From: Eidos Interactive Average Rating: Binding: Video Game ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Eidos Interactive Model: 40022 Platform: Nintendo DS Release Date: November 16, 2006
Features:
Lara is more realistic than ever - the sexy, dual-pistol wielding heroine has new graphics&animation sets
Discover and explore living breathing, lost ancient realms that hold clues to the secrets of Lara's past
Intuitive, fluid control system keeps Lara in continuous motion; handle any obstacle and interact with any surface
Use strength and intelligence to uncover ancient treasures -- Use the grappling hook, an arsenal of new weapons, Communications devices, and other tools to achieve your goals
Travelto the world's most exotic locales - Treacherous jungles, snowy mountain ranges and more
Product Description: Tomb Raider: Legend brings back the gaming world's sexiest and most intrepid adventurer. Follow Lara down a path of discovery as she travels the globe to remote, exotic locales in search of one of history's greatest artifacts that unleash unwelcome figures from Lara's mysterious past. Use her skills to explore vast, treacherous tombs, riddled with challenging puzzles and deadly traps. Physics, Water and Fire systems bring the perilous environments of Lara's world alive, and challenge the player to improvise solutions to obstacles. Jump into the future of adrenaline-fueled adventure.
frustrating I got this game because I used to play tomb raider for the PC. Tomb Raider for DS is totally different. For one thing when you need to shoot someone your guns don't automatically lock on the target. You have to use your touch screen to guide where you shoot. Its not that bad but I would prefer it to be automatic. Also, there is no look feature for this game. There is one part in the 1st level where you have to jump onto a ledge but the ledge isn't really in the screen so you don't know where your jumping to. I had to go through it 20 times just to get the jump right because I couldn't see what the hell I was jumping onto. I haven't played this game very much because I get more frustration than enjoyment out of it.
Showing its age Perhaps the best that can be expected of a program that has been around as the Tomb Raider series. Doesn't lend itself to Nintendo as much as many other games.
DS Raider I broke my own rule. I bought a handheld port version of a next-gen console game. What was I expecting? Um...real 3D? Guys, this may be on par with PS1 graphics, but it's not what you're thinking.
Yep, it's a side-scroller. Even though the DS can (and has) pulled off complete three-dimensional adventure games (Resident Evil, Deep Labyrinth, Final Fantasy III anyone?), it resembles nothing close to the old 3rd-person acrobatics adventure that (despite looking as crappy or crappier than this) played so well on the original Playstation.
Glitches? We gots glitches. Lots of gun choices in this game, but the only REAL way to kill your human foes is to tap the bottom screen on the shooting figure. Otherwise, you just keep mashing A and waiting for the flying bullets to hit it. Um, they don't. Also, falling blocks (like the ones from Mario 64) will kill you on contact, no matter where you touch them from.
There are many levels, there appears to be a solid storyline, it includes unlockables and the cutscenes are kind of neat (in a nostalgic, PS1 FMV kind of way). Some parts are actually challenging and do force you to think. Otherwise, it's just as I've described.
I recommend buying the console versions if you own a next-gen machine. In this one, you don't even get what you pay for.
Lara swings her way onto the DS While the console versions of Tomb Raider: Legend were a triumphant return to form for the long running, stagnant franchise, adventurer Lara Croft swings her way onto the Nintendo DS with great results. Tomb Raider: Legend for the DS finds the buxom heroine raiding tombs and dodging baddies as she tries to uncover secrets of her past. The first thing you'll notice is that the game features some of the absolute best 3-D graphics to be found on the DS. This game looks as good, if not better, than the later Tomb Raider games that appeared on the PS1. While the DS gets pushed to it's limits graphically, the game's camera however seems to want to work against you at many jumping and leaping points throughout the areas. Not to mention that there are some occasional graphical glitches, but despite all that, Tomb Raider: Legend still looks and plays great. The controls are very easy and quick to get a hold of, and the game just has a degree of polish to it that is quite surprising. The gameplay is challenging and satisfying, and the in-game cut scenes are very well done as well. While it's not perfect, Tomb Raider: Legend for the DS should be a blueprint for third party developers and publishers to make console to portable games that actually do their console counterparts justice. For DS owners craving some Tomb Raider action, you should definitely pick this up.
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