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Taking a risk, for the first time since perhaps early 2001, I decided to buy without reading extensive reviews. I did it early on in PS2's life, going on instinct and pretty game covers, but usually these days I put at least a few minutes thought into it. With Tomb Raider though I was kinda tempted, despite seeing some negative previews that said little niggles were still in the game.
Anybody else having fun with Tomb Raider? I enjoyed the five minutes I've so far tested it for, but feel that this may not be an accurate representation for the rest of the game, mostly because I met no enemies, and had every move spelled out for me. However, more testing will take place soon, but one thing I already found annoying about it - speed. Why does she take a few seconds to start running. I'm willing to accept its probably more realistic, and looks smoother, but I much prefer the Devil May Cry / Final Fantasy 10 style control where characters start running straight away when you ask them to. Still, its only a minor niggle, it'll be fun to see how the full game turns out!
Taking a risk, for the first time since perhaps early 2001, I decided to buy without reading extensive reviews. I did it early on in PS2's life, going on instinct and pretty game covers, but usually these days I put at least a few minutes thought into it. With Tomb Raider though I was kinda tempted, despite seeing some negative previews that said little niggles were still in the game.
Anybody else having fun with Tomb Raider? I enjoyed the five minutes I've so far tested it for, but feel that this may not be an accurate representation for the rest of the game, mostly because I met no enemies, and had every move spelled out for me. However, more testing will take place soon, but one thing I already found annoying about it - speed. Why does she take a few seconds to start running. I'm willing to accept its probably more realistic, and looks smoother, but I much prefer the Devil May Cry / Final Fantasy 10 style control where characters start running straight away when you ask them to. Still, its only a minor niggle, it'll be fun to see how the full game turns out!
Yup, having loads of fun with TR. Played 14 hours straight on the day of purchase, and loved every minute so far.
Don't worry about having everything explained to you - that'll soon stop. The easy first part is just a replacement for the training levels (such as Croft Mansion) in the previous games.
The easy first part is just a replacement for the training
> levels (such as Croft Mansion) in the previous games.
*Shock*
No mansion!
No farting butler to lock in the meat locker?
Argh!
*Goes to play TR2*
I quite liked the rain effects, but must say that the CG sequences seemed a little fuzzy. I guess after that FFX-2 trailer, we've probably been spoiled - the Tomb Raider sequences seem to be no match for the Squaresoft artwork.
Ah well, back to it soon I guess!
Hey Wooks, I tried sending an e-mail to ya last night, seemed to get stopped, some kind of error with your address, not quite sure what the e-mail I got meant. I'll try the other one in a bit, but hope you don't have any troubles with your e-mail!
> Hey Wooks, I tried sending an e-mail to ya last night, seemed to get
> stopped, some kind of error with your address, not quite sure what the
> e-mail I got meant.
I got a message from you today - will reply later today.
The error you got was probably because of the anti-spam software I recently installed. I did add your address as a friendly one, but obviously there's still some settings I need to play with! :-)
I haven't played it though, so I don't really know.