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Tomb Raider Reloaded is a free to play mobile game developed by Emerald City Games[1] and published by CDE Entertainment. On December 3rd, 2020, Tomb Raider Reloaded soft-launched through the Google Play Store in the Philippines, South East Asia and Thailand for beta testing. On an update 0.8.0 Sweden and Ireland were added. Canada was added to the country list in update 0.11.0.
During the development the Tomb Raider franchise rights were moved from Square Enix to Embracer Group, and the publishing of this game moved to CDE Entertainment from Square Enix London Mobile.
Plot[]
Similar to Tomb Raider (1996) and Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Lara Croft is accosted by mercenary Larson Conway in Calcutta, India, at the request of his boss, Natla. Natla informs Lara that she has found the City of Vilcabamba, the resting place of the legendary Atlantean Scion. Tempted by the thrill of another adventure, Lara travels to Peru.
Gameplay[]
- Note: Since the game is in beta, things are subject to changes.
Tomb Raider Reloaded is a top-down action-adventure shooter. The player controls Lara's movement, but she shoots enemies automatically when stationary. The player progresses through the different stages in each chapter. Gaining a character level rewards the player with the choice of 1 of 3 passive skills, the character level restarts each playthrough. In certain stages, Anaya Imanu waits Lara offering the choice of healing skills or a passive skill. Werner Von Croy appears if a boss is killed without getting hit once. Von Croy offers a passive skill in exchange of 20% of the player's health. The player is allowed one revive in a playthrough in exchange for 30 premium currency, the gems, or for free by watching an ad, there are three free revives per day. The game has a gear system, items can be leveled up with manuals and upgraded with three of the same item type. Gear has five rarity types: common, uncommon, rare, epic, and legendary. The game features in-app purchases for gems, which can be used to open loot boxes for gear or buy in-game currency, the coins. There is a Lucky Wheel mini-game offering a chance for coins or skills, which appears at the start of a chapter, and once a boss is defeated. A variation of the Lucky Wheel is Special Wheel, which appear right after completing Lucky Wheel, but only five times in a day. Special Wheel offers a chance at obtaining gems. In later updates A Lucky Wheel was added after defeating a Chapter final boss, offering only gems and one loot box after update 0.10.0. Chapters use 5 tickets to enter. Player can hold a maximum of 20 tickets, regenerating one every five minutes. The 20 ticket limit will be exceeded, when the tickets are obtained from daily logins or daily dash rewards.[5]
Limited time events opened in January 2021. This consists of an arena where player needs to stand on flags to accumulate Zone Points. The event offers several rewards for the Zone Points collected. Events can be entered with 5 Event Tickets. Event Tickets can be bought with gems: 5 tickets for 50 gems, and 20 tickets for 200 gems. Daily dash reward also include event tickets during the duration of the event in 5, 10, and 15 amount per challenge.[5]
Characters[]
- Lara Croft: The world renown treasure hunter. Voiced by Keeley Hawes*.
- Anaya Imanu - They can heal the player or give helpful skills at no cost to the player.
- Werner Von Croy - They can offer Lara health bonuses or skills, whilst sacrificing her maximum life.
- Winston - When found with Anaya, he can offer the player an extra boost if they watch an in-game ad.
- Kurtis Trent - Demon hunter.
- Larson Conway: Contacted Lara in Calcutta, India on behalf of his boss.
- Jacqueline Natla: Larson's boss, who is after the Scion of Atlantis.
- Qualopec: A living Atlan in Tomb of Qualopec.
- Pierre Dupont (Reloaded Timeline): A Treasure hunter going after Greece Scion piece.
- Peruvian Guide (Reloaded Timeline): A guide from Peru leading Lara to Andean Mountains.
*For a limited time at the launch of the game, the player can choose Lara's voice from Hawes, Shelley Blond, Judith Gibbins and Jonell Elliott in newly recorded audio.
Levels[]
Peru[]
- Andean Mountains (20 stages)
- Andean Mountain Caves (30 stages)
- City of Vilcabamba (25 stages)
- The Lost Valley (50 stages)
- Tomb of Qualopec (20 stages)
Greece[]
- St. Francis' Folly (50 stages)
- Colosseum (50 stages)
- Midas' Palace (30 stages)
- The Cistern (50 stages)
- Tomb of Tihocan (20 Stages)
Egypt[]
- Egyptian Desert (40 Stages)
- Hidden Oasis (50 Stages)
- City of Khamoon (50 stages)
Trivia[]
- This is the first game to reference Larson's surname, Conway. He had been given this name by fans following the release of Tomb Raider: Anniversary, though no official source prior to Reloaded had referred to him as such.
- This game marks the first time in franchise history where Keeley Hawes, Shelley Blond, Judith Gibbins, and Jonell Elliott are featured together as the voice of Lara Croft.
- Reloaded marks Keeley Hawes' first appearance since 2014's Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.
- Producer Ed Perkins has teased additional characters will join Anaya and Werner as assists in the game.[6]
- He has also stated that the game will only feature characters from the Original Timeline and Legend Timeline.[7]
Update History[]
- Main article: Tomb Raider Reloaded/Update History
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/tombraider/status/1330911495559946249
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tombraider/status/1620818453639864320
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3X1zFREqJc
- ↑ Tomb Raider Reloaded - Apps on Google Play
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tomb Raider Reloaded gameplay
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tombraider_ed/status/1435672491926736898
- ↑ https://twitter.com/tombraider_ed/status/1435681216485892099