Trivia
The guys at Crystal Dynamics seems to have some fond memories of their Legacy of Kain series, and you can tell: out of the gazillion possible secrets to unlock in TR:L, there is the possibility to wield Kain's legendary Soul Reaver. You need to beat ALL time trials to get it, though, and it's not that good a weapon either.
Although the NEXT GEN mode for the PC version makes Lara and the environment look much better, it omits out a few effects seen in the normal mode. For example in the normal mode when Lara gets out of the water, you can see her wet and water dripping away from her skin. In NEXT GEN mode however, this effect is missing. Also in certain levels like Japan some of the Neon Lights are disabled in NEXT GEN mode. Some of these issues were fixed in later patches.
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend got its own Nipplegate scandal when someone ripped textures from the game prior to the US release, unveiling a complete nipple. It was used as a texture for some female dancers in the Tokyo level, as initially the animators use a naked model to drape dresses around them later. In fact, the texture is not even mapped to any points in the meshes, meaning that it is impossible to see it in-game. However, Eidos wanted to avoid a Hot Coffee scandal, so it has been removed from the US release, and on the day of the European release, a Windows patch was released with a replacement texture, even though that is not mentioned in the patch notes.
Contributed by
Sciere 
(118915) on Apr 11, 2006.
