History Trivia / TombRaiderLegend

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TombRaider Shares a page]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early trailers showcased a variety of things that didn't make it into the final product. Examples include Lara being able to use a rocket launcher and doing backflips off of diagonal surfaces. The Tokyo level was originally meant to have a longer biking segment upon the rooftops which would culminate with Lara crashing the bike into a traditional Japanese garden. Lara was also shown visiting more locations, one of which was nearby a beach, possibly an early version of Croft Manor. The Nepal level had {{Mooks}} in different apparel and what looked to be a small camp.
** Other minor changes include Lara originally having a Core-like braid. Also, in the flashback section of Peru, 2 early models of Lara resembling her look in ''Angel of Darkness'' are hidden under the ground, untextured.
** The guidebook revealed there was supposed to be a motorcycle segment on a motorway in the England level, as Lara chases down Rutland's thugs who have kidnapped Zip and Alister. The segment was cut.

* MilestoneCelebration: Came out in the 10th anniversary of ''Videogame/TombRaider1'' - ironically, it's both a reboot of the continuity started with that game ''and'' came out before [[Videogame/TombRaiderAnniversary a wholesale remake of it]].

* PromotedFanboy: Karima Adebibe, the model hired for doing promotional stunts related with Legend. Unlike the rest of the models in the history of the franchise, she took the job due to being a long-lasting fan of the series, rather than just for the monetary gain. When asked about it in an interview years later she openly declared - with a visible {{Squee}} - the whole deal the best modeling job she could imagine, since she was paid for what she wanted to do all by herself anyway. And she really put effort into playing her role during all the meetings, knowing a lot of trivia from throughout the entire franchise and even correcting gathered fans on more obscure details, while doing so in-character.

* FanNickname: The "Unknown Entity" that possesses Amanda in Peru is commonly known as "[[FluffyTheTerrible Fluffy]]'' in the fandom.
* ImageSource:
** ActionGirl

* BackgroundMusic: This is the only game in the [[Franchise/TombRaider franchise]] to make extensive use of traditional background music. Previous games in the series relied on ambiences, only playing a few musical stings when a particular event occured. ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAngelofDarkness Angel of Darkness]]'' introduced background music to a few levels, but mostly kept it off. After ''Legend'', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Anniversary]]'' returned to the concept of ambiences punctuated by stings, and ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld Underworld]]'' mixed the two together. The [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 2013 reboot]] does the same thing.

* BackgroundMusic: This is the only game in the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' series to make extensive use of traditional background music. Previous games in the series relied on ambiences, only playing a few musical stings when a particular event occured. ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAngelofDarkness Angel of Darkness]]'' introduced background music to a few levels, but mostly kept it off. After ''Legend'', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Anniversary]]'' returned to the concept of ambiences punctuated by stings, and ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld Underworld]]'' mixed the two together. The [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 2013 reboot]] does the same thing.

* BackgroundMusic: This is the only game in the series to make extensive use of traditional background music. Previous games in the series relied on ambiences, only playing a few musical stings when a particular event occured. ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAngelofDarkness Angel of Darkness]]'' introduced background music to a few levels, but mostly kept it off. After ''Legend'', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Anniversary]]'' returned to the concept of ambiences punctuated by stings, and ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld Underworld]]'' mixed the two together. The [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 2013 reboot]] does the same thing.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early trailers showcased a variety of things that didn't make it into the final product. Examples include Lara being able to use a rocket launcher and doing backflips off of diagonal surfaces. The Tokyo level was originally meant to have a longer biking segment upon the rooftops which would culminate with Lara crashing the bike into a traditional Japanese garden. Lara was also shown visiting more locations, one of which was nearby a beach, possiby an early version of Croft Manor. The Nepal level had {{Mooks}} in different apparel and what looked to be a small camp.

* PromotedFangirl: Karima Adebibe, the model hired for doing promotional stunts related with Legend. Unlike the rest of the models in the history of the franchise, she took the job due to being a long-lasting fan of the series, rather than just for the monetary gain. When asked about it in an interview years later she openly declared - with a visible {{Squee}} - the whole deal the best modeling job she could imagine, since she was paid for what she wanted to do all by herself anyway. And she really put effort into playing her role during all the meetings, knowing a lot of trivia from throughout the entire franchise and even correcting gathered fans on more obscure details, while doing so in-character.

* AscendedFangirl: Karima Adebibe, the model hired for doing promotional stunts related with Legend. Unlike the rest of the models in the history of the franchise, she took the job due to being a long-lasting fan of the series, rather than just for the monetary gain. When asked about it in an interview years later she openly declared - with a visible {{Squee}} - the whole deal the best modeling job she could imagine, since she was paid for what she wanted to do all by herself anyway. And she really put effort into playing her role during all the meetings, knowing a lot of trivia from throughout the entire franchise and even correcting gathered fans on more obscure details, while doing so in-character.

* OneOfUs: Karima Adebibe, the model hired for doing promotional stunts related with ''Legend''. Unlike the rest of the models in the history of the franchise, she took the job due to being a [[AscendedFangirl long-lasting fan of the series]], rather than just for the monetary gain. When asked about it in an interview years later she openly declared - with a visible {{Squee}} - the whole deal the best modeling job she could imagine, since she was paid for what she wanted to do all by herself anyway. And she ''really'' put effort into playing her role during all the meetings, knowing a lot of trivia from throughout the entire franchise and even correcting gathered fans on more obscure details, while doing so in-character.

* OneOfUs: Karima Adebibe, the model hired for doing promotional stunts related with ''Legend''. Unlike the rest of the models in the history of the franchise, she took the job due to being a long-lasting fan of the series, rather than just for the monetary gain. When asked about it in an interview years later she openly declared - with a visible {{Squee}} - the whole deal the best modeling job she could imagine, since she was paid for what she wanted to do all by herself anyway. And she ''really'' put effort into playing her role during all the meetings, knowing a lot of trivia from throughout the entire franchise and even correcting gathered fans on more obscure details, while doing so in-character.

* OneOfUs: Karima Adebibe, the model hired for doing promotional stunts related with ''Legend''. Unlike the rest of the models in the history of the franchise, she took the job due to being a long-lasting fan of the series, rather than just for the monetary gain. When asked about it in an interview years later she openly declared - with a visible {{Squee}} - the whole deal the best modeling job she could imagine, since she was paid for what she wanted to do all by herself anyway. And she ''really'' put effort into playing her role during all the meetings, knowing a lot of trivia from throughout the entire franchise and even correcting gathered fans on more obscure details.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Amanda is voiced by Creator/KathSoucie.
** James Rutland is [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Batman]].
** Lara herself is voiced by Creator/KeeleyHawes.

* BackgroundMusic: This is the only game in the series to make extensive use of traditional background music. Previous games in the series relied on ambiences, only playing a few musical stings when a particular event occured. ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderAngelofDarkness]]'' introduced background music to a few levels, but mostly kept it off. After ''Legend'', ''Anniversary'' returned to the concept of ambiences punctuated by stings, and ''Underworld'' mixed the two together. ''2013'' does the same thing.

** Amanda is voiced by KathSoucie.

** Lara herself is voiced by KeeleyHawes.

** The guidebook revealed there was supposed to be a motorcycle segment on a motorway in the England level, as Lara chases down Rutland's thugs who have kidnapped Zip and Alister. The segment was cut.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early trailers showcased a variety of things that didn't make it into the final product. Examples include Lara being able to use a rocket launcher and doing backflips off of diagonal surfaces. The Tokyo level was originally meant to have a longer biking segment upon the rooftops which would culminate with Lara crashing the bike into a traditional Japanese garden. Lara was also shown visiting more locations, one of which was nearby a beach, possiby an early version of Croft Manor. The Nepal level had {{Mooks}} in different apparel and what looked to be a small camp.

* ShoutOut
** A giant rolling boulder trap prompts [[WillSmith "Aww, ''hell'' no!"]] from Zip.
** Lara's Goth outfit has [[LegacyOfKain Kain's emblem on her belt buckle as well as on the accompanying jacket]]
** Another reference to the LegacyOfKain franchise is having the Soul Reaver as an unlockable weapon.
** And yet another reference to the LegacyOfKain franchise: a painting of Kain can be seen hanging in Croft Manor.
** The Croft Manor's appearance is modelled after the one in [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider the movies.]]
** One of the trophies for the PS3 version is called "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS]]."
** The boxes with ''Natla Technologies'' on them were widely regarded as a shout out to the original VideoGame/TombRaider. [[spoiler: It turned out to be {{Foreshadowing}}.]]

** Lara's Goth outfit has [[LegacyOfKain Kain's emblem on her belt buckle as well as Raziel's emblem stamped on her wet suit.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early trailers showcased a variety of things that didn't make it into the final product. Examples include Lara being able to use a rocket launcher and doing backflips off of diagonal surfaces. The Tokyo level was originally meant to have a longer biking segment upon the rooftops which would culminate with Lara crashing the bike into a traditional Japanese garden. Lara was also shown visiting more locations, one of which was nearby a beach, possiby an early version of Croft Manor. The Nepal level had {{Mooks}} in different apparel and what looked to be a small camp. A large amount of puzzles and sections was also teased but never made it into the final game.

** The Croft manor's appearance is modelled after the one in [[Film/LaraCroftTombRaider the movies.]]
** One of the trophies for the PS3 version is called "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS]]."

** A giant rolling boulder trap prompts [[WillSmith "Aww, ''hell'' no,"]] from Zip.
** Lara's Goth outfit has Kain's emblem on her belt buckle as well as Raziel's emblem stamped on her wet suit.