Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a 2015 shooter video game made by Crystal Dynamics and Microsoft Studios.
Lara Croft is done grieving and ready to prove her father was right. She chases his obsession, a lost city called Kitezh said to hold the secret of immortality, from the mountains of Siberia outward. This third-person adventure sends her climbing icy cliffs, raiding optional challenge tombs full of puzzles, and hunting and crafting to survive semi-open wilds. Combat mixes bows, guns and stealth, and a skill tree grows her from survivor to raider. A rival organization wants the same prize. It is a globe-trotting treasure hunt with real weight to the climbing and the cold.
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What is Rise of the Tomb Raider about?
Lara Croft is done grieving and ready to prove her father was right. She chases his obsession, a lost city called Kitezh said to hold the secret of immortality, from the mountains of Siberia outward. This third-person adventure sends her climbing icy cliffs, raiding optional challenge tombs full of puzzles, and hunting and crafting to survive semi-open wilds. Combat mixes bows, guns and stealth, and a skill tree grows her from survivor to raider. A rival organization wants the same prize. It is a globe-trotting treasure hunt with real weight to the climbing and the cold.
When was Rise of the Tomb Raider released?
Rise of the Tomb Raider was released on 10 November 2015.
Who made Rise of the Tomb Raider?
Rise of the Tomb Raider was made by Crystal Dynamics, Microsoft Studios and Square Enix Europe.
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A few thoughts on Rise of the Tomb Raider
For Lara on screen, Tomb Raider reboots her as the scrappier, grittier survivor this game helped define, origin scars and all. If you would rather binge the raiding, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft carries her tomb-hunting into animated serial adventure with the puzzles and peril intact.
The Tomb Raider saga on TV and film
Rise of the Tomb Raider sends Lara Croft chasing her father's obsession into the Siberian ice. If you want Lara beyond the controller, these screen versions carry the same character across live action and animation, from her earliest movie outings to her latest series.
Lost-city treasure hunts and tomb-raiding adventures
The whole quest in Rise of the Tomb Raider is a hidden city, Kitezh, and the secret it supposedly guards. These share that hunt for buried legends, adventurers picking through tombs and ruins after immortality, gold or a myth someone swore was real.
Third-person adventures built on climbing, crafting and a growing skill tree
Rise grows Lara from survivor to raider through icy cliffs, optional challenge tombs and a skill tree that keeps unlocking. These games share that loop of traversal, exploration and steady upgrades, sending a capable hero across dangerous ground that opens up as you get stronger.
Big open worlds packed with secrets to uncover
Between story beats, Rise turns you loose in semi-open Siberian wilds full of hidden tombs, relics and crypts to find. These hand over far larger sandboxes in the same spirit, rewarding the players who wander off the path to see what the map is hiding.