Tomb Raider: Underworld (Wii)

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Description

Tomb Raider: Underworld concludes the story of Lara's search for her mother who is supposedly trapped in a place called Avalon. Continuing the events from Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend and Lara Croft 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.

The basic gameplay remains the same as in most of the previous iterations of the series with the focus on exploring, solving riddles and dodgy climbing passages instead of instant action and gun fights. For this Lara once again learned a few new moves including jumping between the walls introduced in Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time.

To help the players with the riddles, the game not only features a sonar map, showing Lara's immediate surroundings as a 3D grid for better orientation around the levels. Also, if asked, Lara gives general but helpful tips on what to do next.

The differences from the previous Tomb Raider games developed by Crystal Dynamics include the complete lack of QTE events. Instead the time slows down in critical moments, but the player still retains full control of the Lara's movements. Another change is the more non-linear level design more in vein with the traditional entries of the series.

Screenshots

There are no Wii screenshots for this game.

There are 66 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

Alternate Titles

• "古墓奇兵：地城奪寶" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
• "Tomb Raider 8" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• Covermount: Level (Romania)
• Gameplay feature: Scuba diving / Snorkeling
• Middleware: Navpower
• Premium Games label
• Protagonist: Female
• Tomb Raider series
• Video games turned into board / card games

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The Press Says

Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 28, 2008	15 out of 20	75
Official Nintendo Magazine	Nov 20, 2008	70 out of 100	70
GameSpot	Dec 02, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65
IGN	Nov 21, 2008	6.5 out of 10	65
GameSpy	Nov 21, 2008		60
Armchair Empire, The	Jan 18, 2009	5.5 out of 10	55
4Players.de	Dec 15, 2008	39 out of 100	39

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
mistake!	11	Kaminari (2059) Jan 23, 2009

Trivia

1001 Video Games

Tomb Raider Underworld appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Sales

Eidos felt the game underperformed in sales and laid off 30 employees in January 2009. Later that month, Eidos CFO Robert Brent said a complete remake of the Lara Croft character would be necessary to make it a profitable franchise once again.

Wii bug

The initial Wii release has an occasional bug that makes it impossible to finish the game. In the Coastal Thailand section of the game, a pole that acts as a lever sometimes refuses to function, making it impossible to progress. To fix the issue, Eidos made available some public saves that can be loaded on an SD cart to continue playing from past that section.

Related Web Sites

• Tomb Raider Portal (Official Tomb Raider portal, individual sites available in English (UK), English (US), German, French, Italian and Spanish.)
• Wikipedia: Tomb Raider: Underworld (article in the open encyclopedia)
• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Tomb Raider Underworld.)