Tomb Raider 1+2+3

These games doesn´t work here. Too many bugs, as described in other reviews. (refers to the GOG Version)

TMB 1 - 3 stars TMB 2 - 2 stars TMB 3 - 2 stars The tomb raider series is for me a question mark in video games. I've never been able to go very far with this tree titles or the following ones. Tomb Raider 1 is the most appealing duo to the location visited by Lara, that have a good atmosphere but the second and the third seems a rehash of the first with different locations also if you visit a lot of new locations and there is much more traveling i really cannot get in them. The gameplay behind TR in general is not so great for my standard. Jumping on blocky platform, shooting at random animals ( TR1 still have a point on this, the wildlife is varied and seems to integrate better in the level but the other TR...bleh) is not a big deal. To be honest i've not even finished the TR1 but i went farther in the story than for all the others TR games. The problem is that i risk of dying of consumption every time i try to go further. With TR2 the boredom starts riding me, before being able to finish the Venice campaign i want to quit the game because 1) Venice and the next level (i looked at them on youtube) are so unimpressive 2) killing some stupid spongebob dudes armed with shotguns is not what i really want to do 3) i'm tired of killing animals (really i don't undersand why but seams that TR is all about animals that hate Lara, and Lara returns the feeling of hatred) 4) puzzle are heavy (not hard but heavy, like carring something heavy on the shoulders) 5) the pace of the game in general and this is also valid fot TR 1 is very slow. I'm never gone more further away than that. And with TR3 is also worst i've not even finished the first level, and they are the good levels of TR3 and TR2 compared to the next levels. (the only two appealing levels for me in TR 2-3).

That's right all the games won't run on 2560x1440 monitors! My monitor started each game with a warning! Also there is the issue that GOG refuses to identify TR1 individually; making it impossible to ask for help with game bugs like what to do when the Mime in Atlantis gets stuck! Or where to find the temple key when then the monkey does not drop the temple key!

The Tomb Raider games were actually never really that good. The controls are clunky, the stories are largely forgettable, and the action is sparse. Technically they were never that impressive, and personally I thought they were boring. Yet still, I cannot deny that there is a certain nostalgia to these games, and they did have quite a bit charm which prevented them from being complete failures. A female protagonist helped, as it was one of the few franchises to feature one. This is what ultimately boosted it to the popularity it has today. Just know though, these games really arn't that great.

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