Tomb Raider: Underworld - PlayStation 3 - PS3 (No Manual)

Tomb Raider: Underworld for PlayStation 3

Tomb Raider: Underworld follows Lara Croft on a worldwide search for traces of Avalon and the Norse underworld. You explore ruins in Thailand, Mexico and the Arctic Sea, climb walls and ledges, and use the environment to operate large mechanisms. Puzzles ask you to read routes and place objects correctly. Fights with wildlife and armed opponents interrupt the longer climbing and investigation sections.

Lara carries twin pistols, grenades, a grappling hook and a motorcycle for several larger areas. Controls let her balance on beams, swing around poles and carry objects while a puzzle remains active. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 use the fullest console version. The later PlayStation 2 conversion follows the same story but simplifies environments, movement and parts of the level design. Downloadable Xbox chapters are not on the standard disc and are not promised.

This PlayStation 3 release of Tomb Raider: Underworld was checked separately for controls, presentation and delivery. The product title determines whether a regular, budget or No Manual edition is supplied. Historical network features are not promised as available; the campaign and local content on the disc remain the core of this version.

Region and language

Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.

Manual

The manual is missing from this copy of Tomb Raider: Underworld for PlayStation 3. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.

The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.

The history of Tomb Raider: Underworld

Crystal Dynamics developed Tomb Raider: Underworld as the conclusion to the storyline begun in Legend and continued through Anniversary. Eidos released the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions in Europe on 21 November 2008. The PlayStation 2 version followed in January 2009 and was adapted by another studio. The story again puts Lara against Amanda Evert and Natla, linking the search for her mother to Thor's hammer.

Underworld was designed around smoother movement and locations intended to resemble real ruins and landscapes more closely. Motion capture gave Lara more transitions between climbing, jumping and landing. The world also preserves moved objects within a level, helping puzzles feel like one connected space. Xbox 360 later received two separate expansions, Beneath the Ashes and Lara's Shadow. That history does not change an ordinary used disc; only the main campaign is described here.

This PlayStation 3 release of Tomb Raider: Underworld was checked separately for controls, presentation and delivery. The product title determines whether a regular, budget or No Manual edition is supplied. Historical network features are not promised as available; the campaign and local content on the disc remain the core of this version.

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