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Only kidding. But before the new era of Lara began, we got this, a collection of four adventures which the buxom one embarked on in the years prior to being erroneously declared deceased. The first sees Lara in Rome and features some classic Tomb Raider jumping and climbing gameplay, enhanced by her new ability to swing from bars like a chimp and traverse tightropes. The second adventure travels back to when Lara was sweet 16, and takes place on an Irish island packed with demons and ghosts.

With only a catapult to hold them off with, the emphasis here is far more on solving puzzles, although these do tend to be pretty rudimentary. Next is a reasonably action-packed Russian U-Boat base reconnaissance mission, and proceedings are finished off with a leather-catsuited Lara infiltrating a tower block aided by an annoying computer hacker.

It's all pretty standard Tomb Raider fare really, but although the gameplay is little more than an inferior rehash of what has come before, at five quid, it's still a steal. So this is Christmas, and what have rou got? Waaaidd-a-minute - wasn't the lovely Lara missing, presumed brown bread, at the end of the most recent game, the aptly-named The Last Revelatiorfl She certainly was, but that was never going to stop Eidos from claiming its Christmas bonus, and here she is again in all her glory.

So has she risen from the dead in a Christ-like fashion? Or emerged from the shower having forgotten the previous year, Bobby Ewing style? Not quite, as this is something of a history lesson, recounting not one but four of Lara's previous adventures. But don't worry, they haven't simply rehashed the old games - these adventures are secret ones that weren't documented in any of the previous four instalments.

So how do they come about? In an admirably contrived manner, as it goes. At a memorial service to commemorate the life of dearly departed Lara whose body hasn't actually been found, sequel fans , her best friends begin openly weeping and drunkenly recounting their favourite Lara stories. Flashbacks kick in and before you can say "Lara Croft's Cruelty Zoo" you're thrown into an all-leaping, climbing, swimming, animal-shooting escapade, sporting nothing but safari pants, a skin-tight top and a huge pair of pistols.

Business as usual then, and indeed the first adventure is classic Tomb Raider stuff, depositing Lara in the back-streets of Rome in traditional garb with a hankering for ancient artefacts. New moves include the largely cosmetic tightrope walking, and the slightly more useful ability to swing from bars like an orang-utan.

Fortunately, dogs can still be killed, and the story opens up via the traditional insertion of oversized keys into the relevant locks. It soon gets reasonably interesting, and if nothing else provides a swift reminder as to the series' merits.

Next up is a major step back in time, with a year-old Lara paying a visit to a sinister Irish island populated by ghouls, demons and rambling priests. Her impromptu catapult aside, no weapons are used in this section, which has more in common with traditional adventure games in that it involves a lot of wandering around and the occasional combining of unlikely objects. It's a change of pace from the opener, but still a reasonably intriguing affair, providing you can come to terms with manipulating a teenage girl.

Again, plenty of shooting and jumping, some reasonable set-pieces and a ludicrous selection of larger-than-life villains to contend with.

The final adventure sees another new costume, and it's probably the pick of the bunch. A skin-tight leather cat-suit with headset, the ensemble bears a freak resemblance to those worn in The Matrix, and indeed this section of the game has a similarly hi-tech feel, with Lara infiltrating a tower block aided by a typically annoying computer hacker.

Naturally, Tomb Raider Chronicles doesn't break the mould. It's varied enough for long-time fans of the series, and an ideal debut for newcomers. It's not Deus Ex by any means, but it isn't supposed to be. Of course, the PC can boast far better games than this, but it is also blighted by far worse. It would be easy to snobbishly dismiss it as a mere console game, but that would be denying yourself several hours of mindless fun. Not to mention staring at a posh bird's arse.

Announced back in May at E3 we must have missed the press conference was the fifth in the long-running Tomb Raider saga. Due for release in November, Tomb Raider Chronicles will again see the pendulous charms of Lara Croft bounding across our screens in a similar 3D adventure to the last four. Missing and presumed dead, mourners will reminisce over her life in between which a number of levels will kick in where, once again, we can control Lara's actions as she hurls herself around ancient cities dispatching the indigenous wildlife and locals with her trademark panache, using new weapons and skills, one of which is her newly discovered ability to walk across tightropes.

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