At 8/5/09 09:26 AM, sushi13 wrote:At 8/4/09 08:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: Yeah, many people had to use walkthroughs to get through the game because it was that hard. It's even worse in the later levels when you need it for so many things. The worst part of TR3 was losing your inventory in Nevada. Why couldn't they just take away the weapons and leave everything else be?Boy you're not kidding. The levels in TR3 were so large and detailed that it was easy just to get lost, making it even harder to do whatever you were supposed to be doing. I wouldn't have stood a chance without using a walkthrough. Losing your weapons is no new concept to the games but losing the whole inventory took the piss. I always played Nevada before the South Pacific or London so I could at least scrape together as many weapons as possible before getting to Antarctica but it was still a big pain in the arse.
That's why whenever I play Tomb Raider 3, I ALWAYS play Nevada first so I can get the inventory loss out of the way much sooner. Also, if I played the other two first, that only means more trouble for anyone. My friend actually played Nevada last and he had such a hard time completing TR3 as a result. :(
The Last Revelation could have been a good game, but what put me off were the level designs for parts of the game where you could enter one level and return to it later on and the save system. If you had to return to certain places, I wish it could have been like the first game where you'd revisit some places but on a different level.I completely agree with this but it hadn't really bothered me before I thought about it. My main issue with TLR was that I felt the levels were much less inspired. I loved the complete change in scenery every few levels in the previous games, whereas here it was like "great, another fucking pyramid."
The setting in Egypt wasn't bad but I felt it was lacking a lot. And yeah, I did see parts of the levels in the second half of the game and there were a few too many pyramids. It should have been just the one like in the first game.
The saving system applies to that game, Chronicles and Angel of Darkness. I really don't know why Core ditched the saving system from the first three games. They were done very well, most especially the first two. The fact that you couldn't replay any levels you've beaten or restart the current level really pissed me off. I actually experienced fatal glitches in those three games and when I was fucked for saving in one specific place, it was back to square fucking one. >:(Funny, I don't remember this at all. I owned all the games before Legend on the PC so maybe this problem was confined to the PS versions. I vaguely remember having to collect crystals to save on the PS version of TR3.
Yeah, there's most likely differences between the two versions so you might have not experienced the saving issues as I did.
I read your review and it actually enlightened me to whole load of things they did fuck up but I hadn't realised. It's been a really long time since I played TR1 and while I noticed things like the grouping together of areas and the epic music, I didn't notice a lot of the smaller details. Plus you're right, it would have been really nice to include the Unfinished Business levels. Bastards...
Heh, maybe all this talk about Tomb Raider will get you to play the original again sometime soon. :) But yeah, they made a few mess ups in the remake, most especially the bonuses. Why go through all the trouble to beat the levels as quickly as possible when all you get is infinite ammo? :( As for the secrets, unlocking new costumes, artwork and character bio isn't bad and all, but really, the Unfinished Business levels as a bonus for obtaining all secrets would be truly rewarding.
Despite this, I still think Anniversary was a pretty good remake.
Of course. :)
Despite that, I still wish to get Underworld for another platform with better controls. PC or PS3 (whenever I get one) will be good options, but I'll probably end up getting it on PC since I know someday Steam will lower the price of the game as well as putting it on sale for a few days. I know even getting it on another platform won't change the fact that the Kraken was killed without an epic fight, which is why I don't feel like paying too much for it.You should get it on 360 to take advantage of the DLC. I've played Beneath the Ashes so far and thought it was really good. It reminds me of the older games which has to be a good thing. I heard Lara's Shadow is pretty good as well, although it's much more combat oriented, whereas BtA is more puzzles and traps.
I would consider the 360 version, except I don't even have the console so that's out of the question for the time being. PC is the best bet for me right now, but again I'd like to play the DLC if I could.
At 8/6/09 04:07 AM, iscrulz wrote:At 8/3/09 07:45 AM, Bahamut wrote: Diet? Coca-Cola? NO THANKS!you should drink diet or zero to cut the calories and sugar, your teeth will thank you. Oh and Coca~Cola is the best, dude wtf.
Coca-Cola's not bad but Dr. Pepper is far superior. Also, fuck that diet shit. :P
At 8/4/09 08:07 AM, Bahamut wrote: So I won Most Underrated in the BBS 2009 Midyear awards.I knew you would win, Now go to the London meet and fellatio Luis and company and you will become a mod.
What if I refused to go to the meet? And besides, it's too late for me now.
