History VideoGame / TombRaiderAnniversary

* LimitBreak: Enemies will become unraged if Lara fires at them continuously, causing them to attempt a reckless and dangerous ''rage attack'', which Lara can exploit ForMassiveDamage, by executing a ''head shot''. The rage meter is only visible during boss fights, although every enemy will still make a trademark animation, along with a recognisable sound, to let you know that they are in fact, raging.

* RuleOfCool / RuleOfFun: While it mostly applies (with various areas from the original being taken UpToEleven when it comes to complexity), it is defied by some levels and sequences, where realism seems have taken precedence compared to the original.

* JustifiedTutorial: At the beginning of the Peru level, your guide will break the ladder that gets you up to the entrance of the mountain caves. Lara is thus forced to climb her way up using other terrain, giving the game a convenient opportunity to teach the player the basics of controlling Lara.

* OneHitKill: A CheatCode can turn every shot Lara fires into one of these. The Head Shot kills are these as well.

* VideoGameRemake: A remake of the original ''Tomb Raider'' with vastly superior graphics, controls and voice work. New puzzles and enemies were also added.

* CirclingMonologue: [[spoiler: Natla]] does this during her WeCanRuleTogether speech to Lara.

* CoolBike: Lara can be seen driving - and pulling off same great stunts - with one at the end of the ''Egypt'' level.

* GenreBlindness: [[spoiler: Natla]] suffers from this in the final boss fight where they claim: "Sooner or later, you'll run out of bullets." Looks like they forgot that this is, after all, a Franchise/TombRaider game, and our heroine Lara Croft is the poster girl for BottomlessMagazines.

* UnlockableContent: Collecting all the rewards hidden in a level will unlock various things for you such as biographies, [[ConceptArtGallery concept art]], [[CheatCode cheats]], ...

* {{Doppelgänger}}: One of Atlantean origin that mimics Lara's every move. It is left unphased by regular gunfire, so Lara has it mimic itself into a lava pit, permanently destroying it. Thankfully, the room in which Lara encounters it was entirely symmetrical.

* BareYourMidriff: The ''Legend'' and ''Croft Manor Sport'' outfit, which come as an unlockable costume.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bats, rats, bears, wolves, crocodiles, gorillas, lionesses,... the only wildlife that leaves you undisturbed comes in the form of a small fish.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bats, rats, bears, wolves, crocodiles, gorillas, lionesses, black panthers... the only wildlife that leaves you undisturbed comes in the form of a small fish.

--> '''Lara:''' [[BondOneLiner" Talk about being your own worst enemy."]]

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Bats, rats, bears, wolves, crocodiles, gorillas, lionesses, black panthers...

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Both the ''Croft Manor Sport'' and ''Swimsuit'' outfit have Lara barefoot.
* Doppelgänger: One of Atlantean origin that mimics Lara's every move. It is left unphased by regular gunfire, so Lara has it mimic itself into a lava pit, permanently destroying it. Thankfully, the room in which Lara encounters it was entirely symmetrical.
--> '''Lara:''' "[[BondOneLiner Talk about being your own worst enemy.]]"

* CaveBehindTheFalls: Appears twice in the ''Lost Valley'' level, which is entirely based around finding cogs so you can activate a mechanism that will allow you to divert the majestic waterfall that prevents access to the cave behind it. This {{Trope}} occurs again within the same level, where Lara can get her hands on an early shotgun (she will acquire it later anyway, if you miss out on this one), by finding another CaveBehindTheFalls. Appears twice more on the ''Lost Island'', once in ''Natla's Mines'', which hides a tunnel you need to progress, and once in ''The Final Conflict'', where, for a change of pace, an artifact is hidden behind a '''lava''' fall.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: The ''Lost Island'''s later levels play this completely straight; while the environment is distorted by rising heat, Lara is unaffected.

* DistantPrologue: The opening cutscene is in 1945, featuring a nuclear explosion that accidentally unearths the crystal [[spoiler: in which Natla was trapped]].

* CaveBehindTheFalls: Appears twice in the ''Lost Valley'' level, which is entirely based around finding cogs so you can activate a mechanism that will allow you to divert the majestic waterfall that prevents access to the cave behind it. This {{Trope}} occurs again within the same level, where Lara can get her hands on an early shotgun (she will acquire it later anyway, if you miss out on this one), by finding another CaveBehindTheFalls.

* BlondesAreEvil: [[spoiler: Jacqueline Natla.]]

* HyperspaceArsenal: Though admittedly a pretty minor version. Her backpack just seems a tad too small to host all those guns, their respective ammunition ''and'' 20+ medkits.

* SticksToTheBack: The shotgun.

* MoreDakka: The Dual Mini SMGs are this for Lara.

* RopeBridge: Numerous examples. The most recognisable instance of this is an early room that contains an open wolf pit, with two bridges precariously strung over them. While Lara could safely cross these in the original, taking pot shots at the wolves from above, this no longer applies in ''Anniversary''. When Lara crosses the first bridge, the thing snaps under her weight, dropping her into the wolf pit below, which would probably surprise the older fans more than the newer.
* RuleOfCool / RuleOfFun: While it mostly applies (and takes various areas/puzzles from the original UpToEleven), it is defied with some levels and sequences, where realism seems have taken precedence compared to the original.
* SceneryPorn: The main reason for remaking it, with most updated areas expanded to twice the original scale just to evoke this. Needless to say, things look prettier than in the PS1 days.

* RealIsBrown: It's not shy about busting out lush foliage in Peru, but for pretty much the rest of the game you're looking at a whole lot of grey, brown and beige.

* ArcWelding: [[spoiler: It turned out that Anniversary was partially made so Natla could be added into the Legend/Underworld story arc]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Lara, though her snarking is comparatively little compared to the other games in the series.

* KeeleyHawes: As Lara Croft.

** BottomlessMagazines: Played straight for the Dual Pistols; they have a limited magazine size, but can be reloaded as often as the player wants to. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for all other guns Lara may pick up, where ammuniton can only be restocked by picking it up in the environment.

* CirclingMonologue: Natla does it to Lara during her WeCanRuleTogether speech.
* GenreBlindness: One of the lines spoken by the final boss during a cutscene: "Sooner or later, you're going to run out of bullets." Looks like she forgot that this is, after all, a TombRaider game, and our heroine Lara Croft is the poster girl for BottomlessMagazines.

* JustifiedTutorial: At the beginning of the Peru level, your guide will break the ladder that gets you up to the entrance of the mountain caves. Lara is thus forced to climb her way up using other terrain. Tutorial messages will tell you how to proceed.
* LimitBreak: This is explained when you reach the T-Rex - the meter below the bosses' health is the rage meter which increases if you keep attacking. When it fills, the T-Rex attempts a powerful attack, which you can exploit ForMassiveDamage.

* RealIsBrown: It's not shy about busting out lush foliage in Peru, but for pretty much the entire rest of the game you're looking at a whole lot of grey and brown ruins, beige Egyptian hallways and abandoned mining tunnels.

* InsistentTerminology: Lost Island, NOT Atlantis.
* JustifiedTutorial: When approaching the destination, your guide breaks the ladder, forcing you to climb up using other terrain. Tutorial messages tell you how to proceed.

* PressXToNotDie: ''Anniversary'' introduces Quick Time Events, which require the player to hit a certain arrow key when it shows up on screen. Failing to do so will result in Lara dying.
* RealIsBrown: It's not shy about busting out lush foliage in Peru, but for pretty much the entire rest of the game you're looking at a whole lot of grey and brown ruins and mining tunnels.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Qualopec gets up out of his throne, Tihocan's body is missing from its coffin, and Natla swears "This is only one remnant of Atlantis! I will find another!]]

* VideoGameRemake: A remake of Tomb Raider for the PS1 with vastly superior graphics and voice work. New puzzles and enemies were also added.

At one point, an Anniversary edition was being made by Core Design, but this project was shut down because they no longer owned the rights to series and the developing of a game celebrating ''Tomb Raider'''s 10-year anniversary was transferred to Crystal Dynamics, resulting in this game.

[[caption-width-right:256:Sometimes, to understand your present, you have to go back... to your past. And this time, things will be different.]]