Tomb Raider was over rated

[j_factor]

Tomb Raider isn't so pretty to look at (and never was), but its greatness lies in the level design. Awesome puzzle-solving combined with action. It's an engrossing quest.

Actually, I still think the entire series is quite good, except Chronicles (which sucks), number 3 (not horrible but a let-down), and maybe Angel of Darkness (never played, but everyone hated it). Hmm, that's a lot of exceptions. Let's just say that Tomb Raider 1, 2, The Last Revelation, and Legend are great (to varying degress). Although it is true that the original is rendered unnecessary by Anniversary, any remake that improves on the original in every way is going to do that. And Anniversary is damn good, especially on Wii.

[Phantar]

Tomb Raider oozed atmosphere in every way shape and form (but mainly square blocks) and although sluggish now, was packed with a real sense of isolation.

Yeah, isolation does describe it nicely, isolation in the sense of "Okay, that grey block of rock looks exactly like that block of rock, do I have to turn left or right, I´ve already killed all the wolves around here, I´ve been looking for that d&·$·$%$E·"$ door about ahalf an hour, ah, there it is, dang, it´s closed again, i have to return to the lever, WHERE THE HECK DO I HAVE TO GO??? *sobsob*

yeah... I got issues...

[Melf]

I really enjoyed the first two games, as well as Legend. The sense of exploration was awesome, and the series really shines when it focuses more on the tomb raiding that the shooting.

I still need to pick up Anniversary. I thought I had snagged an Xbox 360 copy for $22 until I got home and my 5 year-old daughter pointed out that I had bought Legend... again.

Serves me right for not really looking at the box.

[Genesis Knight]

At least she's got your back.

[108 Stars]

Yeah, isolation does describe it nicely, isolation in the sense of "Okay, that grey block of rock looks exactly like that block of rock, do I have to turn left or right, I´ve already killed all the wolves around here, I´ve been looking for that d&·$·$%$E·"$ door about ahalf an hour, ah, there it is, dang, it´s closed again, i have to return to the lever, WHERE THE HECK DO I HAVE TO GO??? *sobsob*

yeah... I got issues...

That is the perfect description of Tomb Raider. I still cry for the 100,-DM I paid for it back in the day....

[108 Stars]

Double-post! Ban me!

Here, I found an interesting pic; looks like the best Tomb Raider ever...on NES.

[Phantar]

Now THAT´s a hot-looking Lara Croft! For an 8-bit-sprite, that is...

[Smii]

Argh, but she looks broken - crawling at you like a ghost from a Japanese horror film.

Don't think I've posted in here before btw, so I will state that I don't like Tomb Raider. Never played it back in t'day, found it very boring when I finally got round to it.

I'd give the 8-bit version a try though

[sheath]

This thread seemed like the best place to post my first 720p comparison video. I had a hell of a time with the second half crashing as I tried to output it. I ended up outputting only 1500-2000 frames at a time and then opening them up in a new project just to put them back together again. That process took about a week thanks to all of the failed outputs. I don't think I'll be making too many videos like this as a result.

[Black_Tiger]

Tomb Raider was a neat 3D Prince of Persia game. It's not as legendary as some make it out to be, but also not nearly as bad as others say.

[The Jackal]

Everyone whinges about the controls on the classic Resident Evil games, yet no one seems to make mention of the original TR games' shit control scheme. Took me years to progress past the first level in 'Raider II and I still haven't beat it. RE1,2,3+ no prob.

[NeoVamp]

yet no one seems to make mention of the original TR games' shit control scheme.

Check the first couple pages of this thread, lotsa complaints about the 1 second pause before jumps.

[sheath]

I agree with Black_Tiger, Tomb Raider was 3D Prince of Persia, but with T&A. I enjoyed the first one, didn't really play the rest of them. Given the reputation of some version of Tomb Raider though, I was really surprised at how similar the non-3D accelerated versions are.

[Crackdown]

I have NEVER liked Tomb Raider, seriously over rated

[Black_Tiger]

I agree with Black_Tiger, Tomb Raider was 3D Prince of Persia, but with T&A. I enjoyed the first one, didn't really play the rest of them. Given the reputation of some version of Tomb Raider though, I was really surprised at how similar the non-3D accelerated versions are.

I actually could never get into the sequels either. I think that they would have been better off working on refining the core gameplay and keeping things simple with better stage design.

I had a lot of fun with the original on Saturn and it was neat playing through the Playstation version a couple times after that. The novelty of a fully 3D environment was a big part of the draw at the time though.

It's overrated in the sense that it isn't 'teh greatest game evAR', not in the sense that it is a crappy game that fooled a bunch of people at the time like Toshinden.