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So many people seem to hate this game, not only was it one of the first third person shooters that wasn't 2D, it has a great character.
Tomb Raider may have lousy puzzles, but it has vast and impressive environments and makes use of them, In the rainforest ladders are rock handholds, in the city, they're steel. Not only this, it has heaps of great locations, outfits, vehicles, weapons and enemies, so why does everyone hate it?
I love Tomb raider, I have all the games except one and love them, so please, inform me why it is so hated.
Ice Raider
Tomb Raider may have lousy puzzles, but it has vast and impressive environments and makes use of them, In the rainforest ladders are rock handholds, in the city, they're steel. Not only this, it has heaps of great locations, outfits, vehicles, weapons and enemies, so why does everyone hate it?
I love Tomb raider, I have all the games except one and love them, so please, inform me why it is so hated.
Ice Raider
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Tomb raider is the most empty game (it terms of gameplay) that I have ever played. Lets face it the only reason people like this franchise is because it has some bird with huge knockers and a fat ar$e as the lead charecter.
i dont hate tomb raider i think it is a good game
Tomb Raiders not a bad game but i found it very annoying when i'm suddenly ambused by an enemie and all i can do is ether jump all over the place avoiding been hit or stand on a rock like a coward and shoot down at the enemie, the camera angles are a real pain at time.
LARA'S CROFT?!?!?! Sounds nice...
The Tomb Raider series hasn't created a single "good" game.
Yes, the first one was sort of groundbreaking(ish) in terms of what it tried to be. Tried being the operative word here. They made several mistakes putting that game together:
• The levels were annoying, and the puzzles were reptitive and irritating.
• Too much time was spent on making Lara look and move well, and not enough was spent on adding gameplay to the rest of the game
• The designers got carried away with Lara, and made the character the selling point of the game, rather than the playability they forgot to put in, the great levels they never got round to designing and the brainteasing puzzles they had no time to put together because they spent all their time on Lara's waistline.
The first people to "get-off" on Lara Croft were doubtless the designers that put her together in the first place. All their time being dedicated to forming perfect breasts and waistlines, and their free time spent staring at a monitor and spanking monkeys, left little room for the game to be put together well, meaning that the game was doomed from the outset.
All the sequels that were to follow inevitably fell into the same trap, the first game having had success for the same reasons that the designers had lost sleep over it. Indeed, as they went from sequel to boring sequel, more and more time was spent on the single character that was to be the game's selling point, more monkeys were spanked and less inventive things were added to the games.
That a movie was made on the same principal as the games (that being to concentrate entirely on the physical attributes of the female lead character), rather than on storyline, character development, or anything else is merely tribute to the failing mental health of the game's original conceptors, as I'm sure by now they are probably committed somewhere, hugging Lara croft dolls, and spanking monkeys only when their arms aren't tied across their chests.
However, the whole Tomb Raider thing was good for one thing: getting the whole "make a female charcter the selling point" idea out of people's heads and into the market, so everyone knows what a bad idea it is.
Never again, I beg of the game developing world. Never again.
IB
Yes, the first one was sort of groundbreaking(ish) in terms of what it tried to be. Tried being the operative word here. They made several mistakes putting that game together:
• The levels were annoying, and the puzzles were reptitive and irritating.
• Too much time was spent on making Lara look and move well, and not enough was spent on adding gameplay to the rest of the game
• The designers got carried away with Lara, and made the character the selling point of the game, rather than the playability they forgot to put in, the great levels they never got round to designing and the brainteasing puzzles they had no time to put together because they spent all their time on Lara's waistline.
The first people to "get-off" on Lara Croft were doubtless the designers that put her together in the first place. All their time being dedicated to forming perfect breasts and waistlines, and their free time spent staring at a monitor and spanking monkeys, left little room for the game to be put together well, meaning that the game was doomed from the outset.
All the sequels that were to follow inevitably fell into the same trap, the first game having had success for the same reasons that the designers had lost sleep over it. Indeed, as they went from sequel to boring sequel, more and more time was spent on the single character that was to be the game's selling point, more monkeys were spanked and less inventive things were added to the games.
That a movie was made on the same principal as the games (that being to concentrate entirely on the physical attributes of the female lead character), rather than on storyline, character development, or anything else is merely tribute to the failing mental health of the game's original conceptors, as I'm sure by now they are probably committed somewhere, hugging Lara croft dolls, and spanking monkeys only when their arms aren't tied across their chests.
However, the whole Tomb Raider thing was good for one thing: getting the whole "make a female charcter the selling point" idea out of people's heads and into the market, so everyone knows what a bad idea it is.
Never again, I beg of the game developing world. Never again.
IB
The Tomb Raider series hasn't created a single "good" game.
Yes, the first one was sort of groundbreaking(ish) in terms of what it tried to be. Tried being the operative word here. They made several mistakes putting that game together:
• The levels were annoying, and the puzzles were reptitive and irritating.
• Too much time was spent on making Lara look and move well, and not enough was spent on adding gameplay to the rest of the game
• The designers got carried away with Lara, and made the character the selling point of the game, rather than the playability they forgot to put in, the great levels they never got round to designing and the brainteasing puzzles they had no time to put together because they spent all their time on Lara's waistline.
The first people to "get-off" on Lara Croft were doubtless the designers that put her together in the first place. All their time being dedicated to forming perfect breasts and waistlines, and their free time spent staring at a monitor and spanking monkeys, left little room for the game to be put together well, meaning that the game was doomed from the outset.
All the sequels that were to follow inevitably fell into the same trap, the first game having had success for the same reasons that the designers had lost sleep over it. Indeed, as they went from sequel to boring sequel, more and more time was spent on the single character that was to be the game's selling point, more monkeys were spanked and less inventive things were added to the games.
That a movie was made on the same principal as the games (that being to concentrate entirely on the physical attributes of the female lead character), rather than on storyline, character development, or anything else is merely tribute to the failing mental health of the game's original conceptors, as I'm sure by now they are probably committed somewhere, hugging Lara croft dolls, and spanking monkeys only when their arms aren't tied across their chests.
However, the whole Tomb Raider thing was good for one thing: getting the whole "make a female charcter the selling point" idea out of people's heads and into the market, so everyone knows what a bad idea it is.
Never again, I beg of the game developing world. Never again.
IB
Yes, the first one was sort of groundbreaking(ish) in terms of what it tried to be. Tried being the operative word here. They made several mistakes putting that game together:
• The levels were annoying, and the puzzles were reptitive and irritating.
• Too much time was spent on making Lara look and move well, and not enough was spent on adding gameplay to the rest of the game
• The designers got carried away with Lara, and made the character the selling point of the game, rather than the playability they forgot to put in, the great levels they never got round to designing and the brainteasing puzzles they had no time to put together because they spent all their time on Lara's waistline.
The first people to "get-off" on Lara Croft were doubtless the designers that put her together in the first place. All their time being dedicated to forming perfect breasts and waistlines, and their free time spent staring at a monitor and spanking monkeys, left little room for the game to be put together well, meaning that the game was doomed from the outset.
All the sequels that were to follow inevitably fell into the same trap, the first game having had success for the same reasons that the designers had lost sleep over it. Indeed, as they went from sequel to boring sequel, more and more time was spent on the single character that was to be the game's selling point, more monkeys were spanked and less inventive things were added to the games.
That a movie was made on the same principal as the games (that being to concentrate entirely on the physical attributes of the female lead character), rather than on storyline, character development, or anything else is merely tribute to the failing mental health of the game's original conceptors, as I'm sure by now they are probably committed somewhere, hugging Lara croft dolls, and spanking monkeys only when their arms aren't tied across their chests.
However, the whole Tomb Raider thing was good for one thing: getting the whole "make a female charcter the selling point" idea out of people's heads and into the market, so everyone knows what a bad idea it is.
Never again, I beg of the game developing world. Never again.
IB
I thought I was the only one who hated these games, all my friends seem to love them. And I agree with Protoss and Ashley, Max Payne is the true banchmark game for the 3rd perspective genre, and turds all over the crappy tomb raider.
tomb raider is pretty rubbish. weak storylines, sparse action. max payne is so much better. in tomb raider you can play for ages and make little progress due to some extremely nonsensical puzzle. it needs to be better thought out.
I played the first and thats where it ended. I tried to stay away from ever owning another TR game but i failed. Why? cos I bought an Ericsson mobile and got a damned free copy of TR chronicles with it ARGGGGGGGG. But all was not lost, It made a wonderful coaster.
But also I must say the Nell Mcandrews incarnation of Lara was more the satisfying ;)
ITS NOT REAL GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!
But also I must say the Nell Mcandrews incarnation of Lara was more the satisfying ;)
ITS NOT REAL GOD DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!
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