Tomb Raider!

[Nifleheim7]

But the save points were so scarce ;_;


I mean, I'm not asking for as many checkpoints as Anniversary, but a little more forgiveness would have been nice

The checkpoints (save crystals) in TR1 were fine.They were at all the right spots so if you died it wasn't much of a hassle to begin again.It had a good balance of punishment and forgiveness.:I

TR2,4 and 5 had a save anywhere system which i think is the most appropriate save system for a TR game.

But if you are referring to TR3 yeah i agree.The save system (collecting save crystals) was extremely harsh especially for first playthroughs where you want to explore the levels as much as possible.Combine that with TR3's challenging gameplay (one of the hardest PS1 era games) and you have a game that can be extremely frustrating.
It took me months but i managed to complete TR3 without the Save cheat.Probably because i didn't knew about it back then.Otherwise i would have been very tempted to use it.

[Breine]

and the whole "perfect jump" thing where you had to align to perform it right were eventually just an evidence of how block-obsessed the games were, and how old-fashioned the control system became. Making everything run more smoothly (i.e. making it more fluid) was definitely the right way to go. But hey, each to their own.

You are confusing controls with animations.Totally different things...

No I'm not.

But as the controls got more smooth, the animations kinda had to follow.


EDIT: Oh, and I agree on Tomb Raider 3's save system being ridiculous.

[Jessweeee♪]

Hahaha so who here locked the bulter in the freezer every time they went to Lara's House in TRII?

[Breine]

Hahaha so who here locked the bulter in the freezer every time they went to Lara's House in TRII?

Haha, I did. Seriously, I loved his moaning and groaning.. and farting xD It was annoying that he would follow you whereever you went, though. The sounds of the teapots approaching.

[Old Manus]

The butler in TR2 damaged my childhood psychologically more than the Quaker Oats man. I had to lock him in the freezer every time because he kept sneaking up on me. At least in TR3 you could shoot him, it was just unfortunate that he wouldn't die.

[Levian]

Yeah, the butler was such a pain in the ass. When it sounds like you're constantly about to die, you should probably retire. Get out of my house old man!

Tomb Raider 1.
Awesome game. I especially loved the stage with the different gods from different mythologies and the giant room where you could fall down five stories. I think the level was called St. Francis Folly maybe? I played that level over and over again. I eventually got stuck at Palace Midas. There was one metal bar I just never could find. I remember replaying this game about 3-4 years ago, and I actually did find that metal bar I had been looking for all my childhood! I got stuck again on the next level though, The Cistern, and I never got around to getting any further.

Tomb Raider 2
Best TR game imo! this game wasn't too hard and not too easy, as well as it run a bit smoother than the first game. I had so much fun with this game, it's also the only one I've beaten. Actually wait, I never did finish the very last stage, when you are in Lara's house again. Not sure if that's not just an extra level though. It had some pretty epic levels too. Like the opera house. :] and the shipwreck.

Tomb Raider 3
Hardest game ever. Argh, I never even got passed the first level, that's how hard this game is. I mainly just stuck to playing Lara's house xD

Tomb Raider 4
Fun game! I actually got pretty far on this one. I don't remember much of this game except that I had fun while playing it though.

Tomb Raider Anniversary
Just great. The old Tomb Raider + lots of changes. I played the first 6 levels of Tomb Raider 1 so much that I remember them step by step. I could probably insert that disc and get through those levels without any problem at all right now, but Anniversary changed just enough things to make it different while still having the same feel.

I never played the others. Not sure if I'm hardcore enough, they seem pretty hard from what I've seen of my sister playing the games. She's a big fan and is pretty damn good at TR.

[Nifleheim7]

I never played the others. Not sure if I'm hardcore enough, they seem pretty hard from what I've seen of my sister playing the games. She's a big fan and is pretty damn good at TR.

Legend and Underworld are ridiculously easy. Especially Legend...

You should play Chronicles.It has the best graphics of all the classic TR's,the gameplay is basically the same (with an addition of new moves) and its difficulty ranks between TR1-TR2.

[Jessweeee♪]

The butler in TR2 damaged my childhood psychologically more than the Quaker Oats man. I had to lock him in the freezer every time because he kept sneaking up on me. At least in TR3 you could shoot him, it was just unfortunate that he wouldn't die.

The sound of the teapots coming behind me was so creepy. What was even creepier was seeing half of him come after me through the freezer door after I locked him in, so every time as soon as I pressed the button I ran out of there and didn't go back into the kitchen again.

Tomb Raider 1.
Awesome game. I especially loved the stage with the different gods from different mythologies and the giant room where you could fall down five stories. I think the level was called St. Francis Folly maybe? I played that level over and over again.

That level was really neat! One of my favorite parts of Anniversary was seeing the new prettiness it had and listening to the commentary about how they messed up the names of the gods xD

[Breine]

St. Francis Folly is a really good level, yes. One of my favourites in that game.

By the way, isn't Tomb Raider (i.e. the original game) supposed to be on PlayStation Store? I can't find it anywhere

[Rad Bromance]

I only played Tomb Raider, 2, 3, and Last Revelation, and loved them all, but 2 was by far the best in my book.

I never played any more after that for some reason. I was going to play Legend but it looked so...Un-Tomb Raider.

[LunarWeaver]

Bought the first as a tadpole and played them all since. I like the first two, and after that they didn't progress enough. Most of them were terrible and I don't know why I stuck with it. Angel of Darkness is one of the biggest disappointments of my life.

Legend is my favorite of the bunch. Lara has always been so popular, but mainly because she had weirdly shaped boobs in 1996. She had no personality beyond being British until Legend. Some felt her two BFFs talked too much, but I was cool with it.

Anniversary was fun, but frustrating at times. Again, she barely interacted with anything other than spikes and ledges. I know most Tomb Raider fans love the I'M ALONE feeling, but to me it just feels empty. Still, nice enough.

Underworld I couldn't finish. At this point I was spoiled by better games, and after Uncharted 2 the series will need to catch up a lot for me to give a .

:bitch:

[Crop]

Tomb Raider 2 was my first game for the PlayStation, and I was hooked from then.
I'd say TR2 is the best one by quite a bit, then Last Revelation, 1, 3 and C.

I was never a fan of the PS2+ series, after waiting what seemed like decades for AoD I was left with a bitter taste of "past its prime" in my mouth. Sure Legends and Underworld were ok, but I prefer the old school ones - also, all PS2+ Tomb Raiders are really short and/or easy.

Anniversary was a nice blast from the past though. I wish they did it for TR2, it'd be nice to see.

[McLovin']

The tiger from Tomb Raider 2 I think it was scared the out of me. And so did the panthers at the beginning of Tomb Raider gold.