Steam selling Tomb Raider: Anniversary for $5

by Griffin McElroy { Apr 5th 2009 at 3:30PM }

Has your recent playthrough of Tomb Raider: Underworld left you curious about Lara Croft's roots? No, not like, her hair (though she's obviously not a natural brunette) -- her history. Well, there's no better way to brush up on your Croftian comprehension than to check out Tomb Raider: Anniversary, the 2007 remake of the original Tomb Raider -- and thanks to Steam's current weekend deal, there's no better time to pick it up.

Valve's download platform is offering the updated grave robbing sim for just $5 until the end of the weekend. Sure, you could just as easily purchase a foot-long sandwich with that kind of cash, but we find double-pistoled tiger homicide to be much more fulfilling in the long run.

[Via Big Download]

Tags: eidos, lara-croft, steam, tomb-raider, tomb-raider-anniversary, valve, weekend-deal

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mike @ Apr 5th 2009 3:46PM

I don't know man, she looks pretty natural to me.

BPMOmega [gamertag] @ Apr 5th 2009 10:13PM

Well, does the carpet match the drapes?

Sly (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 5th 2009 3:50PM

steam has good sales.

knightsray @ Apr 5th 2009 4:30PM

thanks for trying to help but it's telling me invalid password but it's the same one i use to leave comments with an that works fine

Cosmo @ Apr 5th 2009 6:11PM

Steam is far from perfect but its really giving a shot in the arm for PC gaming and that is a good thing especially with PC support declining and more developers moving towards consoles, thanks Steam!

Gibbeynater @ Apr 5th 2009 4:07PM

This probably would have been useful information at the start of the weekend.

Just sayin'

darkeyez @ Apr 5th 2009 4:22PM

I came on here to say the same thing. I just try to remember to check Steam myself every Saturday morning from now on. I was pissed I missed out on the Ubisoft deal last weekend.

BPMOmega [gamertag] @ Apr 5th 2009 4:09PM

Sounds like a good deal to me. I think I'll get it when I get home.

Using my DSi for this. :D

Moptimus Slime (Gobot in disguise) @ Apr 5th 2009 5:08PM

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU D:

knightsray @ Apr 5th 2009 4:13PM

I just recently had played my first Tomb Raider game from start to finish(Tomb Raider: Underworld) an I thought it was amazing! I could never finish others cause I thought they were boring. When I saw this I told a friend an he's such a nice guy he bought him AND me one...it's only 5 bucks each but still,nice gesture lol. I haven't started it yet cause I got Splinter Cell Chaos Theory to finish still. I got Prince Of Persia Two Thrones off Steam at the same time(haven't started it up at all yet). I also have Brothers In Arms Hells Highway coming in the mail(just for the story,I hear MP blows). I recently got Merchants Of Brooklyn off steam too(nice CryEngine powered game) an I can't get passed this level that just crashs on me constantly. All in all..I should be pretty busy till May. I'm just waiting on Red Faction Geurilla to come out now. Happy Gaming

knightsray @ Apr 5th 2009 4:23PM

someone tell me how to change my avatar please..i would really like to know...thanks alot!

Sly (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 5th 2009 4:26PM

click on your name. log in to your profile. click on change picture. there are certain picture requirements. i'm pretty sure it has to be 64x64. there ya go.

Sly (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 5th 2009 4:36PM

it works fine for me. make sure you type in the password right.

Slust @ Apr 6th 2009 11:16AM

Underworld is cakewalk compared to Anniversary.

Biggie @ Apr 5th 2009 4:24PM

These cheap old games make me mad, cause I always buy them and then don't play them for very long. So basically all I'm doing when I buy these weekend deals is adding to my pile of shame.

bvhj @ Apr 5th 2009 5:12PM

It's exactly the same for me... I have a bunch of games on Steam which I just got in the sales and haven't even installed them...

Mr Khan @ Apr 5th 2009 4:36PM

5

5 dollar

5 dollar D-cup....

ericeman @ Apr 5th 2009 4:53PM

You go out of your way to make a joke about Lara’s “roots” and then don’t notice the all too obvious followup as you tell us to “brush up” on our Tomb Raider lore? C’mon guys, you’re writers, pointing out really bad puns is supposed to be your thing!

Brian @ Apr 5th 2009 4:55PM

And for a smartass remark...
Technically, it wouldn't be 'homocide' if you were killing tigers. I don't know what it'd be called though...."Tigercide?" lol....
PS LARA HAS A HAWT BODY WOOT WOOT

The Baron @ Apr 5th 2009 5:38PM

You spelt homicide wrong.

Brian @ Apr 5th 2009 6:11PM

Thanks for the catch.
"Homicide"-Killing a person in general
"Homocide"-killing people who aren't straight?

Sly (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 5th 2009 6:10PM

homocide is killing gay people.

Neuromancer @ Apr 5th 2009 7:00PM

Also technically speaking, I don't think there are any tigers in Tomb Raider: Anniversary.

Sly (PSN slycooper_rocker) @ Apr 5th 2009 7:39PM

wtf? 6:11 doesn't come before 6:10.

Supino @ Apr 5th 2009 5:04PM

The moment Steam introduced the euro, they lost a lot of european customers.

Our stores have better exchange calculations then Steam.. It pisses me off.
prices are 25% - 40% more in euro.

And they think we'll just forget after a while?!

Ian Harrington @ Apr 5th 2009 5:10PM

too bad steam has terrible support for there games

Veko @ Apr 5th 2009 5:17PM

What? What are you talking about? In what way do they have terrible support for them? That's an insanely ambiguous statement.

Besides, Tomb Raider is made by Eidos, not Valve. Steam is owned by Valve. IE: If there's a problem with a game, it isn't instantly Valve's or Steam's fault.

Then again, I ask what 'terrible support' are you talking about? I've bought 29 games on Steam over the last couple of years and haven't had a single problem with Steam since 2006.

Ian Harrington @ Apr 5th 2009 5:21PM

well wait til you do have a problem. i have over 11 games on mine, had a problem playing bioshock and TF2. contacted them and sent my Sys.dat file to them and they sent me a list of randomly generated responds like turn off your firewall, which was off and disabled at the time. responded to them and they never got back to me. had to start a new case with them on there help page and after 3 weeks they got back to me with the same responses. so yea steam has HORRIBLE support.

Veko @ Apr 5th 2009 5:24PM

Ah, you mean technical support. I've only used it twice, and both times went really well for me. The sad truth is that no matter what company it is, there's no such thing as 100% perfect customer support.

Ian Harrington @ Apr 5th 2009 5:39PM

i would settle for, "at least your problem was solve in the end" customer support :(

Tha0racle @ Apr 5th 2009 5:21PM

I picked this up yesterday but I would rather play this kind of game on a console. I just picked it up to support the series in the cheapest way possible :)

Veko @ Apr 5th 2009 5:22PM

I bought this yesterday and I only have two complaints. First, I'm only about an hour in and I'm already bored of that stupid hand-stand she does when she climb up onto a platform. Second, I think she's purposely aiming for non-vital areas of her targets. I just can't imagine it taking 6+ bullets to take down one wolf. Seriously, one or two shots in the head should be enough. The shooting bits are really boring.

When there's no enemies around, though, the platforming is reasonably fun.

This is all coming from someone who has never before played a Tomb Raider game (never had a reason to, but just happened to have $5 and a bit of time to waste), so maybe these are common problems with the series.

WiredKnight @ Apr 5th 2009 10:13PM

Welcome to Tomb Raider.

Ryan Hamilton @ Apr 5th 2009 6:03PM

The original TR in 96 was like a revelation in gaming for me. Having not played Mario64. TR really amazed me! I could finally explore a virtual 3D world. While seeing my character. I was always into that, exploring caves, castles, dungeons and temples. That excitement of discovery and what was just around the next corner. Even when I was playing Adventure on Atari. I was dreaming of a game like that. TR finally brought it to life for me. It took me a long time to finish TR and I have fond memories of certain sections of the game. I'll see a part in the game and remember what day and time it was, you could say it's a time in gaming I'll never forget.

Since then I've been buying TR games, sequel after sequel. Hope to capture that feeling again. But alas, nothing can top the feeling of playing TR in 1996. TR was ahead of it's time and there were few games to compare it to at the time. I really think the original TR doesn't get the credit it deserves, because it gets lost the shadow of Mario64 and Lara's sex appeal, but TR really paved the way for games like the revamped Prince of Persia and God of War. Especially in the aspect of solving puzzles, climbing and jumping in a 3D space while looking at your character. TR really layed the ground work for that. I still say that TR came before Mario64. At least it was being worked on before Mario64. There was a poster of the Sega Saturn I saw once with a small screenshot of TR and it was circa 1994.

flameofdoom666 @ Apr 5th 2009 7:47PM

Super Mario 64 was FIRST being developed on the SNES. It was then moved to the N64, because of the limitations. That game was being worked on for YEARS. Sorry :-)

Shogan @ Apr 5th 2009 9:16PM

The original Tomb Raider WAS awesome! After playing 2 and 3 though, I lost interest in the rest of the games, but TRA and TRL were both great games, which surprised me. $5 for this is incredible.

Ryan Hamilton @ Apr 5th 2009 6:07PM

I should say after all that. That I pretty much enjoyed TR Anniversary on XBL. I was really excited about reliving those TR memories. But nope, even with the new graphics. I wasn't feeling it. I was kind of bored actually. It's like comparing to when I first saw Star Wars in a theater in 77 and then saw it in 97. Still great, but the wow factor was gone. Nostalgia is like that sometimes.

Hindesite @ Apr 5th 2009 6:20PM

At 5 bucks I might just have to give this game a shot. I actually didn't know this one was a remake of the original until reading this article. XD I'm a little more interested now.

c4bl36u9 @ Apr 5th 2009 8:45PM

Hell ya, got mine Saturday night. I love steam soooo much! With all these great deals that steam throws around every weekend its made a honest person out of me. Now I dont feel so bad about snaggin them off torrent sites and paying for them later at a great price.