Tomb Raider Anniversary
Publisher: EIDOS Interactive
Developer: Crystal Dynamics
Category: Action
Release Dates
N Amer - 06/05/2007
Intl - 06/01/2007
News
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary Now In Stores
Corks are flying across the continent as Eidos and Crystal Dynamics toast the release of Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary, which ships to North American retailers today
Tomb Raider: Anniversary Ships to Stores Today
Tomb Raider: Anniversary brings to new life the game that started it all – the classic memories and experiences of the original are brought back to life, now with vastly improved graphics and gameplay mechanics
New Tomb Raider: Anniversary Developer Diary
This week meet the key artists who have worked together to create the visually exhilarating experience that is Tomb Raider: Anniversary
New Videos from Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Meet the Tomb Raider: Anniversary Puzzle Masters and Watch Lara in Full Blaze Uzi Mode in this Week's Videos
Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Check out Video Developer Diary Two and the
New Coliseum Video
Troels Folmann, the musical composer behind Tomb Raider talks about his inspiration for the soundtrack in Anniversary as well as how the game comes of age from a musical perspective
Description
Tomb Raider: Anniversary takes you back to the core of adventure gaming, allowing players to experience the game that defined it all in an entirely new way. Completely rebuilt from the ground-up, Tomb Raider: Anniversary features massive environments with multi-path exploration as well as large-scale physics based puzzles – all while still staying true to the essence of what made the original a classic. Find out what made Lara Croft the icon she is today as you travel with her across the world as she embarks on a quest to retrieve the mysterious Scion.
Features
- Celebrate and commemorate ten years of Tomb Raider and Lara Croft with Tomb Raider: Anniversary, an entirely new gameplay experience inspired by the first ever Tomb Raider adventure. Tomb Raider: Anniversary uses an enhanced version of the Tomb Raider: Legend game engine to apply Crystal Dynamic’s latest PS2 technology.
- Play the living Lara Croft, the world’s greatest action heroine of all time – use all of Lara’s guile, athleticism and gadgets in her quest to conquer the unknown and uncover ancient artifacts.
- Includes classic environments from the original Tomb Raider as never experienced before – Crystal Dynamics latest technology allows you to fluidly maneuver Lara using her latest moves and gear, through all the worlds from the original; Peru, Greece, Egypt and more. The dynamic world allows multiple play through options and also opens up new places and ways to explore. Crystal’s latest technology allows the environments to take on a breath taking new quality.
- Explore uncharted and mysterious worlds – enter into strange, undiscovered lands and solve their deepest, darkest mysteries, open doors to new realms, uncover great rewards and unearth secrets to Lara’s past.
- Startling enemy encounters – encounter fierce animal and supernatural enemies, wolves, bears, crocodiles, horrific monsters and the T Rex. New and improved AI means that all enemies will exhibit a more diverse behavior set, providing improved combat challenges for the player.
Notes
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary will ship throughout Europe on June 1st on PlayStation 2 and PC Games For Windows.
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ESRB Rating
GameZone's Review/Preview
8.5
GZ Rating
| Gameplay | 8.2 |
| Graphics | 8.5 |
| Sound | 8.7 |
| Difficulty | Medium |
| Concept | 8.5 |
| Overall | 8.5 |
Reviewer: Natalie Romano
Review Date: 06/22/2007
Even if you played this game before a long while back, Tomb Raider: Anniversary does bring some new features to make this a worthwhile remake of a true gaming classic
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