Tomb Raider: Anniversary for PlayStation 2 Reviews by Gamers

First things first, if you didnt like Tomb Raider Legend, you probably wont like this one either. It uses the same exact mechanics and offers some new abilities but its basically a Tomb Raider Legend: Rebirth (which is what i think it should have been called). You dont have some of the helpful gadgets like in legend, but it doesnt matter cuz they wouldnt be of any use. You have the magnet grapple and you get the dual pistols as well as other weapons along the way. Like i said, this game is very similar to Legened, so teh platforming and puzzles are similar too. Basically you go from room to room figuring out how to get from point A, to point B. You scale, run, and swing from walls, solve basic and unique puzzles and fight enemies. Thats pretty much it, but the way in which Anniversary does this is very unique. Its always somthing completely new and constantly challening you JUST enough to keep things interesting. The only complaints i'd have to say about TR:A is that the context sensitive parts arent as fun and deep as in Legend, also, platforming sotimes can get tedious as its somtimes hard to tell if your going to make it to that ledge or pole, or fall off and die. So it takes several tries usually to nail a certain section but it seems that you where able to do it easy the first time, and then it doesnt work right the next few times. Also, occasionally a few glitches occur that make laura either compeletly miss a ledge or fall off a platform. This gets annoying on some hard parts but it happens rarely. The graphics are also beautiful, just like they where on legened (for the PS2 of course, not the 360 which was surpirorily better). The temples, tombs, water and everything look gourgeous.
GAMEPLAY: 8.6/10
GRAPHICS: 9.7/10
DESIGN/CONTROLS:7.8/10
STORY:7.2/10
OVERALL:9.5/10 Its a great game. Its a definite rent if not, buy.