Great Game
Sat Feb 18 2023 mchacon05From someone who has taken a break from gaming, I really enjoyed playing this game. It’s a survival/ action game with some puzzles and really cool character building. I really enjoyed the abilities you can choose as you level up during the tomb runs and how they can combine to deal heavy damage and AOE. The first chapter/ Tomb was a bit easy for me but the next few were definitely challenging. You can even build manuals (to improve your gear) and craft higher rarity gear, which I liked since it reminded me of past MMORPG games I’ve played. Two drawbacks of the game; there is no dedicated button for your special ability (you have to remember you have it and keep in mind if it’s been recharged) and during stages with lots of enemies, the screen gets very busy with both friendly and enemy projectiles. Despite those, it is definitely a fun game to check out if you have a little bit of time to kill (as a previous reviewer pointed out)
Not made for premium, buggy
Wed Feb 15 2023 Gatorman02This Archero clone appears to be a mirror copy of the IAP version released by Square Enix. The problem with that is that, like most mobile games with predatory IAPs, the game is designed mostly around getting people to spend money rather than the core gameplay. The IAPs were removed from this version, which is certainly nice, though the original IAP structure of the game lingers in an obvious and awkward way. For example, everything is designed for that initial boost followed by the slower and slower grind until the game becomes less and less enjoyable over time (which was originally designed to squeeze out purchases). Despite the purchases being removed, that shallow structure remains. Ultimately my impression is that this a game that could be played until it becomes boring, and then you move on.
With respect to bugs, in roughly 15 minutes of playing I experienced (i) the random disappearance of my equipped weapon (completely gone from my inventory), and (ii) a run attempt get completely stuck midway through, twice. All monsters were dead, but the doors wouldn't open to be able to continue. If you force close the app, you have the option to resume the same challenge, which makes you restart that same level (though your health does not reset each time), and you ultimately have to just quit the run and return home, losing the limited energy spent (another side effect of the game being originally made for predatory IAPs).
Grossly Addicting and Engagingly Thrilling
Wed Sep 11 2024 yoshiland46Big Tomb Raider fan here. Played all the games from console to PC to mobile. Finally got around to trying this one out through Netflix (uh can y’all get this service on Xbox already?) and I’m having a blast. You go through the levels fairly quick and it’s fun to level up as you go, getting stronger everytime. (No chocolate bars this time around unfortunately). Even if you lose you still win because you get to upgrade Lara after every game to make it easier every time. Like a real game ya know? If I had to give a con it’d just be how it hooks you with free rewards, quick pace, and the amount of menus you must click through should you want to maximize your rewards.
Lore wise it’s pretty faithful with a beautiful nostalgic score and returning characters from the franchise like Von Croy, Amaya, and I believe Kurtis (haven’t gotten that far yet). This might be unrelated dunno if they see these but hey Crystal? Can we get these ole boys and girls back for the rebooted game pretty please 😁 Excited for the upcoming unification!
WARNING: Do not delete your Netflix profile!!!!
Sun Mar 31 2024 DanipogThe game itself is really fun. It is a bit grindy but that’s not a big deal. However, a word of caution to anyone that is playing using their Netflix account. I had mine synced to a secondary account on our Netflix account and on a lark thought “I don’t need this profile on the Netflix app because we only watch on the main one” so I deleted it. I didn’t realize the magnitude of my mistake until I opened the Tomb Raider app to play and it said there was a network error. It was then I realized what I’d done. The most unfortunate thing about it is that I inadvertently deleted my game data that I had work over a year on achieving and now I’m having to start back over from square one. DO NOT DO WHAT I DID. You’ll never recover. I’m extremely annoyed that Netflix doesn’t have any backups or logins or anything else that could mitigate this type of error for its players.
WARNING: Game is unplayable, constantly crashes!
Mon Jun 26 2023 DarkPariahHow is this game still available on the App Store? This game is riddled with bugs that make it completely unplayable. I haven’t been able to play the game in over three months despite all the recent updates. The game always crashes at the loading screen. This is not a good look for Netflix or the developer. If this game weren’t free; I’d reckon there might be a legitimate case for legal action. Again, how this game is allowed to stay on the App Store is crazy. Just look at the recent reviews over the last few months. This isn’t a small isolated occurrence. It’s happening to a lot of other people. It’s a real shame because it was really fun for quick, casual gaming.
Great game with glaring bugs
Mon Feb 20 2023 whitehair250Fun game, however has many bugs. I’ve gotten connection errors around 7 times while playing this game, and when a connection error occurs at the end of a run, all the loot you gained is lost. This makes it very frustrating as later runs can end up taking 20-30 minutes, and loot such as relics are very rare, so having a 10% chance of losing them due to a connection issue with the server(even though I’m in my house) feels awful.
Additionally after completing the first three chapters the difficulty spikes dramatically, leaving me unaware of how to progress other than replay the third chapter over and over again for loot that may or may not disappear.
There are also many visual bugs. The store has a permanent exclamation mark sign next to it. Also, the crafting and items tabs have permanent explanation mark signs next to them, signaling that I had new loot, even after I had my run loot lost- perhaps those exclamation marks would be fixable if I had the loot to upgrade my items with?
Pretty Fun, controls are bad
Wed Mar 22 2023 Defcon106This game is pretty fun, Rougelite gameplay. You need to level up a lot to succeed, but that’s fine. My main gripe is with the controls. They are trash. You can only shoot while you’re standing still and cannot aim, a lot of the enemies are just as fast as you, so you get hit no matter what you do. I guess for the non Netflix version that makes sense so you need to pay or watch ads to continue, but for this version it’s tedious. It feels like this should be a dual stick shooter so you could actually aim at the enemies you want to kill. I’ll be getting chased by two wolves and Laura is shooting at a frog that’s not even on the screen. The only way to switch your aim is to run right next to something and then get hit by it. Maybe it would be too easy if you could actually target the strongest enemies first? I’m really not sure about the logic here unless the devs just got lazy or they want you to die a lot to simulate difficulty.
Started off well but goes bad as one progresses…
Sun Jun 25 2023 Benjio123!!!I was totally psyched with this game when I first started playing. Lots of collectibles, challenging boss levels, daily/weekly goals, wide range of abilities and weapons etc. The problem starts when you start progressing to the higher levels and come close to completing the game.
The game crashes every-time a chapter run is completed, automatically closing down the app. When I open the app again to resume the game, I’m asked if I’d like to resume the run. If I accept, the game remains in “loading” mode permanently. If I decline, the special weekly rewards are lost. Highly frustrating when I play the lower, less challenging levels just to gain the stickers required to gain points towards upgrading outfits. There’s no other way to upgrade outfits either.
It’s been a fun game but it’s not enjoyable anymore. Customer support has been pretty useless at fixing these issues, just as they have been with other progressive Netflix games.
Grindfest
Sun Apr 09 2023 Seishino8 days into playing, and I’m still 5 levels in of 12 levels total. This is a GRINDfest. You have to replay the same maps for hours to get enough progress to move forward.
This is a de-freemium Netflix version of Tomb Raider Reloaded, which theoretically takes the freemium parts out. However, what it does is take out the ability to buy gems, while keeping the same super slow and grind-ey progression that would require gems. So it’s still at every point trying to squeeze you until you pay for gems, but then it just doesn’t let you pay for gems. It’s just all squeeze.
The technical issues don’t help. There are some really basic UI stuff that is wrong… songs missing, etc. There have been borked events uploaded, But most frustratingly, it crashes pretty consistently (usually on the parts where they mercifully pulled out the commercials for Netflix). Which means if you’re mid-grind, the grind just got however much longer again.
This could be a great game. It needs like 5 times the number of levels, and to progress 5 times faster. It needs real amounts of content, and not just 2 worlds with 12 levels total. It needs to not be as grind-ey as it is. Because there is fun to be had in there, but it’s drowning in its monetization.
Fun game, but rage inducing crashes.
Sat Mar 25 2023 RXjorgThis is a fun game, very grindy, but fun. It captures the spirit of Tomb Raider and the game play is enjoyable. However, it suffers from rage-inducing crashes at the end of levels. Which means you can complete 50 stages of a level and suddenly the game crashes and you lose all of your progress for that level. If you want to scratch that Tomb Raider itch and don’t mind feeling like you’ve wasted time when it crashes after a final boss battle, it’s probably worth a look. I appreciate Netflix giving us a chance to play it without micro transactions. But if you want to avoid the frustration dealing with crashes and lost progress, you should look elsewhere.
Update: I gave up and uninstalled. The game crashes far too much for something that relies on grinding and random drops.
