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[Janichsan]

The demo comes...

TODAY!!

If you clicked this link and expected a download: Haw Haw!

[teflon]

w00t!

pretty good demo, though its not very long... even with exploring everywhere, I only got around 45 minutes out of it... but then again, its just a little taster.

oh, and apparently, the game isnt fully/officially released until tomorrow... how odd?

[edddeduck]

FYI the demo is now out and available to download.

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Tomb Raider: Anniversary retraces Lara Croft's original genre-defining adventure, as she pursues the legendary 'Scion'. New graphics, technology and physics bring Lara's adventure up-to-date and offers gamers a completely new game play experience. Re-imagined, Anniversary delivers a dynamic fluidly and fast Lara Croft, massive environments with stunning visuals, intense combat and pacing, and an enhanced and clarified original story. Enter into strange, undiscovered lands and solve their deepest, darkest mysteries, open doors to new realms, uncover great rewards and unearth secrets to Lara's past.

The demo lets you play through part of the Lost Valley level in Peru.

The demo can be found here.

Enjoy everyone.

[placy]

By the way, Gogamer.com  has this on sale now for $29.

[ukimalefu]

IT DOES WORK ON THE MAC MINI!

Even if they say it's not supported.

My Mac mini:

2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
1 Gb Ram
GMA 950

1024x768, no antialiasing, everything else is ON.

[teflon]

oh niiice, whats performance like?

[Cobra]

That's pretty damn good for a mini, I'm impressed.
My copy arrived just last week  
It's currently in my to-play pile with Worms 3D which I got with it. I love how Feral offer to chuck another game in there just for a little bit more.

[ukimalefu]

Cobra, on February 28th 2008, 07:31 AM, said:

That pretty damn good for a mini, I'm impressed.

I only tried the demo. I hope they don't change anything for the full version.

[teflon]

i dont think anything has changed really. I wouldnt expect performance to get any worse, thats for sure, and I believe that if something is unable to run the game, a warning will pop up to say that it wont run/wont run acceptably.

[Cobra]

What resolution did you run it at by the way, cause my fiancee has to run Postal 2 at 800x600 on here MacBook for decent performance so am pretty curious.

[Janichsan]

Cobra, on February 29th 2008, 06:51 AM, said:

What resolution did you run it at by the way, cause my fiancee has to run Postal 2 at 800x600 on here MacBook for decent performance so am pretty curious.

Your fiancee plays Postal 2?  

[ukimalefu]

Cobra, on February 29th 2008, 01:51 AM, said:

What resolution did you run it at by the way, cause my fiancee has to run Postal 2 at 800x600 on here MacBook for decent performance so am pretty curious.

1024x768 by default

[the Battle Cat]

Janichsan, on February 28th 2008, 11:48 PM, said:

Your fiancee plays Postal 2?  

Wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean say no more

[Cobra]

Janichsan, on February 29th 2008, 05:18 PM, said:

Your fiancee plays Postal 2?  

Yep  
She's further than me in Apocalypse Weekend even, I don't like how it's harder and has taken away all of the free-roaming freedom that made the original Postal 2 so great.

ukimalefu, on February 29th 2008, 08:51 PM, said:

1024x768 by default

Now that is impressive. If the whole game runs smoothly from start to finish you should let them know.

[ukimalefu]

Cobra, on February 29th 2008, 06:13 PM, said:

Now that is impressive. If the whole game runs smoothly from start to finish you should let them know.

I did, here's the reply from Feral Interactive Marketing to me:

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Dear Customer,

The full game does have the exact same requirements as the demo, however, at this time we do not offer support for GMA cards, which means if you do encounter any issues, we may be unable to help.

If you need any further information please do not hesitate to contact me again.

Best Regards,

Yaser Latef

So it should work, but if anything goes wrong, you're on your own.

[Janichsan]

I got around to try the demo on my 1.83 GHz Core (not 2) Duo on the weekend, and it indeed runs quite well. Some slowdowns in wider open areas (like the waterfall room right at the beginning), but it's very well playable.

[Janichsan]

ukimalefu, on March 3rd 2008, 07:31 PM, said:

So it should work, but if anything goes wrong, you're on your own.

No longer.

[teflon]

w00t!

in relation to performance, the waterfall is one of the worst areas in the game. specially if youve got Depth of Field effects turned on.

[Cobra]

That's cool, I wonder if they will change the box art to also reflect this.

[Frost]

So, I've never played Boob Raider () before 1 week ago. Rented TR: Anniversary for the 360 and played through it. I gotta say, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune has definitely seized the crown for the genre from Tomb Raider, but that doesn't mean TR:A wasn't still fun as heck in its own right.

I heartily recommend it to anyone who's in the same boat as me and wasn't in on the first 10 years of Tomb Raider. This is a great opportunity to check out Lara's first adventure without having your eyes bleed over the original's graphics. I'll be buying the PS2 version now that I know I like the game, and will buy the Mac version later in the year once it's available for PPC. Probably pick up TR: Legend PS2 as well since it uses the same engine, and will definitely buy TR: Underworld once it's out later in the year.

Anyone know if Legend was ever ported to Mac?