A History of Tomb Raider Reviews

Since TR fans do a lot of hemming and hawing over what is the best game in the franchise, I decided to compile the reviews of the 3 biggest (and pretty much the oldest) gaming sites on the internet; 1-up.com, GamePro, and Gamespot. I know theres a lot of other great reviewing sources out there like PSM and PC Gamer, and some of yall will be mad that I didnt reference youre favorite sites, but PC Gamer doesnt cover console games and vice versa for PSM. Plus Ive too lazy to look up anything else, so leave me alone. So without further ado

The Best Reviewed Tomb Raider Games
1. Tomb Raider I (PC) 8.5/10
2. Tomb Raider I (PS1) 8.46/10
3. Tomb Raider II (PS1) 8.33/10
4. The Last Revelation (PC) 8.2/10
5. Tomb Raider (GBC) 8.1/10

And the worst reviewed Tomb Raider game of all time? No, surprisingly its not AOD, it was close though. Drum roll please.

Tomb Raider: Starring Lara Croft (N-Gage) 4.63/10

Well I guess its not a huge surprise considering what a piece of crap the N-Gage was. Yeah I know I used to promote them back on the Tomb Raider Republic, but you would too if you saw all the freebies they were offering. Face it; any game system that depends on me to help promote it is doomed. Heres how the rest of the results broke down. Oh and one more note, GamePros review only goes up to 5, so I just doubled whatever they give a game. Then I added all of the scores together and divided by three to get an average score for each game, yay math!

1-up.com 8.5/10
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot - 8.5/10

Tomb Raider I
PS1
Average Score 8.46/10

1-up.com 8.9/10
GamePro - 4.0/5
Gamespot- 8.5/10

Tomb Raider I
Sega Saturn
Average Score 7.9/10

1-up.com - N/A
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot -7.9/10

1-up.com 7.0/10
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot - 8.2/10

Tomb Raider II: The Dagger of Xian
PS1
Average Score 8.33/10

1 UP 9.3/10
GamePro - 5.0/5
Gamespot - 5.7/10

1up.com - N/A GamePro - 4.0/5
Gamespot - 6.9/10

Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft
PS1
Average Score 7.66/10

1 UP 7.5/10
GamePro - 4.0/5
Gamespot - 7.5/10

1-up.com 9.0/10
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot - 7.4/10

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
PS1
Average Score 7.66/10

1-up.com 9.0/10
GamePro - 4.0/5
Gamespot - 6.0/10

Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
Sega Dreamcast
Average Score 6.46/10

1-up.com 6.0/10
GamePro - 4.0/5
Gamespot - 5.4/10

1-up.com - N/A
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot - 6.3/10

Tomb Raider Chronicles
PS1
Average Score - 7.73/10

1-up.com - 9.0/10
GamePro - 3.5/5
Gamespot - 7.2/10

Tomb Raider Chronicles
Sega Dreamcast
Average Score 7.06/10

1up.com 7.0/10
GamePro - 3.5/5
Gamespot - 7.2/10

1-up.com 5.6/10
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot - 6.1/10

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness
PS2
Average Score 6.03/10

1-up.com 5.6/10
GamePro - 3.0/5
Gamespot - 6.5/10

1-up.com - N/A
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot - 8.1/10

1-up.com - N/A
GamePro - N/A
Gamespot - 7.1/10

1up.com 4.5/10
GamePro - 3.0/5
Gamespot - 8.3/10

1-up.com 5.0/10 GamePro - 1.5/5
Gamespot 5.9/10