14 DAY TRIAL // It's true that everything lands just a tad too late on Macs, and Tomb Raider Anniversary is one of those things. Could it have something to do with the 'snob' thing? Anyway, don't get too excited either cause this HERE is just the demo version of the Crystal Dynamics-developed Tomb Raider title.
Tomb Raider Anniversary is not just a revamped version of the original Lara Croft adventure. Along with the revamped graphics and control system, the possibilities for new challenges, enemies and puzzles were greater than ever before, and so Anniversary was born.
Weighing in at 273.2MB, the playable demo allows players to fight enemies, perform acrobatics and solve puzzles right in the heart of the Lost Valley in Peru. System specs aren't too pretentious (Mac OS X version 10.4, 10.5 recommended; 512MB of RAM, 1GB recommended; 128MB video RAM, Macs with Intel GMA chipsets not supported; 4GB hard disk space) although a 2.4GHz Intel processor is recommended.
"We strove hard to find the right balance of nostalgia and freshness and to create an experience that captured the sense of isolation so prevalent in the original," says Creative Director Jason Botta, in his Note to the Fans.
This time around, Feral Interactive is doing the publishing for TR Anniversary. The company is tight with industry-leading publishers, such as Electronic Arts, Lionhead Studios, UbiSoft, and of course Eidos Interactive, the big name behind the Tomb Raider series. Feral is a prominent publisher of Macintosh games.
Here's the download link for the Tomb Raider Anniversary demo again. The game plays alright with mouse and keyboard control, but to get everything out of Lara's abilities, you'd better go with a gamepad. Apple and/or Feral still have to announce an exact launch date for the full Macintosh version of Tomb Raider Anniversary.