Rise of the Tomb Raider™

spent 1 day in downloading( not the fault of network, but the bad of appstore)

Rise of the Tomb Raider is an excellent game filled with action and adventure with vivid landscapes and scenery. The details in the graphical textures of humans, animals and landscapes are realistic and well-defined. The script and co-ordination of this title is well put together as well. It is clear to see the level of love, passion and care that was put into this creation. I purchased this title for use on my M1 MacBook Air. Performance is decent at default / medium settings with a screen resolution of 1440x900 (internal display) or 1600x900 (external display). Rise of the Tomb Raider is an x86 Intel-based application and therefore runs using Rosetta 2. Many would assume that due to this fact it cannot compare performance wise with native games made for Apple Silicon. This is simply not the case in my experience, as I have found the game to run almost as well as GRID Legends which is a native app designed for Apple Silicon. I did run into an issue with using my Xbox Series X controller with the game. Rise of the Tomb Raider does not have out-of-the-box support for the Xbox Series X controller as the game was published in the year of 2018 before the Series X controller was released in November of 2020. Feral has not updated the game since 2018. Thankfully I have prior experience with titles by Feral Interactive and because I had previously purchased GRID Legends earlier on this year (which is the latest title released in December 2023 by Feral Interactive, thus having out-of-the-box support for the Series X controller), I was able to copy the configuration file for the Series X controller from that game to use with Rise of the Tomb Raider. After copying the “XboxControllerSeriesXBluetooth.plist” from “GRIDLegends.app/Contents/Resources/InputDevices/Digital” folder to “Rise of the Tomb Raider.app/Contents/Resources/InputDevices/Digital” folder, the controller is now detected by the game and is fully functional. I do hope that Feral updates Rise of the Tomb Raider along with other older titles “officially” adding support for this controller in the near future. Copying files into Applications is not a full proof solution as macOS occasionally re-verifies application signatures, and when modifications of any kind are detected, verification will fail. macOS will flag the app as damaged, ask the user, move it to the trash and re-download the application. In this instance the user must wise to know the app is not damaged and instead remove the “XboxControllerSeriesXBluetooth.plist” placed in Rise of the Tomb Raider and re-verify the app. Once macOS has successfully re-verified the app the user can then put back the “XboxControllerSeriesXBluetooth.plist” in the correct location to restore functionality. On the splash screen that appears before starting the game there is an “Extras” menu item providing the option to pause iTunes when playing the game and to set the Messages status to “Away”. Both items under the “Extras” heading were designed for macOS Sierra and macOS Mojave and have been deprecated since the release of macOS Catalina in which Apple replaced iTunes with Apple Music and improved App Permissions rendering these 2 “extras” obsolete. Overall, Rise of the Tomb Raider is an excellent title that will keep its users immersed. A great job done by Crystal Dynamics and Feral Interactive. Feral Interactive has always been on the for-front porting AAA games over to macOS so creative professionals can enjoy state-of-the-art gameplay on their platform of choice and they are to be commended for that. But while I am thankful to Feral for providing an excellent port of Rise of the Tomb Raider for macOS, I am asking “please update your app”, the last update was 6 years ago. A great title like this deserves to be kept up-to-date on macOS just like it is on other platforms. All the best to Crystal Dynamics and Feral Interactive. Keep creating and publishing great games for macOS on the Mac App Store.

I have a macbook pro M3 Max with a bluetooth connected xbox controller. This set up works on the resident evil game. I bought the three game pack hoping to play all three tomb raiders. Unfortunatley none of the three tomb raider games recognizes that I have a connected game pad. Update: I am updating to a 4 star. I had daily emailing with Feral Interactive customer support to fix this issue. There were two problems: 1- They don't have the coding for an Xbox controller built into the game. They had to send me a file to put in the game files to make it detect the connected Xbox controller 2-I put it in the wrong folder Their customer support was exemplary, working through this issue with me over the course of a week until we figured out the problem. I am giving a 4 star because ... really ... to connect an Xbox controller I have to ask for a special file and then it is up to me to install it correctly? How about an update to the app with the file that's necessary installed where it is ssupposed to be.

I recently bought this game to play on my 13" mac book pro and i must have gotten lucky after a few tries of trying to load the game it finnaly went through one time. I played it for abput 15 min then tried agin the very next day now it wont let me pass the very first loading screen with the panther or what ever. I i fill like i just waisted my money! this is very upsetting.

this game looks amazing on apple silicon wish it would come to ipad.

I downloaded the game and never was able to open it. The company sent me an email and I was never able to recieve my money back. If anyone can help me out, it would be great. thanks.

Spectacular open vistas to dark misty rooms the scenary is fantastic to look at, I actually stopt to take in the view a few times! The mechanics of the game (easy mode) allowed me to progress and enjoy the journey at a pace that kept me fully engaged. Loved it.

I love playing this game so can we please get Native M1 MAX support please?

This game keeps hanging and I have to force quit it. Please fix it.

I have completed thhis twice and still have not found all of the secret passages, artifacts and hidden items. Unbelievable action submerses you into its atmosphere. A keeper!