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Level: LB Advent Calendar 2006 - December 19th Remake back home search
Author(s): illyaine masha
total rating:8.13 Gameplay &
Puzzles		 Enemies,
Objects &
Secrets		 Atmosphere,
Sound &
Cameras		 Lighting &
Textures
Akcy 8 8 8 8
Jay 8 8 8 8
Jose 7 8 7 10
Kristina 7 8 8 8
Loupar 8 9 8 8
MichaelP 7 7 9 7
Obig 9 9 10 10
Phil 8 8 8 8
Shady Croft 8 8 8 9
Shandroid 8 8 8 8
category averages
(10 reviews)		 7.80 8.10 8.20 8.40

Reviewer's comments

"This is a nice little exercise that starts off as a house level at Christmas time. Winston has had a little accident, some of the ornaments have been knocked off the tree and shattered, and Winston is taking his sweet time cleaning up the mess. In the meantime, Lara has to go out and find replacements, and this requires an extended trip on the motorbike (which you first need to access) to a small remote village. Even with the walkthrough it took me nearly an hour and a half to complete the mission, and I found it to be quite enjoyable. You have to do quite a bit of running around, and a return trip to the main house is needed to trigger the ending sequence, but I never experienced a sense of tedium or boredom. Recommended." - Phil (27-Feb-2007)

"When I began to play I think: "Oh, no, another Lara's home level!" But fortunately It wasn't so. Into and around the house you'll not lose too much time and once you get the snowmobile you'll explore a beautiful small village and the snowy mountains. Gameplay is not very good 'cause there's not cameras to help you for a no-lineal level, and although you pick up and "read" the scroll (in german language) could be a camera shot to show you where to go when you have the four balls (I supposed I had to get back to the mansion only for the number 4 in the note). Good animations at the beginning and at the end, nice christmas environment and good ambience, but puzzles only consist about looking for keys to open doors and pull switches. A good level anyway." - José (15-Feb-2007)

"I love Lara's home levels and if the rooms are the same than in the original I love it more. Some rooms have been added and also there's a door that leads to the village. The gameplay is fluid, there are no enemies and the last goal is to get some coloured balls to decorate the Christmas Tree. That balls are hidden sometimes very well. The atmosphere is christmassy and nice. I love it and I think it's a great work." - Loupar (19-Jan-2007)

"This Advent level was simpler than some of the others and with Winston trying to decorate the Christmas tree. Seeing him with the broom sweeping away the smashed balls was funny and because of that Lara has to search for some balls now so the tree doesn't look empty. She has to search houses and use the snowmobile to collect those colourful balls in a snowy setting of course. It was quite pleasant and I found four secrets." - Kristina (18-Jan-2007)

"The cutscenes at the beginning and the end are still so great and worth loading this one up all by themselves. In this remake the gameplay must have been extended quite a bit, as my net game time at 40 mins was about double vs the level 2 years ago. After managing to leave the mansion, you get a lot of exploring to do with a snowmobile which is great fun to do although it is easy to get a little lost in the area. The village is nicely designed but it is a bit tedious to hunt for all the keys and switches. The search of all the golden rose secrets does provide a nice side adventure though, so do not miss out on those." - MichaelP (15-Jan-2007)

"Winston has been a butterfingers with the Christmas decorations. Frankly, he’s made nearly as much of a mess of Lara’s tree as my kitten made of mine this year (but not quite). Lara has to visit the nearby pretty little village to find replacement ornaments, but this time she gets to do it in style on a snowmobile. I played and enjoyed the original level and this version is an enhancement, with additional areas both in and outside the mansion." - Jay (02-Jan-2007)

"Is this remake as good as the previous one ? yes it is and infact,its better. The usual beginning terrific cutscene is still there and the mansion and village are still there with afew rooms added. Before you leave off for the village,you have to do afew things in Lara's mansion and around it (which I thought was really fun) after that you take the snowmobile to the village to get 4 ornaments for the christmas tree instead of the ones Winston broke. The village was nice looking with afew changes (and afew areas added on the way to the village). It took me around 40 minutes to finish it...nice level!" - Shady Croft (27-Dec-2006)

"History repeats itself, Winston still clumsy :). There are much improvements in this remake, both in gameplay and design. Lot of new areas in Lara's house and outside too, they look good. The old areas mostly the same, the few changes are for the better, like the little pushing object puzzle. The snowmobile ride was fun. Lara still thieves the decorations, which is not good. But apart from that, now the level is much better." - Akcy (26-Dec-2006)

"I vaguely remember playing the original December 19th and I know I had fun playing it. The remake has several differences including a snowmobile, which made it lots more fun. I only found one of five secrets, pretty pathetic. I really wanted to get the one I could see through a ground window, but no dice, oh well! I had a really fun time looking for the ornaments, but I wished there was more Christmas music and festive decorations. There were nice cutscenes with music and of course the cutscenes at the beginning and end with Lara and Winston were great and funny." - Shandroid (24-Dec-2006)

"This christmas level was a great experience. It was familiar; a part of it comes from an older christmas-level, but it was remade and extended. You have to find 4 christmas-tree ornaments (Balls) in a small village as well, and for this you have to discover more switches and levers and find keys of course. You also have to ride the motorbike to an icy valley; riding on the edges of the rocks. There are 5 secrets on the level, and for them you have to open you eyes wide. A little practise on the training course is also necessary – at least for a key. :) The textures are wonderful, the sounds are great, I can only suggest to play it. You can find a Hungarian walkthrough (as we don't have English version), savegames and pictures here: http://treditor.hu/16/19th_december_remake.htm" - Obig (22-Dec-2006)
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