Relive the Tomb Raider saga on your Mac and iPhone
Tomb Raider is one of the world’s best-known action-adventure franchises. It focuses on adventures of British archaeologist Lara Croft, who travels the world solving riddles and puzzles, dodging traps and fighting his enemies. All this to obtain lost and mysterious artifacts. If you like Nathan Drake’s post-Tomb Raider adventures in Uncharted, this is a similar adventure.
Now, we know that Apple users don’t usually get many opportunities to play games on the Mac, but it just so happens that Square Enix has always pampered the Apple platform. To the point that we use it as benchmark in analyzes like the one in Mac Studio. This is how we have the last three games in the saga. Tomb Raider, €29.99 on the Mac App Store (€17.99 on Steam). It is the reboot of the current trilogy, released in 2013 and which places us on the island of Yamatai, near Japan. Seemingly deserted, it was once home to a kingdom ruled by a powerful queen with the ability to control the weather. Croft is a recent graduate in archeology who gets the sponsorship of a Japanese family to investigate the island.
Rise of the Tomb Raider, 29.99 euros on the Mac App Store (29.99 euros on Steam), takes place a year after the first installment, with a Lara Croft suffering post-traumatic stress. Searching for answers, she turns to his father figure and his fixation on a lost city. Obsession that later led to suicide and that pushes her daughter to investigate further.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider, 54.99 euros on the Mac App Store (39.60 euros on Steam), puts an end to Lara Croft’s modern trilogy. This time, the protagonist faces a Mayan curse, unleashed by old enemies, which will cause the apocalypse in the entire planet. This trilogy is also sold in a bundle that costs 89.99 euros in the Mac App Store, with a considerable saving on the individual games.
Another story is the iPhone games. We have Lara Croft: Relic Run for free on the App Store, which is the typical non-stop running game, dodging dangers and enemies. This type of game was fashionable years ago, but it has its appeal if you like the saga. Lara Croft: Go costs 4.99 euros in the App Store, but offers much more entertainment in return. It is the typical turn-based platform where we will solve puzzles, dodge traps and kill enemies until we find the secret of the Poison Queen. It has more possibilities than the previous one and it is also much more entertaining.