Is Tomb Raider Hard? Difficulty Rating 6.0/10

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Is Tomb Raider Hard? Difficulty Rating 6.0/10 | HDII

Tomb Raider

Full Release (1996)

DIFFICULTY

6.0/10

Moderately Difficult

(1 ratings)

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Difficulty Summary

Players rate Tomb Raider as moderately difficult, with enough challenge to stay engaging without becoming overwhelming for most players.

Why Players Find It Difficult

Players usually describe the challenge in this game as coming from a few core areas:

Punishing enemy and boss encounters that require pattern recognition
High penalty for mistakes, often resetting significant progress
Combat demands precision timing rather than raw stat power
Tight movement and timing requirements throughout

Who Will Find It Difficult

Tomb Raider may challenge beginners and players unfamiliar with similar games, but experienced players will usually find it manageable after learning its systems. Players who rated games like Tomb Raider: Chronicles, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Tomb Raider: Collector's Edition at a similar challenge level may find Tomb Raider broadly comparable in difficulty.

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Based on 1 ratings on Normal/Default difficulty, the average score is 6.0/10. Most players rated this game around 6.

Developer(s)

Core Design

Publisher(s)

Sony Computer Entertainment, Eidos Interactive, Square Enix

Genre(s)

Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure

Platform(s)

PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Nintendo 64

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About Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider is a 3D action game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. The game follows the exploits of Lara Croft, a British female archaeologist in search of ancient treasures. The objective 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. The game was critically acclaimed and widely influential, it spawned a number of sequels and a franchise of related media.

Users also rated

Players who rated Tomb Raider also rated the games shown below, with Tomb Raider: Chronicles (6.0), Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (6.0), and Tomb Raider: Collector's Edition (6.0) being most similar in difficulty!

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