Anniversary is one of the parts in the Tomb series.Raider. System requirements and a review of the project from the studio Crystal Dynamics, which created a remake of the game, released in 1996, you can see later in the article.
Interesting offer
Any task will always find its artist.But how it will be performed depends on how well the performer understands this. For example, Lara Croft is well versed in archeology, and some company Natla Technologes needs a powerful artifact for research. To whom they need to turn, the answer is obvious.
In 1996, when Lara Croft rested in India,she was found by an old acquaintance - a mercenary Larson Conway. He organizes her a video link with the head of the aforementioned company, Jacqueline Natla, who, dexterously tugging at the levers of the girl's pride, hires her to search for the heritage of Atlantis.
That's all, Lara is in, and her first stop isRepublic of Peru. True, if she had not been so keen on the work of her whole life, she might have suspected that the sharp-witted aunt had no plans for an artifact at all.
New opportunities
Let the game Tomb Raider:Anniversary and is a remake of the very first adventure of Lara Croft, the differences between them are still there, 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.
А как вам технология Quick Time Events, которая в does a certain moment slow down time, allowing the heroine to change the course of the battle in her favor for a short sketch? And what about the special ability by which Lara can get away from a powerful attack, while inflicting a retaliatory shot? True, for this you have to first fill the scale of adrenaline. 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 the help of which she can cover long distances or just run along the wall. And naturally, all the movements of the heroine this time look more realistic.
Just see how cool she is balancing on foot when jumping from one pole to another! Honestly, sometimes, watching what is happening on the screen, you ask yourself the question: “Is she exactly an archaeologist?”
It won't be easy
To fulfill the mission, the heroine will have tovisit four countries, i.e. four levels, which, in turn, will be divided into sublevels. Locations are large, they are easy to get lost. And this, unfortunately, is not the only difficulty.
Sometimes to go to the next areadevelopers propose to solve the puzzle. Some of them are simple, but more often they come across complex ones. Although this is an absolutely individual opinion - surely for some it is like snapping nuts.
Each location represents a heroine.place of increased danger. Accidentally breaking off a cliff is just half the trouble. Being killed by wild animals, as its guide at the very beginning, is even worse.
Wolves, gorillas, bats, panthers, tigers, bears and even tyrannosaurs - they are all unhappy with the appearance of a stranger.
Graphics and sound
Now that concerns the technical sidegames. It was developed for all platforms. And although it is more convenient to play on the console in Tomb Raider, PC-owners will be able to deliver improved graphic settings and enjoy higher details.
Do not forget about the extra,computer graphics enhancements exclusively, 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, and instead of clothes she has some kind of body art. But she became rounder, and from this a little more humane or something.
With the sound, too, everything turned out exactly.Animals roar, water drips, Lara Croft screams in pain - it all sounds exactly as it should sound. The creators were not even too lazy to adjust the sound to their surroundings. Of course, now attention will not be paid to this, but then such a technique would cause pleasant sensations.
Finally, the interface. There are unfortunately uncomfortable moments in it:
- The game is more suitable for running on PS2 than on the computer. Gamepad is much easier to manage than the keyboard and mouse.
- Capricious camera sometimes takes the most unpleasantangle, because of what a girl often doesn’t jump up to a ledge or slips off, in general, she dies. It's a shame, given that the system of saving applies only to specially designated places.
Tomb Raider: system requirements
It is easy to guess that now with the launch of thisgames can handle almost any computer. By the way, it is worth taking advantage of this if earlier it was not possible to play this part of Tomb Raider. The system requirements are ridiculous. For a comfortable game, you need Windows OS, Pentium 4 or Athlon 64 processors with 3000 GHz frequency, 1 GB of RAM and GeForce 6 series video cards or Radeon 9 series.
Conclusion
В общем, игра Tomb Raider:Anniversary is not bad even today. Moderately interesting, moderately dynamic, moderately manageable and perfectly optimized. The only thing that now she is behind in visual terms. But if if someone does not want to play it only because of the outdated graphics, this can only cause confusion.
