Tomb Raider 3
Reviewed by Aristotle
Since I was a die-hard fan of the first two Tomb Raiders, I
bought the third Tomb Raider FULL PRICE, $49. 99, and I
thought that it would be the epitome of cool, way better
than its precessors. I believed that the gameplay would be
awesome, that the story would be magnificent, and that the
graphics would be so awesome, they're sickening.
Boy, was I wrong.
The Graphics are, in my opinion, are typical Playstation
graphics, the first Tomb Raider had much better graphics
than these. Fortunately, for this game, I don't really think
graphics affect gameplay that significantly. But still, Lara
looks uglier in the third game than the two precessing ones
put together. Bad graphics.
The Sound and Music are pretty much the same, except that I
do NOT recall there being any music to the game, except when
something bad was about to happent to me, the scary music
would enter. But the sound doesn't really impress or
disappoint me, a little better than average sound for the
Playstation, whenever Lara yells or fires her gun, the sound
is crisp and clean, and you can hear footsteps thundering
about the ground. Bad music (or lack thereof), but pretty good sound.
The Story is definitely the worst of the three Tomb Raiders.
Lara Croft, the world famous archaeologist, is off
adventuring again, like the other two. But there is nothing
she is searching for, it's just for fun. At least in the
first and second Tomb Raider, she was trying to find
something hidden in the tombs she was raiding, hence the
name 'Tomb Raider'. Horrible story.
The Gameplay is just the same as the first two games,
nothing different. Nothing really to comment about here. No,
wait, I found something to complain about; since when does
Lara raid prison cells and the streets of London, all
lurking with humans?? The game is called TOMB Raider, for
Pete's sake, so she should be raiding TOMBS!!! I just think
that the fact that her adventures take place in such urban
areas decreases the '
The Controls are completely the same, all of the buttons do
the same things. One reason I loved the Tomb Raider series
was the excellent controls, while somewhat clumsy, they are
good enough for me to like and give a high score to.
The Replay Value is excellent, just excellent. This game is
kind of like the Final Fantasy series, almost. You must play
through a ton of gigantic worlds and then you get to the end
boss. But this takes a very long time to do this, something
like the Final Fantasy series, where it is like 'You are
guaranteed to get at least one hundred hours of gameplay
from this game'.
The Difficulty of Tomb Raider 3 is not hard at all, just
LONG, which makes it seem very hard, though. It also has a
reliance on 'cheap tricks'. What I consider a cheap trick
is a tight situation of which there is absolutely no clue
whatsoever as to how the heck you get out of the situation.
This is a VERY cheap-o way of gaming.
Overall, only eithe die-hards or Tomb Raider fans would love
the third of the series, this is definitely NOT a good game
to begin with if you're new to the series. Overall, this
game is a pretty bad game, but I still got my hours' worth
of it, then threw it out the window in frustration :)
GRAPHICS: 9/10
SOUND/MUSIC: 7/10
STORY: 5/10
GAMEPLAY: 4/10
CONTROLS: 10/10
REPLAY VALUE: 8/10
DIFFICULTY: 6/10
OVERALL: 5 out of 10
The Final Thought: If you buy Tomb Raider 3, make sure you
get it at a good price, something like $9. 99, otherwise I
assure you that you'll be getting ripped off.
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