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Reviews

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

By G. Christopher Williams

While Tomb Raider: Anniversary succeeds in recreating the isolated mood and tone of the original, it lacks some of the nostalgia for the original's genre-blending conventions. [13 July 2007]

By Mike Sage

Everything you enjoyed about the legendary PlayStation title returns with all the Legend trimmings we fell in love with last year. [11 July 2007]

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

By Chris LaVigne

Ambivalent morality lies at the heart of what makes the Legacy of Kain series such a sophisticated work of video game art. [11 February 2004]

Tomb Raider: Legend

She was voluptuous. She was British. And she was fun to watch. [1 January 1995]

Few games match the quality of Legend's atmosphere.