Tomb Raider Underworld Review

[auritone]

The dumbing down of games seems to me to have come with the bigger productions and the higher expenses involved in making games.

It seems developers are afraid of alienating the casual gamers in order to cash in on the huge investments.

Remember, Tomb Raider started on consoles and I have a lot of older console titles which doesn't have this problem.

However, I do agree it has gotten a lot worse with the 360 and ps3.

I choose to call it the "Hollywood syndrome".

Nice review (as always).

[arronrowe]

U were right on everything but one thing no fucking bosses makes the game feel bigger and it makes the game more scary and every one likes a horror loved killing that big spider and that in the ps one virsions any way new one is cumming out soon just pre orderd it on amazon life goes on hope it's a good one nice review by the way :D

[BornOfSong]

Nice spoiler warnings. Smooooth.

[S0nicH]

@BornOfSong - I don't think there's any spoilers in there..

[BornOfSong]

@S0nicH I want to first sincerely apologize. I came off as, to put it kindly, an arse. The spoiler I alluded to but foolishly did not mention was the mentioning that Laura's mother is alive. I am unfamiliar with the franchise as my last playing session was years ago on the ps1 and I have forgot all that I accomplished. The games (Anniversary, Legend, and Underworld) were on sale on Steam however so I picked them up.

I skipped a minute to avoid spoilers but I did like your review a good bit.

[S0nicH]

@BornOfSong - Heh, no problem. You learn that your mum might be alive quite early on (it's the main plot driver) so it's not much of a spoiler :)

[BornOfSong]

@S0nicH First off I want to apologize. I came off as, to put it kindly, an arse. I was referring to, though foolishly forgot to mention, the part where you mention the mother being alive. I only have played the franchise long ago on the ps1 so it has largely been forgotten. I have now purchased Anniversary, Legend, GoL, and Underworld.

I want to mention that, beyond the minute I skipped to avoid spoilers, I did very much so enjoy your review. I suspect that spoiler is learned quickly.

[BornOfSong]

By the way, what microphone are you using? I gave it a second listen and you voice comes through pretty good. I am in the market myself for a decent mic.

[S0nicH]

@BornOfSong - I use a Samson C01U USB Condenser mic. It's about £60 and really good. I do put a few audio FX on my recording to give it a bit of depth, but it's a great mic for the money.

[TheGreatGarfield]

Great Review.

[S0nicH]

@TheGreatGarfield - Cheers! :)

[Begeaux]

4:10... awesome

[PareachuteGamer]

the story here is very very shallow.

[Zanarkland19]

i give this a 7.8, some gliches that ruin the game

[solidkwon]

I've only played two chapters of it but as a fan of Tomb Raider, I actually really enjoyed the game. The visuals of the environment are so awesome, and the platforming is the best it's ever been, though goddamn it, why does Tomb Raider always, always have the same crappy issue of bad camera angles and terrible, terrible combat?

I didn't take my ps3 with me to college tho so I'm gonna have to finish it on my PS2... I wonder how much of a downgrade it'll be...

[LittleJewel]

Wonderful review, and I couldn't agree more with everything you've mentioned in the review, more so with the dang camera, especially with riding her motorbike whereby you end up with a close up view of her backside whenever you need to reverse and there's a wall, or slope behind her, and you end up stuck (And when you have enemies after you? Frustrating).

But each level and location are visually spectacular, perticulary the Thailand location, the music in that location was equally beautiful.

[oggecool]

Great review as always!

I don't think that I've ever played a Tomb Raider game though...

[S0nicH]

Cheers :) You should, they're pretty good.

[oggecool]

At least they're pretty... hur hur hur.