Tomb Raider Survival, by Square Enix

PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360
By Square Enix

Content Rating (ESRB): Mature 17+

Tomb Raider is an Action-Adventure game that introduces players to the origin of one of the most identifiable video games icons of all-time, Lara Croft. The game features a blend of survival, stealth, melee and ranged combat, and exploration gameplay as a young Lara Croft is forced to push herself past her know limits to survive and unravel the dark history of a forgotten island. In the process she will unlock the adventurer within her. Additional game features include: weapons both familiar and new, upgradable items, a variety of play environments, and human and animal enemies.

Experience the origins of Lara Croft's adventurer's spirit in a reboot of the Tomb Raider franchise.

A Survivor is Born

When the first ever Tomb Raider game launched in 1996 it was a revolution. Outstanding in terms of graphics, gameplay, and storyline, it changed the way that video games were played and developed forever. Fronting the games assault on the world was the central character, Lara Croft. Lara was also to have an incredible impact, quickly becoming the most recognized and celebrated female action heroine and an icon for the video games industry.

This newest rendition of Tomb Raider explores the intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a frightened young woman to the hardened survivor that she would become known as. 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.

Key Game Features

• Tomb Raider Rebooted - The new version of Tomb Raider is designed to reboot the game series for both the new generation of gamers, as well as longtime fans
• The Origins of Lara Croft - Set before even the earliest of classic games in the series, Tomb Raider serves as an origin story for Lara Croft, detailing her metamorphosis from an unsure young woman, to a superstar adventurer
• Diverse Gameplay - The game incorporates a variety of gameplay genres, including survival, stealth, melee and ranged combat, exploration, and more
• Weapons - Utilize a variety of weapons, including bow and arrow, an ice ax, and pistol

From the Manufacturer

Tomb Raider Collector's Edition Content:

– Copy of the game

– Play Arts Kai Lara Croft Figurine — Fully posable figurine with over 40 points of articulation.

• The dirt on her body and clothes have been realistically recreated to tell the tale of Lara's fierce fight for survival on a desolate island in her first and most harrowing adventure.
• Comes with alternate set of three (3) hands, bow and arrow, shotgun, handgun, and climbing axe.
• Figure Size: Approx 8.0" Tall

– Endurance Survival Kit Packaging — Worn and weather-beaten steel tin recovered from the Endurance shipwreck.

• 15" x 19" Double Sided Island Map and Poster — Discover Key Landmarks from the mysterious island of Yamati, where Lara Croft and her fellow castaways were marooned after the Endurance shipwreck. On the reverse is a poster size image of the box art that epitomizes Lara's origin story.

– Lithographic Print — 5" x 7" heavy stock lithograph print with matte frame, designed by Crystal Dynamic's Senior Art Director, Brian Horton, painting by Brenoch Adams.

– Experience Shields — 3 Iron-on badges of the game's key icons

• Animal Instincts
• Climbing Axe
• Fire Arrow

– CD soundtrack — Tomb Raider Original Soundtrack 'Survivalist cut'

• A collection of 10 tracks totaling over 60 minutes of music from the game

– Downloadable Content — Weapons Pack

• A selection of weapons to help Lara survive against the island's inhabitants.

PC Enhancements

General Features

• Full integration with Steamworks to offer cloud storage for saves, multiplayer matchmaking, achievements, as well as automatic updates and new content.
• Support for Steam Big Picture Mode.
• Configurable mouse and keyboard support.
• Gamepad support.

High-end Graphics

• Very high resolution textures with up to 16x the amount of data
• Detail Tessellation to enhance the detail on many surfaces in the game
• Higher quality shadows
• High quality bokeh depth of field with near-blur
• Tessellation algorithms used to smooth out geometry
• Improved cloth, SSAO, quality wetness effects, and post-filter effects.
• LOD quality is adjustable for better quality on higher-end machines.

Low-End Graphics

• Crystal cares about TR fans being able to run on older systems, unlike many other games they still support Windows XP.
• A lot of scalability options to suit a range of machines.

Minimum PC System Requirements 

• Win 7, Vista and XP OS
• Processor: Dual core CPU: AMD Athlon64 X2 2.1 Ghz (4050+), Intel Core2 Duo 1.86 Ghz (E6300)
• RAM: 1GB Memory (2GB on Vista)
• Hard Drive: Unknown
• Video Card: DirectX 9 graphics card with 512Mb Video RAM: AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT, nVidia 8600