Tomb Raider: Legend

Only done the first level and I hope I never have to push a block again. It was a bit awkward in Underworld, but it was clearly refined over the course of tthe games, because here it's just annoying as shit.

There was a lot of action in that first level too. And a QTE.

I miss the sprint button.

you'll be pushing more blocks and boulders later

The shooting is a lot more fun than in Underworld. Th slide and grapple attack and slow motion jumps are all gone in that game. Well, it has the adrenaline thing, but it's not as much fun. That motorcycle section was actually quite good too. This is a decent action game.

I told you this was awesome. I can't believe BD hates on the graphics, I think this looks wonderful for a PS2 port. I assume they must have touched up the textures otherwise this looks fantastic for something on PS2. The target icon is the only thing that i find horribly dated. Controls are fine.

Also did you buy this because i said it was good?

I bought it because I enjoyed Underworld.

A_Nonny_Moose wrote:

I bought it because I enjoyed Underworld.

You complained about it though.

I complain about everything.

I deliberately die on the Quicktime events as normally one or two of the death animations are just hilarious. The bike one was probably the best.

i didn't hate on the graphics

I thought Legend was a better game than Underworld, and the 360 version looks pretty splendid in places.

I dunno. Legend is really action heavy. I liked the really long uninterrupted platforming/exploration sections in Underworld.

you'll like anniversary better than

Ghana was a very nice level.

That second motorbike section was too long, and the music was terrible. Still more fun than the Underworld motorbike stuff though.

Finished the first game last night. I thought it was all round pretty damn awesome, i'm not suprised its the highest acclaimed Tomb raider in the series since Tomb raider 2.

BD you were complaining about the graphics in PMs to me on PSN saying the graphics were the same as the PS2 version which i refuse to believe. Textures must have been updated.

http://www.lensoftruth.com/ps3s-tomb-raider-trilogy-will-have-graphical-advantage-over-xbox-360-versions/

i said they weren't that big of an improvement

Well it looks a helluva lot better then a PS2 game. There's only so much they're gonna do. In Crystal dynamics own words this looks better then the 360 version.

Currently working on my second playthrough to collect all rewards. I'll do the time trials after i clean these up. I'm basically missing only the gold rewards.

I can't believe the 360 version would look worse than this. It doesn't look bad, but of all the HD upgrades I've played, this one looks the worst (as in, the worst HD conversion). There's some sort of annoying crosslaced filter over everything and it's not as crisp as the other HD Classic titles.

So is the Legend/Anniversary/Underworld trilogy worth playing if, hypothetically, someone had lost control of their wallet and, again hypothetically, bought them on a Steam sale at some point in the past?

Yes.

Just hit a big glitch at the end of the England level. I got all the way through the tomb and back to the big hall and there was nowhere to go. Wandered around but there was literally nothing to do. Looked at a couple guides and there was supposed to be a make-shift elevator there set up by the mercs that I could use, but there was nothing. Had to quit and reload for it to show up.

Definitely worth playing Neo, legend is absolutely amazing. Its meant to be one of the best TR games. I'll comment on anniversary later. The only problem with legend is its short.

A_Nonny_Moose wrote:

I can't believe the 360 version would look worse than this. It doesn't look bad, but of all the HD upgrades I've played, this one looks the worst (as in, the worst HD conversion). There's some sort of annoying crosslaced filter over everything and it's not as crisp as the other HD Classic titles.

Your talking nonsense, I don't even know what a cross laced filter is i googled it and this came up:

Spoiler:

Describe what your talking about otherwise i'm gonna assume you messed up your tv.

There's just a weird filter attached to the character models. I assume it's something to do with antialiasing, but it results in a slight frosted glass-like effect. You know when you see someone behind those windows with the vertical grooves? It's like that. It's pretty faint and only really obvious on the title screen. Usually I'd just assume it was pixelation but the lines are visible across the character models, not just on the edges.

Anniversary doesn't seem to have it.

If i look closely at the intro screen i can notice it. If you're seeing that in game i can only assume your one of those people that just obsesses over something once you noticed it.

I certainly haven't noticed it in gameplay at all.