Tomb Raider Anniversary is a video game
in the Tomb Raider series. It is a remake of the first video game in the
series, the original Tomb Raider. It uses an improved version of the Legend
game engine, and it includes all of the original environments from Tomb Raider.
The game was co developed by Crystal
Dynamics and Buzz Monkey Software for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2,
Windows and Wii. Eidos announced 1 June 2007 as the European release date for
the PS2 and Windows version, with the North American release to follow on 5
June 2007. Additionally, the subscription PC gaming service GameTap announced
that the game will be available on their service on the same day as the game went
to retailers. The PSP version was released on 9 August 2007 in the United
States and on 26 October 2007 in Europe, with the Wii version released in
Europe on 7 December 2007. An Xbox 360 version was released on 23 October 2007
and a version for the PlayStation 3 is included in The Tomb Raider Trilogy
collection released in March 2011. The Mac OS X version of the game was
released in February 2008 by Feral Interactive.
The game continues to be available in a
digital format via Steam, although most of Europe is excluded from this
service. However, in the UK and other countries the game had been re issued
under license in a physical format by game publisher Mastertronic Group, under
its Sold Out Software brand for bargain titles.
Like the original, Tomb Raider
Anniversary follows pretty much the same basic tale of Lara's hunt for the
Scion of Atlantis as she does battle with conniving businesswoman Jacqueline
Natlas and her various henchmen. You'll explore ancient tombs and forgotten
cities in Peru, Greece, Egypt, and more, performing plenty of death defying
acrobatics as you work your way through massive, ancient, and often deadly
puzzles. The whole experience is highly evocative of the original, and there
are certainly plenty of moments that seem specifically designed to create an
odd sense of déjà vu but nothing in Tomb Raider Anniversary has been
regurgitated verbatim everything is bigger and better. The environments are
larger and more detailed, and existing puzzles have been elaborated upon, to an
incredible degree. The experience just feels bigger, and there's so much new
content that it honestly feels less like a remake and more like its own game.
The game was well received by critics,
with the PC version holding the highest score. It holds an 83 on Metacritic and
84.28% on Game Rankings. The game sold around 1.3 million copies worldwide,
making it the least successful Tomb Raider game in the franchise.
Tomb Raider takes places in most famous areas,
from the jungle of Peru and up to Greece, Egypt and even Atlantis. Each level
has a solid design, complex tombs and detailed architecture make this a real
jewel.
The
environments are your biggest adversaries most of the time in Anniversary,
though through your exploration you'll regularly run into some antagonistic
fauna like rats, bats, wolves, bears, tigers, gorillas, raptors, and the
occasional Tyrannosaurus Rex. Combat is limited to gunplay, which operates with
a simple lock-on system, and Lara can also tumble and flip through the air
while keeping a bead on an enemy. New to Anniversary is the adrenaline dodge,
which at specific moments allows Lara to dodge a charging enemy in slow motion.
When time slows, a target will also slowly move toward the enemy, and if you
fire the weapon right at the moment it locks on, it'll produce an instant kill,
usually when the ferocious beast is just inches away from your face. It still
feels like Tomb Raider combat, which has always been a minor part of the
experience, but the adrenaline dodge is a nice little touch that adds a little
more drama to the action. Tomb Raider Anniversary also makes use of the same
type of interactive cutscenes seen in Tomb Raider Legend, where you'll have to
quickly react to an onscreen button cue to keep Lara alive. It allows for some
beautifully choreographed action sequences, but they're rarely very
challenging.
For the graphics engine, the team at
Crystal Dynamics used an improved version of the one in Tomb Raider Legend.
Although it might not be so sophisticated as the one used in Half Life 2 or so,
it does the job extraordinary. Impressive blur and halo effects make the
experience complete and we have to say we were just stunned by the use of
special effects to achieve a splendid gameplay experience.
We were most pleased by this title and we
think it has some very good chances to become the best part of the Tomb Raider
series so far.
1) Download 2 Parts & Extract With WinRAR
2) Click Setup exe & Wait 5 Minutes
3) And Then Click Lra exe & Play
OS, Windows Xp, Win 7, Win8
Pentium 4 = 3.0
Ram = 1 GB
Hard Drive Space = 4 GB
Graphics Card = 64 MB
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