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Game Information
- Platform: PlayStation2
- PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- New Lara, new attitude
- Sub-plots emerge through the course of the game
- Cutting-edge graphics
- Brand new control system and new range of moves
- New playable character, Kurtis Trent, with his own distinctive moves
- Character evolution--improve Lara’s abilities depending on how you play
- Character interaction--Lara's conversations with other characters affect the outcome
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
It's been three long years but finally Lara's back in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness with all the puzzle-solving, platform-clambering action you'd expect. The game's intro sees Lara being hunted down by Parisian gendarmes and accused of a crime she didn't commit. This forces her, once she escapes their initial attacks, to uncover the mystery of the evil Nephilim.
The first thing you'll notice when playing The Angel of Darkness is that they've changed the control system to try and make it fully analogue--but it hasn't really worked and lining up for jumps in particular is now infuriatingly difficult. You do get used to it but there's going to be a goodly proportion of fans who'll just immediately give up in disgust. This is a shame because apart from that one (admittedly fairly major) blunder the game is pretty good and far more inventive than any previous Tomb Raider game. For starters there's no set path through the game, but plenty of minor and major plot branching: you now have the chance to talk to people and further affect the route the game's plot takes.
You can also try out a new stealth mode, hand-to-hand fighting, a rather spurious RPG-style attribute upgrade system and even play as a new male character. The Angel of Darkness isn't even close to perfect but apart from the appalling new control system it's mostly all good news and once you start clambering over and under all the new buildings and tombs you'll start to remember just why this series has remained so popular over the years. --David Jenkins
Product Description
In Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, a series of grisly murders brings Lara into conflict with a sinister Alchemist from the past and a secret alliance of powerful individuals shrouded in mystery. At the centre of these mysteries are the Obscura Paintings--five 14th century pieces of art that the Alchemist is desperate to repossess. Accused of the murder of her one-time mentor, Werner von Croy, Lara becomes a fugitive on the run. Pursued by the police, she follows the Alchemist into a dark world of blood, betrayal and vengeance where it is up to her to defeat this unholy alliance, and stop them from unleashing their incredible powers on the world.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
When this game FINALLY arrived, (after having it's release delayed by god knows how long,) I was really happy. I started my PS2, whacked the game in, wowed at the impressively dark and moody intro. When the I was finally given control of Lara... Well, I had expected the controls to be a LITTLE different, but these took me by surprise. After spending a few shaky minuites trying to hop onto a trash can, I started to feel at ease. It was going well so far: the graphics were amazing, Lara was much more versatile, able to pull off more fancy moves than before. Ten minuites later, I wanted to phone sony and tell them that My playstation had suddenly started playing games bad. It couldn't have been the game itself: it's Tomb raider for god's sake!
But no, the sad reality is that the new Tomb raider is Lara with a really bad makeover. Sure the graphics are great, and the music genuinely stirs, but the gameplay that made all the other tomb raiders so fun has been buried. Even with the addition of some character interaction and a new playable character, (Kurtis, and no, you don't get to use that cool flying disk of his,) it's duller than a rainy day at a pensioner's cricket match. The inclusion of having to do something in each level to build up Lara's strengh in her legs, arms etc. really kills the game too. Basically, you wouldn't want to buy this game unless you were quite an avid Lara fan, and even then, it's better to get it used,(which won't be hard, considering the number of people that will want to get rid of their copy.) I won't put the game down completly though, it does have it's moments...just not very many of them.
In short, it could have been much, much better but is an overall disapointment, seeing as we had to wait so friggin' long for it to arrive.
But no, the sad reality is that the new Tomb raider is Lara with a really bad makeover. Sure the graphics are great, and the music genuinely stirs, but the gameplay that made all the other tomb raiders so fun has been buried. Even with the addition of some character interaction and a new playable character, (Kurtis, and no, you don't get to use that cool flying disk of his,) it's duller than a rainy day at a pensioner's cricket match. The inclusion of having to do something in each level to build up Lara's strengh in her legs, arms etc. really kills the game too. Basically, you wouldn't want to buy this game unless you were quite an avid Lara fan, and even then, it's better to get it used,(which won't be hard, considering the number of people that will want to get rid of their copy.) I won't put the game down completly though, it does have it's moments...just not very many of them.
In short, it could have been much, much better but is an overall disapointment, seeing as we had to wait so friggin' long for it to arrive.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This game nearly received a 2 star mark from me but being the sentimental old fool that I am it just squeezed three. You see, i'm old. Old enough to remember the Amiga (now in my loft) and old enough to remember being blown away by the arrival of the Playstation and in particular the original 'Tomb Raider' and Lara Croft. Yes, Lara's much more well-rounded on the PS2 and the very grey PS1 graphics are now, well, less grey. In fact it's noticeable on some levels more than others but there is a little more eye candy than before. Gameplay is still a combination of run, jump, push this, pull that and solve the puzzle etc. Not everybody's cup of tea I know but if it ain't broke.... Sound wise it's actually very good and the music is superb and v. atmospheric even though after a while Lara's grunts do tend to grate on the nerves. I've tried to be positive so far for old times sake but here goes.... For starters, it's way too short. I finished it in under 10 hours which for a game these days is poor especially for the amount of dosh needed. If I'd saved pocket money for this I'd be p****d off. The Kurtis Trent character? A good idea but too fleeting and as you only play him for only 1 level you are just getting into the character. His character doesn't really have any different moves to Lara either, in fact he's even more slower and cumbersome than she is during boss fights. Lara's stealth move- again a nice idea but whether you sneak up on the guards patiently and choke them or blow them away it doesn't make any difference to the gameplay. I'd like to have seen some pay off for stealth and patience v brute force. I could go on but finally...Tomb Raider is about raiding tombs? YES? Where were the bloody Tombs? The game's release date was put back and put back and... it shows. Come on Core or EIDOS or both of you. I waited nearly 3 years for this and it disappoints. I wait with baited breath for the next instalment (2005 I believe). Only next time, finish the game properly.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
I must admit I was extremely excited for the this title. I mean Lara Croft in her own right is a Legend. After putting the disk into my PS2, I was expecting a game that would surpass my expectations and hopefully set new standards.Boy.., I was VERY VERY WRONG!Nothing at all feels finished. Everything, is sub-standard. By that I mean controls are useless and puzzles are just not puzzles.There's horrendous slowdown when more than two characters are moving on screen. Clippings everywhere, and you can get stuck behind boxes. Items can literally disappear if they're not picked up in a timely fashion (making progression impossible), game logic is ridiculous at best (you can take out a dog with a couple of kicks, but 100 bullets won't knock it out of commission). Enemies disappear when killed. The game has an obscene number of load times. Even the documentation is wrong.Bosses, or whatever they are, are just plain stupid. Just circle 'round them while shooting, and you'll win nearly every battle. Only one of the boss fights is challenging, and that's simply because the game's target system does not work properly. However, much I try to like this game, I just can't. I just went out to buy the PC version, and that to put it bluntly "sucks as well".The narrative and set pieces could be the best thing about this game, but overall the game lacks in the key ingredient.., game play!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Despite the bad reviews....
This game is actually really good, I thought the controls were dodgy from the beginning compared to the other games- but you do get used to it-plus my 'tutorial' section has... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Oliver Sedgwick
people are overreacting
Just because a few people started saying this game was no good before it was even released, you got a stempede of players giving it bad reviews as soon as they got their hands on... Read more
Published 4 months ago by m17
Don't waste your money
I brought this game just recently and I thought it wasn't too bad for the first five levels or so. But then as the game went on its true colours started to show. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A M Foster
DO NOT BUY
THE WAS A BIG DISAPOINTMENT. THE GRAPHIC ARE RUBBISH THE GAMEPLAY IS VERY POOR, AVOID BUYING THIS GAME! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND GET A BETTER ONE.
Published on 11 Jan 2010 by Michael Hobbs
DoA or AoD
The Angel of Darkness is by far the most challenging game in the series. Lara Croft needs upgades to pursue the next mission and Kurtis Trent provides his own i-cups. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2009 by John Thorpe
Disappointing.
I have to admit that, possibly like many, I went out and pretty much bought this straight away after that three year wait. Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by Ms. L. Hern
difficult to control at first
i found this game very enjoyable but had problems with controling her moves she can be a bit wooden at times and it can be frustrating, but the atual game play is fabulous, i... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2009 by goldielocks
What a stinker!
How can I best describe Angel of Darkness? Hmmmm...
Well, I've played all the other Tomb Raiders and loved them all
in different ways, but this... Read more
Well, I've played all the other Tomb Raiders and loved them all
in different ways, but this... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2009 by J. Carson
People are right, its not THAT bad.. just not great
Well I got this game second hand about 2 Christmas's ago off my brother, expecting a really good game. It is good.. but before then I wasn't really a Tomb Raider freak like now. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2008 by H. Nichols
An embarrassment to the franchise.
So wrong in so many ways.
The development of this, Lara's first PS2 outing, was a history of setbacks and postponed release dates. Read more
The development of this, Lara's first PS2 outing, was a history of setbacks and postponed release dates. Read more
Published on 10 April 2008 by S. J. Wilde
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