Tomb Raider Anniversary PSP review

Lara Croft needs no introduction to any even half-interested gamer - she's a phenomenon of the gaming world and has been since she first hit the screens over a decade ago. Tomb Raider Anniversary is a reworking of Lara's first adventure - brought bang up to date with 21st century graphics and enhanced features. The core of the story is the same, the question is whether 21st century Tomb Raider Anniversary can recreate Lara's first exhilarating adventure in all its glory while still bringing something new to the party. Read our Tomb Raider Anniversary review for Sony PSP now to find out!

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Tomb Raider Anniversary PSP review
Tomb Raider Anniversary has intrigued us since Eidos announced it was happening. Basically, the original PSOne Tomb Raider remade by Crystal Dynamics, with Lara’s creator Toby Gard on board too - it sounded like a winner.
The original game was all about atmosphere. About you and Lara hopelessly lost in vast cave systems and tombs with no real idea which way the exit is and how to reach it. Being a PSOne game, there were few frills in the way of pick ups and power bars. The on-screen health bar went down if you fell too far and Lara had some pistols to use on the prowling wildlife, but mostly the game was just about climbing and exploring and a lot of trail and error.
And Tomb Raider Anniversary remains true to all of the above. Crystal Dynamics have resisted the urge to bung in a load of bad guys just because the technology allows them too. The extra power has been used to simply expand the original game’s locales so that levels are much more beautiful and about four times the size. St Francis Folly - originally a solid test of your platforming skills - is so big that as you stand at the top you can’t see the ground below.

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