Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge
In her DLC debut, Lara must brave the lava-flooded Forge of the fallen gods to uncover the secrets of Kuwaq Yaku. Throughout her journey, she will uncover details about a friend’s ancient legacy, and overcome…
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge is an adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 10 October 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia and Linux.
What Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge is
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge is an adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2018. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Crystal Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Lara Croft overhears Pilar and Vancho arguing about what to do. She inquires of what the argument was about. Pilar explains that she has an old map, meant for Abigaile Ortiz. Lara reveals that she knows Abby, and she and Jonah Maiava are staying with her in the town. Pilar starts to explain that the map was left behind by Abby's grandmother Mariana Ortiz, who had died a year ago due to cancer, with instructions of giving the map to Abby on an anniversary of her death. Pilar was conflicted if Abby is ready for it, and Lara told her that her grandmother thought that she was, and should be honored. Lara contacted Abby, and told she has a map for her, and Abby told her to meet in the community…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical, mystery 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
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge is the 108th of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. The next entry was Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Pillar in 2018. Its critic score of 50 is 22 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is The Tomb Raider Trilogy at 92.
How it was received
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: The Forge launched on 10 October 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
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