The most action packed Tomb Raider to date.
Tomb Raider: Legend has a perfect mix of tomb raiding levels and urban combat. From the dark halls of Incan ruins in Bolivia to the modern skyscrapers of Japan, from the the frozen underground laboratory in Kazakhstan to the snowy peaks of Nepal. Each environment has it's each distinct feel.
The graphics are smooth and display the large puzzles and other environments nicely, despite a few shadow issues and blurry textures. The next generation content however causes huge slowdown on even the most powerful machines, however, as long as you have all of the other graphics options enabled it really doesn't make much of a difference graphically if it is on or not.
The games music is great. It fits many of the games fast-paced action scenes perfectly giving the game an epic feel at times.
The game-play is also a strong point. You are able to complete amazing acrobatic feats with relative ease, if the camera doesn't happen to snap out of place suddenly and cause you to fall to your death, again.
The puzzles in the game are just the right difficulty. They arn't too difficult to complete but it still feels rewarding when you do. For those of you who have already played Tomb Raider: Anniversary, you should have no problem.
Tomb Raider: Legend also has a great story. It finds a believable way for you to search the world for pieces of an artifact in the ruins of different cultures and even some impressive urban environments that are well implemented. The new characters of Alister and Zip also add some much needed humour to the dark storyline, proving Lara with information as she battles her evil and mysterious enemies and tries to discover the truth about her own past.
This game also contains much more action than Anniversary. There are at-least 15 human enemies per level for you to dispatch in gunfights, using both the environment and an array of acrobatic moves to defeat your enemies.
The game is also much shorter than Anniversary, with it being very possible to complete the game to 100% in a few days.
Tomb Raider: Legend is a fine game with many thrilling moments that, looking past it's few faults, is a joy to play.