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''Tomb Raider'' is a Video Game Developed by Core Design and Published by Eidos Interactive . It was originally released in 1996 for MS-DOS , PlayStation , and Sega Saturn . ''Tomb Raider'' follows the exploits of Lara Croft , a British female Archaeologist in search of ancient treasures ''à la'' Indiana Jones . The game was critically acclaimed and widely influential.1 It spawned a number of Sequel s and a franchise of related media. STORY Plot hunts for pieces of a Talisman called the Scion , the first of which is found in the Tomb of Qualopec, Peru .]] The story opens with a prologue in Los Alamos County, New Mexico . A nuclear test causes an earthquake which exposes an ancient device buried beneath the desert. The device is set into motion and reveals a Frozen Lifeform . The story then continues in the present day. After Lara Croft returns from an expedition in the Himalayas she is contacted by an American named Larson , who works for the wealthy businesswoman Jacqueline Natla , owner of Natla Technologies. At Natla's request, Lara sets out on an expedition to recover a mysterious artifact called the Scion from the lost Tomb of Qualopec, in the mountains of Peru . However after successfully retrieving the object, she is nearly robbed of it when Larson attempts to kill her outside the tomb. Wasting no time, Lara sets out to discover why Natla double-crossed her, and breaks into her office to find out more about the truth behind the artifact, of which there appears to be more than one piece. She discovers a Medieval manuscript which reveals the whereabouts of a second piece of the Scion, which is buried beneath an ancient Monastery of St. Francis in Greece . It appears Natla has sent Pierre Dupont , a rival French archaeologist, to recover the fragment from the site. Hot on each others trail, Lara and Pierre race each other through the catacombs of the monastery to get to the second Scion first. The battle comes to a head at the tomb of Tihocan, where Lara recovers the second Scion. An inscription inside the tomb reveals that Tihocan was one of three joint rulers of Atlantis . At some point a calamity struck which sunk the continent into the ocean and scattered their culture over the world. Qualopec continued to rule in South America , Tihocan in Greece, and it appears a third ruler thrived in Egypt . , the game's primary Antagonist .]] Lara travels to the Valley Of The Kings where she quickly discovers the third Scion, and is faced with Larson one last time. Upon leaving the tomb however, she is awaited by Natla and her henchmen, who steal the three artifacts from her and nearly kill her. Lara escapes and follows their trail to a remote island, where mining operations of Natla Technologies have partially exposed the Great Pyramid of Atlantis. After making her way through the mines dispatching Natla's goons, Lara reaches the heart of the pyramid chamber, where the three Scions are fused together as a source of power. In a Flashback , it is revealed that Natla was the third ruler of Atlantis, and that she betrayed her co-rulers by abusing the power of the Scion amulet for Genetic Experimentation . As punishment, she was locked into a stasis cell by Qualopec and Tihocan, and buried beneath the ground. The power released by the pyramid and the Scion caused a major cataclysm destroying the once powerful and advanced civilization. As a result (similar to Easter Island ) the survivors lost all their knowledge and power and to slowly rebuild from the ground up .Centuries later Natla awoke when the cell was exposed by an earthquake. With her cunning and knowledge she quickly became incredibly rich and powerful around the world. Having regained the power of the artifacts, Natla now attempts to restore her former power with an army of genetic mutants. However Lara manages to destroy the Scion and kills Natla. The pyramid is destroyed along with the Mutant s, and the remains of the Atlantean Civilization . Setting Before commencing the actual game, players may choose to complete a training course set in Lara's home. This Tutorial is designed to get the player acquainted with the basics of the game and includes jumping and climbing techniques on ten vaulting boxes. The story mode begins with an introductory sequence, after which the player is taken to the first level in Peru. Throughout the game, Lara travels across the globe in search for the three artifact parts in four different locales:
GAMEPLAY Overview .]] In ''Tomb Raider'', the player controls the female archaeologist Lara Croft , in search for the three mysterious Scion artifacts across the world. The game is presented in Third Person Perspective . Lara is always visible and the camera follows the action from behind or over her shoulder. The world she inhabits is fully drawn in Three Dimensions and characterized by its cubic nature. Ledges, walls and ceilings sit at 90 degrees to each other, although the game designers sometimes obscure this to make it less obvious. The object of ''Tomb Raider'' is to guide Lara through a series of tombs and other locations in search of treasures and artifacts. On the way, she must kill dangerous animals and other creatures, while collecting objects and solving puzzles to gain access to an ultimate prize, usually a powerful artifact. Gunplay is restricted to the killing of various animals that appear throughout each stage, although occasionally Lara may be faced with a human opponent. Instead the emphasis lies on solving puzzles and performing trick jumps to complete each level. As such, ''Tomb Raider'' in essence harkens back to the classical form of Platform Style gameplay.23 Features Movement in the game is varied and allows for complex interactions with the environment. Besides walking, running, and jumping, Lara can perform side-steps, hang on ledges, roll over, dive, and , dual Magnums and dual Uzi s. At a certain point in the story, Lara will be stripped of all her weapons, leaving the player defenceless and forced to recover her pistols, a development which later became a staple of the series. Numerous enemies as well as a variety of lethal traps can bring about Lara's death in ''Tomb Raider'', the most important threat of which is falling to death. As the game adopts a platform style approach of progress, well timed jumps must often bring Lara safely to the other side of a ledge or she will plummet to the ground below. Other means by which the game will prematurely end include death by Burning , Drowning , Electrocution , being shot, being crushed, or lethal damage from animals. A general action button is used to perform a wide range of movements in ''Tomb Raider'', such as picking up items, pulling switches, firing guns, pushing or pulling blocks, and grabbing onto ledges. Regular items to pick up include Ammo , and small and large medipacks. Game-specific items are keys and artifacts required to complete a stage. Any item that is collected is held onto in Lara's inventory until it is used. The puzzles that the player encounters across each level vary: pulling specific combinations of levers, a course of timed jumps, avoiding a certain trap or collecting several keystones. Throughout each stage, one or more secrets may be located. Discovering these secrets is optional, and when the player has found one a tune plays. The locations of these secrets vary in difficulty to reach. Some are hidden along the roadside in bushes, others require the completion of a hidden course or optional Puzzle to be found. The player is usually rewarded with extra items. In the and Mac versions of the game allow the player to save at any time. A stage is finished when a certain doorway is reached, an artifact is recovered, or a boss is destroyed. DEVELOPMENT HISTORY |
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