013
    PROS:
    + Level design is quite good: the locations actually feel like parts of an island (the mountain village is especially good)
    + Several awesome action sequences
    CONS:
    - Story is pretty flimsy
    - Combat doesn’t feel quite right
    REVIEW:
    I picked this game up for $10 during steam’s end of year sale, and man was it a bargain! Running this game on a high-end PC allowed me to run, jump, and fight all over beautiful environments in what seems to be a popularized remake of a cult-favorite series. Beautiful environments aren’t everything, though: the prettiest game is still boring if you only move down an endless hallway. This is where Tomb Raider really shines-environments are interesting and varied. Cover is only important until you have killed all the baddies on the island (they don’t regenerate), but revisiting old areas to complete “find x objects” quests is still interesting because of the depth of the areas (most are at least 2-stories tall).
    The other main advantage this game boasts is the number of action sequences. I can think of four sequences right off hand where I literally said out loud “Man, this is awesome!” I’d hate to wreck any surprises by gushing about what they were, but a game that actually manages to be memorable should be worth a few dollars.
    Moving on to what didn’t go well, the story is frankly dumb. Sure the premise is cool: you are on an academic trip to find a long-lost culture and have to survive. Unfortunately the conclusion is pretty obvious from the beginning; the hints that are supposed to lead up to the surprise climax ending really just give away a pretty shallow plot. To their credit, however they at least attempted to fill it out with well-voiced audio clips that you find around.
    My other gripe is combat. This game feels like is was supposed to be about platforming and exploring but somebody said it was boring and a combat system had to be grafted in wholesale. You have four weapons plus some hand-to-hand skills to work with, but this is third-person action as we saw it in the mid-2000s with clunky weapons and occasionally awkward hitboxes. If you find yourself in really close proximity, there is an okay counter system but I found that it was more fun to avoid fights all together, sniping the guards with a bow so I could explore at leisure.
    BOTTOM LINE: This game has its weaknesses, but it is definitely worth your attention, especially if you can find it on sale!    … Expand
  4. Zaihum
    Jan 29, 2016
    5
    I've thought about this for too long, and finally I'll have to rate a 5

    Positive: • Great gameplay • Great skill tree • Awesome weapon mod system • Good graphic quality • So, so story And know, why 5 ? Well, Tomb Raider indeed is a good game, but I feel like this is not A Tomb Raider game. It's more like a generic version for people who don't even know what Tomb Raider is    I've thought about this for too long, and finally I'll have to rate a 5

    Positive:

    • Great gameplay
    • Great skill tree
    • Awesome weapon mod system
    • Good graphic quality
    • So, so story

    And know, why 5 ?

    Well, Tomb Raider indeed is a good game, but I feel like this is not A Tomb Raider game. It's more like a generic version for people who don't even know what Tomb Raider is to play it because It has a good gameplay.

    It lost the "Tomb Raider" essence. That old mistery and ancient puzzle games that got you stuck in a level for hours.

    That essence is gone. And I really miss it. So I'm rating this based on a personal value. But that's what users do.    … Expand
  5. Andante
    Aug 11, 2014
    7
    I am an old school Tomb Raider fan and have finished most of the old TR games. Technically the game is amazing and really had the potential to become a great TR. Sadly some critical aspects of it ruined the experience. First and foremost the game is holding all the time the player's hand telling him what to do, where to go etc. which comes in complete contrast with the original TR spirit.I am an old school Tomb Raider fan and have finished most of the old TR games. Technically the game is amazing and really had the potential to become a great TR. Sadly some critical aspects of it ruined the experience. First and foremost the game is holding all the time the player's hand telling him what to do, where to go etc. which comes in complete contrast with the original TR spirit. And this is only the beginning. The game is overloaded with hundreds of QT E's making it look more like a movie rather than a game and also there are no puzzles at all. And finally this is an overwhelmingly brutal game, feature that I didn't really enjoy. I was definitely expecting a lot more from this game. In my opinion this is a very good game but NOT a Tomb Raider game.… Expand
  6. krenx
    Jul 6, 2014
    5
    I really want to give this game an 8. But the camera shake in INSANE! Make me throw up. I really wonder if they have a QA team on this. I really love everything else about the game. Beautiful environments, story, fighting engine. But Jeez. Can't enjoy it when I spend half the day recovering in bed from the nausea caused by the stupid camera tracking and shake. I had to close my eyes duringI really want to give this game an 8. But the camera shake in INSANE! Make me throw up. I really wonder if they have a QA team on this. I really love everything else about the game. Beautiful environments, story, fighting engine. But Jeez. Can't enjoy it when I spend half the day recovering in bed from the nausea caused by the stupid camera tracking and shake. I had to close my eyes during cut scenes just to prevent myself from turning green for god's sake. Darksiders II suffered the same issue too. It's' such a pity really.… Expand
  7. smilzoboboz
    Mar 7, 2015
    5
    A game which plays itself. I'm a huge fan of games where the player has full control of the gameplay, possibly over the story too and this game (mostly interactive animation) is the exact opposite.

    Story is a complete joke: you're stranded with your archaelogical team on a supposedly desert island which turns out being filled with rogue assassins which you'll have to kill one by one...    A game which plays itself. I'm a huge fan of games where the player has full control of the gameplay, possibly over the story too and this game (mostly interactive animation) is the exact opposite.

    Story is a complete joke: you're stranded with your archaelogical team on a supposedly desert island which turns out being filled with rogue assassins which you'll have to kill one by one... originality and deepness are completely lacking on this compartment. Not to mention character developing or insight: is Lara Croft a screaming and crying helpless girl or a cold-blood killer who one-man (woman) slaughters the population of an entire island? She cannot be both, just saying.
    Not to mention that after a few hours I really got tired of Lara's continous panting, gulping and crying, you don't do that if you're in danger, you don't make any noise, think rationally and survive (or, well, you can also cry and scream, get cought and die)

    Gameplay is what disappointed me the most. Most of gameplay time (I'm not kidding, it's like a bit over 50%) you don't actually play. Instead you're offered cutscenes ending up in QUICK-TIME EVENTS and death... let me explain, when I see a cinematic/cutscene starting, I usually let my hands rest a bit, sit back and enjoy. Having QTEs on everything took back even that little enjoyment and relax I could get from watching graphically stunning cutscenes.
    Also just to add more, I didn't like how character turning animation/response worked, mice are not analogic levers.

    Now, on the technical compartment, graphic is stunning and music and effects are really good too. Same goes for photography, camera on cutscenes is always where it should be to get the best visual effect.
    Also, graphic is extremely well optimized so you actually need average-to-low specs to achieve stunning graphical results.

    So, if you like graphically stunning interactive cutscene manslaughter and you don't care what your character name is, you may like this game. Don't even think of buying it if you ever played one of the first tomb raiders, this will ruin your past experience even if it was a bad one.    … Expand
  8. Skyketsu
    Sep 13, 2014
    7
    This game falls on the repetitive at points with it's cover shoot mechanics and gunplay but overall leads to an enjoyable experience. Visually it's a beautiful game with it's several inside and outside environments showcasing some pleasant graphics and wonderful scenery.

    The story is enjoyable but rather plain and uninteresting and the characters fail to grasp you in anyway, leaving a    This game falls on the repetitive at points with it's cover shoot mechanics and gunplay but overall leads to an enjoyable experience. Visually it's a beautiful game with it's several inside and outside environments showcasing some pleasant graphics and wonderful scenery.

    The story is enjoyable but rather plain and uninteresting and the characters fail to grasp you in anyway, leaving a slightly empty feeling in terms of character development. The voice acting is nothing above average but it doesn't impact on the game too heavily overall and the character of Lara Croft is decently played.

    The best aspect of this game is how much progress it shows gaming has made in terms of female representation and Tomb Raider 2013 is a brilliant example of it, this game is more revolutionary in terms of Feminism in gaming than design and that is why I have rated it as high as I have. Despite it's flaws this game is a good step forward.    … Expand
  9. thefishslap
    Jan 12, 2015
    6
    this movey is just all of its where the hipe is. the skunked lady is stubbey and can even evelry barely run through the tooms themslevles! i coldnt even pass the turtrotrital because she was so stubbeyt! i shut the game off after the part where because really? they had of to do the add that part of into the other game? it just discussed me bee and after 4:00 o' clock, *sigh"*...
  10. arruu
    Apr 21, 2017
    6
    The good:
    -Good graphics and map design.
    -Tight controls. -Memorable action scenes. The bad: -Although the map design is rich and smart, it relis way too much in "going back or around things to get goodies". -Way too linear and scripted. -False sense of survival. It's just a straightforward action-platform game. -Optional, short and easy tombs in a game called "TOMB" raider.    The good:
    -Good graphics and map design.
    -Tight controls.
    -Memorable action scenes.
    The bad:
    -Although the map design is rich and smart, it relis way too much in "going back or around things to get goodies".
    -Way too linear and scripted.
    -False sense of survival. It's just a straightforward action-platform game.
    -Optional, short and easy tombs in a game called "TOMB" raider.
    -Lackluster story with a stupid plot, with many childish moments. Predictable and main stream.
    -Neither the character nor the other npcs are memorable or boast a strong personality.
    -Poor enemy AI.
    -Lost opportunity to clean the face of such a fan-favourite game franchise.    … Expand
  11. Domesz
    Sep 21, 2015
    7
    The first quarter of the game was 10 out of 10. Amazing graphics (which stayed for the whole game of course) and an amazing FRAGILE character, who had no confidence whatsoever. For me this character made the game 10 out of 10.
    This character, however, quickly became this mass murderer, who you knew could take on 100 or even 200 people with no problems. I did not have to worry about Lara    The first quarter of the game was 10 out of 10. Amazing graphics (which stayed for the whole game of course) and an amazing FRAGILE character, who had no confidence whatsoever. For me this character made the game 10 out of 10.
    This character, however, quickly became this mass murderer, who you knew could take on 100 or even 200 people with no problems. I did not have to worry about Lara anymore, which brought the game down for my by the end.
    It is definitely worth playing though, and I am awaiting the next Tomb Raider game eagerly.    … Expand
  12. zzebelle
    Dec 23, 2014
    7
    As a long-time Tomb Raider fan, I had mixed feelings about this game.

    Pros *Amazing graphics *Pretty good storyline *Some interesting environments to explore Cons *Too many cut scenes/quicktime events *Too much conflict and gore - I think I killed thousands of men. It got a little tedious after a while. *There is hardly any actual tomb raiding - this is an option but not part    As a long-time Tomb Raider fan, I had mixed feelings about this game.

    Pros
    *Amazing graphics
    *Pretty good storyline
    *Some interesting environments to explore

    Cons
    *Too many cut scenes/quicktime events
    *Too much conflict and gore - I think I killed thousands of men. It got a little tedious after a while.
    *There is hardly any actual tomb raiding - this is an option but not part of the main game and these were simple and boring.
    *Not enough variety in the environment - they all began to feel the same - muddy mucky shanty towns. I miss the beautiful rainforests and crumbling ancient tombs of the old games.

    Overall I did enjoy playing the game, but would prefer more tombs and less mindless killing in further versions.    … Expand
  13. CntrlAltDel101
    Sep 29, 2015
    6
    Great looking game. Fun combat and puzzle solving. Rediculous story campaign. Even though this game snuck in at just over 8 hours to finish the last couple of hours I felt like the game had overstayed its welcome.
    Good if you can pick it up cheap in the sales and looking for a something to sink a few hours over the weekend.
  14. d_dymon
    Aug 25, 2018
    7
    Sincerely, I expected more from this game. It turned to be a pretty generic one. I could see the story developing from a mile away, with same idea as 90% of adventure movies.

    Lara's hair with TressFX enabled looks really good.
  15. dandalis
    May 9, 2021
    6
    Its easy to see why this reboot grabbed so many people, its streamlined, it puts focus on action above all else, its flashy and cinematic, made to appeal to the modern, action seeking casual gamer first and foremost, but as someone who got into TR series prior to 2013 reboot, i feel Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics hurt the idea of what a TR game is suppose to be with this reboot,Its easy to see why this reboot grabbed so many people, its streamlined, it puts focus on action above all else, its flashy and cinematic, made to appeal to the modern, action seeking casual gamer first and foremost, but as someone who got into TR series prior to 2013 reboot, i feel Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics hurt the idea of what a TR game is suppose to be with this reboot, something that even its sequels didnt quite recover from.

    The strongest parts of the game for me are its premise and setting. Yamatai is a well executed, mysterious, unsettling place, and uncovering its secrets, history, what is going on there, is very gratifying. Finding the documents, discovering relics, added a good deal to the historical enjoyment aspect. Thats where TR 2013 shines.

    The main story is fairly alright, but not without issues. Its reasonably satisfying to see Lara going from a insecure girl to a hardened 'survivor', but what makes that character growth seem almost comical to a degree, is the amount of bodies youre forced to pile up. As Lara contemplates her first kill for a moment, what follows next is her going on a killing spree of hundreds of men, it creates one hell of ludonarrative dissonance. Is she really a survivor ? Does she really struggle ? All the talk about how much more grounded, how much more 'realistic' she is now, those arguments kinda fall on their face, because she's basically a 1 woman army throughout the game. Why cant there be much fewer enemies and an option to avoid certain combat situations altogether ? That would've made her struggle feel actually believable, as there is very little to relate with someone who kills hundreds with a relative ease.

    And why are the sequences necessary where Lara is being ruffed up and injured badly ? That kind of stuff shouldnt happen to get the player to care about her, she's ship wrecked on an uncharted island, i already cared about wanting to get her off of it safely. You dont need to impale her with a rebar in the opening moments, its just so overdone, especially since she just pulls the thing out of her body and continues like nothing happaned a minute or two later, going against the whole 'realism' aspect even more.

    The cast of characters isnt anything super praise worthy, but they and their motivations are fleshed out just well enough. When some of them die, you actually kinda feel for them as the game succeeds in showing that they actually meant something to Lara.

    The biggest problem of the game has to be the fact that for a game called Tomb Raider, there isnt really any real tomb raiding involved. The closest thing are the 'Optional Tombs', dumbed down puzzle wise, mini challenges that reward you with salvage and XP. I mean really, Crystal Dynamics ? There was only one or two places in the mainline story that resembled actual tombs and thay didnt even involve any real puzzle solving, they were just cutscene/pass through/combat section areas.

    As it was suppose to be an origin story, i can understand the exclusion of dual pistols, but even without them the gunplay is just average, with barely any feel and floaty handling. Though the biggest insult are the gun sounds, theyre really weak.
    The choice to make the bow Lara's new go to weapon also gave me conflicting feelings, on one hand its the coolest weapon out of the bunch, its satisfying to use, especially when you upgrade it to the compound and competition variants, on the other, dual pistols are just much more bad arse. Though i do enjoy the bow.
    The platforming, compared to previous games, has been made very casual, even when the game isnt on rails, there's almost no depth to it, and it can be rough around the edges.
    The hand holding in this game is tiresome. You cant manually take cover or crouch on your own, its all automated. Survival instinct i dont mind too much, because if youre an experienced gamer, you barely have to rely on it.
    And the QTE's... Previous TR games only had them on rare occasions and they werent obnoxious, while this reboot constantly bombards you with them.
    And i dont get why they felt the need to progression-lock certain areas in early sections of the game, that you can only access later, going back to them during late or post-game is just so counterintuitive.

    Im also not exactly a fan of the visual design of this Lara. She used to have a distinctively great, athletic, feminine body build, the 'realistic' approach here now makes her look just average. Realistic character design =/= always better. Also her facial animations lack expressional variety, even in cutscenes her face comes off as wooden at times.
    Her wardrobe in the game is really bland too, really stupid decision to not include any of her iconic outfits.
    And Camilla Luddington's performance can be all over the place.

    While thats a fair amount of criticism, i do still think the game is decent enough, just wish it didnt scrap so much of what made Tomb Raider...well, Tomb Raider.    … Expand
  16. Demon2017
    Sep 25, 2022
    7
    Нормальная такая адвенчура на пару-тройку вечеров. Ничего революционного, но сделано неплохо, как перезапуск вполне себе сносно.
  17. RivShiell
    Mar 5, 2017
    6
    Really stupid story, but interesting gameplay with some issues, but not critical. Story exist just as reason for gameplay features, but outstanding it's weak and empty.
  18. kevinbrown
    Jul 15, 2018
    7
    That's gotta be THE BEST Tomb Raider I've ever played, all the way since the first one on Playstation.

    It's up par the Uncharted series with a more dramatic tale. In this game, we went back to Lara Croft's early years. A young woman shattered and struggling to survive. No more otaku looks; here's a normal sized Lara, dirty, bleeding more realistic than ever. The gameplay is    That's gotta be THE BEST Tomb Raider I've ever played, all the way since the first one on Playstation.

    It's up par the Uncharted series with a more dramatic tale.

    In this game, we went back to Lara Croft's early years. A young woman shattered and struggling to survive. No more otaku looks; here's a normal sized Lara, dirty, bleeding more realistic than ever.

    The gameplay is classic 3rd person mechanics with cover shooting, hiking, platforming and excellent puzzles. The side missions are adding extra fun.

    The arsenal is classic except the bow, which is by far the most fun weapon with authentic mechanics.

    The background is so well made. As you progress into the hostile island, you learn its history through cues, collectables and journals you earn, with several side stories.

    Graphically, Tomb Raider is beautiful, with all the merit going to its jaw-dropping artistic direction - you will never see ancient temples like those!

    + Good universe
    + great storytelling
    + Stunning artistic direction
    + Truly awesome realistic version of Lara Croft
    + open-world platform game
    + THE EFFIN BOW

    - animations make some moves tough to handle    … Expand
  19. CoreGamer1408
    Jan 3, 2022
    5
    Free drop on the Epic Store. Lara croft the scripted movie with some really janky QTE. Had potential, but hand holding and dumbed down gameplay doesn't really do it for me.
  20. RagingPoet
    Feb 5, 2018
    7
    7.5 out of 10.
    Tomb Raider is an enjoyable game: visuals are amazing and exploring is very good(even climbing is decent), the puzzles are ok for the game without inventory management and the story is interesting despite being a bit stupid at times.
    But combat ruins a lot of the game for me: it's boring and there is way too much of it. There is no unique or even remotely interesting    7.5 out of 10.
    Tomb Raider is an enjoyable game: visuals are amazing and exploring is very good(even climbing is decent), the puzzles are ok for the game without inventory management and the story is interesting despite being a bit stupid at times.

    But combat ruins a lot of the game for me: it's boring and there is way too much of it. There is no unique or even remotely interesting mechanics in fights, it's just shoot, take cover, reload and repeat. And you will repeat it a lot, during the game you'll kill literally hundreds of men.
    It feels so out of place when compared to the story. In cutscenes Lara is just an ordinary person with extensive survivalist background, but in combat she is unstoppable killing machine that takes down dozen of armed enemies at once, soaking tons of bullets in process.

    Overall Tomb Raider is a good game, but i think that it could've been much better if amount of shooting was scaled down.    … Expand
  21. Aginagala
    Nov 5, 2017
    7
    I had never played the original tomb raider games, as I never had the console to play them on however with this game in particular I found the whole experience extremely enjoyable. I liked the subtle RPG aspects of the game which involved some sort of strategy when it came to combat, and the A.I. of the enemies was annoyingly okay as they responded to my movements and strategiesI had never played the original tomb raider games, as I never had the console to play them on however with this game in particular I found the whole experience extremely enjoyable. I liked the subtle RPG aspects of the game which involved some sort of strategy when it came to combat, and the A.I. of the enemies was annoyingly okay as they responded to my movements and strategies accordingly. However when it was coming to the end part of the game I found myself simply wanting to just finish the game rather than fully enjoying it as there was not enough variety in what was happening compared to the rest of the game. However I do find myself saying this was one of the more enjoyable games that I have played.… Expand
  22. GameStach
    Feb 21, 2018
    7
    Summarizing: I would say the game is decent. The story sucks, but it is not that big of a problem. It took me 11 hours to finish this game, which was just a bit too long for me, because it started to annoy me at the end. There is a multiplayer, but I didn't play it, because I didn't really feel like it. It's a decent game.

    Let's start with what makes this game good. Now, some games    Summarizing: I would say the game is decent. The story sucks, but it is not that big of a problem. It took me 11 hours to finish this game, which was just a bit too long for me, because it started to annoy me at the end. There is a multiplayer, but I didn't play it, because I didn't really feel like it. It's a decent game.

    Let's start with what makes this game good. Now, some games choose to let the player start off with all core mechanics available. For example: Far Cry. You can either buy new weapons, abilities or other utilities to upgrade your character, but that doesn't really add anything in terms of interesting mechanics. Sure, you can buy a skill that lets you chain stealth kills, but that is just the mechanic of a stealth kill being repeated. In my opinion, that makes a game boring, unless you've got some epic story or other gameplay to back it up.

    And then you've got other games, like Tomb Raider, that get it right and gradually give you new equipment which unlock new mechanics. You start the game with absolutely nothing.
    First you find a bow and you learn how to hunt, something you will (by the way) never ever do again in this game, but that is besides the point. You learn that you can only light your torch using fire sources, but then you find flint and steel to light up your torch without the need of those sources.
    You get a lighter to shoot fire arrows. You get this thing that lets you go - whooosh - up on ropes. That was my favorite item. In terms of weapons: you find a handgun, machine gun, shotgun and bow, which are all upgradable; nothing too fancy. You find crafting parts to upgrade weapons, but most of the time you don't even really notice the upgrades.

    Let's move on to the story. The story **** sucks. The story is about Lara traveling to Japan to find some hidden island, or something. You're ship ends up in a storm and as a result you're stuck on this island. Initially, you're separated from your group. When you find them, you find out one of them is kidnapped by other people, who are also trapped on the island and have been for some time.
    And the game basically revolves around rescuing her. The characters in this game are as boring as the game is predictable. I do not give a **** about them. Early on, a few of them, with whom you're probably supposed to have some kind of a connection die. And I couldn't have cared less when it happened. At some point later in the game, you try to escape the island, but you can't due to some kind of mystical power. Later you see these sort of zombie-samurai, which adds some tension.
    But then later on, you find out that you can just shoot these guys! AND that they're about as powerful as normal enemies!
    However, what the game does do well, is its epic sequences. Trying to escape a collapsing cave or dodging spikes when sliding down a cliff, is really cool. But, but ... They overdo it. Just a bit too many of those sequences.

    Now, except from the story: what can you do? Not that much that is actually fun. There are collectibles, but when playing they didn't really feel worth to find. Let's talk about tombs. They start off really cool: they have this small part where you slowly walk in, which sets the atmosphere really nicely. BUT the tombs only consist of one puzzle you have to solve. I have to admit though, they are harder than your average gaming-puzzles, but just having to solve one puzzle, makes it feel a bit too easy. So, what DO you get when you finish a tomb? Gold? Some ancient artifact? Nope, you get the same **** animation of her gasping and you get ... crafting parts. Waaaauw. Really worth it.

    Uhm, what else? You have the same animation over and over when you stealth kill someone. Enemies take way too many bullets to kill. You can take three clips before you die, even on hard-mode.    … Expand
  23. Mustaing
    Jul 17, 2020
    7
    Buen juego pero limitado en mecánicas , todo así marcó el camino para las secuelas que fueron exelentes.
  24. loveforfire
    Mar 15, 2021
    5
    I was a fan of the old Tomb Raider games, and also a fan of the Crystal Dynamic series. TR classic was all about encouraging non-linear exploration and critical thinking to solve puzzles. Now this series has become all too linear, action oriented and button mashing. Add to that the serious, over dramatic, self indulgent, tone and has way too many cutscenes.
    The older games had simplistic    I was a fan of the old Tomb Raider games, and also a fan of the Crystal Dynamic series. TR classic was all about encouraging non-linear exploration and critical thinking to solve puzzles. Now this series has become all too linear, action oriented and button mashing. Add to that the serious, over dramatic, self indulgent, tone and has way too many cutscenes.
    The older games had simplistic plots that were easy to follow and they only made you sit through a few short cutscenes. These newer games could take hint from them, as this plot is way to complicated and sounds as if the writers was made it up as they went along. Hint: Keep it simple

    I've also heard interviews with the developers cynically stating that this new Laura was (to paraphrase) 'pro feminist' or 'less sexual' than the older games, that the older games showed an oversexualization of Laura. This is a simple minded-tunnel vision view or her IMO, as she isn't exactly "modest" in this new game in her features. Never was I actually turned on by the old Laura for the record.

    In short: Tom Raider (2013) is another forgettable cookie cutter RE4- Uncharted clone. Stay away from it.    … Expand
  25. Gelaos
    Jul 12, 2021
    6
    I applaud the developers for rebooting the franchise and Lara Croft herself. The story is quite good. However, the game doesn't feel like a "Tomb Raider" to me, mainly for these reasons:

    1) the puzzles (and/or tombs) are either non-existent or incredibely easy, 2) combat itself is enjoyable but there's too much of it, 3) unnecessary RPG and crafting elements (skills, weapon upgrades)    I applaud the developers for rebooting the franchise and Lara Croft herself. The story is quite good. However, the game doesn't feel like a "Tomb Raider" to me, mainly for these reasons:

    1) the puzzles (and/or tombs) are either non-existent or incredibely easy,
    2) combat itself is enjoyable but there's too much of it,
    3) unnecessary RPG and crafting elements (skills, weapon upgrades)
    4) level design is too linear (previous Tomb Raider games were also linear, but the levels - unlike in this game - didn't feel like taken out of a FPS)
    5) Lara talks so much (to herself) that it's annoying. Hey, I want to figure out things myself and don't need to constantly hear Lara's remarks about every little thing.
    6) Too many QTEs and cinematic sequences.

    In short, new Tomb Raider feels and plays like a generic "Uncharted" adventure game. While that is okay and the game is fun enough, it's not fair to call it "Tomb Raider" because there really isn't much left from the original gameplay formula that made previous Tomb Raider games (both the original series and Legend series) so popular.    … Expand
  26. Kotofon
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    «Tomb Raider» рассказывает напряженную и захватывающую историю о том, как Ларе Крофт, робкой юной девушке, пришлось столкнуться с враждебной средой и научиться выживать там, где другие погибали. Имея в своем распоряжении только чутье и инстинкты, Лара должна выйти за пределы человеческой выносливости, раскрыть темные тайны забытого острова, на который ее забросила судьба, и сразиться за«Tomb Raider» рассказывает напряженную и захватывающую историю о том, как Ларе Крофт, робкой юной девушке, пришлось столкнуться с враждебной средой и научиться выживать там, где другие погибали. Имея в своем распоряжении только чутье и инстинкты, Лара должна выйти за пределы человеческой выносливости, раскрыть темные тайны забытого острова, на который ее забросила судьба, и сразиться за свое право вырваться из мертвой хватки этого места и сбежать отсюда.… Expand
  27. spjuut
    Dec 2, 2018
    6
    The story is good and i like the setting of the game, the gameplay feels kind of repetetive with jumping around cliffs and climbing things all the time. Otherwise i had a pretty good time and the weapon mechanics feels good.
  28. Saiker
    Feb 17, 2019
    7
    This game was overloaded with cheap action, cliche dialogues and lacked any clever puzzles to solve. The levels were embarrassingly linear and the only challenges it provided were those where dozens of bad guys started attacking you and you had to shoot 'em all. Buckets of blood and piles of rotting dead bodies (literally) don't make it an adult game.
    The controls and graphics were good    This game was overloaded with cheap action, cliche dialogues and lacked any clever puzzles to solve. The levels were embarrassingly linear and the only challenges it provided were those where dozens of bad guys started attacking you and you had to shoot 'em all. Buckets of blood and piles of rotting dead bodies (literally) don't make it an adult game.
    The controls and graphics were good and it's still a decent action game, but definitely not a good TR game.    … Expand
  29. Soullex
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    Biraz puzzle, biraz aksiyon güzel bir oyun.................................
  30. bennymate
    Jun 25, 2023
    5
    The QTE's seriously bore me after 25 hours, the combat is laborious and the fighting sequences are lazily thrown together, Lara Croft isn't f******* Terminator, why am i fighting 100 people at once? Let me be stealthy, such a frustrating game.
  31. Matusiowo
    Jun 13, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. + Strong and great intro to the game.

    +/- Small areas with an awful lot of useless collectibles.
    +/- Good but at the same time linear level design.
    +/- Sometimes cutscense seems to be prolonged.

    - Artificially making it impossible to return to the way already travelled (suddenly the fire starts to spread throughout the whole floor, "unexpected" 15th explosion).
    - Puzzle are not demanding, e.g. suddenly there is a corridor through which we have to go (there is no other way!) and gas escapes in it, so we just have to tighten the valve, which is literally in front of our nose.
    - Often the "sudden turn of events" feels poorly written.
    - Platform areas are dull and not challenging at all.
    - AI is often totally idiotic even on the hardest difficulty.
    - The last boss fight was dull.
    - The ending is unfullfilling.    … Expand
  32. r03vg
    Jul 18, 2022
    7
    Играть интересно, но из-за неважного сценария все персонажи забудутся на следующий же день.
  33. PaulKorsky
    May 13, 2021
    6
    Первая часть перезапущенного Tomb Raider хоть и является лучшей в трилогии, отнюдь не можно назвать хорошей игрой. Ужасной , не играбельной в прочем тоже. Это стандартный боевик который жутко косился на тогда популярный Ачартед и стремится копировать его. Где-то лучше где-то хуже. Стрелять по началу весело, но спустя пару часов запал иссякает. Боты даже на максимальной сложности невероятноПервая часть перезапущенного Tomb Raider хоть и является лучшей в трилогии, отнюдь не можно назвать хорошей игрой. Ужасной , не играбельной в прочем тоже. Это стандартный боевик который жутко косился на тогда популярный Ачартед и стремится копировать его. Где-то лучше где-то хуже. Стрелять по началу весело, но спустя пару часов запал иссякает. Боты даже на максимальной сложности невероятно тупые и никаких проблем не вызовут. Вау пробежек под взрывы и щепки всего что существует на планете дают стабильно по 5-6 раз на час геймплея, и это бы могло работать до сих пор, но увы визуал спёкся и давно не впечатляет, особенно на фоне очень красивой Rise of Tomb Raider. Резюмируя: пострелушка на 2-3 вечера. По скидке может и сойдет. Но , я бы на вашем месте приобрел бы Legend или классические первые 3 части.

    P.S: Поберегите здоровье , не следите за местным сюжетом, а то можно подгореть от глупости сценария.    … Expand
  34. Oswinoswald
    Aug 8, 2020
    7
    Really good and great game
    to me its 2nd best game of the new trilogy
    I would recommend it
  35. AbhinavDasiga
    Jul 25, 2020
    7
    Lara Croft in an Uncharted game might work on paper, but it works exceptionally well in practice. The grittier tone of Tomb Raider makes for a enjoyable ride from beginning to end and Lara can comfortably claim her place among the third person action adventure protagonist pantheon.
  36. KapralDominik
    Aug 3, 2022
    7
    Удачный пример "мягкого" перезапуска франшизы с хорошими вытекающими. В случае с Tomb Raider разрабам трудно было прогадать в вопросе "чего же хотят игроки?". Очевидно, больше приключений, древних гробниц, загадок и море кадров с мокрой Ларой Крофт. Тут и постановка голливудская подъехала (скорее, с оглядкой на Uncharted) и история улучшилась став более комплексной и интересной (например,Удачный пример "мягкого" перезапуска франшизы с хорошими вытекающими. В случае с Tomb Raider разрабам трудно было прогадать в вопросе "чего же хотят игроки?". Очевидно, больше приключений, древних гробниц, загадок и море кадров с мокрой Ларой Крофт. Тут и постановка голливудская подъехала (скорее, с оглядкой на Uncharted) и история улучшилась став более комплексной и интересной (например, при помощи фактов и записок подается лор острова на котором происходят события). Есть и попытки в новаторство в виде охоты и системы прокачки. В общем и целом, очень приятное приключение, дарующее широкий спектр впечатлений и возможностей. Оценка: 7.… Expand
  37. bancandrei
    May 12, 2020
    7
    A surprisingly good game, I had some good time with it. It has lots of influences, lots of different elements, like horror vibe in the beginning, physics based puzzles, climbing, cover based shooting, bombastic set pieces. It could even have developed the survival or crafting mechanics. So it could go in a lot of directions, it shows a lot of potential, but they way it is, it feels a bitA surprisingly good game, I had some good time with it. It has lots of influences, lots of different elements, like horror vibe in the beginning, physics based puzzles, climbing, cover based shooting, bombastic set pieces. It could even have developed the survival or crafting mechanics. So it could go in a lot of directions, it shows a lot of potential, but they way it is, it feels a bit unfocused. Unfortunately my least favorite, the shooting seems to be the central mechanic from some point onwards. Story has pacing issues, and pretty much peaks when you reach the top of the antenna. You could at least stick with it until then… Expand
  38. hileger
    Oct 19, 2022
    7
    Испортили игру какого хрена все ее так обожают не до анчартед эта игра что сюжетно говно что геймплейно еще серая будто черно белое кино
  39. Fr1Z
    Mar 13, 2022
    7
    This is a really good game that can bring you pleasant emotions, but I think it could have been done much better. The developers should have worked more on the plot and characters, especially on Lara Croft. It was possible, for example, to add flashbacks of her childhood with her father or come up with something else to deepen this character.
  40. AshBornd
    Feb 8, 2021
    7
    Лара Крофт "нового поколения" очень специфична. Отличная графика, приятные пейзажи, занимательный сеттинг и неплохие экшен моменты существуют наряду с глупым сюжетом и неинтересными персонажами.
  41. Cevat
    Jun 24, 2020
    7
    It is one of the rare productions I played on PC as a console gamer. His story was mediocre, but it made me have an enjoyable eight hours.
  42. Etwin
    Aug 27, 2020
    5
    Скучный, однообразный геймплей, зачищаешь локу, потом бежишь, потом снова зачищаешь район, эх... если бы это было еще интересно, но нет, все перестрелки однообразные и не интересные, в начале пытался проходить стелсом, убивая всех из лука, но потом просто выбегают море врагов и даже не надо экономить пули, на каждом метре есть пули, стрелы, грены. Прокачка лишняя, за всю игру раза 2Скучный, однообразный геймплей, зачищаешь локу, потом бежишь, потом снова зачищаешь район, эх... если бы это было еще интересно, но нет, все перестрелки однообразные и не интересные, в начале пытался проходить стелсом, убивая всех из лука, но потом просто выбегают море врагов и даже не надо экономить пули, на каждом метре есть пули, стрелы, грены. Прокачка лишняя, за всю игру раза 2 улучшал какие-то навыки, Заставлял через скуку себя играть… Expand
  43. Vaeu
    Jun 30, 2020
    7
    Tomb Raider is a fun action-adventure game with intrigue in the titular character at least and solid puzzle pieces. Decent graphics and sound and a competent story that defines Lara Croft. Overall, a credible distraction.
  44. emilyratesgames
    Jul 21, 2020
    7
    Score: 7
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  45. Denizarasgulle
    Jul 29, 2020
    7
    Just an OK game. There is nothing special about this game. Story is OK, but story telling is horrible. Gameplay is repetitive but good. AI is garbage. Action sequences are great and the game is very well polished. Graphics are stunning. Controls are a bit weird. Overall an OK game.
  46. StylishMuttin
    Aug 3, 2020
    7
    Gameplay and graphics are quite good. The story of the island is pretty interesting, but the actual characters have have very little backstory or development and I just didn't care about them. There's an instance where one of lara's friends dies and its this heroic sacrifice and sad moment, but I didn't even know the characters name until that scene because no one is memorable.
    Fun, but    Gameplay and graphics are quite good. The story of the island is pretty interesting, but the actual characters have have very little backstory or development and I just didn't care about them. There's an instance where one of lara's friends dies and its this heroic sacrifice and sad moment, but I didn't even know the characters name until that scene because no one is memorable.
    Fun, but not memorable enough to make me want to play the sequels.    … Expand
  47. juanfrandegea
    Sep 15, 2020
    7
    Es el primero de una saga que nos ha dado momentazos. Si lo ves a 5€ píllalo, sino espera, lo van a rebajar así que juega a otra cosa. Y no te lo digo porque el juego sea malo, es un juegazo que te desafía con sus puzzles y entretiene con sus tiroteos pero si encima te ahorras unos euros, mejor que mejor.
  48. ErayTellezi
    Aug 12, 2022
    7
    Uncharted'lar kadar karakterleri kendisine bağlamasa da hikayesi pek derin olmasa da eğlenceli bir oyundu. Platform ve puzzle bölümleri dönemine göre fena değildi. Aksiyonu, sürekli yenilenen silahlarıyla beni Uncharted'lardan daha çok tatmin etti diyebilirim. 1-2 tane boss saavaşı vardı ama pek heyecan verici ya da zorlayıcı değillerdi.

    Teknik olarak döneminin biraz gerisinde gibi    Uncharted'lar kadar karakterleri kendisine bağlamasa da hikayesi pek derin olmasa da eğlenceli bir oyundu. Platform ve puzzle bölümleri dönemine göre fena değildi. Aksiyonu, sürekli yenilenen silahlarıyla beni Uncharted'lardan daha çok tatmin etti diyebilirim. 1-2 tane boss saavaşı vardı ama pek heyecan verici ya da zorlayıcı değillerdi.

    Teknik olarak döneminin biraz gerisinde gibi geldi bana. Karakter animasyonları biraz tuhaftı, zıpladığında havada asılı kalıyor ya da gerçekçi olmayan bir şekilde süzülüyor gibiydi. Sinematik aksiyon sahneleri fena kotarılmasa da görsellikleri etkileyici değildi maalesef.

    Yine de 11 saatte bitmesiyle, insanı ot çöp işleriyle yormamasıyla, istemediğiniz sürece yan işlerle uğraştırmamasıyla, dümdüz akmasıyla oyunu sevdim diyebilirim.    … Expand
  49. Bodislav
    Jan 16, 2022
    6
    UI doesn't fit the screen .
  50. Kaiserrollii
    Oct 10, 2020
    6
    Kai's WhoAsked Reviews..

    Tomb Raider: - Lara: fires one bullet - Game: here are ten more - Lara's ammo go up Things I liked: - That one stealth sequence in the dark forest - The skills and weapon upgrades - The shotgun - Getting headshots with the pistol Things I disliked: - There's this one part where you're supposed to jump onto a ledge and a cutscene triggers. But    Kai's WhoAsked Reviews..

    Tomb Raider:
    - Lara: fires one bullet
    - Game: here are ten more
    - Lara's ammo go up

    Things I liked:
    - That one stealth sequence in the dark forest
    - The skills and weapon upgrades
    - The shotgun
    - Getting headshots with the pistol

    Things I disliked:
    - There's this one part where you're supposed to jump onto a ledge and a cutscene triggers. But something went wrong, and no cutscene played when I reached the ledge. I was stuck there for ~10 minutes trying to figure out what I was meant to do.
    - Lara has three opportunities to shoot the main antagonist, but she does not
    - Some of the dialogue was cringe, and the character development for Reyes was wonky
    - Mash left and right to struggle
    - Mash E repeatedly to pry
    - Lara has over 9000 HP -- she is basically immortal. She is also female Nathan Drake.
    You can:
    - set her on fire
    - impale her with rebar
    - drop her off a cliff
    - drop her off a sky bridge
    - drop her down a sinkhole
    - shoot her in the arm
    - toss a live grenade 1 metre in front of her
    - etc.
    And she will survive because she has level 9000 grip strength and basically infinite ammo.

    Final verdict: 6.0/10    … Expand
  51. FirstSpawn
    Jan 19, 2022
    7
    Игра крутая, конечно, но, к сожалению, не держит планку и заметно "падает" после 30-40% пройденного пути.
  52. bar0yka
    Dec 9, 2022
    6
    sıkıcı geldi bitiremedim sonra fedupsamania abimden izledim 6lık .
  53. Daryl_Price
    Dec 12, 2020
    6
    Не знаю, почему всем игра так зашла. В ней просто самый тупой искусственный интелект врагов, который я только видел в видеоиграх. Куча визуальных багов и всратостей, которые реально на половине игры уже достают. Да, плюсом есть конечно же главная героиня, и общая картина игры - она красивая. Головоломки прикольные, но вот некоторые поступки персонажей и события - ну верх тупизма. Кароч яНе знаю, почему всем игра так зашла. В ней просто самый тупой искусственный интелект врагов, который я только видел в видеоиграх. Куча визуальных багов и всратостей, которые реально на половине игры уже достают. Да, плюсом есть конечно же главная героиня, и общая картина игры - она красивая. Головоломки прикольные, но вот некоторые поступки персонажей и события - ну верх тупизма. Кароч я не думаю, что игра заслуживает таких высоких оценок. Я лично на половине прохождения игру забросил, хотя не спорю, кому то это действительно понравится.… Expand
  54. vova22379
    Nov 26, 2021
    5
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  55. piglordofallham
    Jun 23, 2022
    6
    I have one-hundred hours in "Tomb Raider: This time we'll get it right," also known as the 2013 reboot to the ill-fated, but coincidentally long running Tomb Raider franchise starring the titular, or somewhat below average titular, Lara Croft. Now that many hours tells you two things, A. I benchmarked this game a lot, and B. Probably spent time just visually enjoying the game. Even overI have one-hundred hours in "Tomb Raider: This time we'll get it right," also known as the 2013 reboot to the ill-fated, but coincidentally long running Tomb Raider franchise starring the titular, or somewhat below average titular, Lara Croft. Now that many hours tells you two things, A. I benchmarked this game a lot, and B. Probably spent time just visually enjoying the game. Even over ten years later, it is a very pretty game, not perfect around every edge, asset or character render or facial animation, but its decidedly very pretty to look at. It also has a very professional soundtrack, some pretty hilarious voice acting that is functional, but perhaps doesn't quite line up with the low quality writing.

    In this pre-Lara, pre-adventure that has nothing to do with other third-person action games at the time, nor is it some kind of bizarre fetish murder simulator with gruesome male (as well as female) death sequences, you explore the origins of Lara Croft as a character or something. I don't remember. The story is all over the place, inconsequential, bad, and is some sort of TV's "Lost" meets the "Uncharted" game series meets "Indiana Jones, but just "Temple of Doom" and theirs also something in there about an ancient Japanese sorceress or whatever. Me personally? I couldn't tell you one thing that happens in the story. Some characters show up, sometimes they aren't there, Lara's looking for her girlfriend probably, theirs like two actual boss fights, theirs a boss fight that isn't even a major character that's reduced to a quick-time event twenty minutes into the game and I guess- oh- I guess their are some "tombs" to walk around or discover.

    The Tomb raider series is pretty old, so its not like people didn't see the eventual homogenization of their beloved dear schmoopsy-poo Lara Croft being turned into whatever fried food equivalent that sold well before everyone's doctor started to warn them about potential health complications from eating said particular fried food. The point is that it was always going to attempt to be mainstream, I just never thought a mainstream game would get away with obvious Ryona scenes, references to "Faster, **** Kill! Kill!," and attempts to portray itself as deeply serious in every unbelievably awful scene where Lara "cardboard cutout" Croft can speak to some bland minor character we know nothing about for five minutes about where the plot is going because we sure as heck as the audience don't know and theirs no real reason to care either.

    The fact that so much of the game is reliant on these stupidly obvious, repetitive and insultingly thick confrontations ala third-person shooter accompanied by all manner of chest-high walls, should tell you everything that was on the developers mind's when they crafting this nonsense. Lara, a 130 l.b. (going off Anniversary editions established weight) five foot six inch scrawny looking white girl upper body can magically derive the strength to pull a bow string so far back, that it delivers enough force for the arrow to literally pierce a human skull all the way through. Which is comical in this game no matter how many times I see it, but that doesn't change how utterly ridiculous it is. So its not surprising that combat is a chore against brainless combatants (all men) who are murdered for so much as farting or belching in Lara's general direction, whose motivations are so vague they could actually be extremely aggressive salesmen and Lara would still create an excuse to blow their kneecaps off. Only four weapons are available on an Island somehow armed to the teeth with military grade rifles, pistols, explosives, Molotov cocktails, sub-machines guns, and lets not forget gun turrets. Can't have a good action set piece without a large gun turret shooting at your protagonist.

    So is Lara Croft John Rambo? It would make a lot of sense. Ultimately the things that happen in "Lara Croft Murder adventures: Tombs are only the beginning" merely happen because the writers need an action set piece to push the story forward. Lara falls at the beginning of the game onto a particularly pointy piece of metal, its a silly sequence where you must mash a contextual button prompt in order to pull a long rusty steel rebar out of her pelvic region (if only most girls were this easy). It bares mention that she seeks no medical aid after dislodging the object, and takes a little swim in "godknowswhat" jungle water with no repercussions. Ironically, she later is "injured" after this wound FINALLY gets worse, and she has to cauterize it, a scene the game shy's away from showing even with fairly realistic violence against men by firearm or bow and arrow.

    When you boil it down, Tomb Raider 2013 is a desperate derivative. Its fundamentally pointless. It lacks a narrative structure that cannot progress without some elaborate set piece from an action movie. In summary, it represents everything wrong with modern videogames.    … Expand
  56. apo-pa
    Jan 16, 2021
    5
    The art style is forgettable. I couldn't take the story seriously. This version of Lara is neither more humane nor more realistic and video game characters do not need to be more realistic than comic book characters either way. Roth is the only likable character, although all voice actors were bad.

    Gameplay wise it had too much shooting for my tastes. The qtes, in the beginning    The art style is forgettable. I couldn't take the story seriously. This version of Lara is neither more humane nor more realistic and video game characters do not need to be more realistic than comic book characters either way. Roth is the only likable character, although all voice actors were bad.

    Gameplay wise it had too much shooting for my tastes. The qtes, in the beginning especially, were annoying. For a person like me at least that is not used to them and doesn't like the concept.

    For me the initial impression was 'very bad' (the qte filled part), then it started to get better until it started becoming repetitive.

    PS. I bought it for 2 euro 69 on December 2020 on Steam and it is certainly not worse than what I expected.    … Expand
  57. Dzhani
    Jan 7, 2021
    6
    Tomb Raider is a very popular series of games as from the past as from the present. So I have finally decided to make a begin with it. I started my journey with the first part of the new Tomb Raider era.

    From the very beginning I was absolutely stunned by the incredible atmosphere in the game. The cursed/abandoned island got all of my attention for the first couple of hours. Snowy    Tomb Raider is a very popular series of games as from the past as from the present. So I have finally decided to make a begin with it. I started my journey with the first part of the new Tomb Raider era.

    From the very beginning I was absolutely stunned by the incredible atmosphere in the game. The cursed/abandoned island got all of my attention for the first couple of hours. Snowy mountains, rainy jungles, steep slopes, wrecked ships and airplanes made it one of the most significant places in games where I’ve ever been.

    The park our is a big part of the game, it’s very well executed. It’s all scripted though, but the cinematic which you get while doing all the acrobatics is insane!

    Unfortunately, the remaining aspects are less good of quality.

    The shooting system is in my opinion handicap. From all the weapons which you get during the game, the bow remains the only pleasantly weapon to use (and still, it’s not perfect, but good enough though, I really enjoyed shooting arrows with it). You won’t feel any of the automatic weapons, neither will you feel the enemies when hitting them.
    You really wouldn’t mind shooting some enemy’s now and then, but as you progress further into the game, you get more dumb bots to shoot.
    This leads us to another incident, there is a huge lack of enemy’s variations. The only ones you get to interact with are some animals (only wolfs actually, because they are the only hostile animal in the game), the fanatics (an unnatural amount of them spread over the whole island) and the crazy/corrupt sun nation warriors. Since there is that much of shooting in the game, why not add more variations of enemy’s?

    The story is very simple. It just could have been better, there is not very much to say about it.
    Characters on the other hand is a good topic to talk about. While playing the game we see the conflicts inside the group which we don’t care about at all and the scenarist are trying to implicate some dramatic losses in the story where over we won’t care either. All that because the characters were never personalised, we know nothing about them, even about Lara herself (and I want to remind you, this game is the very beginning of her adventures, it’s a chapter of her life where she got reborn). The game never creates any kind of emotional bond with the characters.

    As I’m playing this game years after it has been released I have thought about the limitations which I’ve just mentioned. It can be that the game just got to old. But then I have compared it to other games of early 2010’s, and funny things have occurred. This game indeed sucks at shooting and especially story telling.

    As a conclusion of this review I would suggest you to buy a newer chapter of the game (as the story of the listed one is not important at all) which will have better graphics and hopefully have better story telling/shooting system (I’m sure, it could not have got worse).    … Expand
  58. MairbekMagomed
    Mar 22, 2021
    7
    Приятный графон. Неплохой сюжет. Героиня очень хорошо кричит. На вечерок с пивком сойдет.
    Признаюсь пару раз были очень сильные моменты . Сочувствую людям с слабой психикой
  59. Lubo789
    Apr 11, 2021
    7
    Interesting and entertaining story, with beautiful world and amazing characters which you get really connected with throughout the game. Gameplay was quite alright.
  60. vocearo99
    Apr 21, 2021
    7
    In my opinion this is an overall good game. It does suffer from over the top action scenes and just a lot of shooting, but its all enjoyble. I would have liked to see more exploration which is btw almost non existent in this game. By far the best thing in this game is Lara`s caracther, even though her transition from a shy naive girl to a serial killer is almost non existent. Another flawIn my opinion this is an overall good game. It does suffer from over the top action scenes and just a lot of shooting, but its all enjoyble. I would have liked to see more exploration which is btw almost non existent in this game. By far the best thing in this game is Lara`s caracther, even though her transition from a shy naive girl to a serial killer is almost non existent. Another flaw I bealive are the other characters with the exeption of the villan which in my opinion is not good, but decent. I would still recommand this game for any fan of the Action Adventure genre. Thank you for reading this… Expand
  61. JustinForgueims
    May 2, 2022
    6
    Not a Tomb Raider game at all it really seems an Uncharted game re-skin. There's nothing I loved from the original games in this reboot.
    It's visually impacting sure but its gameplay sucks.
    Tomb Raider is a game that don't wants you to play it. It's interrupting you every 5min to play a cinematic. It's putting you in small grotes with no possible movement to load different areas. It    Not a Tomb Raider game at all it really seems an Uncharted game re-skin. There's nothing I loved from the original games in this reboot.
    It's visually impacting sure but its gameplay sucks.

    Tomb Raider is a game that don't wants you to play it. It's interrupting you every 5min to play a cinematic. It's putting you in small grotes with no possible movement to load different areas.
    It annoys you with quick time events that have nothing to do with a Tomb Raider game. Again, why so many quick time events? No one like them, it interrupts your gameplay and we are not playing guitar hero to test our key pressing skills. Even the last boss is a QTE!!!

    Another annoying thing is how every single climb in the game is marked with a super bright white or yellow paint. Really, did you seen that in the real world?
    It completely breaks the scenario immersion, everything in your sight will be spotted in white and yellow.
    There was no need of that, I played many Tomb Raider games and was perfectly able to know where to jump and where not.

    Need also to mention the huge amount of bullets, explosions, buildings falling and more buildings exploding in this game. When did we see this barbaric amount of destruction in a Tomb Raider game?
    And why is Lara a kind of god that can sustain any type of injury: dozens of bullets, bone cracks, deep wounds, explosions in her face, 50m falls... no worries, there's no life bar or medkits in this game... so in 30 secs Lara will be fine again.

    All in all this game experience is more close to a bad Tomb Raider movie than a good Tomb Raider game.    … Expand
  62. Edik191
    Dec 3, 2021
    7
    Играем мы за главную героиню Лару Крофт.
    Мне игра понравилась за свою атмосферу и уникальность геймплея. Рекомендую ознакомится тем кто не игра в Tomb Raider.
    Хорошый саундтрек не раздражающий и подходящий.
  63. petrkozak13
    Dec 13, 2021
    7
    Surprisingly good reboot of the franchise. I feel like the second game is the best but this one definitely deserves some love.
  64. Joogurtas
    Jan 2, 2022
    7
    Action packed platforming and decent story-telling, too much fantasy for my taste.
  65. hardkot
    Nov 11, 2022
    6
    Tomb Raider was born

    I've played this game several times for two things - I like Tomb Raider and ... I never get to the end of the game untill 2022. So, I want to higlight in this essay why I like and hate this game. Visual (6/10) Picture was great fo 2013, nowadays it seems a bit plain, but still good. Why 6 than ? A LOT OF BUGS. I've experienced different bugs in each walkthrough,    Tomb Raider was born

    I've played this game several times for two things - I like Tomb Raider and ... I never get to the end of the game untill 2022. So, I want to higlight in this essay why I like and hate this game.

    Visual (6/10)
    Picture was great fo 2013, nowadays it seems a bit plain, but still good. Why 6 than ? A LOT OF BUGS. I've experienced different bugs in each walkthrough, even now in 2022 they have not fixed major bugs in tombs. It's a game about tomb raider c'mon why you tombs are not working, why hitboxes are so broken and most annoying - strange camera shakes in cut scenes. I honestly checked different settings like vsync and still get this shakes. I get them in 2013, so they are in 2022. Maybe it's only on PC version only, but that was the main point why I've finished this game only now. Music is pretty average, I don't even know what to say. It's just exists somewhere on background. Lara's voice acting is good. Inetrface is a bit archaic as for 2022 and simplifyed, on the other hand it's just a linear single player game - only thing you need - just play.

    Gameplay (5/10)
    This is the singleplayer linear game with main story only - tha main game play is just run through levels. I like the idea to load levels while you climbing through the hole in a cave and than see new location that's good, but atfer the mid game - only thing you do is backtracking. In linear game... It was awfull, another thing why I haven't finished it first time. I've lost the whole tomb raider atmosphere when Lara starts to do every deal for the team in the same location. You have new equpment, so it's supposed that you would like to go back and test it.... but for what? another scrap bag? I don't think so, espesially if you kill all enemies each time and loot them for this scrap. Tombs are interesting, but so tiny and only few of them well designed. Not very interesting. I really like first few hours of the game, and in fact it's really the most entertaining part

    Story (7/10)
    I like the story, it's a mix of mysterios island and asian culture it's intriguing, but at the end it feels a bit decent ending, also they missed so many interesting things they can do with oni guards and make them just an ordinary enemies. Characters - decent, just here to be rescued by Lara and a bit involve on her development like a character. On the other hand Lara in this game is very interesting, she really changes till the end, get some iconic moments and ending prase - survivior was born feels like best ending for intro part of Tomb Raider new franchize. I like that developers understand they need to prepare good dramatic story for action adventures, so they can sucessfully compete with uncharted and last of us franchize.

    All in all, I like the game, and espesially the fact they release PC version in 2013 so everyone can enjoy the game, I like the rebranding of **** cause developers chose right way, but in other aspects it is a decent game with bugs and backtracking in the end. After completion the game I fully understand myself in 2013 and why I have not finished it, so it's up to you - play or not. You can easily pick up the game for free in EGS weekly giveaways and check.    … Expand
  66. DreamOfHero
    Feb 20, 2022
    7
    This is the first chapter of the Lara Croft reboot.
    We follow a young and inexperienced Lara on a journey of fear.
    The game keeps you glued to the screen with a constant suspense and sense of danger. A title with very mature features, which leads you to progress together with the protagonist. Even after 9 years from its release it still manages to make itself playable, stunned by the    This is the first chapter of the Lara Croft reboot.
    We follow a young and inexperienced Lara on a journey of fear.
    The game keeps you glued to the screen with a constant suspense and sense of danger.
    A title with very mature features, which leads you to progress together with the protagonist.
    Even after 9 years from its release it still manages to make itself playable, stunned by the beauty of the plot
    Interesting optional objectives (with a bit of history inside, which never hurts)    … Expand
  67. Jollyolfun
    Nov 18, 2022
    6
    i only played this after watching a tomb raider death compilation on youtube as a kid
  68. kilgharrah
    Jun 21, 2022
    6
    boring story, average gameplay, good graphics. it's just a game. anyway....
  69. Perturbator88
    Apr 13, 2023
    7
    Pros:
    Graphics
    Game Mechanics
    Environment Design

    Cons:
    Storyline is too predictable
  70. Tyrant103xx
    Jul 14, 2022
    6
    This genre is typically just not for me. I was in the mood for a game where I could solve a couple puzzles and shoot a couple bad guys and this game gave me that in a nice 10 hour package. I would say it was average in every way, it was a worthwhile experience, but not one I will likely ever return to.
  71. Taken_Hades
    May 19, 2023
    7
    -7/10 story
    -7/10 gameplay
    -8/10 environments
    -7/10 characters
    -6/10 music
  72. Danvie
    Oct 7, 2022
    6
    Дохуя ненужного пафоса, головоломки не сложные, геймплей более-менее приятный, но игра под конец надоедает.
  73. Blowjoe
    Oct 14, 2022
    7
    Recently I started playing the new edition of Tomb Raider from 2013, and I need to say that it felt much better than it did when I experienced it for the first time in 2014 on my old PC, that I was sharing with my brother. Back then I didn’t finish the game, but a few days ago I was bored and wanted to play some nostalgic video games. I was looking through my games on Epic games (Of courseRecently I started playing the new edition of Tomb Raider from 2013, and I need to say that it felt much better than it did when I experienced it for the first time in 2014 on my old PC, that I was sharing with my brother. Back then I didn’t finish the game, but a few days ago I was bored and wanted to play some nostalgic video games. I was looking through my games on Epic games (Of course I did not pay for any of those games, it was free). Then I found Tomb Raider and my first thought was “Naah I don’t want to play these boring Lara Croft games” I didn’t like it a few years ago so why should I play it now, I asked myself. I played this game for 4 straight hours that day. And now, after finishing it, I want to share my opinion with you guys.

    Full review on my blog:) Hope you like it.
    shorturl.at/bfiB4    … Expand
  74. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    7
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  75. IKIE66
    Feb 9, 2023
    7
    An extremely solid action adventure, not ground breaking in any area but no areas fall short either. Not art but very entertaining.
  76. Ocmah_
    Mar 30, 2023
    7
    Oyunsuzlukta oynanacak oyunlardan bir tanesi daha ama tekrar tekrar oynanmaz böyle oyunlar.
  77. George_K
    Apr 22, 2023
    6
    Fun overhole experience i cannot disagree great tombs but neither that challening nor that fascinating, but thats not the main reason i dislike it I get so bored with this game and tried many times to play it again but i can't (I haven't finish it yet) anywaysit has also some camera and control problems also once i stuck inside a wall, idk probably it's not the type of genre i like but iFun overhole experience i cannot disagree great tombs but neither that challening nor that fascinating, but thats not the main reason i dislike it I get so bored with this game and tried many times to play it again but i can't (I haven't finish it yet) anywaysit has also some camera and control problems also once i stuck inside a wall, idk probably it's not the type of genre i like but i am not a fan of this game… Expand
  78. Snjake
    Mar 18, 2023
    7
    Pretty good 3rd person action game I didn't like any of the side characters besides Jonah
  79. Naked_Snakee
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    Just text (crutch) to save the game to the list. Such things. Maybe I'll do a review later.
  80. Guilola
    May 12, 2023
    6
    É um jogo divertido, mas é muito repetitivo, uma carência enorme de diversidade de inimigos e a história parece ser muito jogada, tudo acontece muito rápido e os personagens parecem lidar muito bem com isso. A gameplay é muito boa e os gráficos são muito bonitos!
  81. DSalax
    Aug 19, 2023
    7
    (2013) lo juegue de salida y fue un juego bueno pero realmente nada realmente tan destacable
  82. Magikcarp
    Jul 19, 2023
    7
    Gameplay - 8
    Plot & Characters - 6
    Storytelling - 7
    Pacing - 9
    Music & Sound - 7
    Replayability - 4
    Performance - 10
  83. dunuch
    Aug 31, 2023
    5
    This is one of those games where you get so involved with the character and with the visuals surrounding it.
  84. majesty_x
    Aug 6, 2023
    7
    Graphics: 8/10; Storyline: 6/10; Gameplay: 8/10; Atmosphere: 7/10; Music: 6/10; Summary rating: 7/10
  85. DoomDoc_
    Aug 11, 2023
    7
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#18 Best PC Game of 2013
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#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2013
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#17 Most Shared PC Game of 2013

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. PC Master (Greece)
    Jun 10, 2013
    92
    The new incarnation of the iconic Lara Craft might very well be one of the best games out there right now. [April 2013]
  2. PC PowerPlay
    Mar 30, 2013
    90
    Everything you could want from an archeological adventure, except having to press six keys to mantle. [Apr 2013, p.80]
  3. DarkStation
    Mar 19, 2013
    80
    While not every promising idea Tomb Raider has is pulled off successfully, it nevertheless turns in a tense and memorable ride that combines modern game design with its forebears’ adventurous spirit in some exciting ways. Some of its missteps may well come at the cost of your enjoyment, but most can’t hope to hurt the adventure in the long run. Although it never fully finds its identity, this is a game and a story worth seeing through.
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