Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness 
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Publisher:Eidos Interactive
Developer: Core
Rated:
"Absolute Crap"
[submitted by Vivi] There are two words for this game. Absolute crap! Now lets see the list for the bad stuff:
If you are standing on a two story platform and you can see under you you will notice your shadow on the floor below you.
I doubt this game is even worth a rent. But enough making it look bad (I don't have to do that, It does it by itself.) The only good things of the game are it sort of looks nice and it loads fast. The voices sounded good when they were said there lines right.
All in all, I rate this game a 1 "It�ll keep you
busy until the next game you want"
[submitted by theNavarone] Game-play:
Graphics:
Sound:
Lifespan:
Overall:
Gameplay: 9/10
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 8/10
Life span: 9/10
A Second Opinion:
At random points the game will freeze.
Sometimes you fall through the floor.
At the begining you don't really get the story.
I played 5 minutes and I had to retry 6 times so you have to save about every time you open a door.
You have very bad controls like a mix between Resident Evil and Tomb Raider (Go figure).
Core can't spel any better tan i can.
As with all tomb raider games, the run, jump, swim, solve puzzle
elements
are still there, but with added features. They include; stealth,
neck-breaking, hand to hand combat and army-crawling. Ms Croft also has
drainpipe shimmying and other useful moves at her disposal.
The gameplay is allot slower than past games though, which makes the
whole
thing so much more realistic. Even the jumping has been cut down a bit
to
add to the realism. Lara no longer starts with her trusty (but shit)
dual
9mm pistols that never run out of ammo, which causes fear in the sense
that
you can run out of ammo. Thank god for the punching and kicking.
Another major change in the game is that it has a more �RPG� sense to
it.
Whenever lara reaches a door, or an item she can pick-up a hand icon
appears
in the bottom left hand corner. When she gets a body upgrade (yet
another
change) she can do things she couldn�t before, thus reaching areas
previously inaccessible.
The angel of darkness has one major drawback. As we are in the
�graphics�
section of the review, it�s pretty obvious what that is. The graphics
aren�t
up to scratch bearing in mind how long Core have been working on this
title.
There are no fingernails on Lara�s hands, even in the CGIs! This is
noticeable as soon as you get into the game, which for me, was rather
upsetting.
Mistakes are made throughout the game including the chat with the one
time
looker near the beginning of the game (the signs are brown in the
cutscene,
yet blue in-game).
The sound of the rain splattering on the floor whilst being chased down
an
alley by a pack of dogs was a great part of the game. Even the sound of
Lara
dying was pretty impressive (though frustrating). The sounds play a
vital
part in any game, and Core have made every sound make it look as though
the
characters are saying them. It�s the complete opposite of that program
�Monkey�.
I only have one complaint about the sound and that is the music makes
me
scared in the right places, which is good, Right?
With multiple endings, you can play this a few times so, it�ll keep you
busy
until the next game you want. There are many ways to solve each puzzle
and
different questions to different people will lead you different places.
This game has so much to offer including �the making of� and other
extras.
If this does not satisfy you for even a month, then there�s no pleasing
you
sir.
Admittedly, there are a few levels that are so easy and quick, they�re
over
in a matter of minutes, but that�s why they added the multiple endings,
isn�t it?
Total: 9/10 
OVERALL RATING:
