Eidos TOMB RAIDER-LEGEND, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend User Manual

CONTENTS

LARA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MENU CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

DIFFICULTY LEVELS/SCREEN MODES . . 5

SAVING AND LOADING THE GAME . . . . . 5

CONTROLLING LARA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Movement Controls 6
Swimming Controls 7
Combat and Item Controls 8
Driving Controls 8

COMBAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Combat Strategies 9
Aiming and Firing Controls 9
Melee Attacks 9
Defensive Combat Controls 10
Targeting 10

HUD (Head’s-Up Display) . . . . . . . . . . . 11

PDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

REWARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

CREDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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MENU CONTROLS

Use the following controls to select and adjust options from the Main Menu
and from the in-game Pause menu (press

>

during play to pause).

■ Use

L

or ?to view and cycle through the game options.

■ Press

A

to select an option, change a current option, confirm any

changes made or progress to the next screen.

■ Press

B

in a submenu to return to the previous screen.

NOTE: See pages 6-10 for a diagram of the Xbox Controller and full lists
of game controls.

MAIN MENU

START GAME

Start a new game. If saved data is present on your Xbox Hard Disk, this
option changes to

RESUME GAME and resumes play from the last save.

LOAD/SAVE

■ START NEW GAME Start a new game.

■ LOAD PREVIOUSLY SAVED GAME

Displays a list of saved games. Select a save
and press

A

to load it.

■ REPLAY LEVEL Displays a list of completed levels (present

in the loaded save). Replay these levels to collect
rewards, play in different difficulty modes,
or attempt a Time Trial.

■ SAVE CURRENT GAME Save your game progress to the Xbox Hard Disk.

CROFT MANOR

You can visit Lara’s expansive manor via the Main Menu throughout
the game. However, to gain full access you must have a saved game
containing at least one completed mission. Only then will all the Manor's
secrets become approachable for you to discover.

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5

B

ALTERNATIVE 2

or ALTERNATIVE 3.

or ADVANCED TOGGLE.
Select ON or OFF.

?

$/^ to adjust the screen BRIGHTNESS

DIFFICULTY LEVELS/SCREEN MODES

When you start a new game, you’ll be prompted to select a difficulty level:

■ DIFFICULTY Choose EXPLORER (easy), ADVENTURER (medium)

or

TOMB RAIDER (hard).

SAVING AND LOADING THE GAME

Press >during play to display the Pause Menu; from here you can save
your progress and rewards, and load a saved game.

SAVING YOUR PROGRESS

Every game level has several checkpoints to pass. The word CHECKPOINT
will appear in the bottom right of the screen to inform you when Lara
has passed a checkpoint. This is a good place to save your progress. Press

>

to access the Pause Menu and select SAVE. From here you can choose

to create a new save game or overwrite an existing save.

You can also save between checkpoints, but Lara will always appear
at the most recently saved checkpoint when a save is loaded again.

NOTE: The game’s Autosave feature always saves the last checkpoint
of your current game. Starting a new game or loading a previously saved
game automatically overwrites your Autosave.

SAVING REWARDS

When you replay a previously completed level, you will have the option to
select

SAVE REWARDS to save any collected rewards to your current game.

LOADING A SAVED GAME

You can load any saved game on the Xbox Hard Disk from the Main Menu
or from the in-game Pause Menu. Select

LOAD, then choose a save. If data

is present, details of the save will be shown. Press

A

to load and resume

that game.