- Gain new ins into Lara's past exploits.
- 4 newly discovered, previously untold adventures.
- Overcome obstacles by tightrope walking.
- Parallel-bar swinging, and using a hand-to-hand stealth attack.
- Enhanced inventory system allows you to combine a variety of weapons and items.
Product Description
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Four newly discovered and previously untold adventures are
revealed when the missing Lara Croft's closest friends gather in
her honour. As they reminisce about her past exploits, they learn
new details about her life as well as the lives of characters
from her past adventures. Lara journeys from the ruins of Rome,
to the bowels of a German U-boat, to the rooftops of a hi-tech
city in a search for four ancient artefacts. The game uses the
same graphics engine used in Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation,
but introduces new moves: tightrope walking, parallel bar
swinging, and a hand-to-hand stealth attack. An enhanced
inventory system allows for greater combinations of a variety of
weapons and items. Create your own adventure with the Tomb Raider
level editor, which includes a tutorial level and all of the
tools required to construct custom levels.
.co.uk Review
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Lara Croft, cultural icon, cover girl and scourge of wildlife
everywhere was last seen buried beneath an Egyptian pyramid at
the end of Tomb Raider: the Last Revelation. Despite this
apparent demise, Lara returns in Tomb Raider Chronicles, an
adventure that features previously unseen episodes from her
career. Old friends of Lara who have gathered for her funeral and
to swap stories about her exploits introduce the stories.
The first level is set in Rome, and is classic Lara; plenty of
jumping and puzzle solving with a minimum of play and is
reminiscent of the very first Tomb Raider--it even features the
comedy bad guys Pierre and Larson from that game. This chapter
also serves as an introduction to Lara's various moves and is a
real nostalgia-fest for long-time fans.
The other chapters have distinct themes: on a spooky deserted
island an unarmed teenage Lara must get through by wits alone,
there is an action-packed level set on a submarine and, most
intriguing of all, Lara infiltrates a high-tech building and
utilises various stealth techniques. This is very Metal Gear
Solid-esque and possible indicates the direction the series will
take in future. (Lara's not really dead? Now there's a surprise.)
Unfortunately, the fiddly control system still remains, and the
graphics have only been given a slight polish, but to combat
this, an array of customary new moves have been added--this time
Lara can use a tightrope, for example--but these are essentially
cosmetic. The gameplay overall hasn't evolved much, but
thankfully the puzzles are less obscure this time round, and the
levels are tightly designed which cuts down on the less
wandering that was common in the middle games of the series.
Tomb Raider fans will be very happy with what is probably the
most purely enjoyable game since the first. Lara-phobes will take
more convincing, but all the hype that surrounds her shouldn't
obscure the fact that the divine Ms Croft hasn't appeared in a
bad game yet and Tomb Raider Chronicles is no exception.
--Michael Bartley
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Manufacturer's Description
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Finally, Lara's previously untold exploits are revealed in Tomb
Raider Chronicles--the next instalment in the multi-million
selling Tomb Raider franchise. In light of her recent
disappearance, those closest to Lara gather together at the Croft
Estate on a grey, rainy day for a memorial service in her honour.
Afterwards, the friends sit quietly together in the study of the
Croft Mansion and reminisce about Lara's exploits--exploits that
have until now remained a secret...
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