Tomb Raider

Originally posted by FifaSeriesFan

As for The Getaway,well it wasn\'t THAT bad!and it sold bucketloads so I guess you were all wrong about that one!

/me passes out due to laughter

Originally posted by FifaSeriesFan
How come you guys always seem to diss the successful games like Tomb Raider?

Fair enough it\'s your opinion but before you play it,don\'t pass judgement cause AOD may well be a great game.
As for The Getaway,well it wasn\'t THAT bad!and it sold bucketloads so I guess you were all wrong about that one!

Eidos know that they could face a massive backlash from us if this is poor but I\'m expecting big things from this IF it ever comes out

first off people only bought the getaway coz of the hype and coz it was a gazillion years in development (i\'m glad i got a used one for dirt cheap then sold it to another guy for a profit hehe...).
the game sucked monkey nuts, i have seen better textures in psx games. the only thing worth mentioning about the game is the dialouge.
as for TR:AOD, i\'ve played it at the game store (sat in the backroom and played for about 20-30 mins). and my god thats one god awful game, if it was\'nt lara having gigantic boobs that game won\'t be worth pissing on.

Originally posted by Tyrant

first off people only bought the getaway coz of the hype and coz it was a gazillion years in development (i\'m glad i got a used one for dirt cheap then sold it to another guy for a profit hehe...).
the game sucked monkey nuts, i have seen better textures in psx games. the only thing worth mentioning about the game is the dialouge.
as for TR:AOD, i\'ve played it at the game store (sat in the backroom and played for about 20-30 mins). and my god thats one god awful game, if it was\'nt lara having gigantic boobs that game won\'t be worth pissing on.

/me pats Tyrant on the head for such a superb post and sed a cookie of his choice from Scotland all the way to Bahrain.

you also forgot Gameplay which hasn\'t even been evolved or updated since the First Tomb Raider

oh look lets all have the Auto Lock “fun” that only made exciting by back flipping and side flipping.

Oh and
 Switch and key hunting = VERY BORING !

Originally posted by Tyrant
as for TR:AOD, i\'ve played it at the game store (sat in the backroom and played for about 20-30 mins). and my god thats one god awful game, if it was\'nt lara having gigantic boobs that game won\'t be worth pissing on.

here we go again the whole Boobs debate...

I play it for the puzzles and the addictiveness...

as for The Getaway,well I have two words as to why it was crap - Vice City

enough said

so TR:AOD is a severe let down (and i was right)?

No not for me.

Like I said before. I only played TR 1 and 2 previously....

That said. I like this one just as much as 1 and 2. Yeah, it does have problems, which TR didn\'t?

I\'m like 10-12 hrs in now.

Slowdown? I encountered this in 2 areas, big deal. Yep, when it does occur it is SLOW but in the 2 areas I\'ve encountered (rooftops in rain, and Sanctuary/Seasons) it posed no threat to Lara.

Glitches? Yep, a couple but nothing major....so far...

Controls? Man, I like the controls. Yes, it was akward at first. In the begining I was spinning Lara left and right, once I got used to it, and started using the Left and right sticks in conjuntion while manuvering it was all good from there. And I like not having to push extra buttons to climb and such.

The only real complaint are the near impossible and or timed jumps. TR has never been an accurate, or speedy control scheme when it comes to jumping and it looks like it still isn\'t.

Then again... THAT\'S TOMB RAIDER.

Bottom line?

It plays like.. you guessed it.. Tomb Raider.

Not a 5 star, more like a 3, but it\'s fun nevertheless, IMO.

Originally posted by mm
so TR:AOD is a severe let down (and i was right)?

anything with Lara Croft is a letdown to you.

I got a preview copy of the game from a friend behind the scenes@E3 and I tried it out and it plays really well and the upgrade system works really well,the control system feels more responsive,and although there are a few bugs which need to be ironed out it\'s a good game and feels fresh.

I\'m getting it when it comes out in the UK.

Im with cygnus. I mean we all have the right to be critical, but its just like mm with movies. MM is a movie snob and takes less pleasure from watching the ok movies (god knows i get like this too at times) whereas people that dont harp on some of the bad thing obviously can take more from the experience. Nobody says you have to buy the game and if you dont like it fine. I can be just as critical and mean it but if there is some way in which i can enjoy this game without being so petty then so beit.

Thats my 2cents but hey, to each his own.

Well I\'m still playing it.  After a couple more times I\'ve gotten to the Cemetery.

I still don\'t like the changes to the camera and movement.  They also didn\'t sync up the ledge-climbing controls w/everything else.  The loading screens in Parisian Ghetto are way too frequent.

I can\'t figure out why they only show 12 bullets in your gun when you have 10 clips in reserve and there\'s no \'reload\' function.  It gets to 0 then you pull the trigger and you\'re back at 11.

TR1 - Good
TR2 - Best
TR3 - Crap

TR4 - Average

The rest of the in between "mission pack", "gold edition" blah are all forgetable. Seriously, they should retired lara while the rating was high...I\'m just not interested in TR anymore.

Getaway - Worst than all the worst TR game ever put together, including those crap TR sequels yet to be made. It isn\'t worth the disc it\'s burn on.

AOD could have been a lot better if they\'d taken the time to get her movements down.  The biggest problem is that the controls are jerky at best.  All the other stuff can be overlooked.  Ok that and switching camera angles mid climb/jump.

i just got tomb raider 6 angel of darkness and so far it pretty
good game  i like tomb raider games

riiiiight. Well i just rented thise game and at first i was pretty dissapointed, but as the game went on i found myself being more stuck into the game and it was pretty damn fun. Nothing blew me out of the water, but not playing tomb raider for quite some time and seeing this new refreshment of the series was just interesting within its self. It would have killed the game for me if it were more corny but its not all that bad. The controls i got used to and do have any beef with. The slowdown was pretty pissy in the first parts but i rarely experience it now. The one major, yet small, thing that pisses me off in this game, are the parts where theres an area where youre not supposed to go, and instead of there being a wall you just start dying once you walk into it. That was uber gay. Besides all that i think its pretty enjoyable. Probably a 7 out of 10 perhaps.

played it,loved it,will buy the pal version when it HOPEFULLY comes out next week.

I agree with Lord Nicon and basically what he said was right so I don\'t need to say the same cause thats just spamming.

Is it out in the US?
it\'s just us in the UK are basically getting f*cked around by eidos and i\'ve heard people say they have played it and rented it.

I got a copy sent from E3 and it\'s a bit bugged but plays ok actually.