Tomb Raider: Underworld

"Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay."

Crystal Dynamics·Feral Interactive·Square Enix·Eidos Interactive·Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment· November 18, 2008· Main Game

Critic Score

4 reviews

User Score

265 ratings

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 detail resulting in breathtaking high-definition visual fidelity that creates a truly believable world and delivers a new level of challenge and choice. Reach new heights with the broadest range of acrobatic abilities and utilize objects within the environment to uncover new paths to explore. Discover ancient mysteries of the underworld hidden within the coast of Thailand, frozen islands of the Arctic Sea, the jungles of Mexico, and more. Each level is an elaborate multi-stage puzzle masked within an interactive environmental playground offering more flexibility over how the area is solved. Choose to pacify or kill, target multiple enemies at once with the new dual-target system, and shoot with one hand while suspended with the other.

Released 18 November 2008 for OnLive Game System, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac and PlayStation 3 by Crystal Dynamics, published by Feral Interactive and Square Enix. Rated 12 by ClassInd, 16 by PEGI. Currently $0.89 on Humble Store, 90% below list. About 11 hours to beat.

Story

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.