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Lara Croft is a wealthy, British archeologist/tomb raider who tries to thwart a secret society/doomesday cult seeking two pieces of a mysterious device hidden in two different places of the world in order to use it during a rare planetary alignment to bring them unlimited power to control or destroy the world. Click to see full answer.
OverviewLara CroftTomb Raider (stylized as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 2001-2007) is a multimedia franchise which began with the video games, that follows the adventures and exploits of Lara Croft, a world-renowned archaeologist adventuress and the series’ main protagonist. The series began in 1996 with Tomb Raider. The game was a critical and commercial success, spawning numerous … ·
Rebooting Tomb Raider for next-generation consoles, this game focuses on a younger Lara Croft in her formative years of facing danger. ESRB: Mature. Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense …
Shadow of the Tomb Raider in particular features a number of quality, satisfying room-sized puzzles set in a variety of atmospheric crypts, caverns, and temples. But the trilogy as a whole is skewed heavily towards combat—especially the first one, which is almost entirely a game about shooting people in the head with arrows.
One reason why Tomb Raider has been so popular is the inclusion of supernatural events. This attracts fans of that genre to the world of archaeology.
The original Tomb Raider team were aware of the debt that was owed to Indiana Jones and created a couple of Easter eggs based on the character that also slyly raise Lara’s stock. In the first Tomb Raider, inside Croft Mansion, two famous artifacts from Raiders of the Lost Ark are on display. The first is the idol that Indy steals at the very beginning of the movie.
One of the things the Tomb Raider games are known for besides the puzzles and gameplay is the huge, sweeping soundtrack. And the reboot games upped the ante massively, but user makeme_a_sandwich thinks otherwise, claiming that …
Developed by Crystal Dynamics for Square Enix, this 2013 action-adventure video game features elements from Star Wars and The Walking Dead. Tomb Raider 10th in the series, a reboot starring Lara Croft that seeks to trace her roots.
