Wenn Spieler die Survivor-Timeline kritisieren, dass sie kein echtes Tomb Raider sei: DAS hier ist Tomb Raider. Ein starker Hauptcharakter, die ikonischen Pistolen, elegantes Movement, ein epischer Soundtrack und natürlich Ruinen und Gräber.
I have never played the classic Tomb Raider games before, but already the first one just feels like nostalgia. The first one is a must-play to experience a back to the roots Lara Croft. The game is packed with DOSBox to run it on modern systems, which is definitely playable, but not as smooth of an experience as being native. The second game draws the series into a more action focussed game, which I did not really enjoy. This has been done by mostly placing enemies behind doors, that might have the potential to be very lethal. I hope you saved just before, because if not, you are replaying quite a bit, and that happens quite some times. But no worries, the third game reduces the amount of humans being between Lara and her goal. You even have the choice in which order you want to visit the three locations (Nevada first!). But all have in common: Vehicles might behave clunky, but o gosh, the soundtracks when Lara mounts a vehicles are just epic!
While most players will choose other parts of the series as their favourite game, I really enjoyed both The Last Revelation and Chronicles pretty much. Both upgrade Lara with new movement. In The Last Revelation, she learns swinging with ropes, which is indeed a bit clunky, but partially fixed in Chronicles, and also to climb poles. Chronicles also adds the ability to somersault down from an elevated niche, as well as tightrope walking. And it feels just great. Regarding the levels, both games could not be more different. The Last Revelation is located just in Egypt, while previous games usually had levels around the world. However, the ability and necessity to change between levels as often as you want at certain points generates a feeling of a much bigger world, though you might loose track of what to do and where to go next. Chronicles on the other hand presents four independent chapters about adventures of Lara Croft. I liked especially the last one, where Lara infiltrates a skyscraper to take an artifact. Chronicles suffers from little time under development. Some parts feel empty and unfinished. Which is sad, but it is still enjoyable.
