Tomb Raider: Underworld, the game where Crystal Dynamics really hit its stride, is now going for a dollar
I think it fair to say that Crystal Dynamics should now be viewed as the savior of the Tomb Raider franchise. Picking up development after Eidos' dropped development duties following the nadir of Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, it rebooted the series not once but twice, leaving Lara in the position she is today—a relevant hero who's had some cracking adventures as of late and is reportedly getting more soon, too.
View Tomb Raider: Underworld on GOG
The most recent trilogy of Tomb Raider games was great (culminating in 2018's Shadow of the Tomb Raider), but the trilogy of releases that Crystal Dynamics released before that (Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld), showed plenty of quality, too, and especially the last release, Tomb Raider: Underworld.
Tomb Raider: Underworld introduced a brand new game engine, one that at the time was very graphically impressive. Underworld's level design was more open, too, with gameplay redesigned largely around utilizing Lara's abilities to explore her environment, much like more modern games. Motion capture was used for Lara's movements for the first time as well, and the result of all this newness meant that Underworld looked and played notably better than Crystal Dynamics' previous Tomb Raider releases.
All of which is why, when I saw Underworld had been reduced by -87% over at GOG, a fact that means it's now cheaper than a can of Coke, I not only snapped up the deal myself but also felt I should bring it to the wider PC gaming community's attention. The details of the offer can be viewed below.
Tomb Raider: Underworld | $1.23/£0.99 at GOG (-87% off)
This is the dark and, even now, graphically impressive third game in the original Crystal Dynamics reboot of the Tomb Raider series. It pioneered many of the gameplay systems and expansive level scope that Crystal Dynamics would go on to use in its later 2013 reboot, so plays remarkably like a modern Tomb Raider game despite its age. A lot of quality tomb raiding for very little
