Underplayed Gems

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation cover
Developer
Core Design
Publisher
Aspyr Media, Eidos Interactive
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast
Genres
Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure
Rating
3.8 of 5, 148 player ratings
Main story
about 26 hours
Completionist
about 34 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A slow-burn archaeological adventure where navigating sprawling, interwoven ancient spaces and solving cross-level puzzles rewards patience and careful exploration over action.

exploratorymethodicalinterconnectedpuzzle-drivenatmosphericadventurousdeliberateclassic

About

Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation is the fourth game of the Tomb Raider games series, it plays very similar to the previous games in the series but some new things have been added to the game. The biggest addition is that now rather large parts of the game consist of several interconnected levels sometimes explored in any order, with puzzles in one level often requiring that some actions are done in other levels. The new additions to Lara's arsenal are a revolver and a bow with several sets of arrows including exploding and poisonous ones.

What players say

The longest and most labyrinthine of the classic Tomb Raiders, set entirely in Egypt with interconnected levels and puzzles legendary for their brutal, often unintuitive difficulty. Loved for its scope and atmosphere but criticized as repetitive and obscure.

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Screenshots

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