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Summary: Tomb Raider....Code Name Veronica
Review: Is more fitting as Lara's latest adventure plays more like a Resident Evil Game than a Tomb Raider Game. No, Cancel that, The Resident Evil Series is far more playable.
One of the beauties of the orginal games was the Gameplay, crisp , responsive controls..nearly glitch free. After playing the original games for a few hours, everything became intuitive, the control scheme, gameplay (jumps,running, sliding, climbing), what Lara could and Couldn't do
So what do we have with this game? Rubbery controls, a floating Camera that is truly annoying. I found my self centering the Camera behind Lara everytime I turned her, or jumped on a crate..tons of needless button mashing! and Glitches , Glitches, glitches, (e.g. sometimes Lara will not climb onto a crate for some reason, or she will get pinned against a wall, and can't move etc...)
The Stealth componenet is just silly as is the "Body part" power ups...("I feel Stronger). Note to Edios...Play Metal Gear to see how a true stealth game is made..and leave it out of the next game!!! Lara is NOT A Navy SEAL, she is an Archaeologist...!!
The Premise of the game is good, and i liked that aspect, very much, but as usual with Eidos..they get "wowed" by thier own cleverness in the graphics department and overkill it (See TR III's dynamic lighting effects)...so much so that the most important aspect suffers...gameplay!
We can only hope that the next game returns us to what we were expecting in this one..an actual Tomb Raider game! with GOOD Gameplay and Tight Crisp Controls.
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Summary: excellent
Review: Yes, there are parts that are a bit tricky. If you don't like a challenge don't bother with it but it is very involving and well laid out. Great story line with wonderfully interactive characters all providing enough clues and goodies to keep the game moving. If you like intelligent, challenging games then this one will be for you, otherwise just stick with the kiddie stuff.
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Summary: greatest game in the univers
Review: This game is the greatest tombraider game of all the time !!! The graphics are wonderful and also the story is . It can be a litle blt buggy but who cares . Bugs make this game more interesting !!!! If you cant play without unlimited ammo , use a cheat . It is not that hard you know .
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Summary: Incredible, Excellent, and First Rate Fun!
Review: This is a winner! The Angel of Darkness has a great plot and story. Plus the new combat moves are really cool. It is a challenging game, but well worth playing. The graphics in this game are egualy impressive, the camera angle can be a little frusterating at times but overall it has the best graphics of the series. Lara has a great new look and with the inhanced graphics, her sexy body is really a big element like in the movies. This is the game to buy if you want a challenge, and top scale fun. (...)
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Summary: unusable controls, graphics glitches.
Review: I LOVE the tombraider line. I waited for this game with bated breath......And it was absolutely horrible. :(The controls are so bad, the game is virtually unplayable -- they're sluggish beyond belief! No more fast-paced running & jumping. I literally had to STOP MOVING, in order to perform side jumps! (doesn't work well, when you're being chased by a ball of flame, from an explosion behind you) It crashes randomly. There's graphics glitches all over the place. Should've known it was crap, when the release date kept getting moved back. /sigh Note to self: read the reviews before buying another TR game. /lms
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Summary: NOT TOMB RAIDER in any sense of the word
Review: Wow, am I gullible. I read all the other bad reviews about slow game play, glitches, and an awkward Laura. I thought, no, it can't be that bad; after all, it's Tomb Raider, and they've all been a lot of fun. Big mistake. First, the levels are boring! No surprises at all, and while there is a lot of area to explore there isn't much going on at all. There are about 1000 doors that don't do anything, so I'm stopping at all these pointless doors. There are also several timed puzzles where you only have 30 seconds or so to do something, which was fun and challenging in the previous episodes, but with such lousy controls its frustrating as heck to make her do what she needs to do.
Second, the controls are horrible. Laura does a few new things, like climb things by herself, but its annoying not helpful. The movement is slow, even on a fast computer, like driving a car with both front tires gone flat. You press the button and wait around for her to start moving. I have noticed that if you start moving forward while trying to turn, she starts off walking, which is horrible when trying to line up a jump.
Third, it looks like the developers went to great length to do away with the square world Laura was living in before. The result, however, is that you never know if you'll make a jump, and the vertical distances are horribly distorted.
Fourth, the camera is unbearable. When Laura is close to a wall preparing to leap to another ledge, for example, it's very common to be looking at the top of her head. There are numerous times when the camera won't realign on its own or even if you try to force it. More than once, I was looking at Laura from the front, and the camera was on the ledge she needed to jump to.
Fifth, the glitches are embarrassing. If car manufactures tried to get away with shipping a product that worked okay most of the time, people would freak out and manufactures would be scrambling to improve the product or just go out of business. Laura stands in mid air, gets stuck to walls, and when I try to quit the game, half the time it hangs and I have to power down and restart. I know its possible to make games without glitches.
Like the other reviewer I found myself screaming at the computer. If the game were fun, it would be easier to forgive the glitches, but its just boring. It's just going through the motions, not playing. Please, buy it used if you have to own it, but don't say I didn't warn you. The one good thing is that you can play from the hard drive. Makes me wonder why so many are available used, hmmm?
Thanks for reading
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Summary: not for a middle of the road pc......
Review: i tried playing this game on a pc slightly above minimum requirements and i would have been generous if i have given it even 2 stars..all the previous complaints and bad reviews are justified HOWEVER on a powerful p4 based machine with plenty of ram(keep it 512 or up) a hot graphics card(ati radeon 9800pro) made the game come to life-great graphics and i didnt have to much of a problem guideing lara around and i'm really only a novice player-i did miss that slide sideways action lara had in the older games and didnt really like the default controller assignment(i reconfigured it)i had a good time playing it overall though-just remember DO NOT BUY THIS GAME TO USE ON AN OLDER,SLOWER PC!!!
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Summary: Do not purchase this game!
Review: Let me give you some advice that will keep you from pulling your hair straight out of your scalp... stay away from this game. Don't take just my word for it... alot of folks here feel the same way. Do not listen to those that tell you that all this game needs is a killer machine to run. Believe me, I have a good machine and the controls are still awful! You get tired of yelling at Lara, telling here to get her butt up them stairs! People around you will think your nuts for screaming at the screen. Laura has never looked better, that is true. The graphics on this game are amazing. It's sure nice to look at, that is for sure. But, even if had a ghost of a chance of making Laura go were you wante her to go, you'd still have to deal with bugs, freezes, Laura walking on air, and attrocious angels. Do yourself a favor... stay away.
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Summary: Tomb Raider : The Angel of Darkness
Review: Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness is not as bad as they say but has got the be the weakest of all Lara Croft games. It is a good action adventure game but with big problems. The bad controls and odd camera angles are the major ones. The controls are quite different from the other games and will take some time to get used to. Lara has some new moves like punch and kick but they are useless because of the ugly controls. They do not cause much damage either. The AI is very bad. The enemies do not notice you when in stealth mode and it is better to use stealth than combat. The weapons are bad too, no pistols with unlimited ammo. The enemies also drop few ammo when killed. Lots of puzzles but easy compared to the others. We also get to play a new charecter Kurtis Trent in a couple of levels. Controls are the same but he is a total waste. There is not much about him, he has no story too. His boss level is the most frustrating level in the game. It will take you hours to get past and what happens after that is enough to drive you crazy. Graphics are far better. Lara is better detailed here. The story is quite good. Verner has been murdered and Lara has been framed for it and she is on the run, she must find out who did it and why. Except for two boss levels, the levels are well desinged. Tomb Raider VI is not a bad game, it is the controls and the camera angles that make it unplayable.
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Summary: Morons
Review: Now that I have the attention of half the idiots posting comments here. 1.) If your not using an up to date machine, don't complain about the way the game runs. Get a life and go buy a real PC. Meeting just the minimum requirements does not cut it. 2.) For those of you who suck at playing games, we know who you are as you cannot win or play any game with similar control features... Don't give up your day job, do, give up trying to play games. You'll just end up frustrated with life and will most likely become a Liberal whiner and try to control the world, worry about if trees feel pain, cry for dead animals, and such other worthless crap. Oh, and.... the damn controls are customiseable, but you would not know unless you knew how to read the damn instructions!! Then you have the gall to complain because your an idiot. GO AWAY!!
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