Anniversary has some solid gameplay, but is plagued with sections that are beyond frustrating.
But Legend this is not.
Although all the puzzle elements are still there(and developed beyond the 'push this box onto that switch and the door opens' stage), TR Anniversary suffers from an almost non existent storyline, pathetic enemies(i'm sorry but rats and bats just don't get me excited) and a few annoying bugs (having to constantly reload back to the start of a level because Lara didn't die falling down a hole almost made me burn the disc).
My main problems with the game were two things.
1: Level design. Alot of the levels had the same look and feel to them, even though they were supposed to be in completely opposite sides of the world. And some of the puzzles followed the 'jump from one ledge to the other then jump back and use your grapple hook' formula that got quite old, quite soon.
2: There are 3-4 moments in the game that are beyond hard.
And I don't mean in a 'oh my god I can't do this, it's too hard' kind of way.
The designers had made what should have been an easy jump or swing incredibly difficult by giving the option of landing safely about a 5% chance of success. Having to replay several parts of a few levels 20+ times because Lara won't grab onto a ledge that is right infront of her, is just bad programming and more than infuriating.
Now I don't want people to think I hated this game, because that is far from the truth. Infact I had a great time playing it. It's just a shame that it's such a letdown compared to Legend, which just blew me away.
It s a great game that you'll be able to get 10+ hours of gameplay out of and plus Lara looks even better than ever.
7.5