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ANOTHER ONE?

emember watching that one movie in school that was so incredibly boring you actually felt like learning something rather than suffer through another agonizingly horrible second of it? If you don’t remember that, or you didn’t experience it, I suggest buying a copy of Tomb Raider Chronicles so you won’t feel left out.

Tomb Raider was a good idea. Once. Maybe twice. Not five times. Definitely NOT five times. I seriously don’t understand the thinking behind releasing the same damned thing time after time after time. The least you can do is spruce it up a little. This game is not only tired, but the controls are terrible, the camera is at least a step behind you at every turn and you can for-GET about a different or updated look. Same old engine! Yippee! Enough is enough. On the upside, Lara is still pretty hot. That’s nice for about five or ten minutes, depending on what kind of mood you’re in.  



ERIK REPPEN   5
Core has crapped out another Tomb Raider with an extra peanut in the aging, stinky mass. Lara can now do a slow and agitating tightrope walk. Supposedly she dies at the end. I hope that's true, but I doubt it.
4
CONCEPT:
It’s a breakthrough! Assume the role of Lara Croft and shoot at things!
GRAPHICS:
Engine? Who needs a new engine?
SOUND:
The voice acting is the only interesting thing you’ll hear
PLAYABILITY:
Easy to learn, but so what?
ENTERTAINMENT:
Remember the previous FOUR Tomb Raiders?
REPLAY:
Low
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