Tomb Raider Legend is an action-adventure game released for PlayStation 2 featuring the renowned character Lara Croft. The storyline centers around her quest for a legendary artifact in South America while confronting her rival Amanda Evert. Players explore various global settings such as the Himalayas and Japan, uncovering elements of Lara's personal history and the mystery surrounding her mother's disappearance.
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.