#Tomb raider angel of darkness series#

The game kicks off in Paris with Lara in conversation with her old mentor Werner Von Croy, who has been asked by a 'sinister' client Eckhardt to help him track down an old 14th Century painting. The storyline and scripting is certainly a cut above most gaming fodder, and an area Core has paid an enormous amount of attention to.

#Tomb raider angel of darkness series#

This was Core's big chance to give the previous annual cash cow series a break and return with fresh ideas, some groundbreaking technology and renewed vigour to revitalise arguably the most important British gaming franchise ever. This was supposed to be the reinvention of the series where gamers got to see a 'darker' side of Lara, 'a new harder edge that has arisen from her inner demons'. Surely the naysayers were just the unbelievers that didn't have the patience in the first place? We had faith, even if the ropey demos at E3 and last year's PlayStation Experience suggested we should prepare for the worst. But at the same time, having thoroughly enjoyed the majority of the series we couldn't quite believe that over three years of development would result in failure. What an almighty cock up.Īs much as we try to remain impartial to the weight of outside opinion, we must admit we were more than a little nervous as we finally took possession of Tomb Raider 6. 'Definitely before the 30th', an Eidos spokesman assured us, although that looks increasingly unlikely. Bizarrely, the City wasn't even told that the game had slipped again, and even the normally in-the-loop retail community hadn't got the faintest clue as to when the game was going to be shipped. 'We don't care if it's finished, just get it out the bloody door before the City lynches us!'Īnd to add insult to injury, the Yanks got it before us, as under pressure Eidos scrambled frantically to get the game shipped in time for its third quarter. You could say it's been a rocky road in the build up to the release of the latest Lara Croft adventure.Įven the Official PlayStation 2 Magazine only gave it 8, and struggled through a long list of flaws before having to painfully justify its score, and as we scribe, the first 'proper' reviews have started to filter through and it seems that years of hype and promises have come to nothing. It's been delayed three times, slapped with a succession of unusually critical previews, and subsequently praised by less than convincing reviews.