Tomb Raider has, by the very premise of its name, always roused the excited kid in us. And we don't mean because of the game's female protagonist, Lara Croft. Well, not entirely. No, there's something very Indiana Jones about adventure, treasure hunting and, er, booby traps.

Immersive story; looks gorgeous; additional tombs/tasks outside of linear story line; generally well acted; bold when it comes to the 'gritty' content; best action-adventure game of recent times

Can feel repetitive in some places; occasionally over-worked acting can be a little grating; frame rate dip during cinematic cut scenes and some button-clicking sections lack response in PS3 version we tested

Violent, scary, ambitious, inventive: a lack of tombs and unconvincing characters can't mar a blockbuster return to form for Tomb Raider.

The island is the star of the show; Lara's world feels brutal; dangerous and frightening; Smooth combat married to DIY gadgets; Inventive tombs that recall the original game..

..; it's just a shame there's not enough of them, The occasional unwelcome QTE, Clichéd characters, flat dialogue

Overall, Tomb Raider: Anniversary features an age old style of gameplay that is beginning to struggle against the test of time. Whilst the game does a fantastic job at recreating the original Tomb Raider, it often feels like Crystal Dynamics could have done much more with the licence.

Recreates the original Tomb Raider well; New features are welcome and wanted; Lara looks set to soon be a Dead or Alive girl

Graphics resemble a lazy port; Artificial intelligence is laughable; Relatively short and little replay value

Watch out world - Lara's back, and looking better than ever, in the all-new, all-different Tomb Raider . Her first game was released back in 1996 and since then the series has gone from strength to strength, firmly establishing Ms. Croft as gaming's most iconic heroine.

Watch out world - Lara's back, and looking better than ever, in the all-new, all-different Tomb Raider ; Her first game was released back in 1996 and since then the series has gone from strength to strength, firmly establishing Ms; Croft as gaming's most iconic heroine.

Gore can get a bit much; Not many original ideas; Might be too different for veterans

I've never been a fan of the Tomb Raider series. During the jump from 2D to 3D back in the 90, games went through a weird phase, causing a number of issues for player and camera movement.

Lara Croft has always been seen as a tough female icon for the games industry. People everywhere loved her, so much so that she spawned two mediocre Hollywood films and even starred in a Lucozade advert in the mid '90s.

Of all the series of games that may have needed a reboot, Tomb Raider was definitely near the top of the list. Okay, yes, we did have the surprisingly good Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light a couple of years back, but that was rather different to the games we had before.

Tomb Raider for me, is the ultimate franchise to experience third-person action and adventure. I remember the days of Tomb Raider 2 (arguably the best game in the original series); the days of locking up the old butler in the refrigerator and fighting a huge orange dragon boss at the end still...

Its great to see lara back on form after many failed attemps in the past few outings. Although nothing new its back to how a tomb raider game should play. Buy it!!

Before Legends, Tomb Raider was basically stone dead. It managed to breath a little life into a franchise which sorely needed it. Anniversary is basically a reboot/remake of the original. Still good, just imo not as good as legends. And Underworld is the direct sequal to legends. Best out of the 3.