BOX DESCRIPTION: Lara Croft is back! In a race against time, Lara must travel across the globe to unearth history's greatest weapon. A legendary artifact of such immense power it could threaten humanity's very existence.

Take Lara back to the tombs with totally new moves and hi-tech gadgetry in her most explosive adventure ever.
RELEASE: 2006 - April 7th
LOCATIONS: Croft Manor, England | Bolivia | Peru | Japan | West Africa | Kazakhstan | Cornwall, England | Nepal
LEVELS: 8 + 1 Croft Manor
COMPOSER: Troels B. Folmann
DEVELOPER: Crystal Dynamics
PUBLISHER: Eidos Interactive
MAIN ARTEFACT: Pieces of the Sword of Excalibur
NO OF SECRETS: 115
LARA'S V/A: Keeley Hawes
OFFICIAL MODEL: Karima Adebibe
LARA POLYGONS: 6292
PC MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
  • COMPUTER: IBM PC or 100% compatible
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows 2000, ZP (95/98/ME not supported)
  • CPU: Pentium 3.1Ghz or Athlon XP Equivalent
  • RAM: 256MB
  • GRAPHICS: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB 3D Accelerated Card with TnL (GeForce 3Ti / Radeon 9 series)
  • SOUND: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP compatible sound card (100% DirectX 9.0c compatible)
  • HARD DRIVE: 9.9GB free disk space
  • INPUT DEVICES: 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible mouse and keyboard
STORY FROM OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
Lara Croft's search for a South American relic changes course dramatically when she meets a dangerous figure from her past, and she finds herself in a race to recover one of history's most famous artifacts.

FEATURES
  • Lara comes to life: The dual-pistol-wielding adventurer's polygon count and animation set has been increased significantly, presenting Lara in the finest fidelity to date.
  • Return to the Tombs: Lara's new quest brings her to lost ancient realms that guard Secrets of the Past.
  • Fluid movement: The revamped control system provides intuitive and fluid character movement.
  • Dynamic animation system puts focus on continuous motion, giving Lara the ability to seamlessly handle any obstacle and interact dynamically with any surface.
  • Move and shoot: Lara uses her physical prowess to combine gunplay with unique signature moves.
  • Variety of player choice: Intelligently use the environment, technical gear and weapons to overcome challenging situations.
  • Physics, Water and Fire systems bring the perilous environments of Lara's world alive, and challenge the player to improvise solutions to obstacles.
  • Visit a vast array of cinematic and exotic locations including ancient tombs, dangerous jungles, snowy mountain ruins and numerous unexpected surprises in between!