Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game in which players control Lara Croft as she searches for the legendary city of Kitezh and a promise of immortality. Combat involves firearms…
Rise of the Tomb Raider is an adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 10 November 2015 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One and Xbox 360. The main story takes about 21.9 hrs to finish.
What Rise of the Tomb Raider is
Rise of the Tomb Raider is an adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2015. It was published by Microsoft Studios. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Foundation Engine. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A year after her experiences on Yamatai, archaeologist Lara Croft turns to her late father's research on the lost city of Kitezh and an artifact called the Divine Source, said to grant immortality. Her search leads her from Syria to the wilderness of Siberia, where she encounters Trinity, a paramilitary organization also seeking the artifact. After being captured and escaping with the help of a man named Jacob, Lara allies with his people, the Remnants, descendants of Kitezh's original inhabitants, to reach the city before Trinity can claim its power.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world, stealth and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player. There are 143 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Tomb Raider series
Rise of the Tomb Raider is the 90th of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. The next entry was Rise of the Tomb Raider: Endurance Mode in 2015. Its critic score of 87 is 15 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 holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 1,374 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21.9 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 48.8 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path.
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 costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Argentina is the cheapest region we track at $2.24 (about $2.24), while Germany pays €4.49 — 2.3 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 3 on Steam, which is about $3.14.
What it launched against
Rise of the Tomb Raider launched on 10 November 2015, within three weeks of Fallout 4, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, Star Wars Battlefront and Just Cause 3. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Fallout 4, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, Star Wars Battlefront, Just Cause 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Rise of the Tomb Raider yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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