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The game and best parts

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a great game and anyone would like that likes to think snd still have fun. The age group for this game in my opinion would be about 8-and up. I thought that this was a fun game that made you think for a change.

Its a great game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 02, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game, and easily teh best of the series, but I am tired of Lara Croft, and they need to innovate on this game a LOT more, because it is the same stale experience, all over again.

spectific

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

spellbinding ! How do you exit from the Kya

The third installment of a tired series

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 16, 1998
Author: Amazon User

The Tomb Raider series has grown quite stale, and playing this new installment of the series just reaffirms the fact. The first Tomb Raider was decent, the second was lacking, and this one is basically the two combined with some new graphical specs here and there. And we all know graphics don't make the game, don't we? The game is basically set outdoors most of the time, with some temples here and there of pretty good size, but the sheer amount of frustration put into every level just isn't worth getting angry over. Whether it be the extravagant number of gunshots to kill something, or finding that little item on the ground to get you past the current area, you WILL get stuck and you WILL get frustrated way too much then it should be. I suppose Lara's trademark "gravity-defying breasts" keep this series from going down the drain by the large number of mid to late pubescent teens out there, but if you want a good PC platerformer, I'd look elsewhere.

I think that Tomb Raider 3 is the best game in the world!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 09, 1998
Author: Amazon User

Lara's back, and badder than ever! Only this time, she's got a handful of new baddies and new weapons. The graphics of this game are the most realistic I have ever seen! With little things such as weather affects, smoke from Lara's guns, and advandced AI, make the game seem like you're standing right next to Lara, fighting all those enemies along side her. If you liked the first two installments of Tomb Raider, you'll die for this one.

Total pig, and the best so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 19, 1998
Author: Amazon User

This game is going to take forever to finish. It will provide endless hours of puzzlement and fun trying to find out how to get from level to level. At the moment I am stuck on all three first levels, i.e. Crash Site, Nevada Desert, and Thames Wharf. But I will find my way eventually, I hope.

THANKS EIDOS

Boring in some parts, exciting in others, and VERY HARD!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This was probably the weakest game of the Tomb Raider 3 series. Although the enemies are tougher and smarter and the graphics and game engine have been improved greatly, the game lacks the certain taste and quality that made Tomb Raider 1 and 2 so great. For one thing, you're barely even going through any ancient ruins. This time you're in cities, military bases, and technical centers with men scattered around with heavy guns. Only a few levels feature ancient places to wander in with traps.

A word of warning. This game is not recommended for new players. Even the most experienced player who's played the last two games have had a hard time beating this game without a guide book or a walkthrough off the internet. This is one reason why the rating suffers. Many players have given up in the game because of their frustration over the level of difficulty. There are many dark and annoying rooms, you always end up in a deadend that leads nowhere, some places require you to lose a huge amount of health in order to move on and some of the levels seem pointless as fillers to make the game bigger.

Apart from those, the game appeared with several bugs and errors that prevented people from completing the game. If you don't think your computer has what it takes to play this game, then don't get it yet.

Overall, there are five different areas to visit. The India and London levels are by far the worst in the game. The Nevada levels have some excitement into them. The South Pacific Island levels are AWESOME as they return that Tomb Raider tradition by venturing into exotic ancient lands. The final Antarctica levels make a good climax.

In conclusion, this game is not bad. It could and deserves much better though. But I'm sure Eidos have learnt their lessons. It seems like they tried to experiment with new ideas here but failed to come up with anything good. Tomb Raider 4 and 5 have been a big improvement. I recommend Tomb Raider 3 for anyone who's played and completed Tomb Raider 1 and 2. Otherwise, don't bother with this game. It's just too darn hard and it'll give you a bad taste of what the tomb raider series are like.

Great grahics and gameplay, but too HARD

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Ok, I have never tried out any of the other Tomb Raider games, but after playing this game, I'm tempted to start purchasing them, based on their good reviews. This game has great graphics. Lara never gets stuck in walls or have any graphical deformations. The enemy creatures look very cool, but don't get me wrong, those pesky monkeys get very annoying. Well, actually, I've only seen very few creatures, because I can't get past the second part of the 1st level. Which brings me to my next point-(This could take a while, so try not to fall asleep from my rambling) THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS EXTREMELY HIGH. They give you no clues what so ever about the puzzles, they just expect you to put your thinking caps on and figure it out. There are switches on walls in the middle of nowhere, and all you here is a door opening, and you have about 15 seconds before it closes. Or, switches that rig boulders so you have to sprint , stop, turn and climb into a secret alcove ten feet above your head Oh, and say you want to take a little swim? CHECK THE WATER FIRST! Because sometimes, the water will be infested with little fishies...PIRANAHS. The split-second you climb into the water, you will be attacked by a mini-school of them. Feel free to sit there motionless while your health goes down all the way in 0.09 seconds. Confusing- You get more health drained when you get bit by fish then when you get attacked by a tiger or cobra. Hmm, intresting. Oh , also, if you get to the second part of INDIA, the TEMPLE RUINS (the farthest I've gotten) as you explore, watch out for cobras hidden in the grass, almot totally camoflauged. Which brings me to my next point. (sigh) I find myself using up flares in almost every tunnel or tiny space I am in. Every space is so dark. You could either use flares, or turn the brightness on your moniter way up. Those little flames go fast. They should provide you with a flashlight. Well, I would recommend this game to anyone who can sit through this game without crying\screaming\bashing in computer with a sledgehammer.

The best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It is one of the best tr games.It has a well built story line{ok not better than tr4 but this is an other matter.It is very good.That's all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great imagination but lacking realism.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Better than TR2 for sure. It has some brain taxing levels filled with puzzles, secrets and some enemies. I'm glad to see they have cut back on the enemies and focused on the puzzles and scenery. They have definatly picked some good locations for the game, with brilliant details that are authentic in style. Unfortunatly that is where the authenticity ends.
The level makers should have done some research on these locations and made them more like they are in real life. OK, I know it's an adventure game that is meant to be fantasy, but I do feel they could have checked things out first.
Examples; India dosn't have pyrannas(Brazil does), the Ganges dosn't end in a pond, St.Pauls Cathedral looks nothing like that(that must be the worst rendition of it yet), the British Museum is not next to the Lloyds building, and Area 51 is more spacious than that(I saw it on a TV programme, I swear). I won't judge the Pacific levels though, I don't know enough about them. They realy do need to watch their locations more.
Enjoyable game though.

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