Teen
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
77
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.1
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider with a technically more advanced graphics engine. It has the same basic storyline, though some cutscenes and much of the dialogue within have been expanded or modified in other ways. Locations correspond to those of the original version and are accessed in the same order, but have been re-designed with different layouts and mostly completely different puzzles which allow implementation of new moves introduced in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend: swinging on ropes and using a grappling hook at specific points.

Puzzles are generally more focused on acrobatics in this version, ledges being much more prominently featured as a level design element, requiring combinations of jumping and shimmying across them to access areas. This type of gameplay replaces the key-retrieval and block-pushing puzzles of the original almost entirely. Combat is similar to that of the first game, though the player must now manually activate targeting. Some boss fights have been made a separate enclosed stage rather than being part of the exploration as in the original version. These fights may have puzzle-solving elements and often require the player to use Lara's new "adrenaline dodge" ability, which slightly slows down time when the opponent charges at her while in an "enraged" state. Some cutscenes require the player to participate in quick-time events.

Alternate Titles

  • "古墓奇兵:重返禁地" -- Chinese spelling (traditional)
  • "Tomb Raider: Юбилейное издание" -- Russian spelling

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Tomb Raider Anniversary Xbox 360 $9.93  
ebay.com
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary    
Not an American user?

User Reviews

There are no reviews for the Xbox 360 release of this game. You can use the links below to write your own review or read reviews for the other platforms of this game.


The Press Says

Game Chronicles Nov 08, 2007 8.9 out of 10 89
Play.tm Nov 02, 2007 83 out of 100 83
Game Tap Oct 26, 2007 8 out of 10 80
Jeuxvideo.com Nov 01, 2007 16 out of 20 80
Deeko Dec 01, 2007 8 out of 10 80
TeamXbox Oct 26, 2007 7.7 out of 10 77
Strategy Informer Oct 24, 2007 7 out of 10 70
Gamekult Oct 31, 2007 7 out of 10 70
Lawrence Nov 02, 2007 7 out of 10 70
The Video Game Critic Jan 27, 2008 C 50

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.


Trivia

As it already happened in Legend, once again the folks at Crystal Dynamics take a chance to tip their hat to their own Legacy of Kain series: if you find level 12's relic (The Great Pyramid) you'll unlock the wetsuit Lara wore back in Tomb Raider II, only this time it has a b&w logo on the chest. You might recognize this logo as Raziel's clan symbol.


This entry was contributed by coolfrost (28), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (205672), Diogo Ribeiro (329), Sicarius Bronze Star Contributing Member (61059) and klf9j3skld (287)
 

Errors and omissions on this page may be reported to the MobyGames approvers.

MobyGames™ Copyright © 1999-2013, MobyGames.
All rights reserved. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form.

moby sites | about us | advertise | disclaimer | privacy statement | become an approver | RSS

GameFly Media