Tomb Raider: Underworld

18.11.2008
Critic 72/100
Users 74/100
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.
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.

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24.02.2009

Beneath the Ashes is an all-new level that extends the Tomb Raider: Underworld experience. Lara Croft returns to the remains of Croft Manor in order to find a powerful artifact hidden in a mysterious centuries-old labyrinth deep beneath the estate. This download features a brand new action-packed adventure full of new challenges to overcome, an all new enemy and six new outfits.

10.03.2009

Lara's Shadow is an exclusive chapter of Tomb Raider Underworld for Xbox 360. Lara's Shadow allows the player to control Lara's deadly facsimile, the Lara's Doppelgänger in a mission to put an end to the Croft lineage once and for all.

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Tomb Raider (last 3 games)

14.02.2024

A remaster of the original Tomb Raider III, including The Lost Artifact expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics.

14.02.2024

A remaster of the original Tomb Raider II, including The Gold Mask expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics.

14.02.2024

A remaster of the original Tomb Raider, including The Unfinished Business expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics.

Part of collection:
Tomb Raider: Legend (last 3 games)

10.03.2009

Lara's Shadow is an exclusive chapter of Tomb Raider Underworld for Xbox 360. Lara's Shadow allows the player to control Lara's deadly facsimile, the Lara's Doppelgänger in a mission to put an end to the Croft lineage once and for all.

24.02.2009

Beneath the Ashes is an all-new level that extends the Tomb Raider: Underworld experience. Lara Croft returns to the remains of Croft Manor in order to find a powerful artifact hidden in a mysterious centuries-old labyrinth deep beneath the estate. This download features a brand new action-packed adventure full of new challenges to overcome, an all new enemy and six new outfits.

18.11.2008

The Nintendo DS port of Tomb Raider: Underworld is a 2D side-scroller, featuring all the environmental challenges you'd find on other games as well. Lara's move set is almost as vast, and allows her to tackle a wide range of difficulties. The game features almost all the cinematic sequences from other games, but they are lower resolution and the voice quality is a bit compromised.

Part of franchise:
Tomb Raider (last 3 games)

14.02.2024

A remaster of the original Tomb Raider III, including The Lost Artifact expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics.

14.02.2024

A remaster of the original Tomb Raider II, including The Gold Mask expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics.

14.02.2024

A remaster of the original Tomb Raider, including The Unfinished Business expansion as well as the ability to toggle between original and remastered graphics.

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11.11.2003

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05.03.2013

Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor. Armed only with raw instincts and the ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight to unravel the dark history of a forgotten island to escape its relentless hold.

21.11.1997

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30.09.2002

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05.03.2009

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