In the audio department, Tomb II masters the minimalist approach. Effects and voice are used sparingly but well, and music only plays for clues and cues during game-play. During the story cinemas, however, the audio pumps pure symphonic force. Tomb Raider II is an awesome adventure game. By the time Lara asks, "Haven't you seen enough? Long after you beat TRII, there'll be only one thing on your mind Tomb Raider III. Tomb Raider ll's lifelike animation, gorgeous computer-generated cinemas, lusciously detailed character graphics, and scenic backgrounds are enough to overcome that darned moving cam that sometimes obscures gameplay.
Lara pulls amazing moves; however, moving her quickly to avoid being trapped can be as cumbersome as it was in the first game. Tomb's a gas and a half for experts. If you're not a pro, you'll be one after beating this tough but mesmerizing game. When Lara Croft first appeared on the gaming scene a little over a year ago, she took the action gamers by storm with a mix of as-yet-unseen graphics on the PC including being among the very first to pioneer 3Dfx technology , amazing and complex gameplay and design, and a figure that made her look like Barbie's more well-endowed sister.
The result was a runaway success for then-small Eidos and an almost cult-like following of Lara fans who couldn't wait for her return. Well, the wait is over, and the second incarnation of Lara is even prettier to look at than the first and Lara's wardrobe even more revealing , yet the game itself has lost something. It may be, in part, that others have caught up with the technology, but after many hours of painstakingly guiding Lara through the dangers of China, Venice, sunken ships, and ancient temples, I can honestly say that Tomb Raider 2 just isn't as much fun as the original.
I suppose I'll be branded as some sort of heretic for saying anything against Eidos' buxom beauty, but frankly, Tomb Raider 2 is too hard, and this is where it comes up short against the original. In Tomb Raider , you could always puzzle your way through a difficult spot, and while it was at times frustrating, it was never seemingly impossible; when you at last solved a puzzling level you had a feeling of satisfaction.
In Tomb Raider 2 , after being killed time after time after time, I just wanted to quit the game and go play something more enjoyable.
A busty woman in a wetsuit is all you'd expect from the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, but in a game, you want, well, satisfaction. I will say this: Tomb Raider 2 blows away just about anything else in the genre in terms of graphical sophistication, nifty gadgets, cool level design and computer AI.
As in Tomb Raider , the objective in Tomb Raider 2 is to seek out fame, fortune, and danger while exploring ruins, temples, sunken ships, mazes, and the like. You're basically a much more attractive Indiana Jones, and instead of Nazis, you're up against wild animals and sword-, baseball bat-, and harpoon-wielding ne'er-do-wells. What's added in Tomb Raider 2 is more moves for Lara you can climb walls, shimmy along ledges, swim underwater, do back flips, swan dives -- just about any move you can think of , plus, in Tomb 2 , you get to try your hand at a number of different vehicles, including motor boats and snowmobiles.
It's quite a rush, and quite a bit of work getting a handle on how to make Lara do everything she's capable of I still maintain that she has too much, ah, ballast to dive underwater as effectively as she does, but that's another story , and this can end up being a major frustration in the heat of battle.
Another important change from the original Tomb Raider is that Tomb Raider 2 adds many more human opponents into the game, so instead of having to pick off wolves, bats, and the occasional bear as in the original, in Tomb 2 you get more than your fair share of ninjas, temple guards, freaks with baseball bats, Phantom of the Opera fans with pistols, and more. The result is that you feel more like you are involved in an action game than in the original, and you feel that you actually have enemies instead of having to take target practice on the animals that just happened to also like to hang out among the precious idols and lost treasure.
Your arsenal of weapons in Tomb Raider 2 is pretty much the same as in the original, with the addition of some underwater implements, some heavier firepower for the increased cadre of enemies, and some flares for use in dark places. And, just as in real life, your flares have a maddening tendency to run out at inopportune times.
When all is said and done, Tomb Raider 2 will get you to know your keyboard a lot better than you did before, and it definitely delivers a lot of game for the money. It's not long in terms of total number of levels, but even the short intro level will take experienced players an hour or more to figure out, so be prepared to be tested. All in all I'd say that hours for each of the 15 levels is a pretty good benchmark and a couple will take you as many as hours to figure your way through.
The environments, level design, lighting and motion effects are all excellent, and are once again a showcase for the possibilities of 3Dfx technology. Lara has been rendered a bit more, has longer hair and a variety of outfits this time around, and the enemies are much more life-like and detailed. As in Tomb Raider , this second offering also mixes a great variety of different settings, and uses the graphics engine to its utmost to deliver devilishly difficult puzzles, walls to climb, chasms to traverse, and underwater tunnels to swim through.
There is, however, still the annoying problem of both bad clipping textures that should be solid having transparent patches that allow those behind to bleed through , and the flying point-of-view camera that will fairly regularly lose your perspective at a critical moment. The bottom line here is that Eidos has pushed the limits of the technology, both to great new heights and to sometimes detrimental glitches. On balance, though, the glitches are worth it to see the movie-like quality of the rest of the game.
Ambience is big in action games, and while Tomb Raider 2 doesn't quite measure up to the likes of Quake 2 , it still compares favorably with the majority of its competition.
There is nothing breathtaking here, but they have done some very appropriate samples of water, wind, and other environmental noises that help give the impression of being there. They've also left intact the often-amusing "uhnh" that Lara dazedly mutters every time you accidentally walk her headlong into a wall.
Tomb Raider 2 will test the best action gamers out there and stands a good chance of frustrating the heck out of the rest of us. It excels in graphical beauty, complex and creative level design, and a richly-rendered virtual world, but it has taken the original Tomb Raider to a new level of challenge that will likely be inappropriate for many gamers.
It is hard not to recommend Tomb Raider 2 , as I like it very much, but I must say that if you're going to get this game, make it the only game you concentrate on, because it has a fairly steep learning curve and will tax the most logical minds to solve the sometimes arcane and peripheral puzzles that have been somewhat inadvisably added to an otherwise excellent action game.
Overall, I rate Tomb Raider 2 an 85 -- it again pushes the technological envelope at the same time that it seems a bit over-designed and a bit unnecessarily provocative for a video game. When Tomb Raider was first released, there was a good deal of interest over the fact that a shoot-'em-up action title had a female lead character.
Some people thought that that was a gamble, that Eidos was crazy to break away from the "tough guy" action hero model. Crazy like a fox, it turns out. Heck, there are enough "Weird Science" wannabes out there to have written "naked Lara" graphics patches for Tomb Raider 2 -- that ought to prove something, I suppose just what the Internet has already proved -- that sex sells most anything. Personally I think it's too bad that this angle had to get added to a game that would be every bit as cool without it.
Maybe that's why I'm not in marketing. Browse games Game Portals. Tomb Raider 2. Install Game. Click the "Install Game" button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. View all 19 Tomb Raider 2 Screenshots. Game review Downloads Screenshots Overall rating: 7. People say: 9. Overall rating: 9. Overview One of the most influential characters in video game history has made her return.
We'll have more on this hot sequel in our E3 coverage next month. Weapons Vs. Weirdoes In the original Tomb Raider the monsters and bad guys were mean but their in-game population was lean.
Well now you can download the original Tomb Raider classic from the Play Store for your Android phone or tablet. Tomb Raider is a favourite game amongst game lovers not only at play stations. It has been adapted for your mobile phones. It is not just a movie casting Angelina Jolie. Now you are ready to play the game on your mobile! Then are you ready to pay for downloading the game. Then install the game while in Safe Mode and restart the system normally. You should then be able to run the multi-patch for your Windows version without any difficulty.
To run Tomb Raider 2 on a widescreen monitor without distortion, see patches , below. This site includes a wealth of general information on the games, as well as a detailed section on backward compatibility. TR2 was designed for standard aspect ratio monitors and TVs. This unofficial patch allows you to run Tomb Raider 2, 3 and 4 in three different aspect ratios: , or without the usual distortion.
See here for comparison screenshots and dowload links. Borderless Patch - This fixes the issue where the game shows a window border when in fullscreen mode on Windows 8 and newer.
Download from the PC Gaming Wiki site. Dege's dgVoodoo Patch - Follow this link for the latest download and instructions. Visit Core-Design. The Kins also has some great tips on running the classic games on newer systems. Visit tombraiderchronicles. In order to use a gamepad, you'll need a utility to map gamepad buttons to keyboard inputs. If you are unable to see the video sequences at the start of the game and between certain levels, or if you just want to watch them again, you may want to download EscapePlay KB to watch the movies outside the game.
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