History VideoGame / TombRaiderLegend

* MythologyGag: Crystal Dynamics hired Toby Gard, who was the main creator of [=TR1=], to help them with their first Tomb Raider and especially image of Lara herself. Cue new Lara being AmbiguouslyBrown, causing [[FanDumb a minor outrage]]. This comes back to the times when the [[VideoGame/TombRaider first game]] was still on concept stage. Back then, Lara was SpicyLatina named Laura Cruz.

* ContinuityReboot: With the change in developer came various changes in canon, most notably the relationship Lara has with her parents. Lara herself also had a bit of a change in personality, appearing more human, down-to-earth and peppy than her previous iterations. Most key elements remained intact, however. Numerous elements from film continuity were adapted, too. [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks The changes did cause some ire amongst part of the fanbase]], while others liked the new direction in which Lara was taken.

* PuzzlePan

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: An {{egregious}} example of this occurs in the first puzzle room of the Bolivia level. In said room, there are three pressure plates that need to be weighed down so that Lara can progress. Conveniently, there are also three boxes present in this room, but a dilemma becomes apparent when one notes that two of these boxes are located on a slightly lower level. The boxes are too large and heavy to throw, so Lara will need to get them up onto the upper level using a different method. Luckily, there is also a giant lever on this lower level, which Lara may use to catapult the boxes onto the upper level. What does she use as a counter-weight? ''Herself'', weighing just about 60 kilos. And the boxes don't just fly in a neat little arc, no, they're catapulted nearly 15 feet[[note]]4.6 meters[[/note]] into the air. VideoGamePhysics at their finest.

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[[caption-width-right:249:"You'd be amazed how persuasive I can be."]]

** A giant rolling boulder trap prompts [[WillSmith "Aww, ''hell'' no!"]] from Zip.

Due to its predecessor's lack of commercial success, Eidos Interactive decided to hand over the franchise to Crystal Dynamics, making it the first game to not be developed by Core Design, who had been in charge of the series since its genesis.

%%* BossOnlyLevel: Bolivia Redux.

* CameraScrew: Occasionally.

%%* DismantledMacguffin: Excalibur.

* {{Excalibur}}: Deconstructed in the games where the concept of Excalibur as a PublicDomainArtifact is explored.

* HotterAndSexier: Zig-zagged. While her default outfit is ''slightly'' more modest than the [=PS1=] games, and there are outfits appropriate for the environment (a winter coat and pants on the Nepal level, for example), she also wears a revealing formal dress in the third level. And collecting all the secrets unlocks two bikinis that can be worn only in the Croft Mansion.

%%* LifeMeter

%%* LovableCoward: Alister.

%%* PluckyComicRelief: Zip and Alister.

%%* ReforgedBlade: Excalibur.

%%* ShortRangeShotgun

%%* SwordOfPlotAdvancement

%%* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Zip and Alister.

''Tomb Raider: Legend'' was released in 2006 and is the seventh entry in the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' series. It marks the first reboot of the series.

* ContinuityReboot: With the change in developer came various changes in canon, most notably the relationship Lara has with her parents. Lara herself also had a bit of a change in personality, appearing more human, down-to-earth and peppy than her previous iterations. Most key elements remained intact, however. [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks The changes did cause some ire amongst part of the fanbase]], while others liked the new direction in which Lara was taken.

%%* CoolSword: Excalibur.

%%* {{Excalibur}}

%%* {{Gainaxing}}: Subtle, but it's there.

* LittleBlackDress: Lara wears one in the Japan level. Naturally Lara rip this a little when start the action.

%%* MalevolentArchitecture

%%* MissionControl: Zip and Alister.

* MsFanservice: Lara as usual, especially in the Japan level where she wear a LittleBlackDress with AbsoluteCleavage.
** She has also a bikini (white or black) as alternate outfit.

* [[DistressedDude Distressed Dudes]]: During the level set in England. The boys, staying in their truck while Lara's investigating a tacky King Arthur museum, are ambushed by Rutland's mercenaries, prompting Lara to quickly make her way out of the tomb she'd been exploring and take out the mercenaries like the {{Badass}} she is.

%%* {{Non Action Guy}}s: Zip and Alister again. Winston also.

* IdleAnimation: Whenever you stand still for too long, Lara will start checking her equipment and readjusting her gloves.

* BossOnlyLevel: Bolivia Redux.

* CoolSword: Excalibur.

* DismantledMacguffin: Excalibur.

* {{Excalibur}}

* {{Gainaxing}}: Subtle, but it's there.

* LovableCoward: Alister.
* MalevolentArchitecture: Lampshaded and then justified.

* MissionControl: Zip and Alister.
** MissingMissionControl: While Lara is off adventuring in Ghana, the manor is invaded by [[spoiler: Amanda]], who apparently makes quite a mess of things. Zip and Alister are disconnected during the assault and Lara is notably unnerved, but also annoyed to find her two companions suddenly missing on the other end.

* {{Mooks}}: In the first level, this is lampshaded after Lara guns down a lone guard:

* [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Guys]]: Zip and Alister again. Winston also.

* PlayerHeadquarters: [[BigFancyHouse Croft Manor.]]

** SwordOfPlotAdvancement
* PluckyComicRelief: Zip and Alister.

--> '''Lara:''' "Anyone between me and that stone ''dies''."
--> '''[[spoiler:Amanda]]:''' "Stop. I don't want anything bad to happen but it will if you come any closer."
--> '''Lara:''' *commences asskicking by sending everybody flying with a single swing of Excalibur*

* ReforgedBlade: Excalibur.

* ShortRangeShotgun: Played utterly straight.

* SmashingHallwayTrapsOfDoom: A staple of the series.
** Nearby one of these types of traps, there's a crate, which you can push ahead of you, so that the walls are blocked whenever they're about to flatten Lara. How such a measly crate manages to stop two massive stone walls is left up to the viewer's WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief though.

* StatMeters:
** LifeMeter
** OxygenMeter: For your every-day underwater swimming purposes.

** AndYourRewardIsClothes

* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Zip and Alister.

Also marking a change from previous ''Tomb Raider'' games (which were exclusive to PlayStation and PC, with some ports to Sega), ''Tomb Raider Legend'' went fully multiplatform: it was released for PC, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 3]], UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, [[AndTheRest Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and mobiles.]]

* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Amanda.]]

* BritishAccents: Lara, [[CaptainObvious of course]]. Alister and Winston count as well.

* SexySoakedShirt: Lara has a costume, called "Classic, Gray" which consists of a white shirt and plaid shorts. In the remastered version for the PS3, the shirt becomes see-through when wet (she wears a bra, of course).

** One of the trophies for the PS3 version is called "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS]]."

'''''Tomb Raider: Legend''''' was released in 2006 and is the seventh entry in the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' series. It marks the first reboot of the series.

* BechdelTest: Passed. Lara talks shop with Anaya, and with Amanda in the flashback.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Along with artwork, bios, and cheats.

* MsFanservice: Lara as usual, especially in the Japan level where she a LittleBlackDress with AbsoluteCleavage. She has also a bikini as alternate outfit.

* MsFanservice: Zip [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in the conversation below:

* ActionDressRip: To be honest, that evening dress kind of had it coming.