For those of you who've been wondering where I've been spending my time away from the forums, it's been here: attempting to find some redeeming value to the TR:A game. This is the Jade mini-review/rant. Bear with me, please. There are no spoilers for the game storyline itself, though if you've played the original, you wouldn't have to worry anyway. For fans of the original Tomb Raider, the new Anniversary falls hopelessly short. Touted as a "remake of the original", it in fact retains little of the best TR game of all the ones I've played so far. Yes, the graphics will blow you away compared to the 1996 graphics of the original, yes there are new moves, different enemies... but, there are those of us who simply want our original Tomb Raider (which sadly can not be played on Windows XP without downloading several patches, spinning around to your left three times and... and only on days that don't end in 'y'.) playable on our computers. So anyway, for those looking into this game as a "remake" of the original, save your money. Unless you want to spend several hours just figuring out the controls, then another several attempting to get through a level before realizing: "hey, I'm allowed to climb around corners now?!", buy something else. Oh yes. And cheat codes can only be unlocked by beating a level twice. Once to unlock the replay, and another time on "time trial" mode... doesn't that defeat the purpose of a cheat code? ~Jade
I don't really care for Tomb Raider myself, but i was thinking of getting this for my sister (she's a TR fan). I'm still thinking whether she'll enjoy this or not. I didn't think it would be as good as the original but a lot of games aren't. So this game wouldn't be worth getting at all?
I wouldn't say that. It's frustrating for one who's only played the original three (like me); if she's played/liked Angel of Darkness, she'll probably like it.
I was a big fan of the original, it was a brilliant game. I've been weighing up whether or not to get Anniversary, but I'm not a huge fan of remakes so I don't think that I'll bother.
