Deja Vu Lara

User Rating: 8.5 | Tomb Raider: Anniversary X360
Tomb Raider Anniversary is a celebration of Lara Croft based on the original tomb Raider series, a classic Tomb Raider story remake. I have been a Tomb Raider fan from day one, and have played every game; at the time of this review, I anxiously await Tomb Raider Underworld. Anniversary expands on the original story with today's game play.

Anniversary begins with Lara being hired to retrieve a mythical artifact of great power called the Scion of Atlantis. Lara then starts her adventure in The Lost Valley and travels through tombs, monasteries, The Coliseum and The Great Pyramid. Sound familiar, deja vu. And of course, you have your tutorial level in Croft Manor. As she explores the tombs and ruins, she regularly runs into enemies like rats, bats, wolves, bears, tigers, gorillas, raptors, and Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The variety in the levels is great, with lots of puzzles wherever you go.
You have the familiar abilities of hanging on ledges, swinging from ropes, and become acquainted with a new ability of using the magnetic grapple introduced in Tomb Raider Legend to perform wall runs. I personally found some of the wall runs a little too challenging and over used especially in timed sequences.

Anniversary is a return to the classical story of the series. It has the action and adventure of what Tomb Raider is really all about. I've played this game on the PC and on the Xbox 360; on both platforms I found the game to play flawlessly and as always, with any of the Tomb Raider games, it has a beautiful musical score.