Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend is an action-adventure game for GameCube in which protagonist Lara Croft embarks on a quest for a South American relic. The narrative intensifies with the return of rogue anthropologist Amanda Evert, who seeks revenge after a deadly incident in Peru. Players navigate diverse global locales, uncovering Lara's past and confronting both allies and adversaries while pursuing ancient artifacts.
Heroine Lara is searching for a South American relic, but her adventure takes a different course when rogue anthropologist Amanda Evert shows up. Presumed dead along with a team of graduate students after an accident in a tomb in Peru, where Lara was the only one to escape, Amanda is back with a score to settle as they both race, along with the shady James Rutland Jr., to obtain an ancient artifact. Many other characters, both friends and foes, will stir things up. The story takes Lara through locations all over the world, from the Himalayas to Ghana, Kazakhstan, Bolivia, Japan, and England, including her famous mansion filled with secrets and collectibles. Aside from current events, Lara's past is also revealed, through flashbacks. Among other things, you will get to know how she lost her mother and why it is such a burden.