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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend




  Developer Crystal Dynamics
  Publisher Eidos Interactive
  Released April 7 , 2006 (Europe - PS2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360)<br> April 11 , 2006 (North America - PS2, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360)<br> May 2006 ( PSP )<br>Summer 2006 ( Nintendo GameCube , Game Boy Advance , Nintendo DS )
  Genre Action Adventure
  Modes Single Player
  Ratings : 12+
  Platforms PlayStation 2 , Xbox , PSP , Xbox 360 , PC ( Windows ), GameCube , Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS
  Media DVD-ROM


''Tomb Raider: Legend'' is the seventh game in the '' Tomb Raider '' series. This is the first game in the series not to be handled by British based Core Design . Instead it was Developed by US studio Crystal Dynamics and Published by Eidos Interactive . It was released in Europe on April 7 , 2006 and the North American version was released on April 11 , 2006 on the PS2 , PC , Xbox , and Xbox 360 . The PSP version will be released in May and the GameCube , Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS will be released in summer 2006. {Link without Title}

The DVD-ROM is protected with SecuROM 7.


LOCATIONS

The locations of Lara's latest adventure have been revealed as (in order):


CHARACTERS

  • Lara Croft : The heroine, and Countess of Abbingdon. The new game has Lara searching for a mystical sword that may hold the key to the disappearance of her mother.

  • Richard Croft: Lara's father and Earl of Abbingdon. After his wife's death he taught his daughter archaeology and raised her alone.

  • Anaya Imanu: A South American civil engineer and friend of Lara's. She was with Lara at the tragedy near Paraíso.

  • Amanda Evert: An old friend of Lara's. Her (apparent) death was witnessed by Lara at Paraíso.

  • Kent: One of Lara's university peers. He and his team were mysteriously killed in Peru.

  • James W. Rutland Jr.: A rival of Lara's.

  • Winston Smith: Lara's butler.

  • Alister Fletcher: An archaeologist who provides advice for Lara via her headset.

  • Zip: A reformed computer hacker who aids Lara on her journey from her mansion in England alongside Alister.

  • Shogo Takamoto: A Yakuza Kamicho, easily identified by his large number of Tattoo s. He has encountered Lara in the past.

  • Toru Nishimura: One of Lara's contacts. Once a daring investigative reporter, now a wealthy media mogul. Always happy to meet with Lara and fulfil his adventurous desires, but has become more cautious as a result of his newfound responsiblities.



VOICE CAST


Lara's voice actress

Keeley Hawes


Other characters



VERSIONS


This is the first game in the series to be released for the PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameCube, and Nintendo DS.


Differences between versions

One noticeable difference between the Xbox version of the game and all the other versions, is that the Xbox edition does not include the introduction movie with opening titles. According to Xboxic , the manager of the Xbox development team genuinely forgot to include the intro video on the final build disc when sending it off for the final Game Testing with Microsoft's Quality Assurance team. When the mistake was discovered, the QA department told Eidos they would need to resubmit the game for re-testing from scratch. Due to time restrictions and the extra, unnecessary cost involved, Eidos chose to release the Xbox version without the intro movie, since it contains no story elements and simply acts as a small introduction Trailer to the game.


DEMO

The PlayStation 2 demo was made available in some regions in the ''Official PlayStation Magazine''. A PC demo was released on March 31 and an Xbox 360 demo was released on April 5 .


CHEATS

Cheats appear in the Specials menu and the buttons are repsective to your version of Tomb Raider: Legend. Cheats are only unlocked when you clear the game or meet the following criteria.

  • Textureless Cheat ... Clear the game (any difficulty).

  • Show enemy health ... Clear Bolivia under 12:30 in Time Trials.

  • Infinite MG415 Ammo ... Clear Peru under 21:30 in Time Trials.

  • Infinite RC650 Ammo ... Clear Japan under 12:15 in Time Trials.

  • Infinite shotgun Ammo ... Clear Ghana under 20:00 in Time Trials.

  • Infinite grenade launcher ... Clear Kazakhstan under 27:10 in Time Trials.

  • Bulletproof Lara ... clear England under 27:00 in Time Trials.

  • One hit deaths ... Clear Bolivia (stage 8) under 4:15 in Time Trials.

  • Unlock Excalibur ... Clear Nepal under 13:40 in Time Trials.

  • Unlock the Soul Reaver ... Clear the game and complete all time trials.



RECEPTION

''Tomb Raider: Legend'' was released to widely postive reviews:

  • '' Edge '' — 8

  • '' Electronic Gaming Monthly '' — 8.5, 8.5, 8.0

  • '' Game Informer '' — 8.75

  • ''Game Informer'' (2nd opinion) — 8.5

  • '' Games™ '' — 7

  • ''MConsolas'' (Portuguese) — 9.0

  • ''OPSM2'' UK — 8/10

  • '' Official PlayStation Magazine '' (US) — 4.5/5.0

  • ''Official PlayStation Magazine''(German) — 8.4

  • '' Official Xbox Magazine '' — 8.0

  • ''Official Xbox Magazine UK'' — 8.7

  • '' PC Action '' (German) — 9.0

  • ''PlayStation 2 Magazine'' (German) — 8.8

  • ''PS2mag'' (French) — 8.0

  • ''PSM Magazine'' — 8.5

  • ''ROX'' (Portugese) — 9.0



TRIVIA

On the unlockable costume 'Goth', the symbols on Lara's vest and belt buckle are for another Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive series, Legacy Of Kain . They are the symbols for Raziel and Kain 's respective clans.

The game topped the UK game charts at number 1 and remained there for three weeks. {Link without Title}