Does anyone else like the Tomb Raider games? I personally like the first and second. They had the best storyline and gameplay IMO. Nostalgia is also involved of course, as I've played the Tomb Raider games for a large portion of my lifespan. Although Lara Croft can be attractive, the sheer originality of the adventures in the games are what really attracts me. Exploring a sunken ship, the Great Wall of China, Atlantis, Egypt, Rome, and many other ancient tombs to explore.
I've gotta try the old school ones. I played one on the PC but I can't remember which one. All I remember was a motorcycle jump on a rooftop. Which... eh... I wasn't expecting from what I heard about Tomb Raider games. I thought they were supposed to be Indiana Jones but with boobs basically. I'm sure the first couple were true to form, so I'll try those one day.
I did however enjoy the reboot and am looking forward to try out the one announced at E3 this year.
I only ever got to play the first two as well, and at the time, I remember being so impressed about how revolutionary it was. I even got to play them again a year ago and I still enjoyed them because they are still very well made games despite the graphics being a bit dated.
I must admit that I haven't played Tomb Raider in ages... I did play the second Tomb Raider many, many years ago, but back then I wasn't very good at the game at all, and mostly all I would do was mess around with the Butler, lock him in the fridge and stuff like that.
I do however own all the Tomb Raider games on steam now, apart form the newest one that is. I bought the Tomb Raider collection a year ago or so, which included all of them apart from the newest one. It was quite cheap, but despite that I haven't even touched any of those games...
I remember liking it, but being bad at it, and if i were to start playing these again, I would most likely fall in love with the games mostly because of heavy nostalgia. They're a bit dated now though, so anyone who haven't played them back in the day might find them to be quite out-dated. i've heard some horror stories of the camera just being a real mess, and stuff like that... I think that's mainly a problem for the very first few games though.
I'll try to find some motivation into playing the Tomb Raider games soon, ugh... I have way too many games I have to play in my backlog.
The first couple of them I really got into them with the myriad of adventures that Croft would be involved with. The later versions really didn't do much for me so I only play the first few once in awhile for nostalgia's sake.
There can't be anyone interested in gaming who doesn't know anything about Lara Croft and Tomb Raider. So really, an introduction about Lara shouldn't be necessary. Tomb Raider was always about the discovery of hidden treasures and mystical lore. The thrill lay in entering a level with mysterious pyramids, cavern etc and the thrill of finding out how to get into them and doing reasonably well thought out puzzles.
And that is so totally not apparent in the reboot. The reboot is to me like AC3, everything tightly squeezed in to appeal to the very casual/action/shooter/stealth/hunter/micromanagement genre aka neither here nor there. The few puzzles I get in this game are pathetic compared to the previous installments of TR. And what is it with the killing animals and skinning them? I get it, she is trying to survive and all, but FarCry3 has this and of course AC3 does it as well, but it all points too much towards "now press button XYZ to find out how it feels to plunge your knife into a being". Which brings me to the mechanics of these aforementioned games as well...and the dreaded quick time events. These started to annoy me with the TR Anniversary, so they are not a new pet hate, they just managed to get super annoying now.
The Reboot is a console game for the new age gamer that doesn't want to be bogged down with spending time on puzzles and finding your own way around obstacles without help. I again find myself (like in AC3) playing a game that doesn't hold any thrills, but bores me half to death while playing it. Shame, I can still play the old TR games, but this one is not captivating me at all and I seriously doubt I will replay it again.
