How to play tomb raider games in chronological order

Tomb Raider in chronological order

If you hope for a chronological journey through all Tomb Raider games, it is vital to remember that in fact there are 3 different time lists in which you can play.

First time – original saga

1. Tomb Raider (1996)

The first title Tomb Raider focused on the employment of Lara by the businesswoman Jacquelin Natla to find a mysterious artifact called Scion of Atlantis. After finding all three fragments of scattered scattered all over the world, Lara is betrayed by Natla and has to face her on a volcanic island filled with monsters.

2. Tomb Raider: The Curse of the Sword (2001)

This adventure, an exclusive continuation in the original Tomb Raider version in the Game Boy Color version, sees that Lara follows the mystical sword and tries to destroy it, before he frosts Madame Paveau for a long time, he can resurrect from the underground world and utilize her murky magic to subordinate the world.

3. Tomb Raider II (1997)

This time Lara is on the hunt for the Xian dagger, a magical weapon once used by China emperors. Worship, leader named Marco Bartoli, who is also looking for a dagger because of the magical ability to transform the owner into a dragon.

4. Tomb Raider III (1998)

In the third main part of the original saga, Lara decides to find an Infada stone, one of the four crystalline artifacts made thousands of years ago from the remains of a meteorite. Realizing that the wicked Dr. Willard wants to utilize statues to accelerate the evolutionary process; He decides to find the other three artifacts before the entire planet is mutated.

5. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)

In the last revelation, the Egyptian god of chaos is unknowingly released by Lara when he examines the tomb in Egypt. With Set and his forces, they wreak havoc in Cairo, Lara helps Semerkhet and tries to recall the god Horus, who is the last hope for suppressing this world threat.

6. Tomb Raider: Chronicles (2000)

After the ambiguous ending of the last revelation of Winston Butler and other friends, Lara tell stories about her historical adventures to commemorate her. Disgressing through the catacombs of Rome, fighting by a Russian submarine and discovering an island haunted by demonic forces, the title chronicles set in stone, how well traveling and qualified is Lara, but did she really disappear?

7. Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)

Lara examines Paris and Prague, framed for the murder of her former mentor, Werner von Croy, examines Paris and Prague, trying to tidy her name and solve the murder. The last survivor of Lux Veritatis society, Kurtis Trent, persecuted Lara and hides a deep murky secret about her true nature.

Second Time Axis – Legend of Tomb Raider

1. Tomb Raider Anniversary (2007)

This game, the remake of the original Tomb Raider title from 1996, again sees Lara searching for Scion of Atlantis. Thanks to the redesigned puzzle and physics, there was a transition from the switches of the collection of objects and pulling (both widespread in the original title), on the puzzle based on physics and environmental elements.

2. Tomb Raider: Legend (2006)

This title acts as a restart and recovery about the beginnings of Lara, when she races around the world in search of the mythical sword of Excalibur, desperately to find him before her former friend Amanda Evert will be able to defeat her in hit.

3. Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)

In the third part of the Underworld legend trilogy, he sees Lara looking for Mjolnir, who acts as an archaic key to Helheim, the kingdom of the dead. Discovering the ruins of various cultures and mythological underground, Lara once again confronts the vile frown, which is looking for Mjolnir herself.

Third time – Survivor trilogy

1. Tomb Raider (2013)

In a modern, worse approach to Lara Croft, her first trip to find the lost kingdom of Yamatai, and becomes stuck on an isolated and hostile island. In the face of the cult of the Solaria Brotherhood, Lara must stop the ritual of ascension before continuing, and also prevent the successor to choose blood to the bloody queen of the legend of Sun.

2. Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)

Rise of the Tomb Raider Ma Lara discovers Siberia for the legendary city of Kitezh, fighting with Trinity, a paramilitary organization that constantly crosses paths and ass with Lara. When they both run to discover Kitezh, will the legendary immortal guards of the kingdom, heartic, be revealed as something more than just a myth?

3. Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)

The third and last part of the Survivor trilogy, Shadow of the Tomb Raider has Lara Trekking through America to find the city of Paititi, before the Mayan apocalypse absorbs the entire planet. Will he with the monstrous Yaaxia and always present Trinity on her back, or will she succeed before it is too overdue?

How to play all tomb raider games as released

• Tomb Raider (1996)
• Tomb Raider II (1997)
• Tomb Raider III (1998)
• Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)
• Tomb Raider (Game Boy Color, 2000)
• Tomb Raider Chronicles (2000)
• Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword (Game Boy Color, 2001)
• Tomb Raider: The Prophecy (GBA, 2002)
• Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003)
• Tomb Raider: Legend (2006)
• Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007)
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008)
• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (2010)
• Tomb Raider (2013)
• Lara Croft and the Osiris Temple (2014)
• Lara Croft: Relic Run (2015)
• Lara Croft Go (2015)
• Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)
• Tomb Raider Reloaded (2023)

What next for Tomb Raider?

For those who want to heat up the nostalgia of the original Tomb Raider games, Aspyr has released remastered collections for consoles of the current generation. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered published at the beginning of 2024, followed by Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered in February last year.

Crystal Dynamics also confirmed that the modern Tomb Raider game is developing. While the details are slim, it is confirmed Using Unreal Engine 5 and is to be published by Amazon Games. She also expressed the dynamics of crystals Twitter This modern adventure “will continue the Saga Lara Croft”, which can insinuate this modern title, is a continuation of the Survivor trilogy, which ended with Shadow of the Tomb Raider in 2018.

In addition to Netflix games, he made his debut in the animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft in October. It has already been renovated for the second season. While Amazon at some point planned the Tomb Raider series with Phoebe Waller-Bridge on board as a writer and executive producer, it seems that he does not keep to the finish.

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