Tomb Raider Chronicles

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Berate the ills of consumer culture - and, indeed, society as a whole - as you will, but if you like Tomb Raider games, Chronicles is at worst an entertaining diversion. Five Tomb Raider games in as many years? Yep, it's a shambles. Indeed, the cynicism inherent in repackaging the same basic engine and gameplay tenets yet again deserves to be savaged by the genus of bedroom ghost that spills vociferous missives and seed in equal measure. The Tomb Raider series is a cash-cow, each release a - spit - 'product'. Insert your own tirades hereafter, to fade... You don't have to be an intellectual, embrace Taoist doctrine or cauterise your synapses, however, to appreciate a deeper truth: it doesn't matter! The politics of individual worth and creative merit are largely arbitrary points, because we're empowered to vote with our wallets.

Last Updated: Nov 12, 2000

The Last Revelation has powered it's way to the top of the Japanese Top 30 video game chart expiring Jet Set Radio's short term at the top with 12,629 units being sold for Sony's Dreamcast week ending 7th November. Eidos Interactive's fourth Lara Croft adventure also features at number four on the Playstation chart with 23,843 units sold, weeks before the launch of Tomb Raider Chronicles, which sees a slight transition in the current direction of Tomb Raider games. Analysts predict that Chronicles, when finally released, with eclipse all major platform top standing entries within it's first week of sales.

Last Updated: Nov 11, 2000

Tomb Raider Chronicles reveals four newly discovered, and previously untold adventures, taking you on a journey from the ruins of Rome, to the bowels of a German U-boat, to the rooftops of a hi-tech city in a search of four ancient artifacts. In light of Lara's recent disappearance, those closest to her gather together at the Croft Estate on a gray, rainy day for a memorial service in her honor. Afterwards, the friends sit quietly together in the study of the Croft Mansion and provide new insights about Lara's past exploits; exploits that have until now remained a secret.

Last Updated: Nov 11, 2000

The Croft Manor trophy cabinet welcomes it's newest addition in the form of Gamespot UK's Top Ten Best Female Character, awarded to Tomb Raider star Lara Croft, the spellbinding adventurer one step ahead of Van Croy and soon to make her fifth debut as Eidos Interactive archaeologist heroine in Chronicles. Her fearless deductive skills have enthralled a divided generation, and compels a new audience into a torrent of adventure and intrigue, battling the covenants of the globe in search of ancient artifacts.

Last Updated: Nov 1, 2000

Bet you thought Lara was done for in The Last Revelation. The Temple of Horus came crashing down, and poor Lara disappeared from view, apparently buried alive. The intrepid and daring adventuress had finally met her match, perishing - somewhat fittingly - in a tomb of her own making. Right? Well, maybe. One of the rules of soap operas and comic books is, They're not dead until you've seen the body. And though we've certainly seen a lot of her over the years, the story may not be over yet. Tomb Raider: Chronicles will give Lara aficionados one last fling with the heroine while filling in some gaps--and answering some other questions players have had about her past.

Last Updated: Oct 14, 2000