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 center of this conflict are five 14th century paintings, the Obscura Paintings, which the Alchemist is desperate to repossess.

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This game reminds me of Word for windows, it spends all it's time trying to anticipate what I want, NOT just doing what I said. Ok so my grammer is poor, and I can't spell but can you please just walk in a straight line, and not spin around on the stairs like you're trying out for some kind of square dance marathon.

Sure the graphics are good, the dialog is good, but the cut scenes drive you absolutely crazy. Especially in those few situations where you have to "get out quick" before she blows up, and you're spending half the night clicking every button in sight to get it to "JUST LET ME PLAY!". Then there are the load times to get from one place to another. In the "Paris getto" section, every 1/2 block you're loading the next screen.

Don't expect an extremely enjoyable game, only those obsessed with finishing will truly enjoy the challenge. It could have been so much better. She's a great character, but this game makes you wish she'd stayed in the tomb.

13 of 15 found the following review helpful:

waste of money!!!!!Oct 03, 2003
By lainey
Oh man, this is horrible! I'm a Lara junkie, and I'm completely embarassed by this horrid game. The PC controls are a joke, you just seem to spin in circles when you're just trying to make a simple turn. I feel completely ripped off by the folks at Eidos for releasing such a bug filled game. Game locks up at the worst possible moments, cut screnes are too long and dull, just let us play the game without the need to watch a movie every level...put all that energy into fixing the movement controls and lock up issues. Please, don't waste your hard earned cash on this!!! Maybe Eidos will get the message.

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

Play this game to practice PATIENCE >:(May 02, 2006
By Melinda
Okay, so I'm not a gamer but seriously there cannot be a more frustrating game out there. Well, maybe...Here's the thing: Tomb Raider is such a big stinking deal among gamers I figured since I have a pretty good PC I'd invest in some cool (used)games for my past time. I got very lucky or so I thought when the price was marked down to $4.99 with an additional 30% off. This is more of a challenge than I care for. Ditto to most reviews that I read.

The one thing that I would say is if you Google this game for tips, walkthroughs and cheats it may help immensely. I got a few walkthroughs from various sites. I really like not having to go to doors that are locked. Very annoying!!

If you decide to buy this make sure of a few things:

1. You are not tired or in a bad mood.

2. You don't mind a challenge-although not mind boggling fun as it is cumbersome-then you may enjoy it after all.

I'm going to tough it out for at least 3 levels. There are 29 levels to this game. It's almost risky to continue but I refuse give up this early.

GOOD LUCK!!

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

Tomb Raider: Angel of Rushed ReleasesAug 21, 2003
By J. Palmer
The highly anticipated Tomb Raider title, it's release was rushed to concide with the movie, and the bugs are horrendous.

Even with the latest patches, moving Lara only slightly easier than teaching an elephant gymnastics. Sidestepping is impossible, turning 90 degrees is excruciatingly painful-- even running is slow, with Lara having to walk several paces first before any speed is developed. The most amusing move I've ever seen is turning while navigating stairs: Lara will do a psychotic cha-cha and invariably end up facing anywhere but where you wanted her to.

Clipping problems are the worst I've ever seen, with Lara's body parts often polygonally shooting through floors and walls. This is the most disappointing Tomb Raider ever, and I've played them all. Once Lara even headed out-of-control through walls, locked on some object in the level.

The graphics are the best of any in the 'Raider series. Voice acting is horribly performed, making any Hollywood 'B' movie seem polished. Cut scenes are good.

On the Monty Python scale, this game rates: "Run Away! Run Away!"

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

Big DisappointmentJul 18, 2003
By Jon Scott "that's me!"
Well, what more can I say? I glanced at a few of the recent reviews just now before writing my own -- I won't add much, but wholeheartedly echo the feeling already expressed.
I haven't owned all the Tomb Raider games - just II & III before Angel of Darkness. The others were fun to play. This recent incarnation of Lara Croft is just plain bad! What a waste of money.
In its defense, the graphics are beautiful for the most part. Except when they don't render due to bugs in the game or whatever. The latest drivers for my ATI 8500 All-in-Wonder have helped a little, but there are still plenty of areas where Lara disappears, or charaters heads are gone, or walls blank out or something similar.
The worst part of the game has to be the antiquated controls. Why not something like most first-person-shooter games have adopted, using the mouse to control Lara? It's almost painful trying to move Lara around the screen! What about Max Payne's controls? Or Return to Castle Wolfenstein? Those games play beautifully.
EIDOS tried to do too much with this - an overhaul of the entire character of Lara Croft, an overhaul of how the game is played (when do I even get to fire a gun?) - without changing the control of the character. It used to be run or walk, jump, grab, climb, shoot. Now its's.... nothing! Seriously, I have no desire to play this game anymore. I play UT instead.
I don't recommend buying Angel of Darkness.

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