Enthusiastic gamers remember the very first Lara Croft, the one from 1996, with a surprised face and an angular figure. The game gained such popularity that it influenced the development of the industry as a whole, and the tomb raider herself became one of the most popular figures in the history of games.
The franchise changed the development companies, the concept, underwent several restarts. Gradually, the writers' interest shifted to the personality of Lara herself, to her character and formation. She was young, frank sexuality was replaced by the charm of youth. In terms of gameplay, a bet was made on realism, exploring the world and solving puzzles. And as the positive reviews of the journalists and the players themselves show, the bet paid off.
If you are a fan of the Lara Croft series of games and are looking for something similar in spirit or gameplay, this is a selection for you. We have collected 10 of the brightest games, similar to tomb Raider for PC and PS.
10. Thief
A gloomy story, a gloomy city, a mysterious hero. Garrett is a professional thief, for whom, it seemed, nothing was impossible. But during his last assignment, everything went wrong. His girlfriend died, and Garrett himself miraculously escaped death. Now the hero has to figure out what kind of artifact he was supposed to steal and what is happening in the city, which was captured by darkness.
The main emphasis in gameplay Thief placed on secretive passage. The goal can be reached in several ways, and the search for these paths is a particular pleasure from the game. It is also important to carefully inspect locations in search of values that can be stolen and earn money for them.
9. Peter Jackson’s King Kong
A game Peter Jackson’s King Kong came out in 2006 almost simultaneously with the picture of Peter Jackson and became a kind of "film game". And its plot is similar: the film crew travels to the island to produce a film, but is shipwrecked. Some people are drowning safely, another is being selected on a hitherto unknown island inhabited by huge arthropods and dinosaurs. But the most colorful “native” is, of course, a huge gorilla named Kong, who abducts the main actress, Anne Darrow.
Will have to play for Jack Drisskola, a screenwriter who wants to save Ann and return to the civilized world. The main difference of the project is amazing realism. In fact, this is a first-person shooter, but there is neither a looming weapon, nor health or energy scales, nor the number of rounds. Only the view through the eyes of the hero and the incredibly believable mechanics of his movement.
It’s rare, but the user is given the opportunity to play for King Kong himself, and then with all your heart you can destroy the tyrannosaurs or climb into the Empire State Building.
8. Mirror’s Edge
Mirror’s Edge - this is Assassin’s Creed in a technogenic setting. Peppy action, in which the main emphasis is on parkour. Even the plot here is secondary, and it does not strike with originality, but the players were completely delighted with the gameplay, locations, brightness of colors.
The game takes place in an anti-utopian world in which the government controls all aspects of the life of citizens. There is only one way to transmit a secret message: turn to the fleeing. The main character of the game, Faith, is just such a running one, who, moving on the roofs and parapets, can deliver any news.
7. Batman: Arkham City
Batman: arkham city - a game in the genre of action and stealth action, which was released in 2011 on the main platforms. In it, the player will plunge into the noir world of DC comics and try on the role of Batman and Catwoman.
Arkham City is the dysfunctional area of Gotham, which the new mayor has appointed as a new prison for the most dangerous criminals. There, prisoners can do anything until they try to escape.
The player will see the legendary anti-heroes: Joker, Penguin, Harley Queen, Two-Face, Catwoman - and will be able to feel what it means to do justice in the streets of Gotham.
6. Hitman
A series of games about the Agent 47 - Hitman - The perfect example of stealth action. The stories about the bald mercenary are loved by most gamers, and they are looking forward to the release of the new part.
The main task in games is to eliminate the enemy, less often to secretly get somewhere or steal an item. You can choose a method of action: use weapons or act covertly. Despite the fact that there are enough cruel moments in games, the developers do not encourage bloodshed and are fined for killing innocents.
Passing levels is non-linear, for which they still love the franchise. There are several ways to fulfill the order, but for each of them you will have to carefully scout the territory and conduct training. Incredibly interesting, exciting process allows you to feel like a real special agent.
5. Assassin's Creed Origins
A new part of the Assassin’s Creed franchise sends us to Ancient Egypt, giving Bayek to custody. Bayek is a clever and quick mejai, a member of an elite military unit. The main character has a personal tragedy: his son, whom Bayek had hopes for, fell victim to greedy politicians who were eager to get a powerful artifact. And the last mejai stood on the warpath to take revenge and restore peace to the banks of the Nile.
IN Assassin’s Creed Origins there is everything for which we love the franchise so much: a solid main story, a lot of side quests, a historical basis, albeit ruthlessly changed, a huge open world, parkour (although in Egypt, unlike Rome, there are not many places for jumping) and leaps of faith.
4. Horizon Zero Dawn
In 2017, an exclusive action RPG game was released exclusively for the PlayStation 4 Horizon Zero Dawn. The action takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which mechanisms seized power, and the remnants of people live in tribes.
The main character is the girl Eloy, who, with a bow and arrow, preys on robots and extracts their resources.
With the Tomb Raider franchise, this project is akin to exploring a large open world. The RPG component is presented in the form of a pumping tree, and for bitumen with mechanisms you can use small arms and melee weapons, as well as traps and stealth mode.
3. Uncharted
Uncharted - A series of games in the genre of action-adventure, released exclusively for the PlayStation. When creating the first parts, the developers drew inspiration from the early games of the Tomb Raider series and vice versa, when restarting the adventures of Lara Croft, the creators took as a model to follow the achievements of Uncharted. This is a colorful game and an incredibly cool action movie with an interesting plot and bright heroes, as well as an abundance of puzzles.
The main character of the franchise - Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter - was developed according to all the canons of an adventurer. The developers approached the creation of his image with great love, trying not to turn it into a parody, and they succeeded so well that Nate became a favorite of gamers and became one of the best characters in computer games, according to the Guinness Book of Records.
2. Just Cause
Just cause - This is an action game, a third-person shooter, the goal of which is to create as much madness as possible on an island captured by a tyrant.
The main character is an agent of the CIA, whose goal is to overthrow the cruel dictator. In the arsenal he has a cat hook, a parachute and pistols. He can travel around the island (and the map, despite the limitation of space by the water surface, is simply huge), capture helicopters, commit crimes and do everything to plunge the tyrant's world into chaos.
1. Prince of Persia
Everyone who is interested in computer games knows about the legendary franchise Prince of persiatelling about the adventures of the charismatic and brave Prince of Persia. The main differences of the series were acrobatics, peppy fights on curved swords, solving puzzles and, of course, the unique atmosphere of the East.
If Prince of Persia was originally a typical rum platform, in the early 2000s Ubisoft, which bought the rights, added more action to it. They were so carried away by the process that in the Warrior Within expansion the main character almost lost his personality, but already in the next part the developers fixed most of the problems.
No, no, yes fans remember their favorite platformer. Ubisoft says the franchise is on hold for now, but we all hope to get it back. In the meantime, you can replay in the old parts, which, although inferior to the latest innovations, but not one of them was frankly bad and gave many exciting hours to gamers. Prince of Persia is being reissued for mobile devices.