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  • Summary: Tomb Raider: Legend revives the athletic, intelligent and entertaining adventurer who won the hearts and minds of gamers worldwide. Lara comes alive with intricately animated expressions, moves and abilities. An arsenal of modern equipment, such as a magnetic grappling device, binoculars,Tomb Raider: Legend revives the athletic, intelligent and entertaining adventurer who won the hearts and minds of gamers worldwide. Lara comes alive with intricately animated expressions, moves and abilities. An arsenal of modern equipment, such as a magnetic grappling device, binoculars, frag grenades, personal lighting device and communications equipment, allows gamers to experience tomb raiding as never before. Eidos and Crystal Dynamics shaped Lara's look and movements to be an inherent extension of her skills, motivation and personality. Lara's character model features natural structure, realistic textures, detailed facial features, reactive eyes and fluid motion, all of which make her part of a living environment. New character animations and controls allow her to move through stunning environments with grace and precision, while an understanding of the game's original appeal reinvigorates the fundamental explore-and-solve adventure experience. [Eidos Interactive] Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. There are people that say a good game must have good graphics and some that say its gameplay is the most important. TRL has both. Great graphics and a superb gameplay make this game a true jewel.
  2. A solid title from the ground up. It has a nicely written story, with lively characters and a charismatic and sexy protagonist in Lara Croft. It has great voice acting and music, and the artists have done a marvelous job of creating beautiful and diverse locations for the game's backdrop.
  3. Tomb Raider: Legend is not only the best Tomb Raider game in years, but as far ahead as one can possibly get from the disaster that was Angel of Darkness.
  4. In this regard, Crystal Dynamics deserve all the praise, but if they will continue to ignore certain aspects in the next Tomb Raider game and will choose to go down the simplification road, there are very good chances that the next Tomb Raider will end up like "Angel of Darkness."
  5. The best new addition is a magnetic grappling device that allows Lara to move faraway items and swing across chasms. Puzzles are beautifully integrated into the environment and frustration rare.
  6. Every second of this game screams skillful design and the result is a liberating game world that feels open and responsive.
  7. Computer Games Magazine
    60
    All that appeal is present in Legend, but it's attached to only half of a brilliant game. And in the end, half of a new Lara Croft game adventure turns out to be better than none at all. [July 2006, p.55]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 60
  2. Negative: 8 out of 60
  1. May 1, 2018
    10
    Great Game! Like a good book, trl takes you to another world. There are many puzzles and a lot of action. The graphics are great, but they areGreat Game! Like a good book, trl takes you to another world. There are many puzzles and a lot of action. The graphics are great, but they are best to be viewed on an old c.r.t. t.v.. There is not much to complain about with this game. The motorcycle scenes, and a few of the scenes, especially toward the end, are a bit boring, but overall trl stays fun till the end! Expand
  2. Alena
    Oct 25, 2006
    10
    Excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed the well-thought out storyline, stunning graphics, and beautiful surroundings. The interactions with Zip & co Excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed the well-thought out storyline, stunning graphics, and beautiful surroundings. The interactions with Zip & co is brilliant, and Croft Manor a delight. Expand
  3. VanN
    Aug 26, 2009
    9
    A great game, briliant graphics and audio makes the world come to life. Although it may be challenging in a few parts, it's a fun game A great game, briliant graphics and audio makes the world come to life. Although it may be challenging in a few parts, it's a fun game while it lasted. Expand
  4. Feb 28, 2019
    8
    Graphics are good compared to Angel of Darkness, game play is OK, the puzzles are pretty easy except the one in the church that gave me a hardGraphics are good compared to Angel of Darkness, game play is OK, the puzzles are pretty easy except the one in the church that gave me a hard time but I liked the overall experience and getting back to classic Lara. The bike sections are very annoying because you have no control on who she aims at and most times she just aims at the one who is the least threat to her at that moment and it is very infuriating at times especially on the hard difficulty but i enjoyed playing it especially after the fragile Lara reboots. Expand
  5. SamuelL.
    Jun 8, 2006
    7
    Crystal Dynamics' taking over of the Tomb Raider franchise has created some interesting and unique variations in the gameplay and Crystal Dynamics' taking over of the Tomb Raider franchise has created some interesting and unique variations in the gameplay and engine. As with the previous reviews, the game seems too easy and too short, making the game seem like an interactive movie rather than a full-fledged adventure game. In some cases, in order to die, a player has to force him or herself to. The enemy AI in the game is rather weaktight and not very strategic, and the animals are surprisingly harder to kill than the humans. While the game has improved on Lara's ability (ability to jump from ledge to ledge while hanging, various martial arts stunts), it has also decreased it from the last editions (Lara holds her breath for approximately 30 seconds instead of 60, she can no longer sprint). The graphics are appealing, but nowhere near as advanced as they can possibly be (case in point, Halflife 2) without pushing the computer beyond its structural limitations via next-gen mode. The game also follows a linear plot, resulting in an unwanted "To be continued" ending, unlike the previous games which each had their own storyline. (A Tomb Raider Legend II would cause a lot of problems in the system) However, the positive issues about the game that save it from a flop is the intriguing storyline itself, and how it connects Lara's past to her present. The architecture in the levels are superb and show that a lot of effort has gone into the design of these levels. The movements of Lara are fluid, and her emotions and reactions are penultimately realistic than they were in the previous Core Design series. If Crystal Dynamics intends to make a sequel, a skill-building system should be placed in to make the game even more realistic and appealing to the public. In short, the game is hopefully a foreshadowing of the next improvement in the Tomb Raider product line. Expand
  6. JoshT.
    Jan 28, 2010
    6
    For the record, I love the Tomb Raider series. And I hate consoles. Being a port to the PC, the controls and camera are terrible. I've For the record, I love the Tomb Raider series. And I hate consoles. Being a port to the PC, the controls and camera are terrible. I've got a good machine that can run much more graphics intensive games just fine, yet the next generation content setting had all sorts of graphics errors that I'm 99% certain weren't my computer fault. The game is far too simple in its puzzles, disappointingly short, and could have been much better if more time had been spent on polishing the PC version from the crap that was the console versions. Expand
  7. C.Rose
    Apr 24, 2006
    0
    probably one of the worst games i have played the graphics wernt that good on the 360 when u shoot people sparks come out of them instead of probably one of the worst games i have played the graphics wernt that good on the 360 when u shoot people sparks come out of them instead of blood. same old story of climb a wall shoot a bad guy find a piece of puzzle if urr gonna buy this get it from a shop were u can trade it back, or get the demo if u can. Expand

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