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Finally released on the Nintendo Platform!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 19
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I remember playing the Tomb Raider games in college on my friend's Playstation. I always loved the character of Lara Croft and the adventure the games offered. Exotic locales, puzzling tombs, exciting battles, breathtaking scenery. Having always been a nintendo girl, I was often sad that the Tomb Raider games were never released on other platforms...until now!
Tomb Raider Anniversary is everything I remembered the games being and more! Now incorporating the innovative Wii remote, Lara Croft has never been so much fun in action. Sure it takes awhile to get the hang of things, but once you do you can't imagine playing Lara any other way! This game is hours of absolute fun!
Thanks for releasing this wonderful game on the Wii!!!

Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

They really did an amazing job making tomb raider work with the wii. Theres so much you can do, it feels like your actually in the game. Hopefully they continue to make more tomb raider games for the wii

She's my girlfriend

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: December 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I might not be the best reference, I love this lady, I have purchased all the video games of Tomb Raider for every console I've ever had, also for the computer. For Wii it is as good as the Sega Genesis version but I prefer to play it with the remote. It's a great game.
A.H.

Couldn't wait for this game to come out!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Wii has definitely done it again with this Tomb Raider game!! I have always loved this game and this version of it is so smooth and has fantastic graphics!! I haven't had enough time to play it to get to the really good stuff like how easy it is to aim her weapons, etc. but I can't wait! I got the wii console a year ago for when our kids and grandson visit but my husband and I have really enjoyed how the system works and all the games we have as well. A definite must for family fun.

Great game for the Wii lover

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was a gift for my sixteen year-old daughter; she loves it, but the villains creep her out somewhat, as they're very well realized; she says that she can't play it right before bed, or she'll have Tomb Raider nightmares!

FUN!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'm a novice wii player, and I am having a blast with this game, it is difficult, specially the shooting. But you get used to it, And I had to search for some walkthroughs at times, but it is FUN!

Anniversary edition is pretty good, lots of fun.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I played the Tomb Raider with the ps2 and like it now with wii anniversary edition. Hard to manuver at first, but when you get the hand of it it's pretty nice.

New journey for the same thing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't even remember playing any of the old Tomb Raider games. Either I was busy playing others or the series never appealed to me so what made me want to pick up Tomb Raider Anniversary I'm not sure. Either it was a special/interview that I saw on TV, whether there was just nothing else at the store or just genuine curiousity, I picked it up and while I wouldn't say I became a fan of the series as a whole, I kind of liked the game even though there's certain aspects to it I'm not as enthused about.

Story: Artifact seeker Lara Croft is called upon by Natla Technologies to get an ancient artifact in the mountains of Peru. From there she visits ancient cities and uncovers a mystery surrounding the places, the artifacts as well as an ancient legend that gets more real by the minute. Like a lot of games, Tomb Raider's strength/weakness is the straightforwardness of the story. Plot twists can be seen a mile away but its the presentation and the feel of the game that bring you in.

Graphics: The Wii Edition of Tomb Raider looks more sharper when progressive scan is on but it doesn't really look next-gen, but rather a really pretty last gen. Lara is nicely animated and the cinematics have gotten a good touch-up but the levels themselves look fine and lighting works quite well but you're not going "holy crap, this game looks amazing!" the whole time.

Sound/Music: Whenever the music is actually on, it's quite nice and well-suited for the game but for the most part, it's just Lara and the elements and aside from small flourishes like entering a new area, solving a puzzle or battle time, most of the gameplay is somewhat quiet. The voice acting is quite good since it's usable and doesn't detract though it's not Metal Gear quality.

Gameplay: A strange thing happened: even though Lara's 3D outing, came out before it, I kept getting reminded that she seems like a female Prince of Persia. From ledge jumping to twirling on poles, balancing on columns, people who've played the Prince's stuff will familiar this quite familiar but there's just one problem: Lara doesn't seem as intuitive. On rare occasions I miss a jump but with Lara I kept getting the feeling I wasn't getting the hang of her moves. But Lara has more abilities such as guns, grappling hooks, column balancing and leaping from slanted ledges, there's more variety to what she does.

Your enjoyment of the game is how much you love platforming and puzzles. A good chunk of the gameplay is devoted in figuring out how to get from A to B while leaping to C so you can get what's at D and it's here that the game shines since solutions are not vague or difficult to pull off (which God of War was victim of, personally) though it's easy to miss stuff and exploration everywhere is recommended. But it's combat that just never really takes off since it's kind of boring and it's actually distracting since the platforming is kind of fun then it's like "ugh, dogs" then you have to fight them off. Doesn't help Lara feels sluggish and camera control takes awhile to figure out so while Lara's always been a "girl with guns" genre, the puzzles kind of overshadow it.

One of the things I quite like about the Wii is that a game with little hype or mass appeal (any Wii owners NOT thinking of Brawl?), it's nice to all of a sudden discover a game and Tomb Raider Anniversary may not be stellar the entire way through, it's still a worthy playthrough.

Hours of Tomb Raider-ness

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I originally got this game for the PC when it came out and I enjoyed it so much, I wanted to try it out for my Wii. It is different than the originals but a touch or two and the puzzles are all new. The graphics are decent to for a Wii game. This is for anyone who likes puzzles and action.

Tomb Raider Anniversary

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got this game for my husband for christmas and he has really enjoyed it. I have had to look up some cheats.... but for the most part he enjoys the challenge.

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