Tomb Raider: Legend (2006) (VG)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Writers:

Toby Gard (writer)
Eric Lindstrom (writer)

Release Date:

11 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

Lara Croft is back!

Plot:

Lara goes in search of an artifact, but instead, is thrown into the search of another artifact and she is pitted against a rival Tomb Raider and someone she thought was long dead...

Plot Keywords:

Tomb Raider | Sequel | Manor House | Train Crash | Train Tunnel

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Keeley Hawes	...	Lara Croft (voice)
Alex Désert	...	Zip (voice)
Greg Ellis	...	Alister Fletcher (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Amanda Evert (voice)
Alan Shearman	...	Winston (voice)
Melissa Lloyd	...	Anaya Imanu (voice)
Rino Romano	...	James W. Rutland Jr. (voice)
Paul Nakauchi	...	Toru Nishimura (voice)
Michael Hagiwara	...	Shogo Takamoto (voice)
Alastair Duncan	...	Narrator / Archaeologist - Kent (voice) (as Alistair Duncan)
Ève Karpf	...	Lady Croft (voice) (as Eve Karpff)

Also Known As:

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (USA) (long title)
Tomb Raider VII (USA)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16

Company:

Crystal Dynamics

Trivia:

Lara's back-story and character design, plus the design of Croft Manor have all been brought in line with the movies (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003) starring Angelina Jolie) rather than the continuity established in the previous 6 games.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the final clip, after the dais explodes, Lara flies through the air and lands on the floor. Her body never actually touches the floor and she appears to be floating above it.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Child Lara: [looking at her drawing of Yetis] Just because no one's ever caught one doesn't mean they're not real.
Lady Croft: That is very true, but perhaps they don't wish to be found. I've heard they're rather fierce.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007) (VG)

Good game, not special

Tomb Raider legend wasn't the best Tomb Raider game due to the lack of challenge, linearity and shortness of the game. However, the controls did give a great feeling, so just think of what can be achieved if they fix the flaws.

If they can fix the stuff mentioned above, bringing back the "Current Position" (Meaning; replaying levels, when you save, you restart from that checkpoint when you load and not restart the whole level), keeping your equipment when replaying (and not finding stuff in the final part of the game and have it in the beginning when reloading a level), beating a replayed level, the game will take you to the next one and not to the main menu, and making Lara hold the guns in the classic way, I think it would be safe to say that Tomb raider really IS back.

7/10. Would've scored more if the game was challenging and long.