Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 1696 Ratings

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  1. Yausari
    Sep 17, 2018
    4
    Why is this getting 10s and 9s? Maybe the fans of the series are not seeing the flaws, or maybe despite the flaws, they find this game that much enjoyable nonetheless. As someone who has completed the first two games, I find this quite disappointing.

    I mean, I see what were the developers going for. They put more "tomb raiding" and less shooting. And I don't know why people think this    Why is this getting 10s and 9s? Maybe the fans of the series are not seeing the flaws, or maybe despite the flaws, they find this game that much enjoyable nonetheless. As someone who has completed the first two games, I find this quite disappointing.

    I mean, I see what were the developers going for. They put more "tomb raiding" and less shooting. And I don't know why people think this is a good thing. Why not more of both? There's no point of upgrading your weapons, you won't be using most of them. Tomb raiding side quest rewards you with combat moves or crafting materials which you rarely use.

    The game mechanics are so similar to the previous games. The only thing new about it is that Lara can camouflage herself by smearing mud all over herself. Don't expect that you'd be doing this quite often, you won't. The encounters with enemies are cut down by 3/4, at least. So, if you're looking for combat as it was advertised, (like a predator) those moments will be brief and you won't miss it.

    The animations are the same ones as the previous titles. I had hoped that they change the dodging animation. It's the same one since the first, crawling like an ape. If you're trying to get back to the roots, keep in mind that Lara is acrobatic, not a wild animal!

    I'm not finished with the flaws. At some point in the game, you are required to be in a specific outfit to talk to people. And this makes my blood boils. It's so annoying going back and forth to the camp just to change clothes. I hated this mechanic. Who thought this was a good idea? This was the worst thing about this game.

    I'm still not finish with the criticism. It's the story. I don't care that the characters are uninteresting. But it's about Lara. The first two game had moments where Lara just snapped, going berserk to seek out vengeance. And after that fallout, she had to deal with that transformation, by going all emotional. This is good and a believable transformation... the first time. There is no reason for this to happen again! She already killed a lot of people in the last two games. When are we going to see Lara Croft The Tomb Raider rather than Lara Croft "becoming" the Tomb raider?

    The good thing about this game. I did enjoy the stealth section, despite it being so brief.    … Expand
  2. OnlyOneHere
    Sep 14, 2018
    0
    This game is the worst Tomb Raider from the Reboot series. This is basically the developers attempt at making a critic bait 10/10 walking simulator with a "deep" narrative. It failed to get any 10s, and the reason for that is the awful story. The physics are terrible and the pacing is horrendous. The puzzles are boring and the level design is bad. The lighting looks horrible compared toThis game is the worst Tomb Raider from the Reboot series. This is basically the developers attempt at making a critic bait 10/10 walking simulator with a "deep" narrative. It failed to get any 10s, and the reason for that is the awful story. The physics are terrible and the pacing is horrendous. The puzzles are boring and the level design is bad. The lighting looks horrible compared to the previous installment. This game is just a cheap version of Uncharted 4.

    To make matters worse, there is no multiplayer. So once you beat the story, there is not a reason to touch this game again. Charging $60 for a game without replay value is a cashgrab. Speaking of cashgrab, the Co-op multiplayer is locked behind a paywall in the upcoming DLC. This is a greedy move from Square Enix. I recommend you wait for the game to drop to $10.before picking it up.    … Expand
  3. Pawlikowsky
    Sep 12, 2018
    0
    Most overrated game I played. Graphics looks 2012, mechanics too, Lara has **** character, story is bad and this is the worst TR I played. The worst money spent in my life.
  4. dannygards
    Jan 28, 2021
    4
    Poor little rich girl Lara Croft white knighting her way around South America saving the indigenous people while pilfering any relic that isn't nailed down. Mechanically solid, but the narrative is at best dull, and more often cringe worthy.
  5. memus
    Jan 12, 2020
    3
    Lara is genuinely a genocidal **** in this one.

    The storyline of this series was problematic from the first game. And boy oh boy, it deteriorated quickly. This game is like Batman vs Superman compared to Avengers (where Avengers would be Uncharted obviously). So the basic storyline of all TR games is Lara gets into the tomb, destroys it, then slays all the Trinity archeologists    Lara is genuinely a genocidal **** in this one.

    The storyline of this series was problematic from the first game. And boy oh boy, it deteriorated quickly. This game is like Batman vs Superman compared to Avengers (where Avengers would be Uncharted obviously).

    So the basic storyline of all TR games is Lara gets into the tomb, destroys it, then slays all the Trinity archeologists (because she should be the only one to get it) and then slays all the indigenous people too. And has zero remorse. And she isn't even sacrificed in the ending to be redeemed (I'm not sure she could be redeemed, but it would make at least some sense to try).

    Wow. These game developers are trying to steal Uncharted formula by just copying gameplay elements w/o adding any good writing to the mix. And it sucks so badly.

    The drums are still excellent, though.    … Expand
  6. meowyiii
    Apr 28, 2020
    4
    Confusing plot and boring gameplay. There is so much potential to Lara’s story and character but the game threw it away.
  7. waelthepro115
    Apr 1, 2020
    1
    Awful disappointing trash worst tr game ever.. DONT BUY IT! The game is extremely boring and horrendous story
  8. guimaster90
    Dec 25, 2020
    0
    This is not only the worst Lara Croft game this game is the one of the worst games I played in years. It is basically a walking simulator.
  9. Dan007553
    Aug 10, 2020
    2
    После второй части казалось,что разработчики понял в какую сторону им стоит двигаться в плане геймплея,а когда стало известно,что поменяли сценариста, а к команде добавились eidos monreal,всё стало слишком хорошо. Что на деле? Сюжет куда слабее второй части,как и персонажи,диалоги. За ним совершенно неинтересно следить и хочется скипнуть все кат-сцены. Разнообразия локация нет.ГрафикаПосле второй части казалось,что разработчики понял в какую сторону им стоит двигаться в плане геймплея,а когда стало известно,что поменяли сценариста, а к команде добавились eidos monreal,всё стало слишком хорошо. Что на деле? Сюжет куда слабее второй части,как и персонажи,диалоги. За ним совершенно неинтересно следить и хочется скипнуть все кат-сцены. Разнообразия локация нет.Графика осталась такой же,зато изменили геймплей и стелс. А вернее,сломали окончательно. Прокачка абсолютно неравномерная,напихали всё,что было в одно дерево и отдали. Всё то,что Лара умела во второй части просят приобрести ещё раз. Из новых механик убийство с дерева и говницо,которым можно обмазаться.Каеф. А вместо этого мог бы выйти( начать разработку deus ex'а нового),эх.… Expand
  10. gamemaster1960
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    huge disappointment. you need to play in order to find some good moments, most of the game is dull and extremely uninteresting and boring. a lot of nonsense talking, purposeless missions and a lot climbing.
  11. SonofYevon
    Feb 4, 2021
    0
    This game is aids. The puzzles in this game are god-awful. Horribly designed.
  12. fabgo
    Apr 20, 2021
    3
    The first two tomb raider reboot games are awesome. This third installment falls way short. It's much more challenging than the first two. It's much more tedious. It has these weird gameplay choices, where despite getting better weapons you are forced to fight with bow and arrow. You are frequently fighting meelee type enemies with only ranged weapons (your axe is useless in this game).The first two tomb raider reboot games are awesome. This third installment falls way short. It's much more challenging than the first two. It's much more tedious. It has these weird gameplay choices, where despite getting better weapons you are forced to fight with bow and arrow. You are frequently fighting meelee type enemies with only ranged weapons (your axe is useless in this game). The ongoing story about fighting Trinity is becoming trite. I absolutely loved playng the first two games, but this one was a real chore to finish, and I could not wait for it to end.… Expand
  13. Sylvanearth
    Dec 22, 2019
    3
    Okay I can’t even begin to explain the absolute train-wreck this game is After the first “Act” I immediately checked this games metacritic score and was chuckling when I saw the current 77% The first major problem this game has is giving you all this sweat gear and repeatedly ripping it off you for a totally bogus story trope - Speaking of Lara Croft is an absolutely cold, heartlessOkay I can’t even begin to explain the absolute train-wreck this game is After the first “Act” I immediately checked this games metacritic score and was chuckling when I saw the current 77% The first major problem this game has is giving you all this sweat gear and repeatedly ripping it off you for a totally bogus story trope - Speaking of Lara Croft is an absolutely cold, heartless murderer in this game - even to the point where the bad guy calls her out on it. Which she responds with “I’m coming to kill you” and proceeds to kill thousands more nobodies. Just so she can get past the door which has an invisible wall there until she murders all the people in her wake. Story is absolutely bland and literally hangs off of Lara’s ability to coincidentally know everything when she needs to. Don’t play. It’s nowhere near worth 70% in the real world… Expand
  14. leemmon
    Apr 25, 2019
    0
    This game is terrible. I played previous two instalments, which where objectively very well crafted games. This feels like a reskin of Rise Of Tomb Raider, but with all the fun bits stripped away. The puzzles are boring and uninspired, the graphics are downgraded, the lightning is horrendous and there's almost no combat. Lara is an amazing protagonist. In Rise of Tomb Raider they did aThis game is terrible. I played previous two instalments, which where objectively very well crafted games. This feels like a reskin of Rise Of Tomb Raider, but with all the fun bits stripped away. The puzzles are boring and uninspired, the graphics are downgraded, the lightning is horrendous and there's almost no combat. Lara is an amazing protagonist. In Rise of Tomb Raider they did a great job, conveying what Lara is going through her face, using an advanced MoCap technology and highly detailed facial models. You could feel for her, empathise with her. In this game facial animations and the models in general somehow look worse than in the first game, you feel completely thrown out of the immersion. The worst thing is the critics that defend this game as though it's a well made product. For the next instalment, I hope to see Crystal Dynamics taking back the charge of their franchise, instead of passing it off to another studio, and restoring it back to its glory.… Expand
  15. mosabbir
    Dec 20, 2018
    0
    Absolute Garbage. Progression bugs, graphical bugs, platforming glitches, this game is so buggy that even Fallout 76 might look polished in comparison. Lara's character arc is dreadful, the game's writing is so bad. Every single character is badly written. The Hidden City has to be one of the worst open world game HUBs of all time.

    Eidos Montreal inherited a successful series from    Absolute Garbage. Progression bugs, graphical bugs, platforming glitches, this game is so buggy that even Fallout 76 might look polished in comparison. Lara's character arc is dreadful, the game's writing is so bad. Every single character is badly written. The Hidden City has to be one of the worst open world game HUBs of all time.

    Eidos Montreal inherited a successful series from Crystal Dynamics and completely botched the conclusion to Lara's Origin Trilogy. Stay away from this game and save your 60 bucks.    … Expand
  16. mainzmom
    Nov 17, 2020
    4
    nonsensical story with clunky gameplay and ugly graphics, the sound is horrible and the game has a lot of bugs
  17. canadian1969
    Nov 27, 2018
    4
    Absolute failure by comparison to the previous two games. Simple as that. I so eagerly awaited this release only to be profoundly disappointed. The visuals and art are great, but beyond that a waste of money. It is drastically shorter, felt like I was on rails the entire time, puzzles sucked, story had so much unrealized potential it is sickening. I think this may be the end for Lara. LastAbsolute failure by comparison to the previous two games. Simple as that. I so eagerly awaited this release only to be profoundly disappointed. The visuals and art are great, but beyond that a waste of money. It is drastically shorter, felt like I was on rails the entire time, puzzles sucked, story had so much unrealized potential it is sickening. I think this may be the end for Lara. Last time for me. I am a huge fan and played pretty much all the games right from the beginning, this is an epic failure. No idea why anyone would score this above a 5-6 and that even is overly generous.… Expand
  18. phosgene
    Jul 22, 2020
    0
    Terrible, wonky mechanics. Atrocious melee combat. Laws of physics are so non-existent that Lara might as well levitate throughout the entrie game. Awful game desing. On DO last mission when I die I have to wait out a 2-min loading screen to return to the campfire and then start a **** 5-minute cutscene to load the **** mission all over again? The person who though that was "fun" deservesTerrible, wonky mechanics. Atrocious melee combat. Laws of physics are so non-existent that Lara might as well levitate throughout the entrie game. Awful game desing. On DO last mission when I die I have to wait out a 2-min loading screen to return to the campfire and then start a **** 5-minute cutscene to load the **** mission all over again? The person who though that was "fun" deserves to be executed on the spot.… Expand
  19. Hackslashshoot
    Oct 11, 2021
    0
    So many games trying to be movies with tons of cut scenes and slow gameplay here is another one. People if you want a story read a book if you want a movie watch some bs from Hollywood. But please people stop encouraging this **** in gaming. This game is garbage. Not Fun at all
  20. OrphanTwin
    Jan 1, 2022
    0
    Haha. Who made this? Some of the worst story telling ever made. I mean, I LOVE bad fiction but this story is ridiculously horrible. At least that made it funny before I stopped playing. Lara loved her father. He was a bad ass and Lara wanted to be just like him. There weren’t any “secrets” about her mother like this. But, we all know what you were trying to do. But I laughed when it wasHaha. Who made this? Some of the worst story telling ever made. I mean, I LOVE bad fiction but this story is ridiculously horrible. At least that made it funny before I stopped playing. Lara loved her father. He was a bad ass and Lara wanted to be just like him. There weren’t any “secrets” about her mother like this. But, we all know what you were trying to do. But I laughed when it was all conveniently behind an actual secret room with puzzles! Also, this scene just makes Lara’s mom look like a huge b. The ol “yoU’Re AwAy aLl tHe tIMe”. Yeah lady, he’s working. Looks like Lara grew up just fine and followed in his footsteps. Another hilariously overdone subversive story that didn’t work the way it was intended. It’s just too bad to see this bad fan fiction made it through. Rehire the people you replaced. Never make another tomb raider please.… Expand
  21. RepentantSky
    Oct 22, 2018
    0
    Regardless of the controversy about this game going on, it is just laughably bad. It tries too much to borrow elements from Uncharted, which is annoying because Uncharted originally borrowed elements from the original Tom Raider and it wouldn't have to be that way.

    Another big issue is that this game plays too much like the last two, because it's the Crystal Dynamics way. The formula    Regardless of the controversy about this game going on, it is just laughably bad. It tries too much to borrow elements from Uncharted, which is annoying because Uncharted originally borrowed elements from the original Tom Raider and it wouldn't have to be that way.

    Another big issue is that this game plays too much like the last two, because it's the Crystal Dynamics way. The formula seems be, reboot Tomb Raider, use as many elements from that new reboot in the next game as is possible, repeat until people stop buying the game as the expected rate, and reboot it again, then repeat the whole process over. Lara deserves better, people like myself who have been fans of Tomb Raider for the last 22 years deserve better, and Crystal Dynamics isn't interested in giving us that.

    Finally, the game's story is boring, the acting is stiff, the characters are boring, uninteresting, and pretty much the same as they've always been, and it's hard to sit through. I ended up watching most of the game get played because it bothered me so much. Also, the puzzles are the worst in the series as well. This game simply put, is just bad, but mostly, it's disappointing.    … Expand
  22. Haterxxxllll
    Jan 4, 2019
    0
    Please do not make games from this series anymore. Do not disgrace the great franchise. This game is not worthy of being called Tomb Raider. But the shadow could be a good game, you had the budget Eidos!
  23. anonymousnerd
    Oct 23, 2018
    4
    This game feels like someone got an uncharted script, immediately shredded it, tried to glue it back together from the shredded pieces, and then got a tomb raider fanboy, who only played the ps1 version of the games, to fill in the gaps.
  24. DimaFidel
    Jan 23, 2019
    0
    худшая в трилогии перезапуск серии. сюжет скучный и банальный. может с дополнениями игра станет по-лучше, но на старте конечно одно разочарование.
    если SE будут делать продолжение, очень надеюсь что его отдадут другой студии.
    CD явно не тянут игры такого масштаба.    худшая в трилогии перезапуск серии. сюжет скучный и банальный. может с дополнениями игра станет по-лучше, но на старте конечно одно разочарование.
    если SE будут делать продолжение, очень надеюсь что его отдадут другой студии.
    CD явно не тянут игры такого масштаба.
  25. jerkbot10000
    Oct 9, 2018
    4
    This game suffers from poor controls, frustrating design, bugs, and is honestly just boring.

    To start off, let me say I quite liked the previous two entries to the series. Unfortunately this third entry seems to have lost a lot of it's polish. Here are a few of the things I'm talking about. If these things frustrate you, then avoid this game: 1 - Too much insta-death. By itself,    This game suffers from poor controls, frustrating design, bugs, and is honestly just boring.

    To start off, let me say I quite liked the previous two entries to the series. Unfortunately this third entry seems to have lost a lot of it's polish. Here are a few of the things I'm talking about. If these things frustrate you, then avoid this game:
    1 - Too much insta-death. By itself, this isn't necessarily bad. After all, uncharted does this in action sequences as well. The problem here is that you can end up playing the same section dozens of time because the game has buggy controls, or because it doesn't do a good job of showing you where to go.
    2 - Which brings me to the bad sign-posting. This game hides the path from you all the time, not just in puzzle sequences. You can spend minutes just trying to figure out where to go, only to see that the next ledge was just camouflaged for no reason.
    3 - Voice acting. Lara is extremely monotone. To be fair, this was never strong in the series, but it gets really annoying since she'll talk every time you use survival instincts.
    4 - Bad camera/controls. The camera will often rotate around to prevent you from actually looking at where you are supposed to move to next. Also, about 20% of the time the controls crap out so you can't use your climbing gear.
    5 - Boring side quests - fetching, fetching, and more fetching.
    6 - Broken combat. Even with aim sensitivity set to the maximum, your reticle moves slower than most enemies, making it just a game of luck that you were pointing the right way when attacked, because you'll never be able to adjust in time.
    7 - Boring story.

    This game is so flawed that it really isn't worth the money. I wish I could get my money back. Spend your money on a better game instead.    … Expand
  26. yumex85
    Sep 17, 2018
    3
    Worst Tomb Raider game I played. Horrible gameplay, the mechanics for stealth and shooting are just unacceptable. Also, I have no idea what happened to Lara Croft personality in this game that I just wanna punch her in the face all the time.
    The puzzles are boring, the story feels like a very cheap rip off of Uncharted, which is sad, because Tomb Raider is supposed to be the original    Worst Tomb Raider game I played. Horrible gameplay, the mechanics for stealth and shooting are just unacceptable. Also, I have no idea what happened to Lara Croft personality in this game that I just wanna punch her in the face all the time.
    The puzzles are boring, the story feels like a very cheap rip off of Uncharted, which is sad, because Tomb Raider is supposed to be the original "archeological puzzles" game. Very disappointed.    … Expand
  27. glib
    Oct 17, 2018
    3
    Loved the first two reboots. Anticipation followed by total letdown. One word review: lazy. Facial expressions robotic, acting is monotone, animation clunky. Previously engaging Lara looks like a dimwit. Just watch a pool fill or look at skin-covered necks of decapitated bodies, and you're reminded of a rushed all nighter to make a deadline. Woof. If you need a nap, just engage any NPC inLoved the first two reboots. Anticipation followed by total letdown. One word review: lazy. Facial expressions robotic, acting is monotone, animation clunky. Previously engaging Lara looks like a dimwit. Just watch a pool fill or look at skin-covered necks of decapitated bodies, and you're reminded of a rushed all nighter to make a deadline. Woof. If you need a nap, just engage any NPC in conversation.… Expand
  28. Behrouz07
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You think its funny that every damn time you get something by hard work, hand it over to your disgusting enemy? No its **** annoying and the story totally sucks!!!… Expand
  29. Borgoros
    Oct 13, 2018
    4
    I think this is a step back after the first two of this trilogy. The story and pacing is not good...Nothing new to the gameplay, and without those huge jawdropping scenes the other games delivered. Rise of the Tomb Raider had it all right and progressed everything from the first game, that I also loved. But Shadow are just weak in comparison, and it makes me sad.
  30. Lestatman
    Sep 17, 2018
    3
    God I hate fanboys so much as they are the biggest problem in the gaming industry right now by looking at the scores this poor attempt of a game is getting or either that standards have dropped so much that games like this keep getting high scores. Poor story, characters, gameplay (yawn) nothing new or exciting with same recycle rubbish from the previous 2 games. Glad this bad reboot isGod I hate fanboys so much as they are the biggest problem in the gaming industry right now by looking at the scores this poor attempt of a game is getting or either that standards have dropped so much that games like this keep getting high scores. Poor story, characters, gameplay (yawn) nothing new or exciting with same recycle rubbish from the previous 2 games. Glad this bad reboot is over and maybe we can get back to the real Lara Croft and Tomb Raider games.… Expand
  31. otsosator
    Dec 1, 2018
    0
    Тhe game is just gray. In addition to a pair of initial and final missions, nothing was remembered. Bugs, bad graphics, etc.
  32. zrzrv5
    Sep 18, 2018
    1
    Terrible gameplay, childish dialogue, stupid controls.
    1 score for graphics.
  33. Spidor
    Feb 23, 2019
    3
    Every. Single. Misstep. And water levels, too! This game takes every feasible misstep for a Tomb Raider game. For the first time since the series was rebooted, you can see the true ugly roots of TR in this new adventure: the incredibly stupid plot, the incoherent script, the ludicrous premise, the straight up fear of any sort of change to the character of Lara or the world she inhabits.Every. Single. Misstep. And water levels, too! This game takes every feasible misstep for a Tomb Raider game. For the first time since the series was rebooted, you can see the true ugly roots of TR in this new adventure: the incredibly stupid plot, the incoherent script, the ludicrous premise, the straight up fear of any sort of change to the character of Lara or the world she inhabits. Then there's the ugly, dark, muddy environments, the regurgitated gameplay and setpieces that fail to excite - and even when they do excite, they feel UNEARNED, like the crowning of the Queen of the Damned scene, for example.

    The first two got by on a plot of less is more, environmental and inferred story telling whilst here... it's as much magic god lasers and bright lights as the series ever had, making any semblance of mystery disappear in the cackle of the players' laughter. And don't get me started on the damn towns - who thought THAT was a good idea?! Because you saw them in Uncharted 4?! Uncharted 4 has them as a momentary setpiece, a backdrop to make the world feel lived in, not going on fetch quests for children and buying top of the line guns from tribal merchants! What were you thinking?!

    Technically, the game is a true marvel - highly detailed environments, effects, particles, mud, facial expressions, tesselation - all to display a world that is just plain, unimaginative, flat, monochrome and, for a VERY large part of the game, way too dark to even play through properly without squinting and falling to your death in the dark. Yes, I adjusted my settings, but apparently nobody playtested this on a OLED television.

    Mechanically, the controls are wonky, with the highly detailed and diverse terrain never quite meshing with the characters floating on it, or through it, resulting in a lot of accidental deaths, slips, and plain getting stuck - but mostly, just not looking quite as convincing as in previous games.

    Finally I want to make one suggestion to Crystal Dynamics - find the person who said "diving sections are a staple of the older Tomb Raider games", and boil that person alive until done. It's 2019. It has NOT been long enough for game designers to forget that EVERYBODY HATES WATER LEVELS.

    Let me repeat that - DO. NOT. PUT. DIVING. LEVELS. IN. YOUR. GAMES. It's not a fun mechanic, it was not fun in the 90's, it wasn't fun in the 00's, and it's not fun now. It's dead for a reason. Do not bring it back.

    This game is bland, boring, ugly, and a massive disappointment.    … Expand
  34. Landsharkfl
    Aug 12, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. They force you to watch cutscene and cinematics even if you beat the game do a terrible job at camps locations playing on do in cenote and the camp is 30+ minutes apart I love doing the challenge fighting all the enimies doing the stupid run things watching the forced cutscene then dying cause of stupid game mechanics at the end and wasting my time lazy game developers sad excuse for a game… Expand
  35. zaderey
    Sep 25, 2018
    1
    Good graphics, but game is actually very boring, looks like a DLC to the ROTTR.
  36. v3nomro
    Mar 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 0 points is too high for this game ! Repetitive, repetitive and repetitive ! This game is very poorly made, Story and everything !! It had the same price at release as red dead redemtion 2, i paid 25€ for it and it was still too expensive for what it offers ! The game is a joke !… Expand
  37. 36thDisciple
    Nov 1, 2018
    4
    Wonky mechanics, outdated character graphics, weird facial animations, bland level design, cliché story and villain, uninspiring puzzles, unsatisfying combat.. all make for quite a boring game indeed. And that's after downloading an 11GB patch. If you were hoping for something even remotely close to the quality of the 2013 installment, let alone an Uncharted game, you will be sorely disappointed.
  38. pikerman
    Sep 24, 2018
    0
    me he creado una cuenta solo para experesar lo basura que es este juego y como defeca en la inteligencia de cualquierea que ose seiquiera mirar un burdo gameplay mal hecho
  39. Ghoster
    Sep 30, 2018
    4
    Not bad Tomb Raider, but didn't like it as last two games. Look more like walking simulator with really no fight at all! There is much more searching and climbing. Clearing levels for platinum trophy is boring and frustrating. But, still nice and fun to play. And not to forget.... Tombs are mostly fun this time!

    EDIT: First review was score 8, but until I finished and tried to    Not bad Tomb Raider, but didn't like it as last two games. Look more like walking simulator with really no fight at all! There is much more searching and climbing. Clearing levels for platinum trophy is boring and frustrating. But, still nice and fun to play. And not to forget.... Tombs are mostly fun this time!

    EDIT: First review was score 8, but until I finished and tried to platinum things changed! First for 100% completionist game glitched 1 stash and stuck on 99.92%. Internet research showed that glitch is common. Second, on hardest difficulty combat is not hard. It's same as on easy. Mode is hard only cause it's annoying. You can save only on camp fire and there is parts of game which are really silly!

    ETC... You start at campfire, must pass 3 waves of enemies, solve 10 minute puzzle, swim and then after 20 minutes you must dive through lake full of piranhas which attack random. If they kill you you must play everything again and again because there is no save.    … Expand
  40. Slava_Antonov
    Aug 31, 2019
    4
    It looks like low budget project. Most of man npc with same face. Bad storyline.
  41. kidon0011
    Feb 26, 2019
    4
    If the dialog doesn't make your eyes roll, the dialog delivery of many of the NPCs will. I know this remote village in Peru does not all speak perfect English. I'm fine with reading subtitles because that at least makes the game feel less cheap. I like learning about the mythology through finding items but this just feels like all digging around and no story.
  42. Picciu
    Dec 28, 2018
    4
    Ho aspettato questo capito con grande entusiasmo peccato che lo abbia trovato di una noia assoluta e per nulla coinvolgente, tra l'altro anche molto corto. Non è lontanamente paragonabile ai due capitoli precedenti. Grandissima delusione.
  43. IIIAHMIII
    Aug 5, 2019
    3
    Alright i played this game on the hardest difficulty and the only reason you are gonna die is because of the sloppy input. Lara wont grap the rail. Lara hits an invisable object. Horrible. And the cutscene that arent skippabel. Enjoy 8 hours of trash story over and over and over again. F THIS GAME. Last tombraider for me.
  44. Martinakara
    May 22, 2019
    3
    Muito abaixo do esperado, não chega perto de seus antecessores. O game se desvirtuou da sua fórmula que o consagrou em 2013.
  45. Lord_Khey
    Mar 31, 2019
    4
    Prepare to die.

    A lot. In what is easily the worst of the Tomb Raider reboot ("Tomb Raider" / "Rise of the Tomb Raider"), "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" somehow takes a major step -back- on its mechanics. It's awful to the point where you stop caring if you die because you don't really feel like it's really in your control, anyway. Pretty much every    Prepare to die.

    A lot.

    In what is easily the worst of the Tomb Raider reboot ("Tomb Raider" / "Rise of the Tomb Raider"), "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" somehow takes a major step -back- on its mechanics. It's awful to the point where you stop caring if you die because you don't really feel like it's really in your control, anyway. Pretty much every escape/run-from-the-impending-disaster scene will take multiple attempts, though somehow I managed to do the Oil Field escape without dying. Also, the scramble button is rendered almost completely useless in melee - you get hit most of the time, anyway.

    For contrast, the game I played before this, "Assassin's Creed Odyssey," I played for 120 hours. in 1/3 or less of playing time, Lara died approximately 5x more than Kassandra did. Dying's part of any game, of course. After playing through the entire Uncharted series and all the other Tomb Raiders, I'm fairly convinced that no single person could take on an entire private militia by themselves and win in real life. And as frustrating as dying can be, players are generally ok coming back for more -if they're having fun.- The ridiculous final battle (where there are plenty of places to hide but it doesn't seem to matter because they see you no matter where you run/jump/climb) is one of those moments where if you weren't so close the end, you'd just quit out of spite. You just don't -care- to come back and do better/different.

    Yausarl's review (currently listed as most helpful critical review) also hits upon some major flaws - combat content is greatly reduced, making the offensive upgrades and skills you acquire another "so what?" about this game. As an example, one of the trophies you can get is "20 headshots with arrows." I love the silent bow-play from the last two games, but those opportunities do not exist here unless you force it. You can't stay hidden for long. The AI is bad along the lines of "Assassin's Creed: Unity" where you'd be blended with crowds and the guards would still see you do things.

    The tombs aren't even that fun. I TRIED not to look up walkthroughs, but in the 8 or so challenge tombs that exist, I needed a walkthrough for 3 of them. Two because I never would have found the path to the next step, and one I just never would have figured out, so not very satisfying there, either.

    Finally, if you insist on playing this title, just set up the audio for English voiceovers. I get what they were going for with the immersion of having locals speak to you in their language, but the language spoken in the Hidden City, especially, is either the most inefficient language ever (like saying "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" as slowly as possible only for it to translate to "ok") or the subtitle is the extreme Cliff's Notes version thereof. Oh, and I would highly recommend "cheating" when you're setting the brightness and the gamma toward the "bright" side. I was honest about it, unfortunately, and battles with the "never miss" Yaaxil were pretty much a grind (refer to useless scramble mechanic above) as half the time I couldn't see them (even with Survival Instincts) or see where I was going when running for breathing room.

    Positives - Camilla Luddington's voicework as Lara is once again quite good, despite the poor writing, and Carlos Leal as the self-righteous villain, Amaru/Dr. Dominguez, does his best to make his character multi-faceted. There's also a lovely cut-scene of a revenge-bent Lara emerging in silhouette from flaming water after she's been told to retrieve a friend's body and she's in full predator mode (currently top match on youtube with "lara flaming water"). But I have very little positive to say about the gameplay here. A huge disappointment after two fairly interesting predecessors. This feels like a thrown together money-grab because, goddammit, we've got to finish a trilogy!    … Expand
  46. Lalala_lisa
    Sep 23, 2020
    0
    Este juego es tan mediocre que no tiene nada innovador a comparación de los 2 juegos lanzados anteriormente, lo único nuevo es que puedes colgar enemigos de árboles y nadar libremente, de ahí en fuera es lo mismo, hasta los gráficos son los mismos que en rise of the tomb raider que incluso es mejor que este. No gasten su tiempo jugándolo, no lo vale.
  47. erfan_arsanjani
    Jun 16, 2022
    1
    Shadow of the Tomb raider is the most overrated game I've ever played! Boring! Boring! Boring!
    It's not comparable with previous version!
  48. spaghettiwest
    Jun 27, 2023
    3
    un passo indietro rispetto i predecessori. poche sparatorie, gioco noioso, la storia è brutta. si salva solo la bella grafica. aspetto il prossimo tomb raider sperando che sia come rise e il primo.
  49. evands
    Dec 22, 2022
    2
    When you start the game and the first thing you see is a text saying this game was made by a bunch of diverse people, you know right there that 'fun' is not their first priority.
    This game should be called "jonah!", because that's what you hear the entire game jonah! jonah! jonah!.
    Tries so hard to be uncharted 2 and filled with non sense puzzles with trial and error success, specially    When you start the game and the first thing you see is a text saying this game was made by a bunch of diverse people, you know right there that 'fun' is not their first priority.
    This game should be called "jonah!", because that's what you hear the entire game jonah! jonah! jonah!.
    Tries so hard to be uncharted 2 and filled with non sense puzzles with trial and error success, specially the automatic scaping events. You have to play like intended by the developers, specially the stealth areas,
    And for god's sake, someone kill that jonah, please.    … Expand
  50. jcasetnl
    Mar 18, 2022
    4
    There are other reviews saying Shadow is the best because it's most like the original games, with less emphasis on action and greater emphasis on tombs and puzzles. I disagree. This is a REBOOT series, and the first two reboot games were massively successful based on their new, fresh take, which included a greater emphasis on combat.

    Yet, despite that Shadow took the less-combat route,    There are other reviews saying Shadow is the best because it's most like the original games, with less emphasis on action and greater emphasis on tombs and puzzles. I disagree. This is a REBOOT series, and the first two reboot games were massively successful based on their new, fresh take, which included a greater emphasis on combat.

    Yet, despite that Shadow took the less-combat route, that didn't have to be a deal breaker. They just had to make up for it in other areas. They didn't, and that's the problem with this game.

    But where Shadow really went off the rails was by rug-pulling nearly all combat from the game and confusingly not removing other systems related to it. The skill tree, for example, is mostly composed of combat, gathering and hunting abilities. You hunt and gather to acquire crafting items to upgrade weapons or make potions that enhance combat. So all hunting, gathering and direct combat skills are of almost no value BECAUSE THE GAME HAS VERY LITTLE COMBAT.

    This could not possibly have happened without a lot of copy and paste from Rise's source code. I can imagine the meetings: SENIOR DEV: "Well, that was already done in the last game and it works. Just copy it over."

    JUNIOR DEV: "Uh... but we're de-emphasizing combat, so shouldn't we pare this down a bit?"

    SENIOR DEV: "Did you hear what I said? Copy. And. Paste."

    But you're thinking, "Fine, just ignore them, then." However, they're something like 70- 80% of all available skills! It's a total bait and switch. I spent several hours grinding skills, exploring, getting XP and investing in skills, only to realize nearly all of it was pointless.

    At the very least, if Shadow wanted to switch focus they needed to massively improve exploration, puzzle-solving and platforming, and change the leveling and progression to support it. There could be multiple ways to solve a puzzle, for example but some approaches require certain skills. Shadow gutted a working part of the reboots (combat) and replaced them with slightly better tomb raiding. And then left a clunky, broken skill tree "hanging around" that just served to confuse and raise the hopes of all the fans of the previous two games.

    If they wanted to make such a dramatic shift in gameplay back toward the originals, they should have saved it for the next reboot, not created this confusing, disappointing mess.    … Expand
  51. Malef
    Feb 27, 2021
    4
    The Tombs are great visually and mechanically, most of them. All else is somewhat normal if not bad. Action sequences are worst part of the game.
    Changed score to 4 after playing DLC.
  52. arrivist
    Aug 6, 2023
    0
    The graphics are great, and a bit more colourful than the previous games in the series, which had a brown sludge filter over everything. The strength of the previous games was the combat, it was satisfying, and lots of it. In this game, the combat is scarce, and you spend most of the time holding UP on the joystick, while Lara plods behind an NPC, or you wait for an unskippable cutscene toThe graphics are great, and a bit more colourful than the previous games in the series, which had a brown sludge filter over everything. The strength of the previous games was the combat, it was satisfying, and lots of it. In this game, the combat is scarce, and you spend most of the time holding UP on the joystick, while Lara plods behind an NPC, or you wait for an unskippable cutscene to finish. Apart from the underground level, the story isn't very interesting or engaging.… Expand
  53. bhappenstance
    Apr 25, 2022
    2
    There are so many great elements to SotTR buried under clunky controls, terrible stealth, mediocre combat (with awful melee), opaque routes, and confusing (and ultimately boring) skill trees. You will fall to your death a lot. Why? Sometimes because you misjudged a jump. Sometimes because the input doesn't register. Sometimes because...well...Lara just flails off in a completely differentThere are so many great elements to SotTR buried under clunky controls, terrible stealth, mediocre combat (with awful melee), opaque routes, and confusing (and ultimately boring) skill trees. You will fall to your death a lot. Why? Sometimes because you misjudged a jump. Sometimes because the input doesn't register. Sometimes because...well...Lara just flails off in a completely different direction. (Jumping generally makes no sense whatsoever -- sometimes she can leap thirty yards, other times she can barely scale a wall.) It's truly astonishing that, three games into the series/trilogy, the climbing mechanics remain so wonky and frustrating. This should be the pinnacle of the trilogy, but instead it's far and away the worst of the three games. Why put so much effort into a stunning, lush environment, and some truly excellent puzzles, only to phone in everything else? With a few months of polish, this could have been an outstanding entry. Instead, well, I occasionally loved this game, but that love was inevitably undercut by one stupid, broken mechanic or another. There are sections of the game -- the mudslide comes to mind -- where the controls are so broken that the game is borderline unplayable.

    At a certain point it felt as though the game was punishing me for playing it.    … Expand
  54. cirospm
    Feb 10, 2023
    3
    Square Enix Ruined Lara. Too much "humanization". 1st, Tomb Raider is a Platform-Action-Adventure game. This one is another interactive-movie (the plot is also very bad) and the gameplay is something like 80% pre-scripted. You don't need to look at your surroundings and think where to jump or parkour to find a way. No. There's always that specific texture almost saying "Climb Here". AfterSquare Enix Ruined Lara. Too much "humanization". 1st, Tomb Raider is a Platform-Action-Adventure game. This one is another interactive-movie (the plot is also very bad) and the gameplay is something like 80% pre-scripted. You don't need to look at your surroundings and think where to jump or parkour to find a way. No. There's always that specific texture almost saying "Climb Here". After you find that texture, just follow the unique way possible. The combat is mediocre. Then comes another explicit cutscene, and more mediocre combat, or find again that Climb-Here Texture. There's some random puzzles in the way. The graphics are cool (better on the cutscenes, of course), and Lara's teeth are so beautiful, but not enough to compensate the mess they did with Tomb Raider and Lara herself. You need to watch Lara talking with her psychologist or something. LoL. Nobody's perfect and Lara has some kind of mania with rare archeological arctifacts and her therapy is travel to the Egypt pyramids to steal pharo's stuff because she likes these objects. Very dangerous. It's called Exposure's Therapy. More than Brave, she's also a good person because she's not satisfied with staying at her family's huge mansion with all the servants doing the job while she takes selfies for instagram etc, no!!!, she has (had) social conciousness, very cool Patty... Also she was very athletic. Now, when she falls on the water is something odd and even ugly to see, she crafts the arrows crouching like a monkey... wtf happened to you, Lara?! You need to be in better shape, Lara. If someone is reading this, don't be fooled by the first 15min of this game, this part is very well done, you can see the oranges rolling on the floor individually when you hit them individually, accidentally or not, also the general ambience of that mexican party is great, really beautiful, but the quality for the rest of 95% of this game is simply bad and is very nameless what they are doing with Lara's Character.… Expand
  55. shinjikun
    May 4, 2021
    0
    Woke and worst game of them all.

    Would not recommend this game. First off this game, makes no advancements compared to the other games, other than what seems to be some better lighting. Only reason anyone could tolerate this game is too see how much it tanks your fps by enabling RTX. Gameplay: Absolutely boring, and makes you want to speed run the game for lack of anything    Woke and worst game of them all.

    Would not recommend this game.

    First off this game, makes no advancements compared to the other games, other than what seems to be some better lighting. Only reason anyone could tolerate this game is too see how much it tanks your fps by enabling RTX.

    Gameplay: Absolutely boring, and makes you want to speed run the game for lack of anything interesting. Controls are the same as previous games which is Ok, But the game is riddled with minor bugs that break the experience on a constant basis. Same repetitive garbage over and over. This game feels like the doing stupid same trick of attaching your bow with a rope to something else to progress 70 percent of the time. 20 percent just going though these quick time motions to survive, which are so easy its a joke. and lastly 10 percent actual combat. You could probably beat the entire game in 20 hours with your eyes closed. They give you allot of upgrades for the fighting parts of the game, which is basically 1 hour of the entire game, and can easily be done with even the basic weapons.

    Story : I will go as far as to say i have played and beaten hundreds of games, and this game has the worst story i have ever seen. Constant blabbering about this fake god and moon goddess and other nonsense. In the most annoying bimbo voice imaginable. "Im a Reserchar" and "Yaaas". Manages to discriminate against actually beliefs, while touting tolerance and diverse cast and all the other typical SJW corporate non sense.
    Laura voice is has got to be the most annoying part of this game. if you can get though that, you may be able to complete this game without tearing your ears off. Also they manage to make Laura more and more unattractive every game for obvious reasons. They want to alienate fans for some SJW woke propaganda.

    Graphics: Nothing special aside from RTX, they took as long as possible, to make the characters as UGLY as possible while keeping basically all the assets the same. They put the model assets from previous games available to use. While still forcing you to use there new ones in certain missions. Lots of clipping unless you use the standard character model. No effort was made to make them blend a bit better in the game. Pure Hair is a joke, Hair FX was better in the first game at least the hair didn't bounce around like hairworks on steroids.

    0/10    … Expand
  56. Scebol
    Jan 9, 2020
    4
    Da fan sfegatato della serie, devo dire di essere rimasto estremamente deluso da questo capitolo: i minimi cambiamenti effettuati si rivelano completamente inutili, il 90% delle abilità sbloccabili non hanno un'utilità, il sistema di shooting è terribile, tant'è che ci si ritrova più volte a "combattere" corpo a corpo. mi è capitato più volte che, durante un combattimento, la telecamera siDa fan sfegatato della serie, devo dire di essere rimasto estremamente deluso da questo capitolo: i minimi cambiamenti effettuati si rivelano completamente inutili, il 90% delle abilità sbloccabili non hanno un'utilità, il sistema di shooting è terribile, tant'è che ci si ritrova più volte a "combattere" corpo a corpo. mi è capitato più volte che, durante un combattimento, la telecamera si "incastrasse" tra i muri e le piante rampicanti su di essi, rendendo impossibile la mira. I dlc sono una presa in giro e, come se non bastasse, la storia è confusionaria.… Expand
  57. ghosttoyou
    Aug 16, 2021
    4
    Хз, были у меня хорошие(не знаю почему) ожидания на эту игру, но совсем дерьмовинькая она, скучный банальный сюжет, не интересный геймплей, уебищный крафт, мало экшена, совсем мало, в целом игра вышла даже хуже прошлой части, никак не ожидал что мне она понравится меньше чем та, но как есть, серия медленно умирает как по мне и все покупки только изза имени, не было бы имени, в это бы никтоХз, были у меня хорошие(не знаю почему) ожидания на эту игру, но совсем дерьмовинькая она, скучный банальный сюжет, не интересный геймплей, уебищный крафт, мало экшена, совсем мало, в целом игра вышла даже хуже прошлой части, никак не ожидал что мне она понравится меньше чем та, но как есть, серия медленно умирает как по мне и все покупки только изза имени, не было бы имени, в это бы никто не играл бы, жалко.… Expand
  58. Burattix54
    Jun 26, 2020
    4
    The worst in the trilogy BY FAR.

    The game is more of the same but with way less enemies and a lot more piss easy puzzle sections which feel boring to play through. Also the story feels very rushed, full of uninteresting characters and mcGufinns.
    The game looks good, expecially the tombs, which makes raiding them better, but playing it feels like a chore, I stopped playing it about 70% through.
  59. willyfenoll
    Jun 25, 2021
    4
    Stunning graphics, disappointingly boring story. I never found it interesting. Clunky and graceless gameplay.
  60. DeathSurgeon
    Jan 28, 2021
    3
    As a trophy hunter I find this game an absolute trash for trophy hunting. Playing on Deadly obsession difficulty. You go through one hour of playing then you somehow die because of a stupid bug.
    you have to go through it all over because it doesn't have checkpoints. what a waste of time.
  61. infernal_
    May 13, 2021
    0
    Worst tomb raider game ever :( i love tomb raider 2013 and rise of but this game not have any action just puzzle and boring after 4 hours later i cant finish this game just delete and re install rise of agin
  62. herbalsly
    Dec 1, 2020
    0
    Totally unplayable on PS5 after last patch update. Crashes randomly. Re-installing, restarting does not help. Fix it, Please. This is the only ps4 game I had troubles with.
  63. thms_ua
    Apr 6, 2022
    0
    Absolutely fckng trash, horrible story, horrible core mechanics as parkour which simply doesn’t work the way it should. The VERY HARD difficulty is absolute trash, it doesn’t make the game difficult it is making it annoying because of none check points and you need to reply the same places all over again because you gonna die a lot because of parkour which is simply horrible. I’ve no ideaAbsolutely fckng trash, horrible story, horrible core mechanics as parkour which simply doesn’t work the way it should. The VERY HARD difficulty is absolute trash, it doesn’t make the game difficult it is making it annoying because of none check points and you need to reply the same places all over again because you gonna die a lot because of parkour which is simply horrible. I’ve no idea how core mechanics can be that horrible. One of the worst games i’ve ever played.
    Negative out of 10.    … Expand
  64. strangebrew123
    May 22, 2022
    4
    Wow, talk about tedious puzzles...just so boring. And I didn't care at all about the story or what was going on as there is so little to engage with. Massive disappointment after previous instalments. Also, that accent on Lara...simply awful voice acting. Where is the excitement of working out how to get through the tombs, and where are the battles? I'd advise to avoid this one.
  65. johnson1912
    Dec 24, 2020
    4
    Poor story telling and voice acting.Poor rpg elements poor crafting inventory elements.Even if u wann craft somethıng it feels like u doing it for nothing.You never feel anything about anyone.Scenario is a dissapoitment. Gun fight is totally useless. Therefore upgrades is feel useless. Total dissapoitment
  66. ScorchedApollo
    Jan 13, 2021
    4
    Just all around bad. The open world is wasted because its presented as a linear level type progression. The stealth is terrible and buggy. Exploration isnt even that fun either as it's all just the same design. The final level puts it all together. Bullet sponge bosses to combat with your ineffective weapons, and addthar are just as equally bullet sponges
  67. Allex212
    Dec 12, 2021
    0
    a really frustrating game. few good parts. and the mechanics don't listen. fall from a very light level
  68. Bizancio_Askatu
    Jul 17, 2023
    4
    A monotonous stroll through the Peruvian jungle, with little action, clunky platforming, repetitive puzzles, a forgettable plot and an insufferable Lara that is just a shadow of her better times.

    This game takes 2 steps back from Rise in terms of combat and rhythm and it's miles away from the 2013 reboot in terms of Lara's charisma and appeal. Let's start with Lara, changing the    A monotonous stroll through the Peruvian jungle, with little action, clunky platforming, repetitive puzzles, a forgettable plot and an insufferable Lara that is just a shadow of her better times.

    This game takes 2 steps back from Rise in terms of combat and rhythm and it's miles away from the 2013 reboot in terms of Lara's charisma and appeal.
    Let's start with Lara, changing the face/body from Megan Farquhar to Camila Luddington was an atrocious mistake already made by Crystal Dynamics on Rise under the excuse of "allowing better motion capture" although we all know the reason behind it. Now it seems that was not enough and Eidos uglyfied her even more, messing with her body proportions and designing the most hideous clothing ever present on a video game, clothing that is mandatory during long sections of the game even if you have purchased DLC outfits! This results in a Lara with 0 charisma, super weird facial expressions, no agility or gymnastic skills, it feels like handling a space marine, and an utterly monotonous voice acting. On top of that they give her a dislikeable and selfish personality. The legendary iconic Lara is gone.

    Eidos also stripped most of the combat from the game mechanics, making 2/3 of the skill tree useless, but forgot to replace it with something else apart from collecting garbage to upgrade the weapons that you will rarely use. The writing is atrocious and the history has a lot of obvious plot holes. The enemy AI is also very poor, being most of the time just lemmings that can be taken care of one after another on a corner.

    On the positive side, I liked the dark tone of the game a lot, like Indy and temple of doom, some scenarios are gorgeous, especially a couple of tombs and the executions are brutal.. On PS5 there is a free upgrade to play it on 4K and it offers impressive moments, except the NPCS, they still look consistently terrible. Another nice feature is that if you have save data of the previous Cristal Dynamic tomb raider some outfits will be automatically unlocked, even the 2013 PS3 Lara skin.

    I recommend playing it on "one with the jungle" difficulty and doing all tombs and side quests, this makes combats more frequent and gives a reason to upgrade Lara's skill tree, also removes the white painting on the platform sections.

    In summary, if this would be a new franchise I think it would deserve around a 6-7 score but being a Tomb raider with circa 100M budget (the 3th part of a trilogy!) the result is really disappointing. As a fan that has purchased and completed every tomb raider since 2006, even the isometric ones, it leaves me really worried about Lara's future.    … Expand
  69. Star_Enios
    May 4, 2021
    4
    Story that doesn't make any sense
    Short game in total (which I'm unsure if it for good or bad)
    Indifferent as to what weapons to upgrade, you just do them all
    Some skills you never manage to use them in the game

    It's just all wrong. There are so many games out there that set a high standard and TR failed to even reach it
  70. sycsyc
    Mar 8, 2021
    2
    I had issues with the following:
    - Story was lackluster, character development was abysmal (Lara is still the same stubborn woman it's like she learned nothing from ROTR)
    - Lighting was terrible (the flashlight randomly turns on at the wrong moments, easy to miss certain things,etc.) - no difference from the original 'Rise of the Tombraider' - expected more, whether its improved    I had issues with the following:
    - Story was lackluster, character development was abysmal (Lara is still the same stubborn woman it's like she learned nothing from ROTR)
    - Lighting was terrible (the flashlight randomly turns on at the wrong moments, easy to miss certain things,etc.)
    - no difference from the original 'Rise of the Tombraider' - expected more, whether its improved fighting mechanics, better puzzles, or better storyline - nothing changed
    - overabundance of random collectibles - became a point where I just skipped over all the collectibles dialogue
    - after a few missions, everything felt too repeatitive    … Expand
  71. monkeysee
    Mar 20, 2021
    2
    I really didn't like the game. The plot, the dialogues are just horror. The locations, despite the fact that they are kind of colorfully done, are boring and not interesting. The weakest game in the reboot trilogy.
  72. Reekum
    Dec 4, 2021
    4
    Could even bother myself to finish it, story it’s just too stupid. Previous two games stories also were bonkers but this one just blew it right from the beginning with apocalyptic bs. Trinity it’s supposed to be the most secret organization and yet they use trucks with their logo on it, damn how can writing be so bad. Also I couldn’t care less about Jonah. Game looks pretty but I was justCould even bother myself to finish it, story it’s just too stupid. Previous two games stories also were bonkers but this one just blew it right from the beginning with apocalyptic bs. Trinity it’s supposed to be the most secret organization and yet they use trucks with their logo on it, damn how can writing be so bad. Also I couldn’t care less about Jonah. Game looks pretty but I was just rolling my eyes the whole time. Uninstalled it after a month of couldn’t get myself to give it another try.… Expand
  73. Random-Player
    Jun 16, 2021
    4
    Don't play this crap, go re-play Rise instead. I finished all the dlc's so i dont feel like i wasted my money LOL
  74. PS4isbest
    Jun 27, 2021
    4
    lento, molto lento da tomb raider non ti aspetti questo. devi esplorare risolvere enigmi e qualche volta combattere. la grafica è nella media ma nulla di straordinario

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  75. vassilisbobobo
    Aug 16, 2021
    1
    Lara was so special until they reboot the whole story and everything they destroyed an iconic character by making a boring and cynical perspective of Lara but anyway the fist two games was actually fun to play though
    Shadow of tomb raider has nothing to enjoy about is way too boring and has no soul the model of Lara looks a bit off here and personally i hated every costume in this game    Lara was so special until they reboot the whole story and everything they destroyed an iconic character by making a boring and cynical perspective of Lara but anyway the fist two games was actually fun to play though
    Shadow of tomb raider has nothing to enjoy about is way too boring and has no soul the model of Lara looks a bit off here and personally i hated every costume in this game !
    The graphics are good and some views are awesome but i don't play for graphics    … Expand
  76. Smithy_VonKarma
    Sep 12, 2021
    1
    Director's vision ruined everything about this game. Why is Lara still not over the barrier of finally becoming the Tomb Raider when it's a third game?
  77. baconboy123
    Sep 1, 2022
    0
    Very dissapointing game. Graphics are mediocre. Story is uninteresting and boring. Game feels like a chore. Cinematic trailer is very misleading and a cash grab. Boss fights are boring especially the jaguar and the ending boss fight. Would not recommend the game.
  78. IbnAlmary
    Jan 21, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It Is the worst game of the Trilogy by far Where do i start When you see lara holding freking Machine gun
    And switch to lara the mercenary and start to kill Literally anyone you think your self oh maybe i ran doom by mistake And the story oh the beloved story It is full with mistakes lack of motivation and dialogue was just bad plus there’s no character development at all it like you want to feel bounding with the other characters but you can’t cuz there no character development like for the queen **** dies i dont feel anything cuz i dont know her i just met this chick and lara start crying about it and when the son know about mothers death no freaking Emotion like non and switch from the 9 year old kid to the 9 old king with like second an there meny freaking flew like that But at least when you have a **** story you must have really good gameplay but that when square anix Come along with Repetitive gamplay from 2 games before it Literally the same you will Repeat everything you did from the last two hours to the rest of the game you remember the bear from last game yeah let’s get creative and change it to a Jaguar But lets go the good side
    The graphics and the sound from the music and the sound design it was literally the best thing in the game overall it’s a **** repetitive game with a **** story with great graphics and sound but does not worth it you waste your money or your time    … Expand
  79. Godudu
    Aug 16, 2022
    4
    This is weird. The first two entries were extremely good. Awesome pacing and story and the setup from the second game was really good. We were supposed to face the leader of the Trinity, which is a organization that seeks the entire world for mystic relics. But this leader is just a generic antagonist, whose plot is just centered around the mythos of the entry. Game focuses too much onThis is weird. The first two entries were extremely good. Awesome pacing and story and the setup from the second game was really good. We were supposed to face the leader of the Trinity, which is a organization that seeks the entire world for mystic relics. But this leader is just a generic antagonist, whose plot is just centered around the mythos of the entry. Game focuses too much on stealth, there is little action.… Expand

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#12 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#25 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 63 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 63
  3. Negative: 2 out of 63
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 11, 2019
    60
    Shallow story aside, Shadow of the Tomb Raider has the best tomb exploration in the series, and that’s what it’s all about.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    60
    Still very good, but in some ways weaker than the previous game. Still, fans shouldn’t miss it, just because it is the conclusion of the trilogy. [Issue#289]
  3. Gaming Nexus
    Oct 22, 2018
    74
    Shadow of the Tomb Raider should leave us wanting more from the rebooted Lara Croft game, but with some clunky controls and a lazy combat system, what saves the game from being below average are beautiful visuals, fantastic puzzles and tomb layouts along with true adventuring. It’s as mixed up of a bag as one can get.
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