In Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Lara's experiences changed her
deeply. She’s become a darker, hardened, imperious version of herself. A
desperate phone call from her former mentor Von Croy leads her to Paris.
But as she arrives, she discovers that the old man was brutally murdered
and a plot to...
In Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Lara's experiences changed her
deeply. She’s become a darker, hardened, imperious version of herself. A
desperate phone call from her former mentor Von Croy leads her to Paris.
But as she arrives, she discovers that the old man was brutally murdered
and a plot to frame her for his death is in motion. Avoiding the people
pursuing her, she needs to clear her name and unravel the mystery of an
ominous medieval order of alchemists and mystics. Surprisingly, she doesn’t
have to take on the world by herself this time. Lara’s kindred spirit, an
adventurer by the name of Kurtis Trent, is there to offer a helping hand.
But can he be trusted?
With a new graphics engine, new moves, new playable character, and a new
approach to storytelling, this Tomb Raider game feels more like a Dan Brown
novel than an Indiana Jones movie. Be sure not to miss this new chapter in
Lara Croft’s saga.
Play as Lara or her male counterpart, Kurtis Trent.
Story-driven gameplay with dialogs actively shaping the plot.
New controls allowing hand-to-hand combat, stealth attacks, last second ledge grabs and more.
I'll be honest, I liked this entry in the series. This game was the most interesting and different game in the tomb raider series and was scrapped because of it. As the review below states, it's an unfinished game that was supposed to be a trilogy and it's such a shame they were too scared to at least delay this one until it was finished properly. Since this game I have been more and more disappointed in Lara's adventures, which is such a shame because I grew up with her, i'm still hoping the latest one will be a little better. I would recommend buying this, but maybe from eBay for about a £1 for ps2.
With a Tomb Raider 5 that was really no more than a Tomb Raider 4 expansion pack sold full price, CORE Design really had to get their head straight with that one. The game was full of promises during its development and got a lot of people excited - melee combat, a new playable character, a more define and open story, sounds amazing! But as we all know today, CORE failed this really hard, and the title fell so flat on its bottom that the dev team never got another chance.
Where do I begin about what is wrong with this game ? There is so much to tell. Is it that Lara spends most of the game in a generic denim jacket and jeans, only to get into an even more disappointing black goth inspired outfit ? Is it that the game has terrible controls (especially on PC, the mouse controls still haunt me to this day) ? Is it the visual aspect of the game that utterly fails at producing anything memorable or even take advantage of the PS2's raw power compared to an aging PS1 ? Is it the stamina bar that depletes when trying to even climb something ? Or is it the random unexplained and nonsensical RPG elements such as pushing a crate to get stronger so you can break a lock ?
Angel of Darkness is really a full failure, that made no sense and feels like a waste of time more than anything else. Even if you are a full fan of the series, this is still a very bad title to avoid altogether. Thankfully Crystal Dynamics saved the Franchise with Legend and the amazing Anniversary.
I'm on the side of those TR fans that enjoyed it despite all its flaws. The graphics are quite nice and a huge improvement over the previous games, and the scenarios are quite nice too. There is a good level of exploration involved, and quite a lot of shooting, and that made it enough to make it at least enjoyable to me.
That said, let's go with the bads. The story is a mess, and the most clear indication that this game was not finished. Characters are just not being introduced into the story, they just show up, and you should know who they are, and the biggest WTF for me was the end boss. When it revels it's true identity, Lara pronounces his name like they already met before, which never happened!!. It's just impossible to follow, and the RPG element, full of silly dialogues, don't make it easier. More often than not, it just makes you waste your time.
But story telling was never the strong point of any TR for me, but complex level design and tight controls. As I said, the levels are pretty cool, although for a game called Tomb Raider, there should be some more tombs... but I guess that was the idea of the game, to change scenarios a little bit. Controls on the other hands ARE NOT!!. Lara now runs so slow that feels like she is jogging, and is very hard to calculate the appropriate distance for a long jump. Let alone the fact that the same Lara Croft that was able to move blocks 10 times her weight, now can't hang from a rope or wall for more than a few seconds.
It feels very different, but still feels like a TR games. But paying 9.99 bucks for this game alone, is just a scam. If it were included with LR and Chronicles, it would be different story, but standalone, I wouldn't pay more than 1 buck for it.
I played this game on PS2 multiple times and even with its jank I enjoyed it for what it was. I thought I would go back again and play it on PC, but I CANNOT play this game with MnK. I tried using a controller on PC, but that just does not work out the box. Google/The Internet seems to have "fixes" for using a controller, but its just too complicated for me to try for such an old and janky game, so I gave up trying.
Disappointed I couldn't go back and play this, as I was able to go back and play TR 1 to Chronicles with no issue on PC.
This game had strong potential of becoming one of the best TR games or PS2 games because of the mighty legacy that the original TR games had back in the day.
Sadly this game is one of the worst games ever created and it was the final nail in the coffin for Core Design and the TR franchise until Crystal Dynamics resurrected the franchise with 3 pretty good TR games.
However Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness is very buggy, the controls are even worse than the previous entries in the series.
I would only recommend buying this game if you want to get into game design and see just how bad a game can be.
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