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this is tough

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: November 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have to admit that the level of intensity in TR3 is excellent. However, I took months just to get out of Level 1! Fortunately, I had the strategy guide, which really helped me with the tricks and secrets! :-)

whatever

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

watch this a preppy girl gets ticked off. okay,okay, i like the other tomb raider games its just something about this that i dont like i think her chest should go down alot. i mean, yeah she is a girl who explores in the jungle and reveales her true complexety,definatley not the steriotypes. but i like how you can enter her home. i like doing the obstacle corse. but its just to freakin' hard when i play i just go in the house , going through the obstacle course, and shoot the butler a couple of times. its an okay game i have played better games.

spend your money elsewhere

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Lara Croft games have NEVER been any good. I remember when the very first one came out 10 years ago. Teens were practically DROOLING on their controller every time they saw Lara's pretty face. Tomb Raider must have been advertised like it was the most groundbreaking video game to ever hit the freakin' market. The thing is, the games are boring and Lara Croft isn't very pretty.

If polygon-breasted girls are your thing, go for it. But they aren't MY thing, and I know I'm not the only one to think so. Lara Croft isn't good-looking to the millions of internet gamers who understand that a blocky-looking computer babe isn't going to automatically make a game any fun to play. I'll give Lara Croft SOME credit. She was one of the originators of the "running around half-naked female shooter/adventure" type of video games. In fact, you might even say she was a MAJOR influence because soon after her very first adventure, more and more game companies were making the main characters in their games half-naked chicks. Lara brought something new to the world of video games and I will give her credit for that.

Sometimes influence doesn't matter when a game is really bad. This is one of those cases. The Tomb Raider series on the original Playstation is a joke. I absolutely *groan* when I think about playing a Tomb Raider game because I remember how ugly and dark the environments are, the glitchy problems that dominate all three Tomb Raider games, the annoying and difficult jumping style of Lara Croft (which makes it nearly impossible to progress to the end of the game. Good luck- she NEVER jumps where you want her to) and of course, mentioned above, Lara's supposed beautiful face (she's NOT pretty, remember?)

It also doesn't help that the puzzles you have to solve are ALWAYS really awful (and appear frequently) and, because of the jumping problem, very frustrating to complete. Trying to aim your gun at an emeny isn't exactly a walk in the park, either. The whole series has been an overrated disaster up to this point.

By the time Tomb Raider 3 was released people were REALLY getting fed up with the series. Now, these same people will tell you this was because they kept releasing more and more Tomb Raider games, but I actually think people got sick of Tomb Raider because games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill came along with a similar style and improved on it *drastically*, making Tomb Raider look awfully dated by comparison.

At least the third Tomb Raider game has SOME decent-looking background levels. I guess the company who created Lara Croft finally understood that Lara's pretty face ALONE isn't going to get the job done anymore. I mean, at least in some places the backgrounds LOOK good . Not exactly the prettiest environments available on the Playstation of course, and most of the time all you see is darkness or candlelight. But what's THERE is okay to look at, at least.

Tomb Raider 3 features a challenge that is mostly only challenging because of the above-mentioned jumping problem. She simply doesn't jump the way you want her to. You'd THINK the game company would've dealt with this problem with all the new moves for Lara they added to the game, but no, none of these new moves make the game any easier. The artifact-finding storyline had potential but unfortunately the frustrating challenge ruined it.

BOY am I glad I never bought any of these games (all these years I've been watching OTHER people play them). Reading reviews for the more recent Tomb Raider games on the Playstation 2, I see NO improvements have been made. Let the series END already.

Good game, but the worst of the first 3 Tomb Raiders

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 22, 1999
Author: Amazon User

After the pure joy given us by the first 2 Tomb Raider games, perhaps the 3rd in the series had expectations that were impossible to meet. The entire series is still the class of action/adventure games, but for folks new to the series, I recommend either of the first two games MUCH more.

TombRaider3 is a mind boggling; action packed game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 13, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Tomb Raider 3 is one of the few games that can deliver excitement, and work your brain to bone! Work your way through many detailed stages such as the South Pacific, Antartica, Area 51, London and India; with the adventure seeking Lara Croft. Through these stages pick up explosive weapons like Gernade and Rocket launchers to help you defete enemies such as huge poisonous snakes, living statues, and even a T-Rex. This game is so suspenseful that certain things may even frighten you! I myself have played this game, and I must admit that I have yelled a couple of times from fright by sudden attacks or other frightening things. This is a must have for any Tomb Raider fan, and for those of you who aren't will be after you are finished with this exciting role-playing game.

HAVE LOTS OF FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun if you are getting some where but if you are not it is no fun.It is educational because you have to solve problems and it is very durable it took me 6 months to finish it.

Difficult

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 01, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I thought it was riddled with unnecessary graphics,that didn't tie in with the story.Its pinpoint acuracy,also made difficult enjoy.The music I thought married the story well. Now if they just would make Craft...more creative, more three dimentional. Like Metal gear has done. 3 stars for music and concept.

The hardest in the TR series, but still fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

TR3 presents itself as the programmers appearing to show off. Game play is fun, and it is easy to master. The analog control on PSX stinks, though. The only useful part is using the right stick to look around. Trying to move with the left is almost impossible. I am currently playing TR's 2, 3, and 4. When I get stuck on one, I go to another. TR3 is the only one I have ever had to buy a strat. guide for. It is much harder than the rest of the series. They did recover the folly with TR4, though. All in all, it is a very fun, and still realistic game. I am 3/4 of the way through it, and still loving it.

THIRD TIMES A CHARM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Lara Croft is back in the third installment of Tomb Raider!!!The graphics are much improved and more detailed than the other two.This one so far is the hardest of all three,taking you to India,Nevada,the South Pacific Islands,London,and Antarctica.You also get new weapons like the MP5 machine gun,and the Rocket Launcher!!!If you love the last two Tomb Raiders and love Lara Croft,buy this today!!!

Laura has more bust than brains

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 28, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Tomb Raider III SUCKED, peroid!

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