They hold up pretty well, controls much better than the original games, lara is very likeable, level design is well thought out, soundtrack is great, and more... just go for it =}I finally finished Shadow last week after having it for a couple years. I loved the last 3. Never played the middle ones. How do they hold up? Originals are just too ancient for me to enjoy. I never really cared for them when they were new.
Obviously the original series was always going to have a slight advantage in my eyes, lol.Based Elvira user
Angel of Darkness wouldn't be terrible at all if it wasn't for the Paris level. They tried to introduce more open aspects as some RPG mechanics but it was sooo bad executes. The game changes drastically after Paris and come back to the old route; but I suspect the trivial development didn't given the time to polish and eliminate the bad parts, it's quite evident.I remember being very young playing the original ones on my PC. You got the sense of true exploration, discovering tombs, puzzles... angel of darkness was a mess, I stopped playing at the "I feel stronger now" speech, after she pushes something...
original timeline was the best tho
In Angel of darkness and underworld Lara turns Goth... we all went trough that phase lol
Anyway, now we have Lara having Dad issues, multiple personality disorder, the game make us feel really stupid when the puzzles lights up...
Square Enix does not even knows what tomb Raider is about anymore. Is a mess of different things...
Played more or less every entry in the series, not an hardcore fan of the series in general, but if I have to choose one, I go with the survival seriesDiscuss
1996 - 2003
- Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3, Last Revelation, Chronicles, Angel of Darkness
2006 - 2008
- Legend, Anniversary, Underworld
2013 - 2018
- Tomb Raider (2013), Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider
The problem is that the Japanese business side of SE (the people who have the money and power) i doubt they have a clue of what kind of game the original series used to be. They have seen the games obviously but i doubt they understood them beyond a superficial level.I remember being very young playing the original ones on my PC. You got the sense of true exploration, discovering tombs, puzzles... angel of darkness was a mess, I stopped playing at the "I feel stronger now" speech, after she pushes something...
original timeline was the best tho
In Angel of darkness and underworld Lara turns Goth... we all went trough that phase lol
Anyway, now we have Lara having Dad issues, multiple personality disorder, the game make us feel really stupid when the puzzles lights up...
Square Enix does not even knows what tomb Raider is about anymore. Is a mess of different things...
It is not about that, for some on us, the new tomb raider series does not excel in any category. It is a bipolar game, or a toss everything we know type of game. Puzzle game, "open" world, shooter etc.I know its cool to hate the new games or whatever, but personally they are three of my favorite games of the last generation
So it wasnt made for you. Simple.Current Tomb Raider by a mile. I didn't really like TR games until Tomb Raider 2013.