Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties
In the wake of her father’s death, Lara’s uncle challenges her ownership of Croft Manor. Lara must explore her childhood home in the “Blood Ties” story mode to reclaim her legacy and uncover a family mystery…
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties is an adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 11 October 2016 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One and Linux. The main story takes about 1.5 hrs to finish.
What Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties is
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties is an adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2016. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One, Linux, Mac, Oculus Rift, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Foundation Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Lara receives a letter from her Uncle, telling her that her claim to Croft Manor has been contested, and her claim as heir to the house cannot be verified. Lara returns to her childhood home to search for her father's missing will.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, stealth and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
Where it sits in the Tomb Raider series
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties is the 95th of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. The next entry was Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration - Collector's Edition in 2016. Its critic score of 80 is 8 points above the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is The Tomb Raider Trilogy at 92.
How it was received
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD equivalent, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA GTX 650 2GB or AMD HD7770 2GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties launched on 11 October 2016, within three weeks of Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition and Sid Meier’s Civilization VI. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition, Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rise of the Tomb Raider: Blood Ties yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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