Tomb Raider: Underworld
Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. As fearless adventurer Lara Croft explore exotic locations around the world, each designed with an incredible attention to…
Tomb Raider: Underworld is an adventure developed by Crystal Dynamics, released 18 November 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and OnLive Game System. The main story takes about 11 hrs to finish.
What Tomb Raider: Underworld is
Tomb Raider: Underworld is an adventure game developed by Crystal Dynamics and released in 2008. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac, OnLive Game System, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Crystal Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Continuing the events from Tomb Raider: Legend and Tomb Raider: Anniversary, her search brings her once again to locations around the globe from the cold wastes of the Arctic to the beautiful landscapes of Thailand. This time even the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea is not save from Lara's exploring. At the same time the game continues to explore the idea of monomyth, this time incorporating the influences of the Norse mythology into its narrative.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Tomb Raider series
Tomb Raider: Underworld is the 41st of 140 entries we hold in the Tomb Raider series. The next entry was Tomb Raider: Underworld in 2008. Its critic score of 72 is almost exactly the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is The Tomb Raider Trilogy at 92.
How it was received
Tomb Raider: Underworld holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 265 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 3+GHz or AMD Athlon 2.5+GHz and 1GB (Windows XP) / 2GB (Windows Vista) system memory of RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. 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
Tomb Raider: Underworld launched on 18 November 2008, within three weeks of Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Tomb Raider: Underworld yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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