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I almost didn't buy this game because of the bad reviews...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: February 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

After completing TR1 and TR2 I thought I'd like to buy TR3, so I checked out the reviews. It was about 50/50...half said it was great, half said it "sucked". I contemplated and decided to buy it anyway, and have not regretted it since. The game is a lot of fun. The only complaints I have had with it are the camera angles at times make it difficult to see what you're doing. Also, on one location (London), I found each level (there are 4) to be "over-burdened"...by that I mean there was so much to do and all of it was rather difficult and I became frustrated. However, the excitement and fun of the rest of the areas made up for that frustration 100%. One of the great parts of this game is you get to choose the different levels you'd like to go. If you like the Tomb Raider series, then you'll find this game gives you a lot of hours of enjoyment. It's not easy, but it's not impossible either. The difficulty is what makes the game challenging and fun. I hope this helps make up for some of the bad reviews you've read and helps you make up your mind whether or not to buy it.

Too exacting

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: November 24, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I LOVE the Tomb Raider series, and while I found the locations, music, and puzzles greatly improved in TRIII, I was sorely disappointed by the difficulty of play. This game expects movements to be absolutely EXACT, which means you can play a particular jump about fifteen times without getting it just right, and thus dying or having to repeat a long series of actions. There is one puzzle which requires timing that is, and I mean this, virtually impossible to do. Hoard your save game gems for this kind of use.

What were they thinking?!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: May 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I must agree with many of the other reviewers in that this is by far THE worst game in the Tomb Raider series. I beat this game a long time ago, but I have been bored lately so I dug it up and started to play again. My opinion has not changed since I labored through it the first time. I would never have even finished it the first time except that I thought it MIGHT get better (or even slightly fun) as the game went on. Nope.

Now, don't get me wrong. I am a huge fan of the whole Tomb Raider extravaganza; it's an excellent and clever collection. But I was disappointed so much in this one that it almost killed my interest to continue on with the later games in the series.

First of all, the levels are unstimulating and repetitive. I hated the levels in India and the South Pacific Islands so much that I purposely killed myself off a few times just to get the frustration out. As a general rule, I think just one nature-based level should be allowed for Lara; they both were so damn similar and I got tired of killing lizards and monkeys.

Then, for someone who loves a good puzzle, the puzzles in this were just ridiculous. I had to buy the strategy guide just to find my way around the confusing dead-ends (and 'dead' I mean literally). And by the way, the strategy guide was misleading and seemed like it didn't even go with the right level at times.

Also, some of the stunts and moves that Lara has to make to reach intricate points in the game are so precise that you have to save your game before even ATTEMPTING them...or say hello to some huge backtracking or unsightly death. But oh wait...you can't save your game anytime you want. You must have the beloved save crystals! Too bad I'm always reluctant to use them in fear that I might need them for something more important than jumping to a tree limb.

I gave this game two stars for two reasons. The first being that Lara has some new moves---crawling, monkey-swinging sprinting, etc---and those were quite nifty at times (unless I was about ready to gnaw my own hands off from everything else). The second reason would have to be that I liked some of her unusual foes---the creepy Shivas, in particular.

But that was about it, my friends. And those few joys did not hold up well against everything else. I recommend TR2 above any and all other TR games. Even without some of the fancy schmancy moves and scenery, it never fails to impress or enthrall. I mean, how can you top the Barkhang Monastery? Give me a good monk any day.

Stick with TR1 & TR2

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 30, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Please be warned: this game is long and arduous. If you love to spend long hours searching through trees for some hidden switch with very poor lighting then this game is a good investment. The new weapons, improved graphics, and "duck & crawl" move are a plus. My advice is to stick with the first two and possibly get the fourth which is more in the lines of the first: actual "tomb raiding". All in all, not a pleasant experience.

Too Hard

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 18, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Why do developers contiue to insist that the best games are virtually impossable to complete? Instead of using pro-gamers as play testers they should use regular people. The game looks good and plays well but unless your a vidio games freak you wont be able to get your moneys worth out of this game.

Ok, but not great

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Compared to the other Tomb Raider games in the series, this one is somewhat of a disappointment. Yes there are more weapons and moves, but the difficulty level is much too high. You might find yourself in the middle of a level saying, "Uh..where do I go?". It's nearly impossible to know the routes through the levels without some kind of game guide. Also, some levels require you to travel very far to find one item or key or switch, then walk ALL the way back to the beginning to use it. This makes the levels tedious and boring. The cut scenes look pretty bad as far as graphics go. Very square. The heads bob when characters talk, but the mouths don't move! Pretty funny actually. The enemies are pretty cool though, especially the raptors and crocodiles. The music is cool, and the plot is kind of interesting. I wouldn't recommend this game unless you are a die-hard Lara Croft fan and absolutely must see her gigantic---well, you know.

Just Say NO!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I adore the TR games & I have completed them all except for this one. I have tried to get into it and have started it on 3 separate occasions. I just do not find it fun. The most frustrating aspect is the save crystals. This game is unreasonably hard in some sections yet you are afraid to save and waste a save crystal in case you need it more later on. I don't feel the crystals add to the challenge of the game. They just make the game annoying.

Don't waste your time and money. Just enjoy the rest of the TR series and pretend this one didn't happen.

Tomb Raider: 3 !! GREAT GAME!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game to own I have and I beaten It ten times and I sill play it the level's are pretty to look at the background's are ok it's colorful and a little rich here and there.

Play through five world's there are:
1 South Pacific
2 Antarctica
3 Area 51
4 London
5 India

New Moves, and Vehicles:
Speed Dash, Monkey swing, kayak and quad bike help Lara out of tricky situations.

New weapons like:
1 Grenade Launcher
2 Desert Eagle
3 Rocket Launcher

In the game fine the ancient meteor rumored to have life giving power's. HEY! get ready for anything.

Kill or be kill by:
1 Hyenas
2 Monkeys
3 Piranhas
4 T-Rex
PS. save your heath pack you are going to need them.
Be careful out there I would if I was you take It slow
GOOD LUCK!!

Fans of the first two games -- beware!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: January 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Be careful when forming the theory, "Oh, the first two games were great so this latest installment in the series must be equally great!" Tomb Raider 3 is a perfect example of such a virus which would squash our above theory. To be frank -- This game SUCKS.

Is this Super Mario Bros or Tomb Raider?

Gameplay consists of:

1 - Jumping on a bunch of rocks

2 - Pushing a bunch of rocks -- Mario is impressed -- he could never push.

3 - Shooting various types of wildlife.

4 - Finding keys so you can stick them in a keyhole, but otherwise getting stuck without this IMPARATIVE key.

5 - Avoiding an occasional boulder.

After the 3D engine becomes a snore -- which happened after 5 minutes of Tomb Raider 2 in this reviewer's case, the gameplay severely lacks.

As far as the challenge of this game -- there isn't one. Loading a game 50 times and trying to do 30 jumps and shoot 15 different types of wildlife without saving is VERY redundant. That's not a challenge. Tomb Raider 3 will consist of more loading than playing, no matter how good a gameplayer you are. Staring out a window watching the colors change in the sky is more productive than watching that loading bar fill up with vomit-esque shades of blue and purple for the 9th time in the past minute.

Personally, I'm very tired of this series and very disappointed in this game in particular. However, games like this make me happy -- I get to cut them apart with my reviews.

Didn't even get off the ground, hardly...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 09, 1999
Author: Amazon User

After getting addicted to Tomb Raider II, I was really looking forward to the third episode. However...

If the prospective buyer has a Toshiba Satellite 2100CDT machine with the follwing specs... 400mhz AMD K6-2 processor S3 Virge/MX video ...the chances are very good that Tomb Raider III will crash incessantly. The causes of the crashes vary so one cannot rectify the problem. The EIDOS patch does not cure this phenomenon. I'm auctioning off my copy, along with the official hint manual.

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