Adventures have always been a gamer’s favorite. Especially since a studio, Core Design, was encouraged to redefine the genre in 1996 with a game called tomb Raider: an exciting narrative, 3D settings, hand-to-hand combat against all kinds of enemies, puzzles to solve and all the charm of a protagonist who has remained young to this day. Neither more nor less than the always intrepid Lara Croft.
so with a tomb Raider looming on the horizon, With Amazon Games involved, we have encouraged ourselves to put a face and eyes on the success of the saga, which has already had several restarts, remakes, reboots or whatever you want to call them. So nothing better to put things in context than by looking at the numbers they have reached.
There are no two like Lara Croft
as we tell you, this saga came in the mid 90’s and puts us in the shoes of Lara Croft, an adventurer who will be in charge of traveling the planet to search for ancient archaeological artifacts as if it were a female version of Indiana Jones. Without a doubt, this series has left us some of the most memorable adventures in the history of video games and it seems that it has no particular intention of stopping.
So to celebrate that the new generation has yet to give us some extra joy, here We bring you the top 5 of the titles that have raised the most money. let’s get started
5.Tomb Raider III
In the third installment of the original saga, Lara will have to travel the world to find a mysterious artifact that belonged to an ancient civilization, before an evil corporation gets ahead of her. Undoubtedly, an adventure that she swept at the time due to the figures achieved. Financially, she did very well because she got 5.94 million units sold worldwide.
4.Tomb Raider II
This second adventure continued the success of the first installment but made the game a little bigger. In that aspect he nailed it, setting the action in China and adding a wide variety of settings that, for its time, captivated gamers around the world. It managed to sell 6.85 million copies.
3.Rise of the Tomb Raider
Without a doubt, we are facing the installment that returned the franchise to the new generations of consoles. This title rescued the saga from the shadows using a significantly improved combat system and a story adjusted to the new times, much more complex and deep. It was a mega hit achieving about 7 million games sold around the world.
2.Tomb Raider
Obviously, the original had to occupy a privileged position within this list. It is, for many, one of the great classics in the history of video games and although it may now seem obsolete and rudimentary to us, it was a real boom at the time. Seeing all this, it was normal for it to become a bestseller, obtaining 7.16 million copies solds.
1.Tomb Raider (2013)
As was logical and many fans expected, it was decided to make a reboot to restart the franchise and wash its face for the next generations. The result is, for many, the best reboot never made for a video gameleaving all the aspects that had characterized the franchise at a superlative, superb level: history, gameplay, development, puzzles, enemies… it all fit together. That it was a success falls short, since it sold a whopping 11 million sets. Incredible.
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