10 Biggest Video Game Bombs Of 2018

9. Shadow Of The Tomb Raider

Fallout 76
Square Enix

The rebooted Tomb Raider games have never been given the attention they truly deserve, and that continues with the latest entry in the series.

In a year so packed full of amazing games, you really had to stand out in order to get some attention and unfortunately Shadow of the Tomb Raider didn't do much to differentiate itself from the previous games and actually made a lot of things worse in the long run.

It's a real shame because Shadow of the Tomb Raider does introduce a lot of things to try and make it more like the original games, but ends up including some of the worst aspects. Slow underwater sections are the worst inclusion, but the lack of an interesting plot is probably what kills the momentum most.

Although sales figures haven't been too bad, there was a massive lack of interest in the game at launch and it hasn't really picked up in the months after. Sales numbers were down by 70% from the original 2013 reboot, which shows the lack of interest.

Looks like we won't be seeing Lara Croft for a little while.

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