The release of Tomb Raider: Legend on the consoles marked the momentous return of Lara Croft to both our screens and hearts at the same time, so why does shrinking her adventures into a handheld version critically damage such an excellent game? The answer is that the PSP is ill-suited to the kind of fluttery thumb gymnastics that result in Lara's well-timed acrobatics.
An almost exact copy of the TV-tethered console version of Tomb Raider: Legend, this PSP title tries to accomplish a little ...
PSP: Lovely lady Lara spelunks her way into your pocket
May 9, 2006
We're going to assume you've read the reams of praise-laden coverage we've written about the full-sized version of this game, Lara Croft's triumphant return to form. If you haven't, here are the notes: this game's mix of glamorous gunplay, brain-tickling puzzlery, and gymnastic, Indiana Jones-with-great-legs exploration is almost intoxicating. And really, all that's left to be said of the PSP version is that, remarkably, it looks to be pretty much the same ...
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Lara returns hotter than ever, but we've been burned before...
Feb 22, 2006
Oh Lara Croft ... so hot, so brilliant, so starring in awful games for so long. The original Tomb Raider was an opus of Indiana Jones-style adventuring, puzzle-solving, dual-pistol wielding, and tank-top-staring that put Ms. Croft and the PlayStation on the map. But after Tomb Raider III, things got rough for our favorite feminine plaything. Cliches began to snake in, the baddies began to smack of caricature, while attempts at innovation had the distinct reek of gimmick. The nadir came with ...
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ESRB Rating
Tomb Raider: Legend is rated: Teen
Blood, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence