Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration

 PlayStation 4
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1996 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,491 out of 1996
  2. Mixed: 363 out of 1996
  3. Negative: 142 out of 1996
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  1. Stealthgear
    Jul 1, 2018
    4
    This is not a real Tomb Raider game. Whoever is making these games is ruining what made Lara Croft famous in the first place. Lara is supposed to be glamorous girl with a wild side for nabbing artifacts and escaping traps (Like Indiana Jones). What we got here is a run & gun cover shooter with a TERRIBLE horror story.

    This game has part / item collecting & surviving. That is extremely    This is not a real Tomb Raider game. Whoever is making these games is ruining what made Lara Croft famous in the first place. Lara is supposed to be glamorous girl with a wild side for nabbing artifacts and escaping traps (Like Indiana Jones). What we got here is a run & gun cover shooter with a TERRIBLE horror story.

    This game has part / item collecting & surviving. That is extremely boring in a game. After you waste time meandering around badly designed levels, it's just about killing. Lara's character is worse than the previous game. This is an Assassin's Creed clone and its just like a million other games. This isn't worth your time. I don't know how they made a worse game than the last one, but they did.    … Expand
  2. JaySilver
    Oct 13, 2017
    4
    OK so I grabbed this game at full price, because I was hyped and I totally regret it. FYI, this game includes all of the dlcs and weapons and outfits. And I gotta say - it ruined the game for me. Here's why: Everytime you unlock a new weapon (pistol, machine gun, bow), you automatically unlock ALL of them (those from the dlc). So you are pretty overpowered from the beginning. Why is itOK so I grabbed this game at full price, because I was hyped and I totally regret it. FYI, this game includes all of the dlcs and weapons and outfits. And I gotta say - it ruined the game for me. Here's why: Everytime you unlock a new weapon (pistol, machine gun, bow), you automatically unlock ALL of them (those from the dlc). So you are pretty overpowered from the beginning. Why is it ruining the game? Because there is no need in collecting weapon parts or craft, or collect other **** because you simply don't have to. The motivation was dead after a few hours.

    To be honest, the game is well polished, graphics are good, voice acting is fine and lara ain't **** around like she did in the first game. But en contraire the first one was way better because it was far more logical. Example: You start the game in the siberian tundra with a bow, while beeing constantly attacked by heavy armed forces. After approx. 5 hours, Lara finally decides to pick up a **** gun. Why? Nobody knows.

    So if you are a fan of exploring tombs, action packed scenes and female Archeologists, grad the game. For me, it wasn't satisfying enough.    … Expand
  3. lilkillpappy
    Dec 23, 2016
    3
    I honestly don't know what game everyone is playing. The game has beautiful graphics and great cinematics and some great ideas, but over all its a snooze fest. Over 50% of the game is cinematics and heavily scripted scenes, I would call it an interactive movie more than a game. There aren't many environmental puzzles any more, or many tombs any more, so I wouldn't call it a Tomb RaiderI honestly don't know what game everyone is playing. The game has beautiful graphics and great cinematics and some great ideas, but over all its a snooze fest. Over 50% of the game is cinematics and heavily scripted scenes, I would call it an interactive movie more than a game. There aren't many environmental puzzles any more, or many tombs any more, so I wouldn't call it a Tomb Raider game at all. It's mostly cinematics and combat. I guess the story is good, but I didn't get involved in it, because I was too depressed by the other issues. This is typical american made entertainment. A huge pile of money and production with little to no substance. Just depressing. If you don't like real puzzles, or the original Tomb Raider games then I guess this will be perfect for you.… Expand
  4. petebaldwin
    Oct 25, 2016
    4
    I cannot give a strong overall rating to a game that was held back from some customers for a year in the name of greed. As an overall experience, the excitement I had for the game was gone by the time it was released and I had seen and heard far too much of the story for any surprises to remain.

    The game itself is very good but I couldn't recommend buying it and giving any money to    I cannot give a strong overall rating to a game that was held back from some customers for a year in the name of greed. As an overall experience, the excitement I had for the game was gone by the time it was released and I had seen and heard far too much of the story for any surprises to remain.

    The game itself is very good but I couldn't recommend buying it and giving any money to these people - borrow it or wait a month and buy it second hand for £20. It's well worth a play but paying full price and buying this game brand new only validates SE's/MS's greed.    … Expand
  5. rikard131
    May 27, 2017
    3
    this game as well as it s prequel just put shame to the franchise ...square enix ruined the series since it is entirely different game from the first six installments published by Core design. they had entire TR legacy to begin with and what did they create ?! i suppose it is good game for younger players who dont know what it was like to play TR back in a day.
  6. lucidstorm1
    Jan 18, 2017
    4
    I would like the franchise to go back to the old Tomb Raider while retaining the new mechanics and animations, more tombs to explore, more ancient ruins, secluded places to visit. I don't want to play Uncharted or Far Cry, these games do better at what they are designed for and Tomb Raider excels in the exploration field giving you the sense that you are discovering something unique andI would like the franchise to go back to the old Tomb Raider while retaining the new mechanics and animations, more tombs to explore, more ancient ruins, secluded places to visit. I don't want to play Uncharted or Far Cry, these games do better at what they are designed for and Tomb Raider excels in the exploration field giving you the sense that you are discovering something unique and important. While it starts promising, it the same dumbed down run and shoot at stupid Artificial Intelligence for the rest of the game like in 2013. The game has so much potential to be a truly Tomb Raider with such a great identity built over the years, why it tries to mimic other games?… Expand
  7. deMagpyr
    Oct 17, 2016
    4
    I went through a mixed bag of emotions when playing Rise of the Tomb Raider on PS4. At first I was blown away by the visuals and the music, but after putting a good number of hours into playing I became very aware of a glaring issue.

    The game suffers from a sever case of input lag. When pressing a button you will find that the action happens about half a second after, which isn't too    I went through a mixed bag of emotions when playing Rise of the Tomb Raider on PS4. At first I was blown away by the visuals and the music, but after putting a good number of hours into playing I became very aware of a glaring issue.

    The game suffers from a sever case of input lag. When pressing a button you will find that the action happens about half a second after, which isn't too bad in platforming situations as you can adjust, but it really falls down during combat sections.

    For the record, I'm playing on Survival difficulty which removes aim assist, but the camera controls are so clunky it's borderline unplayable during said sections. It's been a long time since I've been so frustrated at a game, but with unresponsive controls like these it's not hard to see why. Just trying to slightly adjust your aim is a tedious battle, especially in fast and frenetic combat.

    I don't understand how the developers got the 2013 reboot so right, only to get the sequel so, so wrong with control issues as bad as this. I went into this game wanting to love it as much as I did the previous one, but I can't bring myself to carry on until these issues are fixed.

    I feel it would be disingenuous giving this game a higher score as it's beyond time that games are allowed to slide by due to pretty graphics, amazing voice acting or purely due to brand loyalty. A game should stand up on it's gameplay alone and Rise of the Tomb Raider falls flat.    … Expand
  8. Spugsy
    Jan 13, 2017
    2
    Average at best! Maybe it didn't wow me as I recently played Unchartered 4 which is ten times better than this.

    Graphics are ok, story average, excitement poor - serious, get Unchartered 4 instead.
  9. Si3g
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Jogo bem abaixo do título anterior. Gráficos são lindos, mas gameplay é sem graça, a história é fraca, a representação da Lara está ridícula de ruim, a ambientação e openworld do game é sem graça e nem chega aos pés da dos jogos clássicos... Cópia piorada de Uncharted
  10. canceRnya
    Oct 30, 2018
    3
    Убога как и первая часть. неужэли кто-то и правда считает это конкурентом Драке?
  11. FreakX
    Oct 11, 2016
    4
    Quite boring about all kinds of collectables, antiques around the corners, medals dangles the tree branches,what‘s the point except making the shallow game even more redundant?
  12. riley794
    Aug 28, 2018
    0
    The most overrated game since Undertale! I loved, the first reboot of the Tombraider (TR) series, however this one fell flat repeatedly. I feel the developers must have been force to implement the "open world" aspects of this game because of the success for Witcher 3. This game is complete $hi% compared to Witcher 3. Combat is few and far between if you don't directly follow theThe most overrated game since Undertale! I loved, the first reboot of the Tombraider (TR) series, however this one fell flat repeatedly. I feel the developers must have been force to implement the "open world" aspects of this game because of the success for Witcher 3. This game is complete $hi% compared to Witcher 3. Combat is few and far between if you don't directly follow the storyline. If you seek to complete all objectives you will be forced to follow extremely boring puzzles repeatedly. However, side quest are pretty much worthless because upgrades are pretty much worthless. I bought this game for 75% off and still feel ripped off. If you should accidently be forced to play this game. Focus one the story, don't bother with stealth and bring the best guns you can to each fight. All the BS that comes with it (you know the TOMB RAIDING) is pointless!!!… Expand
  13. mahdi0502
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    It was a very, very nonsensical game

    .The game's graphics were really awful
  14. Grimm12
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    Why can't I just buy the core game for $20?

    What if after the core game, I am good, and don't need/want any additional content. What is the worth of the DLCs and others that I will not play? As a PS4 consumer, I don't have the option to just have the core game and decide later if I would like additional content. Why make it a bundle, just to justify the $60 price tag.
  15. BallzyDan
    Oct 6, 2020
    2
    Looks great, plays out very boring. Where to jump to next, what stupid puzzle to solve next. Like uncharted 2 with less shooting
  16. superfraggot
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    PS4 still does not support HDR which makes this entry in the series unacceptably limited. Fairly annoying that they may have wheeled and dealed for an xbox exclusive.
  17. Lilliam1836
    Dec 13, 2021
    3
    I love the Tomb Raider series but this one game is ridiculous! Way to difficult to figure out what to do in some scenes. I enjoy the exploration, challenges, etc. but when it becomes a chore to even get to the next stage it's not fun any more. I give it a 3 only because of the name, but save your money folks.
  18. siekmang
    Mar 29, 2020
    2
    The gameplay is way too clunky for all the parkour-style moves you need to pull off. The story is not interesting in the least, and Lara Croft might as well be a cardboard cutout.
  19. Defer94ARG
    Jul 30, 2020
    0
    If you want a game with a really good story, characters and dialogues, a game with great and compelling and fun gameplay then... stay away from this game. What can i say. The story is so basic and full of cliches that it was physically painful at times. The dialogues are so bad that i think the writers have 12 years old each, and at no moment i even care about the characters. Even Lara isIf you want a game with a really good story, characters and dialogues, a game with great and compelling and fun gameplay then... stay away from this game. What can i say. The story is so basic and full of cliches that it was physically painful at times. The dialogues are so bad that i think the writers have 12 years old each, and at no moment i even care about the characters. Even Lara is a shallow character. The bad guys are just so cartoony that the main villain even has a big scar on his face, a eastern european religious fanatic that only wants to kill to get an artifact that gives eternal life. Yea, thats new.
    Then you have the gameplay. The gameplay is clumsy. At best. Its not terrible, but i would not play this game for fun. The IA and the combats arent really funny, especially because (at least on ps4) is actually painful to aim. The map is full of markers (like a Ubi game) but there is little reward to collect everything. Some of the documents contain stories and some artifacts you find can give you some information about the world you are in. That was the best part, but the other 500 chests containing paper, deer skins or other materials you could get by playing the game, are just there to make the game look longer.

    The only good part is the artistic one. I like the map, its not great, but the ruins of the bizantine city are just great. The artifacts are also great, and you can notice they put a lot of work in the map design.

    So, in conclusion: Terrible story, basic gameplay and great artistic direction. This is not Uncharted, even when it tries so hard. Play this only if you want to explore the ruins of bizantine cities, soviet camps and siberian forests. There is nothing more of value in this game. It can be fun at moments, and tedious in others. Overall an average game. Clearly overrated.    … Expand
  20. JZStudios
    Aug 28, 2019
    3
    Played on PS4 in Aug 2019
    On a scale where 5 is actually a pretty standard average game, Rise of the Tomb Raider deservingly falls below that mark. The story is very basic, plot elements are predictable from the very start, characters are uninteresting and have dumb and unclear motivations.
    The core gameplay, provided you take the time and do side stuff, is very uninteresting and not    Played on PS4 in Aug 2019
    On a scale where 5 is actually a pretty standard average game, Rise of the Tomb Raider deservingly falls below that mark. The story is very basic, plot elements are predictable from the very start, characters are uninteresting and have dumb and unclear motivations.

    The core gameplay, provided you take the time and do side stuff, is very uninteresting and not rewarding. There's very little combat, and only a handful of tombs to raid, with very contrived solutions that don't always play by the same rules. Climbing is slow and clunky, and sometimes jumping from ledge to ledge, or across cliff faces, Lara will just not grab the other ledge, or jump in some weird direction, or hit some minuscule thing, and then fall to her death. I died more from just exploratory bugs than I did in combat.

    The combat is awful. Your aim speed is very slow and imprecise, and then they toss on aim acceleration you can't disable. When enemies are close, and they will be since every enemy's AI is scripted to either run straight at you, or walk slowly towards you, the aiming seems to screw up and you have a hard time hitting things despite your aim being on point. I spent most of the game standing stationary and waiting for an enemy to show his head and pop it. Exciting. You can melee enemies, but it too, is dreadful. It doesn't do much damage, and mostly just "stuns" enemies for a lengthy "finisher" move, where all the other enemies shoot at you. The finisher move is also incredibly finicky about when it actually wants to work.

    So since combat is terrible, how about stealth? It's incredibly basic. Other than sprinting or jumping (which you get a perk for, despite it notably not working) the enemies do not hear you. Their vision cones are laughably small, and you can run straight at them from the side. Before you upgrade to quiet stealth kills, which ironically would consist of enemies screaming bloody murder as an axe is violently jammed in their back, stealth kills actually aren't stealthy. There's of course also the forced combat sections. So, stealth isn't very challenging or rewarding, and isn't always an option.

    The audio is actually pretty decent, with a pretty good amount of 5.1 surround spatialization, but walls and distance are not taken into effect in a lot of scenarios, so things sound closer than they really are. There's also often some seemingly random noises that I'm assuming is supposed to be "spooky" forest ambiance, but it didn't feel like that to me.

    I experienced a fair number of bugs, more than my average playthrough of a game would have. Nothing game breaking, but I think worth mentioning. Overall, the core gameplay outside of story missions got real tedious pretty quick, the gameplay during missions could include god awful combat encounters, and buggy "exploration" movements and the story fell very, very flat. This game does nothing new, and nothing great.    … Expand
  21. BradMorgan
    Sep 9, 2019
    4
    This game was a big disappointment. After the strong predecessor, this game felt like a rut in a world that felt very repetitive (of course due to the many snow levels). In addition, I found the story weak and the ultimate goal disappointing.
  22. sBrown94
    Jul 27, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Started off quite promising but got boring very quickly. Didn't care for any of the characters or the story to be honest, so much so that when Konstantin was spouting whatever his dying words were I didn't even wait for him to finish before blasting him in the face.

    The traversal aspect was fairly good although it became more of a chore after a while. Speaking of chores, nothing let's this game down more than its combat, it is so painfully awful that I dreaded every encounter. I started the game on seasoned raider difficulty but had to change to adventurer because the combat just sucks so bad. Once I got roughly half way through the game I just wanted it to end.

    I'm glad that I didn't pay for this game else I'd be even more disappointed. If you're looking for a good action adventure game just play uncharted instead.    … Expand
  23. yolo004
    Oct 8, 2020
    3
    The story didn't really get me hooked, the graphics are pretty bad although there are some nice visuals and the gameplay is okay but not awesome, I played this game relatively late but I think it didn't age well.
  24. samhell80
    Jul 8, 2020
    4
    I got this when it came out for free on PS Plus this month because I enjoyed the previous Tomb Raider Game. I've played for about 4 hours and I'm not sure I'm going to finish. This is game is incredibly mediocre. Some of the more glaring examples of its mediocrity and general blah-ness --
    1) So many cut scenes, mini cut scenes and QTEs...like one every 4 minutes. They don't seem to want    I got this when it came out for free on PS Plus this month because I enjoyed the previous Tomb Raider Game. I've played for about 4 hours and I'm not sure I'm going to finish. This is game is incredibly mediocre. Some of the more glaring examples of its mediocrity and general blah-ness --
    1) So many cut scenes, mini cut scenes and QTEs...like one every 4 minutes. They don't seem to want you to actual play the game. Seriously every stealth kill is a mini cut scene
    2) The combat is just boring, if you "stealth kill" an enemy in front of another enemy, literally if they are standing next to each other, the other enemy won't see you because it was a stealth kill. Even though in the stealth kill cut scene animation he's staring at you while your murder his friend
    3) Voice acting is just...bad
    4) Survival/crafting element is tacked on and seems to have no weight on actual game
    5) Distances seem arbitrary, Lara Croft can jump what appear to be dozens of feet at a time if it fits the level you are trying to navigate
    6) The animals you are supposed to hunt for...reasons...just kinda wander around and don't seem to respond to you in any consistent way whatsoever...but if they walk next to you and your swing your ice axe you can't hit them for...reasons...I guess

    And I nearly forgot, if you shoot generators with a single arrow...they explode

    All in all this game just served to remind me how much better Uncharted was and TLOU2 is.    … Expand
  25. omglioromg
    Jul 28, 2020
    0
    This game ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssucks.
    Lara survive one million near death experiences in a row, go ahead and do stupid stuff for the sake of fun such as jump and swim inside green water with dead people, she uses exploding device to explode a tomb she didn't have time to place the explosives in, this game does not feel nor look like tomb raider at all linear path and rush rush    This game ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssucks.
    Lara survive one million near death experiences in a row, go ahead and do stupid stuff for the sake of fun such as jump and swim inside green water with dead people, she uses exploding device to explode a tomb she didn't have time to place the explosives in, this game does not feel nor look like tomb raider at all linear path and rush rush rush rush 100% of the times the first lucky step she make, she will fall safely into a cave full of gold coins, each and every step of the way is a movie I never felt like I was allowed to walk one centimeter where I wanted to go. death scenes are there which is pointless and not needed, this is a video game not a movie, stop showing dead moments in great detail, let me play a tomb raider game. as a fan of almost all of her games, this is the one and only lara croft game I hated, why are you keep talking about "her dad" but never show him in a flash back? tomb raider 4 from 2001 got this better by letting you play with her father figure for about an hour before you are going on a solo advanture that had million of rooms to go, millions of hidden secrets that didnt contain "lore found: +22 experience" they contained bullets and medkits because they were secrets inside a game, not a bonus to a terrible movie which is dressed up as a game. tomb raider 3 will always be the best tombraider because it was a platforming game that gave you a lot of places to go, and rewarded thinking before moving, this is not lara croft the smart lady, if she is jumping into death traps and slug water for the funny. nope.    … Expand
  26. LoricSpartan
    Jul 9, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 1. Acting not great at all (could be due to poor directing or it could be the actors themselves)
    2. Graphics Great
    3. Soundtrack is good
    4. Language learning systems is nice
    6. Story feels like I am missing something
    7. No photomode :(
    8. Gunplay felt stiff
    9. Individual Character decsions were randomly changed only a few seconds later
    10. Love the crafting system
    11. I swear the soviet installation early in the game uses the same model as something from the first reboot game
    12. Traversal system is not that great
    13. I stopped paying attention during cutscenes constantly
    14. Enemy a.i. not to great
    15. Mashing the circle button to swim faster is not a good idea
    16. Endurance mode is fun
    17. Baba Yaga Dlc is interesting
    18. Had a glitch where Lara hair didn't load in properly
    19. Key moments are to short
    20. No explanation on what Trinity is
    21. Why are there Greeks/Byzantine in Siberia
    22. How does Lara know the frequency that Trinity uses    … Expand
  27. harmit900
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    finally i now realised whats wrong with new tomb raider games . old tomb raider games till year 2000 and anniversary are beautiful and the sites she visit have historical value they are not fictional places and enemies have guns rarely most enemies are supernatural lara croft was more awesome and confident most importantly those games are beautiful
  28. Reav84ykt
    Oct 19, 2020
    0
    The embodiment of stereotypes about Russia and the USSR! I am from eastern siberia, I have never seen such landscapes in my life. Cranberry!
  29. JewJewAbrams
    Jan 17, 2021
    0
    A completionist's worst nightmare. This game is a sloppy mess and the height of incompetence in game development. A bland, generic story that hardly builds off of the first game in any way whatsoever. Characters that are just as bland and generic (Jonah returns and is just as annoying and useless as he was the first time around). Gameplay wise, this title is just another cookie-cutterA completionist's worst nightmare. This game is a sloppy mess and the height of incompetence in game development. A bland, generic story that hardly builds off of the first game in any way whatsoever. Characters that are just as bland and generic (Jonah returns and is just as annoying and useless as he was the first time around). Gameplay wise, this title is just another cookie-cutter checklist-style open world. The combat is boring and unusually easy even on the hardest difficulty. The climbing is broken and overly complex, and certain mechanics won't work half the time, leading to lots of unnecessary deaths. The puzzles are fun but are far too few. Several in-game achievements were bugged and required backup saves to complete, a flaw that should have been fixed after it was found in the first game. The extra modes are a numbskull's handiwork; Score Attack is a mode that force speedrunning in a game that constantly breaks pace by forcing in "cinematic" moments and also punishes you heavily for not memorizing every little detail of ever single one of the game's mind-numbingly boring missions. And of course it's required for several achievements. The Expeditions require that you manually activate certain challenges just to get their corresponding achievement, so you're forced to do multiple runs to satiate the developers' obvious narcissism/if you want to get everything done. Overall, a pathetic game.… Expand
  30. pvtch
    Jun 4, 2022
    0
    most boring tomb riderof the whole saga..
    poop story and still glitched...
  31. gamer664
    May 21, 2023
    0
    The camera shake is so bad, the game is unplayable. This game is completely trash.
  32. blakee_1999
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    i have not finished this game and i dont think i ever will, i got through to around 25 per cent of this game which took me 6 hours but I'm done. After the Jacob introduction, this game just gets so **** boring it's insane. i had to convince myself to play it and each time and I could only sit down playing through like an hour each session. honestly, the mechanics and improvementsi have not finished this game and i dont think i ever will, i got through to around 25 per cent of this game which took me 6 hours but I'm done. After the Jacob introduction, this game just gets so **** boring it's insane. i had to convince myself to play it and each time and I could only sit down playing through like an hour each session. honestly, the mechanics and improvements gameplay-wise are so well done but the writing annoys me so much and it falls flat. each time I had to endure the story/ dialogue it felt like a cheese grater was being used on my brain. there are a lot of cool new tools and stuff but the game just feels so lacklustre even with them and the characters are boring as hell. the game looks beautiful, i didnt expect it to look like that. camilla luddington killed it as usual and her VA is pog. a lot of useless **** on the map too, almost felt like i was playing a Ubisoft game. not as thrilling as the last game but idk maybe it got better after you sludge through like 9 hours of the story.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#9 Best PS4 Game of 2016
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#16 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2016
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#26 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2016

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 55 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 55
  3. Negative: 0 out of 55
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2017
    90
    The game did not age a bit while it awaited its PS4 release. It’s still fantastic and looks stunning. [13/2016, p.71]
  2. Games.cz
    Nov 28, 2016
    90
    One of the best modern action adventures has finally arrived to PS4. Except a few small issues this version is a success, moreover, you will get all DLC along with the game; you can play in co-op and you will experience and extraordinary trip to Lara's home –  even with the support of VR. Set high difficulty, turn off auxiliary indicators and enjoy the Tomb Raider with everything that goes with it.
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  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Nov 27, 2016
    90
    All combined, you’re looking at the biggest and one of the most enjoyable Tomb Raiders yet. Here’s to 20 more years. [Christmas 2016, p62]
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