Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Post by **dzjepp** » Tue May 29, 2007 12:22 am

Such a nice game it is :icon14:

They tweaked the legends engine now it runs smooth as silk. And it's awesome playing the original levels where Lara was up against nature and the emphasis was on isolation.

Good times

Post by **-SKID-** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:21 am

Its out already? Been waitin to pick this up.

Post by **scared?** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:29 am

ppl still buy games?...lol...been out forever...

Post by **rgoer** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:48 am

is this coming to the 360? I was pleasantly surprised by tomb raider: legends on the 360 a while back

Post by **Captain** » Tue May 29, 2007 2:11 am

It's amazing, I've played through the demo quite a few times. It'll be out June 5th in Canada and US. I knew CD had to do something amazing to best Legend, and they've done it. The 4x AA looks incredible.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:07 am

rgoer wrote:is this coming to the 360? I was pleasantly surprised by tomb raider: legends on the 360 a while back

I believe it's only out for the PC. Since it was only $40 cdn.

Post by **Captain** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:08 am

PC, PS2, Wii

Post by **Drön** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:14 am

i'd enjoy playing this. only have my laptop with me for another three weeks though.
have to wait until then.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:25 am

I pre-ordered mine. Should be a fun game.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:26 am

And the first one was probably my favorite of all time.

Post by **Captain** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:33 am

Bah, I wanted to pre-order but no store accepts Paypal. I'll just have to smash my way through Best Buy on release day

Post by **-SKID-** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:46 am

For the love of god, tell me they kept the same music from the first one, and didnt replace it. Thats one big thing that made the game so good.

Post by **Captain** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:07 am

The ambient sound is incredible. Really creates a mood of isolation and large-scale exploration. As well, the classic ditty for finding secrets is back

The music is remastered and recomposed in some parts, and brand new in others. Hard to tell from the demo though.

Oh and the main title is the same classic tune, just better.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:52 am

I will be getting this, i loved the first Tomb Raider. I really hope they remake the 2nd one like this as well. Venice was awsome with the boats etc

Post by **Captain** » Tue May 29, 2007 3:38 pm

That would be nice, but it won't happen. Tomb Raider 8/Legend II is coming late 2007/early 2008 so that'll finish the Legend storyline and the Avalon mystery. TR9 will apparently tie in with the third movie, which Angie has signed up on

Post by **o'dium** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:12 pm

Complete bag of bollocks that they never made this for 360... Total shame.

I heard that the reason behind it, however gay it is (like I said, i read it on the interwebs) was that if they released it for 360, they would need to do one for PS3 (Because they al fully behind PS3), and they cant afford to do that, because the PS3 isn't selling. So they just skipped next gen.

Bloody shame, I really wanted this for 360... Meh...

Post by **MKJ** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:15 pm

lol, thats the most retarded reason ever concieved by the sony hating sheep i ever read

Post by **MKJ** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:16 pm

on the other hand. stranger things have happened. e.g. godfather port for 360

Post by **o'dium** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:35 pm

MKJ wrote:on the other hand. stranger things have happened. e.g. godfather port for 360

Yeah, but EA have money to just throw away, and they know people will buy the god father on anything.

Tomb Raidre, as a whole, was good, but not amazing in sales. It just did "ok", it wasn't an over night mega hit. So a smaller company like Eidos need to think a little more. So its very possible that with the PS2 and PC versions being better sellers than the 360 on Legend, they just saved the development costs and produced a better game, for a smaller target base. (Thats why its so smoother and nice looking for PS2, yet Legend wasn't that nice a game).

Its such a shame. I can only hope they are working on a real next gen game for 360/PS3 and its coming later. The only real problems with Legend on next gen were the models looked awful compared to the game world, and the frame rate of the 360 version. Everything else was spot on.

Post by **scared?** » Tue May 29, 2007 4:44 pm

killing the first t-rex is gay...

Post by **Captain** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:34 pm

PC next-gen Legend > 360 Legend

In terms of graphics quality and performance as well.

But don't get your current-gen shorts in a knot; Legend II will be next-gen. Anniversary doesn't really need next-gen, it looks amazing.

Post by **d3mol!t!on** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:39 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:PC, PS2, Wii

I thought they were doing a PSP version eventually too.

-SKID- wrote:For the love of god, tell me they kept the same music from the first one, and didnt replace it. Thats one big thing that made the game so good.

The menu track was AMAZING. They've done a remix of the menu one which is very interesting, but I'll let you decide which you prefer as the new one is playing on the official site along with a few others (I especially like the Egypt Combat one). Basically they've done a half and half thing as for in-game music. Most of the time you still have basic ambience, but for combat and certain events you get some "orchestral" stuff too.

Anyhow, I've played the demo through a few times myself, and it's pretty damn good. Okay, so graphics aren't "next-gen", but textures are still fair quality and they have added some nifty effects in there too. Not to mention I believe the minimum system spec is a slightly lower than Doom 3's. Game play is great... I hardly got to touch Legend, but I hear the controls are practically the same. Regardless, they are fluid and fast paced, and whilst controlling the camera may seem a bit of a pain at first it isn't hard to understand that direction keys are relative to the camera not the player model, which 9 times out of 10 is more useful than having the camera stuck behind the player all the time. They've added a "manual grab" option for hardcore players who prefer to use their own grab key operating like the original rather than have the game automatically grab for them. Combat is somewhat more diverse than the original game too.

Post by **Jackal** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:04 pm

o'dium wrote:Complete bag of bollocks that they never made this for 360... Total shame.

I heard that the reason behind it, however gay it is (like I said, i read it on the interwebs) was that if they released it for 360, they would need to do one for PS3 (Because they al fully behind PS3), and they cant afford to do that, because the PS3 isn't selling. So they just skipped next gen.

Bloody shame, I really wanted this for 360... Meh...

I know for a fact that that isn't true.

Post by **obsidian** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:13 pm

I've been looking forward to this game (again).

What the hell is "next gen", anyway. The stuff that they first said were next gen are now current gen. So is this stuff next next gen or next next next gen or what?

Stupid buzzwords mean absolute jack...

Post by **Nightshade** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:13 pm

Captain Mazda wrote:Bah, I wanted to pre-order but no store accepts Paypal. I'll just have to smash my way through Best Buy on release day

You couldn't smash your way through a small group of 3rd graders.