Whether you will be able to enjoy Tomb Raider: Underworld is going to depend entirely on your tolerance for jank and general lack of polish. Underworld builds on the formula established by its immediate predecessors Anniversary and Legend, concluding the so-called LAU Trilogy's story and iterating especially on Legend's gameplay and design.

Whereas Legend was fairly action-packed for a classic Tomb Raider game, with chase sequences and plenty of combat, Underworld dials that down a few notches in favour of a greater emphasis on puzzling and platforming. This is, in my view, a good thing - and the reason why I'm giving the game a thumbs-up - but it really doesn't help that a) Lara has the annoying tendency to fling herself off into the abyss when you're trying to jump sideways, and b) whatever equation is used for fall damage in this game seems to be fundamentally broken. Sometimes you're just fine dropping down certain distances, other times you'll die from fall damage after a drop from the same distance. As a result, it's hard to gauge intuitively how far you can fall safely; you can probably imagine how annoying that would be in a platformer.

That said, the fundamental gameplay loop of exploring tombs and solving puzzles is rock-solid here, and while I found the story a bit underwhelming, I still think it's very nice to spend more time with the Keeley Hawes-voiced Lara, as she's the best.

I'd definitely recommend Tomb Raider: Underworld if you're in the mood for some puzzle-platforming while not being especially bothered by jankiness and the occasional glitch.

You cannot pass the second level because when you go to place the boulders on the pressure plate it flings all over the place and you cant even try to cheese it to fall into place. Unplayable and not worth the $1 on sale.