Anniversary is one of the pieces in the Tomb Raider game series. System requirements and a project overview from Crystal Dynamics studio, which created a remake of the game, released in 1996, you can see in the article later on.
Interesting offer
Any task will always find its artist. Only how it will be performed depends on how much the performer understands this. For example, Lara Croft is well versed in archeology, and a certain company Natla Technologes needs a powerful artifact for research. To whom they need to turn, the answer is obvious.
In 1996, when Lara Croft was vacationing in India, she was found by an old friend - the mercenary Larson Conway. He arranges her a video call with the head of the aforementioned company, Jacqueline Natla, who, cleverly tugging at the levers of the girl’s pride, hires her to search for the legacy of Atlantis.
That's all, Lara is in action, and her first stop is the Republic of Peru. True, if she had not been so keen on the work of her whole life, maybe she would have suspected that the pointed-nosed aunt had by no means benevolent plans.
New opportunities
Let the game Tomb Raider: Anniversary and is a remake of the very first adventure of Lara Croft, there are still differences between them, and they are there. Take at least a new element of the gameplay - self-aiming. This is very convenient - you can shoot constantly being in motion, and the red sight will never detach from the enemy.
And how do you like the Quick Time Events technology, which at some point slows down time, allowing the heroine to turn the tide of the battle in her favor in a short scene? And the special ability, thanks to which Lara can escape from a powerful attack, while delivering a retaliatory shot? True, for this you will first have to fill out the adrenaline scale. But still a useful thing.
The acrobatics of the heroine also "grew up." Using the environment, the girl is able to demonstrate many tricks. She runs, jumps and climbs the walls, clinging to the ledges. Now she has a special hook with which she can cover long distances or just go over the wall. And naturally, all the movements of the heroine this time look more realistic.
Just look how great she is balancing on her leg when jumping from one pillar to another! Honestly, sometimes, watching what is happening on the screen, one wonders: “Is she an archaeologist?”
It won't be easy
To fulfill the assignment, the heroine will have to visit four countries, i.e. four levels, which, in turn, will be divided into sublevels. The locations are large, it is easy to get lost in them. And this, unfortunately, is not the only difficulties.
Sometimes, to move on to the next area, developers suggest solving a puzzle. Some of them are simple, but more often come across complex. Although this is a completely individual opinion - for some it is for certain like clicking nuts.
Each location is a place of increased danger for the heroine. Accidentally breaking off a cliff is only half the trouble. Being killed by wild animals, like its guide at the very beginning, is even worse.
Wolves, gorillas, bats, panthers, tigers, bears and even tyrannosaurs - all of them are unhappy with the appearance of a stranger.
Graphics and Sound
Now about the technical side of the game. It was developed for all platforms. Although it’s more convenient to play on the console in Tomb Raider, PC owners will be able to deliver improved graphics settings and enjoy higher detail.
Do not forget about additional, exclusively computer graphics improvements, such as widescreen resolution. So at the time of the release of the game Tomb Raider, the system requirements were already quite high.
And the heroine herself began to look better. Of course, she still looks like a mannequin, but instead of clothes she has some kind of body art. But she became rounder, and from this a little more humane, or something.
With sound, too, everything turned out to be smooth. Animals growl, water drips, Lara Croft screams in pain - everything sounds exactly as it should sound. The creators were not too lazy to adjust the sound to the surroundings. Of course, now they will not pay attention to it, but then such a technical technique caused pleasant sensations.
And finally, the interface. There are, unfortunately, uncomfortable moments in it:
- The game is more suitable for launching on a PS2 than on a computer. A gamepad is much easier to control than a keyboard and mouse.
- The capricious camera sometimes takes the most unpleasant angle, because of which the girl often does not jump to the ledge or slides, in general, dies. It's a shame, considering that the conservation system applies only to specially designated places.
Tomb Raider System Requirements
It is easy to guess that now almost any computer will cope with the launch of this game. By the way, it’s worth taking advantage of it if it was not possible to play this part of Tomb Raider before. The system requirements are ridiculous. For a comfortable game, you will need Windows OS, Pentium 4 or Athlon 64 processors with a frequency of 3000 GHz, 1 GB of RAM and video cards GeForce 6 series or Radeon 9 series.
Conclusion
In general, the game Tomb Raider: Anniversary is not bad even today. Moderately interesting, moderately dynamic, moderately manageable and perfectly optimized. The only thing that she is now lagging behind in visual terms. But if because someone doesn’t want to play it just because of the out-of-date graphics, this can only cause bewilderment.