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Tomb Raider: Legend | 
 enlarge | From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $7.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 8792
Platform: Gamecube
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Gamecube
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 40017
Model: STOM7GUS00
UPC: 788687400176
EAN: 0788687400176
ASIN: B000E5N4SG
Release Date: November 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| 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 | | • | Travel to the world's most exotic locales - Treacherous jungles, snowy mountain ranges, and much more |
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Product Description
Lara Croft 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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Awesome Game January 15, 2008
The game is awesome. Graphics and cinematic stories are well done and you can still at times even still interact when the movie is in progress. A game for the clever and quick minded.
 Great Game December 27, 2007
My daughter LOVES this game, keeps her busy for long periods of time. It's challenging, yet she doesn't get frustrated with it. Great gift.
Now I Know Why So Many Geeks Love Lara November 2, 2007
I've just joined the legion. And it's not just because the character redesign is absolutely beautiful (less about Lara's famous chest and more about her appearance as a whole). Lara Croft also has that sexy British accent, plus, she's clever, funny, and physically strong while still being totally feminine. The type of gal you take home to mom.
She's also incredibly athletic, something that comes in handy during the gameplay of "Tomb Raider: Legend." As this is my first Tomb Raider game, I have no way of comparing it to the other games in the series. As it is, gameplay consists largely of performing gymnastic feats while scaling mountains and hanging from cliffs. This actually takes a lot of thought, as it sometimes requires process of elimination to plan Lara's next move as she hangs from a ledge, possibly leaping to her death several times before finding the next foothold or handhold.
Battles with enemies also make use of Lara's gymnastic abilities. While locked on to a target, Lara can perform cartwheels, summersaults, and flips through the air to dodge bullets while returning fire with a series of weapons. But most of the game consists of wall climbing, cliff diving, and solving puzzles based on moving objects and manipulating items. Even certain bosses require more thought than simple running-and-gunning.
Anyone who still isn't convinced that this is more than a simple actioner merely has to enter "Croft Manor", a bonus game available through the options menu, and try to solve the riddles there to give their brain a workout.
Lara also has a series of tools to assist her. These include a pair of special binoculars and a magnetic grapple hook. The binoculars can be used to analyze the environment and provide hints to solve the puzzles, while the grappling hook can be used to swing across chasms, move distant objects, or even attack enemies. Of course, the similarities to Indiana Jones' whip make it obvious where the material is drawn from, but fans of the genre shouldn't mind.
Lara even has a headset that allows her to communicate with two sidekicks. Of course, this is part of the recent video game convention of having someone hiss orders at you the whole time, but here it actually works. Lara has two sidekicks, a hip American gadget expert and a whiney British historian. Rather than boss Lara around, the two sidekicks offer encouraging hints, but mainly provide someone for Lara to exchange witty banter with and serve as comic relief.
Several sequences also require the player to interact with cinematics, pressing buttons as they flash on the screen to save Lara from terrible fates. These are somewhat exciting, but overall a little too easy, and if they remain a feature in future games will have to be better perfected. There are also a couple of motorcycling levels that add some variety to the gameplay.
The graphics are glorious, and not just the new Lara Croft design. Environments are eye-catching as well. The voice acting is also very well done. Keeley Hawes' voice suits the title character very well, while Kath Soucie, of "Rugrats" fame, plays the antagonist, a blonde, American ex-colleague of Lara's gone bad. The orchestral score and camera angles also add to the cinematic feel of the game.
Lara's main quest throughout the game is to collect shattered fragments of Excalibur and solve the disappearance of her mother that took place when she was a young girl, but with extra effort Lara can also uncover artifacts which will unlock special features and new costumes for the Tomb Raider. Levels can be returned to at any time to recover more artifacts. Once a level is completed, there's also an option to replay it with a time limit. This provides the game with at least a small amount of replayability.
As much fun as the game is, it, like so many games, falls apart at the end, and not just because the storyline is left open for a possible sequel. The last couple of missions and puzzles and the final boss fight are far too easy, even anticlimactic. However, as my introduction to Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, "Legend" was well worth playing.
Great Step for any Cube owner June 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tombraider is amazing on Gamecube it took Eidos and extra 9 months to develop the title for the Gamecube, and it shows the Graphics rival those of the 360 version and for a much better price, Controls are very tight and responsive, A wonderful addition to the Gamecube library.
A fun but somewhat short experience. May 16, 2007
Overall, the game is really fun. Certain levels can be challenging and you might have to play around for a little while to figure out a certain puzzle or problem. The controls are intuitive and easy to get used to. The story is somewhat cheesy but fun. The only real criticism I have of the game is that it's a bit short; it only takes about 10-15 hours to complete, minus the time trial missions.
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