Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation (1999)
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation is a 1999 shooter video game made by Core Design and Aspyr Media.
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation takes Lara Croft to Egypt for her longest and most structurally ambitious outing in the original series. The game begins with a flashback to a teenage Lara raiding Angkor Wat alongside her mentor, Werner Von Croy, before the main campaign sends her through Cairo, Alexandria, and a network of ancient temples tied to the god Set. Core Design scrapped the discrete level structure in favor of large interconnected zones where puzzles in one area require actions taken in another. Lara gains a revolver and compound bow, and the game carries a heavier, more foreboding register than its predecessors.
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What is Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation about?
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation takes Lara Croft to Egypt for her longest and most structurally ambitious outing in the original series. The game begins with a flashback to a teenage Lara raiding Angkor Wat alongside her mentor, Werner Von Croy, before the main campaign sends her through Cairo, Alexandria, and a network of ancient temples tied to the god Set. Core Design scrapped the discrete level structure in favor of large interconnected zones where puzzles in one area require actions taken in another. Lara gains a revolver and compound bow, and the game carries a heavier, more foreboding register than its predecessors.
When was Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation released?
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation was released on 24 November 1999.
Who made Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation?
Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation was made by Core Design, Aspyr Media and Eidos Interactive.
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A few thoughts on Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft revisits Lara's relationship with Von Croy and the formative mentor dynamic the game introduces in its opening. For the grandest cinematic adaptation of the artifact-hunting, trap-filled Egyptian register, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life is the closest match.
The Lara Croft universe across every medium
The Last Revelation was marketed as Lara's final adventure, ending on a cliffhanger that the franchise then had to explain. That same character continued through two more Jolie films, a 2018 reboot film, a Netflix animated series, and the tie-in novels.