TOM RAIDER ANNIVERSERY XBOX ..RANK

As I recall, it was a young hot summer night some odd decade ago. Somewhere inland off the coast of Santa Catalina Island in the Pacific; where after long nights of waiting tables and drinking tequila at Harry Kane’s Bar & Grill, a local watering hole where the natives gathered for it’s loud music, wanton clientele, and garishly brazen management, I met the woman of my dreams.I personally liked him...... She was a tall, leggy, brunette with big guns, a hint of an accent, and that sort of shoot first ask questions later type of moxie that just grabs a fella's attention. I must admit I was smitten. this is the most fav game in mine colections of games i hope u like that .tomb raider is fantastic game ...i prefer u all to play it ..

As tomb raider stories go, we were young and inseparable. tomb raider had a knack for the exciting. We’d stay up endless nights traveling to all manner of exotic locale around the globe. Oh the places we’d seen, the people we’d done in. tomb raider embodied only the sort of adventure a young boy dreamed about, hardly able to walk into a room without the world crashing around her. Never had I experienced such amazing 3-D rendering. Life was good, and full of promise. Her name was Laura. Her game, “Tomb Raider”.this version is preety apperciable from others b coz this is deff from others i all aspects as i mentioned below....

Then things got a little weird. Three titles into our relationship the excitement started to fade. Sure tomb raider would dress up in new little outfits , and was doing something different with her hair, but things became stale -uninspired. And, the plots became convoluted. Our quests made no sense, until eventually there were even rumors of her death somewhere around “Tomb Raider 4”. Which in retrospect was a premonition later with respect to the whole “Dark Angel” debacle. as u see his outfit is really good and u can also change it when u completed the game in diff modes... as i did

But, then as all interest had dwindled there tomb raider was in “Legend” batting her eyes once more. Beckoning me with a come hither look, better rendering, detailed environmental graphics, and completely redesigned combat mechanics–the promise of a good time. Everything old was new again. And, this was the tease that lured me in to playing “Tomb Raider: Anniversary”, a complete overhaul of the original adventure that once captured my imagination, and a formidable walk down memory lane! hmm nice series....

GAMEPLAY

Well, you basically shoot, dodge, duck, dip, dive, and …um, dodge. Tomb Raider Anniversary is the retelling of the original story of Laura Croft’s hunt for the Scion of Atlantis. The differences from the original are that everything is bigger. The environments are on a completely larger scale with so much more detail that, even if you’d played the original you really have to appreciate the magnitude of detail that was put into this game. It takes everything from the original and re-imagines the game on the scale that it truly deserves. As for gameplay, this is where the retelling of the story really ups the anti on the original. Although Laura’s basically got the same abilities as the original, a little of the spice that was added to her in Anniversary makes her climbing and scaling abilities now truly unbelievable. She has moves that put Tom Cruise’s antics in Mission Impossible to shame, giving you more of that visceral Prince of Persia feel to her dynamic acrobatics. And, in spite of all these advances in her abilities, the improvement in the environments has also advanced so much that the game is still as challenging as what made the original a keeper. Little cliffhangers, like slightly missing a ledge you jump to and barely grasping it with one hand, make the gameplay a completely new level of wholesome fun for the entire family.preety good not baddd....

GRAPHICS

Tomb Raider Anniversary pays great homage to the original by simply bringing the original story to a whole new generation of gamers in a way that even us veterans can appreciate. Radiant as ever, Lara's next gen makeover gives her just what the stylist ordered. But she's not the only one; the Environmental elements like snowflakes, cliffs, trees, and even water glistening all make the environment truly realistic, and much better than before.i like this game graphics

The quality of presentation is just impressive. If you have never played a Tomb Raider game, you’re in for a treat. If you have, you’re in for a treat. In the least the game looks every bit of what it should have always been. The quality of much improved graphics, and animation makes this a commendable accomplishment.

SOUND

Sound has always been a key element to the Tomb Raider games, and once again they are successful here. The key is actually the theatrical use of silence.

One thing that really made the original game get you was the sense of solitude you felt with the main character’s struggles against the magnitude of the environments, cadenced by what would be no less than an adrenalized explosion. Where at times all you will hear is her footsteps, or echoed grunts as she climbs down a mountainside only to be shocked into action by coming within snacking range of a larger than life, voracious T Rex. The flair for the dramatic has been recaptured and bumped up to a whole new level to complement the true feel of the game and its visuals. Yes, it’s surprising how easily the hours will pass with you alone hearing nothing but the delicate grunts of our heroine as she scales all manner of object.sound is good hehe and in some places horible too

REPLY VALUE

Survival is the most prominent skill of this game, and inevitably in a lot of circumstances to accomplish this, you will miss enough of the treasures that personal pride only dictates that you’ve just gotta go back in and find everything. So, yes there is some iota of replay value to this game just like the original.

BOTTOM LINE

Anniversary is good, old fashioned, shoot ‘em up, fun. That is not to say that Tomb Raider is for everyone. Just like the original it’s a labor of love. The game is laden with frustrating traps . And, with the addition of all its new bells and whistles, Anniversary proves that good classic gameplay can hold it’s own years later with all the cool titles out there on the market today.

Tomb Raider was, and still is, a pretty solid adventure and swell story telling. And, Anniversary is the rare opportunity to experience a game that capitalizes on a George Lucas-esque retouching, in adding all new elements that the original couldn’t have because of limitations in technology –but does this in a good way that won’t piss of generations of die-hard fans!