Tomb Raider II (1997)
The second instalment in the Tomb Raider series invites you to join Lara as she travels around the globe to retrieve a precious artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. The legendary artefact, the Dagger of Xian, is said to give its possessor the power of a fire breathing dragon.
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Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artifact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style she runs, jumps, swims and climbs her way towards the truth of its origin and powers - leaving only a trail of empty tombs and gun-cartridges in her wake.
Tomb Raider I (1996) is a adventure, action and classic game
developed by Core Design
and published by Crystal Dynamics.
Released on November 28th 2012 is available only on Windows.
It has received 4,541 reviews of which 3,877 were positive and 664 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 3.49€ on Steam with a 50% discount.
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- OS *:Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
- Processor:1.8 GHz Processor
- Memory:512 MB RAM
- Graphics:3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9
- DirectX®:9.0
- Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
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This is where it all began. Tomb Raider is a magnificient game. I'm not discovering much. I will talk about the levels without spoiling more than the basic plot and areas you visit. Lara Croft starts her debut contacted by a woman called Natla, to find a rare artifact called the scion. A very Indiana Jones premise. The first levels are set in Peru, you raid old temples and hidden valleys. It's starts with tutorialized simple levels until the 3rd one, where the first big surprise of the saga awaits. The adventure continues in Greece, Egypt, and even Atlantis, for a grand total of 15 levels. Most of them are huge and it takes quite a good amount of time to find the required items, solve puzzles and find the exit. There's also secrets in the form of hidden caches of weapons and ammo. Finding a couple of them per level is not that hard, but some are just way too obscure to find without any guide. There's no reward for finding all secrets though, so they only act as a fun challenge or an earlier way to get a specific weapon. Talking of weapons, Lara has access to four, with the classic dual pistols being the only one that has unlimited bullets. Combat is generally regarded as the weakest aspect in the classic series. Lara just autoaims to the closest enemy and you only have to keep shooting while dodging. Almost every enemy has only melee attacks, with a few humans wielding actual guns in later stages. Lara's great power though, is her versatility. You can jump in any direction, grab onto ledges to shimmy left or right, roll to face your back and swim for long periods of time. It's generally an easy game in terms of action and enemies, expect to finish the game with a ton of unused medikits. The real difficulty comes from the exploration, mazey maps and just getting lost or missing a specific key that is required to progress. Around half of the levels are iconic, while others are not that beloved by the community. There's also no help, hints, yellow paint, nor any kind of non-diegetic clue on what to do. You find a locked door, just go and explore the whole level to find the key. There's also no fast travel of any kind. Luckily, there's a good number of save slots and you can save at anytime. Now, with everything said, don't get this version. Just get the incredible superior remastered trilogy. It includes the first games with all their official expansions, apart from a ton of enhancements and achievements. I'm tempted to just thumbs down this game, but it's just too good.
If you're like me and not interested in installing yet another source port that may or may not be faithful to the vanilla game, I recommend using "Tomb Raider Automated Fix" This will patch up the game to run natively in windows, restore music and other things from the playstation version and add the Unfinished Business expansion, all in situ so it still just runs from the original steam installation directory and boots from steam with a nice clean launcher too. You can use steam input to easily map the game's controls to your gamepad. An excellent way to play TR1.
Please do not play the Steam standard version. It runs via DOSBox, has no Controller Support, poor graphics, etc. I tried three different enhanced versions and played through the game with each Version OpenLara , LostArtefacts/TRX , and CroftEngine Overall LostArtefacts/TRX is the best. CroftEngine has the best graphics, but is less accurate. OpenLara is very buggy; enemies get stuck in the level architecture. I cannot recommend it. So its TRX for me but Croft Engine is also good. Download the TRX installer, select your Steam directory—and that's it. It's super simple. The controller works immediately, right out of the box. As for the game itself: For me, it remains the best *Tomb Raider*—even better than the new trilogy. That feeling of going on a treasure hunt through ancient catacombs, where not a soul has set foot for centuries, is unmatched and has never been recaptured since then.
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Tomb Raider I (1996) is currently priced at 3.49€ on Steam.
Yes, Tomb Raider I (1996) is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 3.49€ on Steam.
Yes, Tomb Raider I (1996) received 3,877 positive votes out of a total of 4,541 achieving a rating of 8.26.
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Tomb Raider I (1996) was developed by Core Design and published by Crystal Dynamics.
Yes, Tomb Raider I (1996) is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) is not playable on MacOS.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) is not playable on Linux.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) is not playable on Steam Deck.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) is not playable on Steam Machine.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) does not support VR.
Tomb Raider I (1996) is a single-player game.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Tomb Raider I (1996) does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Tomb Raider I (1996) is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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5
Developer
Core Design
Publisher
Crystal Dynamics
Release
28 Nov 2012
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