As close to a visual novel as you can get without having an auto-skip button. Navel-gazing text dumps punctuated by interludes of shitty DnD "reload until you get the right dice rolls" combat.
Boring, uninspired me-too mishmash knockoff of Baldur's Gate and Diablo (both shit games).
Diablo but with oodles of soy-flavored WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS WORDS walls of text and Reddit "humor". The usual DnD trappings still apply so you will be watching 4 characters swing at a goblin dozens of times without hitting and spending literal game weeks in dungeons to "memorize" your spells and heal.
Absolute must-play.
The Oblivion of the series. I've read that the expansion was outsourced to some Indians, well it feels like they did the main game too.
On a more serious note, this game is, simply put, GTA3 with cowboys, similar to how RDR1 and 2 were GTA4 and 5 with cowboys, respectively. If you never played the console exclusive RDR1, GUN is a decent substitute.
Core Design had become burned out on TR during development of The Last Revelation and it shows. Lara's butt stuffed in tight shorts is about the only saving grace of that game and its sequel.
Only slight wrinkle is a severe case of "early game hell" caused by the addon. If you power through however, you'll be rewarded with an action RPG bonanza.
Extremely mild spoilers below Mouth off to a guard, he will beat you to within a literal inch of your life (bar) and help himself to your valuables. Refuse to pay another guard "protection"? You will be approached by an inmate that will offer you to help with a quest if you help him beat up and rob another two inmates... only to be ganged up on by all three - they were all in cahoots with the guard. If you run away he will apologize and say it pays better than slaving away in mines. On the other hand: the weird guy with the big club hanging from his waist that REALLY wants to be your friend and wants you to find a quiet spot so you can "talk"? He actually just wants to talk and actually wants to be your friend. The combat is intentionally clunky - you are supposed to pick your battles. Pick a fight with 3 giant dodo birds and you WILL die. Bribe a local hunter with beer and he will teach you how to "pull" the birds one by one so you can defeat them easier and gain valuable XP. I am hard pressed to find a game, old or new, with as much, for lack of a better word, SOUL as this. The only few examples I can think of are MGS2 and 3. Even Deus Ex's vaunted "ladies' restroom" gag pales in comparison (and was better executed in MGS2, anyway).
A more than worthy successor of the original.
