Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 1996 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 363 out of 1996
  3. Negative: 142 out of 1996
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  1. alexslork
    Nov 3, 2019
    7
    Обожаю эту серию игр еще с первой плойки, но пожалуй эта часть истории больше про бабло, чем про душу.
  2. bax4a99
    Oct 22, 2019
    6
    Not good not terrible.
    Secon game in relaunch, and it steel same proble as first.
    Plot... in this game oh... sometime i think better take plot from game 90's (aliens, Atlantis etc). Cartoon characters, stupid vilians, no normal motivation for main character, and mistic (completely unnecessary) at the end game. So second minus - fight. Still to many, no so much as in firs, but still.    Not good not terrible.
    Secon game in relaunch, and it steel same proble as first.
    Plot... in this game oh... sometime i think better take plot from game 90's (aliens, Atlantis etc).
    Cartoon characters, stupid vilians, no normal motivation for main character, and mistic (completely unnecessary) at the end game.
    So second minus - fight. Still to many, no so much as in firs, but still. The point is not in their quantity, but in their duration - you have to kill so much enemy in one battle, so you really feel like "rambo". If creator try make slightly less enemies, maybe game feel like more about аrchaeologist
    Plus in this game - nice graphic, so cool picture, and the got nice tomb with good riddles.

    So as in game 2013, last few hour i tred run fast as much i can, but stiil this game (mostly graphics regards) you dont want walkthrough, beatifull place, and not bad "open" world make it feel spirit of adventure( though just a little)    … Expand
  3. chr1so
    Oct 12, 2019
    10
    Great story, gameplay, graphics and length. On par with Uncharted really but aimed more for adults
  4. JPMorgan
    Sep 14, 2019
    10
    Awesome game! Rise of the Tomb Raider is The second Best game in this New franchise.
  5. 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.
  6. slowzer49
    Sep 5, 2019
    8
    Отличное продолжение серии перезапуска The tomb raider. Сюжет приятно удивил. В игру отлично вписался относительно открытый мир.
  7. EdgeHead
    Sep 4, 2019
    10
    Amazing story. Amazing gameplay. Amazing Graphic. Amazing climate. Amazing game. For me, this is the best PS4 game! I did not expect that 10/10
  8. Keko_veve
    Sep 3, 2019
    10
    Ação frenetica , graficos incríveis Essa Lara esta mais destemida que nunca Os puzzes são razoáveis faltou. Armas pois são as mesmas do game anterior
  9. Mario_Tierra
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Mejora la fórmula del primero, sigue en su misma tónica pero nos encontramos ante una historia más frenética y nos adentramos mejor en el personaje de Lara, sin lugar a dudas la secuela superó al primero.
  10. Elucidate
    Aug 28, 2019
    7
    Pretty good in general. ROTTR keeps a lot of the 2013 reboot's strengths, especially the fluid gameplay/combat. And again, the graphics are excellent. It doesn't push any boundaries though, and the overall feel is incredibly similar to TR 2013.

    The story is the game's greatest weakness, quickly becoming stale and predictable. There isn't the same sense of mystery as we saw with TR 2013.    Pretty good in general. ROTTR keeps a lot of the 2013 reboot's strengths, especially the fluid gameplay/combat. And again, the graphics are excellent. It doesn't push any boundaries though, and the overall feel is incredibly similar to TR 2013.

    The story is the game's greatest weakness, quickly becoming stale and predictable. There isn't the same sense of mystery as we saw with TR 2013. I didn't feel much emotional connection to the plot or side characters either. And while Lara's voice-acting was pretty good, the overall dialogue and acting for the other NPCs is not great, especially compared to games like Uncharted 4.

    I still feel like the game could do without the whole brutal finishers thing and whatnot. Fun as they are, it continues to ruin the consistency of Lara's character.

    The upgrades have been expanded on, accompanied by a plethora of grindy collectibles. However, there's little practical reason to grind for these, as Lara quickly becomes powerful enough to take on all the enemies the game throws at her. And so, despite all the content added into the game, I feel like there isn't much incentive (for most gamers) to go back and finish it.

    The best part of ROTTR is the challenge tombs. Although most of them lean on the short side, there are now a lot more of them compared to TR 2013. The rewards from these tombs are a mixed bag, but the experience of completing them is pretty much worth it by itself.

    Overall, ROTTR is like Uncharted 4 with more open-world elements, a considerably inferior story, and worse dialogue. If you liked TR 2013, you'll enjoy this for sure, as it's very similar gameplay- and mechanics-wise.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. spantazi
    Jun 28, 2019
    8
    One of the best Tomb Raider games, with RPG features, linear with some open world features. Combines pretty much everything.
  13. annbd
    Jun 18, 2019
    8
    Great adventure game with the bad ass Lara. She rocks. The game is seriously incredible with exciting story, missions, findings and collectibles. But the little chaos with all the missions, collectibles, there were also some bugs in the game, like you should repeat the same action over and over in order to activate a trophy or challenge was straining. Trophies are a little bit funny - tooGreat adventure game with the bad ass Lara. She rocks. The game is seriously incredible with exciting story, missions, findings and collectibles. But the little chaos with all the missions, collectibles, there were also some bugs in the game, like you should repeat the same action over and over in order to activate a trophy or challenge was straining. Trophies are a little bit funny - too easy or too hard. Most of the DLC packs are really intense and super hard and with a lot of bugs. In Cold Darkness I laterally replaced, picked up again the needed challenges and the challenges were not activated. However, highly recommend the game with that in mind that there are a lot of things to be improved.… Expand
  14. Unthugged
    Jun 12, 2019
    8
    Great game, Very polished with great mechanics...but as far as the story goes. Pretty forgettable. But the game play itself is so much fun you might not really care.
  15. xDavid
    May 27, 2019
    9
    Amazing Graphic. Amazing Gameplay and the most Important Thing : an Amazingly told Story after the events of Tomb Raider 2013. A most play for every PS4 owner.
  16. TheSnitchfather
    Apr 18, 2019
    10
    Forgot to rate this one, lol
    Definitely a 10/10, since they pretty much used the same engine as it's predecessor, which is a good thing.
    From the whole reboot trilogy, it definitely has the best story in my opinion. Really cool DLCs and the inventory is pretty big, a bunch of nice rifles, bows, shotguns and pistols. The coop was also a better idea than actual multiplayer like TR2013.    Forgot to rate this one, lol
    Definitely a 10/10, since they pretty much used the same engine as it's predecessor, which is a good thing.
    From the whole reboot trilogy, it definitely has the best story in my opinion. Really cool DLCs and the inventory is pretty big, a bunch of nice rifles, bows, shotguns and pistols. The coop was also a better idea than actual multiplayer like TR2013. Glad they didn't go full libtard and ruin Lara's face and body.    … Expand
  17. JOG_Riptide
    Apr 17, 2019
    6
    The story is very basic and very similar to Uncharted 2's story. Lara comes off as a bratty protagonist who is only concerned with finding a treasure her father was obsessed with even if it means hundreds will die. The only interesting character is Jacob who also has a good twist towards the 3rd act. The gameplay is best when using stealth and the bow with 3 special types of arrows isThe story is very basic and very similar to Uncharted 2's story. Lara comes off as a bratty protagonist who is only concerned with finding a treasure her father was obsessed with even if it means hundreds will die. The only interesting character is Jacob who also has a good twist towards the 3rd act. The gameplay is best when using stealth and the bow with 3 special types of arrows is great. Once combat engages though it is less polished. The gadgets for exploring are fun but maybe too many, we didn't need the arrows that you unrealistically climb on and jump from one to another. Collectibles that are interesting that include diary messages of the antagonists are overshadowed by tons of not interesting collectibles like a random villager's writing from 100 years ago. Most of the abilities don't matter. And the story has holes in it towards the end, such as never really explaining what the divine power is or how it works besides Jacob saying " it is not divine." Decent game but not great.… Expand
  18. peikko
    Apr 3, 2019
    9
    Solid follow up to the first reboot game which was also excellent. Graphics, gameplay and art direction are all very good. A minor complaint is the lack of interaction with npcs like in the first game during cutscenes as this fleshed the characters out a bit more.
  19. iMustang
    Mar 24, 2019
    8
    An excellent sequel to it's predecessor in every possible way. The first game was a great deal of fun, but the dark/damp atmosphere of the title did not encourage me to do much exploring, so I was hesitant to even pick up the sequel. Well I'm glad I did. The snowy mountain atmosphere filled with blizzards and bears and all sorts of other chilly surroundings was definitely my aesthetic andAn excellent sequel to it's predecessor in every possible way. The first game was a great deal of fun, but the dark/damp atmosphere of the title did not encourage me to do much exploring, so I was hesitant to even pick up the sequel. Well I'm glad I did. The snowy mountain atmosphere filled with blizzards and bears and all sorts of other chilly surroundings was definitely my aesthetic and made me want to look over every piece of the map (in fact, I'm now going for a 100% file). The combat and equipment systems also had great natural evolution and mixed with the fun exploration mechanics of the game, I felt a great deal of improvement over the predecessor while still feeling like I was going back to something familiar. Also the story in this game was drastically more interesting than the first one and had some really lovable characters. Overall this was a much better product.… Expand
  20. pongkrit03
    Mar 5, 2019
    8
    Decent Tomb Raider game. Everything is done right, except the new idea that was absent. Rise of Tomb Raider is pretty much the same game as Tomb Raider 1, only different in environment and upgraded graphic. It is still a great game for those who enjoy action adventure, but could be feel repeptitive for those who have played the previous episode. Aside from repeptitive gameplay, the gameDecent Tomb Raider game. Everything is done right, except the new idea that was absent. Rise of Tomb Raider is pretty much the same game as Tomb Raider 1, only different in environment and upgraded graphic. It is still a great game for those who enjoy action adventure, but could be feel repeptitive for those who have played the previous episode. Aside from repeptitive gameplay, the game looks gogeous, map is bigger. Story is so so.

    By the way, Lara does not improve personality though from the previous episode, which was a little disappoint for me since I thought she could be more badass because of the adventure experience from the past but this game still maintain her vulnerable personality.

    Overall, if this is your first time playing the series, the game will be blasted. If you have played TR1 or TR3, the repeptitiveness might lower your enjoyment. The game is still great nontheless.    … Expand
  21. Blood8282
    Feb 23, 2019
    9
    The next game after the reboot, Rise of the Tomb Raider improves over its predecessor in almost very way. The caves are bigger and with better puzzles. The platforming and shooting is also improved. Only the swimming controls still disappoint. Animals are back as enemies, although humans are still the most frequent foes. By improving the best elements of the reboot and going a little backThe next game after the reboot, Rise of the Tomb Raider improves over its predecessor in almost very way. The caves are bigger and with better puzzles. The platforming and shooting is also improved. Only the swimming controls still disappoint. Animals are back as enemies, although humans are still the most frequent foes. By improving the best elements of the reboot and going a little back to the roots of TR, this is one of the best games in the series yet !… Expand
  22. Empyrea
    Jan 4, 2019
    9
    Although I liked more the earlier Tomb Raider for ps3 this is a good game as well. In my opinion it would deserves an 8 or 9. Gameplay is like in the previous game, not many new things. I also enjoyed more the plot of the first Tomb Raider. In some ways it's like Uncharted which I love. About sidequests I only completed the first one which I recommend to do just to obtain a tool to openAlthough I liked more the earlier Tomb Raider for ps3 this is a good game as well. In my opinion it would deserves an 8 or 9. Gameplay is like in the previous game, not many new things. I also enjoyed more the plot of the first Tomb Raider. In some ways it's like Uncharted which I love. About sidequests I only completed the first one which I recommend to do just to obtain a tool to open some wardrobes. The other sidequest that I finished was much better and longer, I think some people even considered a game within a game and it's called: Baba Yaga. This took me one and a half hours. Counting this I beat the game in 12 hours in easy mode. When I finished the game I also did the game Blood Ties, which you can do if you feel to. You just have to explore your house to search things. Nothing great but still, if you have nothing to do you can completed in one hour.… Expand
  23. HeavyMetalSloth
    Dec 26, 2018
    8
    Uncharted 4 vs. Rise of the Tomb Raider, who wins? Rise of the Tomb Raider without a doubt. Uncharted 4 is more story oriented where this game is focused on an open world. Here are my likes and dislikes about the game:

    Likes: -Way better than Uncharted 4 -Crafting, skill/weapon upgrades, searching for tombs, crypts, coin caches, hunting, etc. -Throwing roosters is fun -A real sense    Uncharted 4 vs. Rise of the Tomb Raider, who wins? Rise of the Tomb Raider without a doubt. Uncharted 4 is more story oriented where this game is focused on an open world. Here are my likes and dislikes about the game:

    Likes:
    -Way better than Uncharted 4
    -Crafting, skill/weapon upgrades, searching for tombs, crypts, coin caches, hunting, etc.
    -Throwing roosters is fun
    -A real sense of adventure

    Dislikes:
    -When Lara would sense enemies nearby she automatically crouches, but i would like to crouch with a push of a button, but there is no option to do so. This kind of takes away from the stealth experience.
    -When Lara's survival instincts are activated you are not able to move because if you do the instinct will be deactivated, so you are constantly pressing the instinct button.
    -Reading the documents through out the game was very TIRING as there are SO MANY documents to be found and read.
    -There were times where i would want to raid a tomb, but i couldn't do so because i didn't have the right equipment and that i would have to come back to that tomb when i did which was also annoying (I never went back).
    -The puzzle solving got really annoying too.
    -I wish that the coin caches were worth more when found.

    Considering how annoying this game was at times I still really enjoyed it and i rather play this game any day over Uncharted 4. I am definitely looking forward to playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider.    … Expand
  24. wesker2012
    Dec 26, 2018
    10
    Rise of the Tomb Raider is one of the most fun games I've played. Its survival aspect is really intense and the puzzles are challenging. There is a lot of exploration and finding collectibles. You have to use your brain to figure out how to get a collectible which i really like. The pacing, action, controls, atmosphere is all top notch. The story and characters were also engaging.Rise of the Tomb Raider is one of the most fun games I've played. Its survival aspect is really intense and the puzzles are challenging. There is a lot of exploration and finding collectibles. You have to use your brain to figure out how to get a collectible which i really like. The pacing, action, controls, atmosphere is all top notch. The story and characters were also engaging. This game had some of the best puzzles I've played and the snowy environment was also one of the best I've interacted with. It was so relaxing to just explore in this snowy immersive environment with just the sound of the wind. The minute to minute gameplay is very engaging and fun which makes it one of the best games i've played.… Expand
  25. Rach23
    Dec 5, 2018
    10
    This is my favorite game to come out on PS4 I have played through it 4 times and it hasn’t gotten stale I love the story of Lara Croft especially in this rebooted series I have almost platinum the first two games working on the third one. This game has a great story, great combat, and the graphics are Breath taking. This games is one I always come back to it is one of the few I have beatenThis is my favorite game to come out on PS4 I have played through it 4 times and it hasn’t gotten stale I love the story of Lara Croft especially in this rebooted series I have almost platinum the first two games working on the third one. This game has a great story, great combat, and the graphics are Breath taking. This games is one I always come back to it is one of the few I have beaten more the once I love love love it and Lara Croft is my idol.… Expand
  26. houyi111
    Nov 26, 2018
    6
    A lot of things about this game feel a little off. The reboot tomb raider did everything better than this game imo. Spoiler: The main story is so uninteresting, meet up the most important guy in the jail is too convenient. And that guy just sucks, he cannot fight, always got capture and did nothing to show his divine power the entire game. There is almost zero character development. TheA lot of things about this game feel a little off. The reboot tomb raider did everything better than this game imo. Spoiler: The main story is so uninteresting, meet up the most important guy in the jail is too convenient. And that guy just sucks, he cannot fight, always got capture and did nothing to show his divine power the entire game. There is almost zero character development. The open world is fun to explore but it hurt the pacing of the game. The game is big let down for me compared to the first reboot .… Expand
  27. barryburton
    Nov 20, 2018
    9
    An excellent action adventure game. Story keeps you interested, though it's nothing groundbreaking. The game isn't such a step up as the previous title was, which is understandable. But the locations are interesting, the controls are tight, the pace is as fast or slow as you want, and there is a fair amount of content and replay value. A quality game, very much worth playing.
  28. lipton5001
    Nov 13, 2018
    7
    A good game. Not great or awesome, but 100% worth playing through.

    GREAT: Visuals - this game, although somewhat crippled by the ps4 pro being still rather very weak - are very beautiful; I've had people pop in and immediately say how pretty it was. Also, after finishing the game, the map is split into zones, which tell you how much % complete each one is -- I find this awesome (hear    A good game. Not great or awesome, but 100% worth playing through.

    GREAT: Visuals - this game, although somewhat crippled by the ps4 pro being still rather very weak - are very beautiful; I've had people pop in and immediately say how pretty it was.

    Also, after finishing the game, the map is split into zones, which tell you how much % complete each one is -- I find this awesome (hear that 2k ? mafia 2 anyone ?).

    SO-SO: the gameplay dynamics, while quite enjoyable, could have been a bit improved, on the 2nd difficulty level (1 above the easiest), it's a bit too easy I found (and the 3rd one up was a bit too hard for a very quick play-through (I had bought rdr2)).

    On the easiest you could literally finish off almost all opponents with the melee weapon (which in select cases literally got you stuck - for example the mission "Survive the Ambush by the D******* Ones", if you would melee kill everyone, the gates wouldn't open and you'd literally be stuck - you need to shoot with weapons there). I got very pissed off when I wasted a good hour on that mission ... other stuff like the bow are indeed very fun to use, and make for very interesting stealth approaches in select areas.

    BAD: honestly the voice active for Lara I found incredibly annoying - she has a very artificial and forced British accent; I'm not a native speaker and truly love all accents, texan, canadian, australian, scotish british -- you name it I love it -- but when 90% of your energy goes into faking me a posh british accent ... I don't know ... really pissed me off -- you either get used to it or it gets better as you progress through the game. It pissed me off enough to write .. what .. 5 6 lines on it so ... yeah. The divinity and god and what not was also not my favorite topic, but, meh, that I didn't take points away for.

    CONCLUSION: especially at what it costs now - it really shouldn't be a game you didn't play - it really is good fun    … Expand
  29. Berik
    Nov 3, 2018
    6
    As reference i use the first Tomb Raider game from 2013, which was excellent. Is Rise of the Tomb Raider a worthy successor? In my opinion, only halve.

    Graphically the game looks beautiful, however i did like the gritty art style of Tomb Raider 2013 better. Most notable, the writing for Lara's character has changed from an intelligent and caring for her friends character to a quite    As reference i use the first Tomb Raider game from 2013, which was excellent. Is Rise of the Tomb Raider a worthy successor? In my opinion, only halve.

    Graphically the game looks beautiful, however i did like the gritty art style of Tomb Raider 2013 better. Most notable, the writing for Lara's character has changed from an intelligent and caring for her friends character to a quite generic and almost psychotic character. Lara walks around as if she knows everything, while she puts her friends and herself unnecessary in harms way. Notable, the story itself hangs by a thread.

    Gameplay hasn't changed a lot from part 1, gunplay is still fun and good. However, Crystal dynamics somehow thought deepening the crafting system was a good idea. Unfortunately, the result is that crafting now requires so specific items that it becomes a choir, and disrupts the momentum of playing the game. Last but not least, the game feels the need to go the road of open world when it works better as a lineair game.

    And of course the game features dubious micro-transactions and a forced upon complete edition for PS4 to milk €60 out of consumers. I give this game a 6/10, an average game.    … Expand
  30. canceRnya
    Oct 30, 2018
    3
    Убога как и первая часть. неужэли кто-то и правда считает это конкурентом Драке?
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#9 Best PS4 Game of 2016
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Metascore
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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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