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UK Mall 1 - Tomb Raider: Underworld (PC DVD)
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List Price: £34.99
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Manufacturer: Eidos
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Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Eidos
EAN: 5021290035607
Label: Eidos
Manufacturer: Eidos
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Eidos
Release Date: 2008-11-21
Studio: Eidos
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Beware
Comment: This game did not load on any of our four laptops, two Dell Inspirons and a MSI widescreen which is only one year old. There is no warning on the sleeve that you need particular graphic cards. So a complete waste of money for us, and a disappointing Christmas for my daughter. Eidos should be ashamed of themselves not to mark their product sufficiently.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great game but a camera with a mind of its own
Comment: I've been playing this for a couple of weeks now and because I string my gaming out (as I have other things to do) I've still only got three-quarters of the way through. It's a huge amount of fun, a really superb and great-looking game in the whole with a few small drawbacks. The graphical presentation is quite stunning, with some breathtaking backdrops and fantastic animations. There's nothing to complain about with the music, either, which is really atmospheric and adds to the experience.
Another TR, another Lara, this time she's even more sharply rendered and despite all the gargantuan baddies and great scenery, there's no doubt who the real star of the show is. Her moves are well-conceived and combat is a real hoot - and, unusually, not the most important part of the game.
The plot is pretty typical of the series and carries the game along well, as well as allowing for some more original non-combat sequences, such as escaping a sinking ship.
There are some drawbacks, though. While experienced Tomb Raiders will probably scoff, those of us for whom this is our first game might find a couple of the necessary moves pretty tricky and while no-one wants a game you can complete in four hours, it can be frustrating and spoil the flow of the game to have to attempt a jump/challenge 30 times to achieve it.
In addition, the camera is completely insane. It will change angles without being commanded, suddenly shifting Lara's centre of balance or direction of running. Coupled with some of the more difficult maneouvres, this doesn't help the blood pressure. There are also some bugs evident in the gameplay, although these can mostly be overcome by reading player forums.
Overall, a great game, especially for those who haven't tried Tomb Raider before. I've now ordered TR Legend and Anniverary to see what I've been missing.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Sequel
Comment: This game is a good sequel to the tomb raider series, I can run this with full graphics and effects all set to maximum, and the graphical detail is excellent, if you like to old Tomb Raider games, then you will love this, although it does have high system requirements, so i would check them first.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The exploring has gone
Comment: Having been a longtime TR fan I must say this adds little to the mix. Basically its the final chapter from the last 2 games, as lara searches for avalon to find her long lost mother.
On first impressions I was blown away and would have given this game a 5 star rating. Finally the big expansive environments are back, leaving you in awe of the scale of the level in front of you. And what a sight these levels are, this game, graphically is truly stunning and when added to the superb soundtrack, you really believe you are in for a treat.
However there is the rub - each level is more linear than Call Of Duty. You can only follow the path around that map as decided by the developers. If you try to shortcut it you will die, either by falling through the graphics, or by being stopped in mid air and plunging to your doom. There is absolutely none of the exploration as in TR of old. If there is a ring you need to grapple, if there is not then you look for a ledge to crawl on. All the way through the game - not once can you go off on a tangent and just explore random parts of the map - you stay on the predetermined path.
More to the point why explore? You have all the guns, there is no ammo and collecting secrets/artifacts only open up concept drawings from the extras menu. It really is travel from A to B to see the cut scene. Oh and combat is laughable, I used only the pistols to complete the game in one evening, and that included killing sharks with them. Oh yeah sharks - in the arctic? Thats a new one.
Annoyingly the developers have also opted to stick with the camera/keyboard control system, meaning that if the camera changes direction and you are pushing forwards, you can now suddenly find yourself moving left/right. Which means you will often plummet once again to your doom because lara leaps off a ledge to the left, not forward as you intended because the camera angle changed. Talking of camera angles whats the problem? Its as bad, but no worse than in any other TR game and I actually felt at home with the camera from the start.
So to conclude, its a stunning game visually and there are some great maps to look at, but without the exploring that made the TR series so great it really left me feeling unfulfilled. Only the final map felt anything like a classic tombraider level, and it was not worth it for full price. Unless you have been following the lara mother story and really need to know how this saga ends, I really would recommend waiting for a price drop especially when you really can complete this game in one evening.
To be generous, on the upside if you are looking for an Xmas or birthday present for the younger gamer then this would make an ideal game as its not hard, looks beautiful and there is no swearing (a rarity in modern games).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good game but not the best TR
Comment: I have been a fan of TR since it first came out. Underworld does have very realistic graphics, (and I wish I had a walk like Lara does!) but I did find that the puzzles are much easier and you no longer need to be so accurate with your moving and jumping like used to be in the earlier versions. Because I found it quite easy, I moved through the game very quickly. Also the rewards are not the incentive that they used to be ie finding ammo and new weapons. There is not the encouragement to search each level to its full.
But still a fun game.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Beware
Comment: This game did not load on any of our four laptops, two Dell Inspirons and a MSI widescreen which is only one year old. There is no warning on the sleeve that you need particular graphic cards. So a complete waste of money for us, and a disappointing Christmas for my daughter. Eidos should be ashamed of themselves not to mark their product sufficiently.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great game but a camera with a mind of its own
Comment: I've been playing this for a couple of weeks now and because I string my gaming out (as I have other things to do) I've still only got three-quarters of the way through. It's a huge amount of fun, a really superb and great-looking game in the whole with a few small drawbacks. The graphical presentation is quite stunning, with some breathtaking backdrops and fantastic animations. There's nothing to complain about with the music, either, which is really atmospheric and adds to the experience.
Another TR, another Lara, this time she's even more sharply rendered and despite all the gargantuan baddies and great scenery, there's no doubt who the real star of the show is. Her moves are well-conceived and combat is a real hoot - and, unusually, not the most important part of the game.
The plot is pretty typical of the series and carries the game along well, as well as allowing for some more original non-combat sequences, such as escaping a sinking ship.
There are some drawbacks, though. While experienced Tomb Raiders will probably scoff, those of us for whom this is our first game might find a couple of the necessary moves pretty tricky and while no-one wants a game you can complete in four hours, it can be frustrating and spoil the flow of the game to have to attempt a jump/challenge 30 times to achieve it.
In addition, the camera is completely insane. It will change angles without being commanded, suddenly shifting Lara's centre of balance or direction of running. Coupled with some of the more difficult maneouvres, this doesn't help the blood pressure. There are also some bugs evident in the gameplay, although these can mostly be overcome by reading player forums.
Overall, a great game, especially for those who haven't tried Tomb Raider before. I've now ordered TR Legend and Anniverary to see what I've been missing.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Sequel
Comment: This game is a good sequel to the tomb raider series, I can run this with full graphics and effects all set to maximum, and the graphical detail is excellent, if you like to old Tomb Raider games, then you will love this, although it does have high system requirements, so i would check them first.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The exploring has gone
Comment: Having been a longtime TR fan I must say this adds little to the mix. Basically its the final chapter from the last 2 games, as lara searches for avalon to find her long lost mother.
On first impressions I was blown away and would have given this game a 5 star rating. Finally the big expansive environments are back, leaving you in awe of the scale of the level in front of you. And what a sight these levels are, this game, graphically is truly stunning and when added to the superb soundtrack, you really believe you are in for a treat.
However there is the rub - each level is more linear than Call Of Duty. You can only follow the path around that map as decided by the developers. If you try to shortcut it you will die, either by falling through the graphics, or by being stopped in mid air and plunging to your doom. There is absolutely none of the exploration as in TR of old. If there is a ring you need to grapple, if there is not then you look for a ledge to crawl on. All the way through the game - not once can you go off on a tangent and just explore random parts of the map - you stay on the predetermined path.
More to the point why explore? You have all the guns, there is no ammo and collecting secrets/artifacts only open up concept drawings from the extras menu. It really is travel from A to B to see the cut scene. Oh and combat is laughable, I used only the pistols to complete the game in one evening, and that included killing sharks with them. Oh yeah sharks - in the arctic? Thats a new one.
Annoyingly the developers have also opted to stick with the camera/keyboard control system, meaning that if the camera changes direction and you are pushing forwards, you can now suddenly find yourself moving left/right. Which means you will often plummet once again to your doom because lara leaps off a ledge to the left, not forward as you intended because the camera angle changed. Talking of camera angles whats the problem? Its as bad, but no worse than in any other TR game and I actually felt at home with the camera from the start.
So to conclude, its a stunning game visually and there are some great maps to look at, but without the exploring that made the TR series so great it really left me feeling unfulfilled. Only the final map felt anything like a classic tombraider level, and it was not worth it for full price. Unless you have been following the lara mother story and really need to know how this saga ends, I really would recommend waiting for a price drop especially when you really can complete this game in one evening.
To be generous, on the upside if you are looking for an Xmas or birthday present for the younger gamer then this would make an ideal game as its not hard, looks beautiful and there is no swearing (a rarity in modern games).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good game but not the best TR
Comment: I have been a fan of TR since it first came out. Underworld does have very realistic graphics, (and I wish I had a walk like Lara does!) but I did find that the puzzles are much easier and you no longer need to be so accurate with your moving and jumping like used to be in the earlier versions. Because I found it quite easy, I moved through the game very quickly. Also the rewards are not the incentive that they used to be ie finding ammo and new weapons. There is not the encouragement to search each level to its full.
But still a fun game.
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