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11-Oct-2015 |
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average rating: |
8.68 |
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"(7) Gameplay & Puzzles: This medium difficulty adventure took me about 1 hour. The platforming is pretty straight-forward but I wouldn't call it an easy level as medipacks are sparse. Still, newer players should be fine with one provided they are careful with their health. I would divide the gameplay into 2 parts; calm and pleasant exploration/item gathering in the seaside town, and more intense gameplay in the labyrinth underground. The builder does incorporate a number of (easy) puzzles throughout the adventure, and I had a good time overall, however there are a few "???" moments in terms of gameplay design. I think the biggest issue involves 3 shape objects that serve as clues at the top of the labyrinth room. Okay, so when entering the labyrinth, the player can either follow the bronze key path or the golden key path. The builder does not indicate to the player that these paths need to be done in a certain order (bronze, then gold). If the player looks at the 3 shape objects up top, which serve as a clue for the golden key path, and then the player follows through with this clue, they are punished, which is not good game design in my opinion. It would have been much better if these clue objects were initially invisible and then once the bronze key path was completed, and the player was ready for the golden key path, these objects were made visible and a camera pointed at them. The mirror room is poorly designed (archway objects and pillars hinder visibility of the ground, and the fire wraith is obnoxious given the former issue). Also, I'm not a fan of underwater mazes and I consider them to be filler content, and there's too much shimmying in the large hall with the brown statue that looks like chocolate. (8) Enemies, Objects & Secrets: Not many enemies here, which is just fine. The endgame bossfight is decent, however I think it could have been spiced up more (maybe fight 2 minotaurs at once instead of one at a time which is too easy; the fight room is very plain -- perhaps some flames shooting up while Lara fights the 2 minotaurs). The static decor is excellent, particularly the builder's use of trees and plants. Every area feels lively, with just the right amount of objects, except the final fight room which was sorely lacking in objects. There's a nice trap segment involving a globe (rolling ball) and spikes, although I would have liked to have seen more in terms of trap design. As mentioned above, at times the objects hinder the gameplay flow (the 3 shape objects near the top of the labyrinth, and the archway objects which hinder visibility in the mirror room). (9) Atmosphere, Sound & Cameras: I really, really wanted to give this category a 10, as the atmosphere and architecture is just stunning, particularly in town. I could tell that every single room (even the smaller connector rooms that don't have much gameplay) was crafted with care. The music cues and background ambiences are great. The reason why this category is a 9 is because of cameras. There's a beautiful flyby at the beginning and near the end of the game, however, after using the bronze and golden keys, there is a wonky flyby that is disorientating and moves too fast. I think there could have been more static camera shots in general, showing objectives, and it's especially annoying that Lara gets stuck on "look" when entering the mirror room. There are also several cases where Lara looks at an area over and over even though the needed action was already accomplished. It would have been more polished if these camera triggers were deactivated once the action was accomplished. (10) Lighting & Textures: This is such a high quality, polished category, especially considering this level was a debut. The lighting is attractive and realistic both in town and underground. Unlike a couple of other reviewers, I did not think the lighting was monotone at all -- sure, the builder doesn't use intense colored lighting, but the lighting works just fine for immersion and visibility purposes. I did not spot any texturing errors and the builder has a keen eye for grouping together textures that are in harmony with each other in terms of color. Overall, this was a very high-quality debut level, particularly in terms of visuals, however I was left wanting a bit in terms of gameplay. 7/8/9/10." - nerdfury (25-Aug-2021) |
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| "Extraordinary debut. It's a long level with variety of tasks and no much backtracking. In the mirror room it's difficult to see the safe tiles, 'cause the arches, and it's also hard to go back with the fire ghost chasing Lara. Near that room, in the pool room with two keyholes, there is a confusing hint: when I arrived there I looked up and saw a hint with three signs, but when I pressed the buttons in that order I was directly directed to the punishment room. Anyway an entertaining level with beautiful areas you'll enjoy. Recommended." - Jose (06-Oct-2017) |
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| "The author has make a good job to design charming places
with appropriate atmosphere, a small village by the sea ,
and a temple area underground.
The areas are not too impressive but quite nice. The
progression is quite easy until you reach the temple area
, the symbols puzzle was good , and the mirror room with
the wraith was a bit too much, and jars with the rest as
well as a tricky jump to a roof. Anyway the tasks are
generally varied without making the player doubt long
about what has to be done. At the end the storyling was
well accomplished but I had the feeling that more could
have been done along the way. Nevertheless a good level ,
and the secrets being easy to miss , it has a replay
value. I would say that harmony is a word that goes
generally well with this level in spite of some
dissonance. Good job overall !" - eRIC (30-Apr-2017) |
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| "This level was easy but never boring. It all starts out in a beautiful small city where the gameplay mostly relies on pulling levers and using keys with the exception of shooting the barrels to fill the passage under it with wine so you can get the item on the bottom. I did have some trouble with the barrel, it just wouldn't break no matter how many times i shot at the bloody thing until i tried to stand closer to it which helped. Gameplay gets better as you get to the underground areas with some nice but easy puzzles to solve, the mirror room was difficult to get through because of the wraith chasing you on your way back and that it was hard to see the safe spots in the mirror. I really liked the look of them, one was an angel and the other one was evil. The 3 button puzzle was very obvious as there are only 6 combinations that you can try out. Luckily i had no trouble jumping up to the roof that i heard several people struggled with. Texturing is nicely done, Lighting is mostly done well too. I recommend that you try the best you can to find all the secrets as it really is a nice addition to the experience. I really liked the look of the big hall but the long shimmy that you had to do was a little boring to be honest. Overall i think this level while being mostly pretty unchallenging is still enjoyable and definetly worth your time. Not recommended for beginners though because of the mirror room." - totizedger (01-Jul-2016) |
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| "A high quality entry here. Starting in a
rainy seaside resort, then entering a
beautiful imposing Greek temple with many
great puzzles to solve, not least, a
mirror room with added wraith. Nice
secrets too. Recommended." - Ryan (01-Mar-2016) |
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| "The visuals here a well realised, with a detailed town area giving
away to ruins beneath it. The objects, lighting and design are all
consistently good, though, outside of one room near the end the
scale felt slightly on the small side to me and the environments
didn't feel as dramatic as they were presumably intended to be.
The map isn't especially long and is pretty easy but it's consistently
well designed and maintains momentum, but it doesn't really
surprise either. Despite my issues it's a great map overall and
hopefully the designer releases more levels as this one shows great
potential." - Mman (01-Feb-2016) |
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| "I decided to play this level once builder names were
revealed and I'm glad I chose properly by taking a
wonderful debut level. I spend nearly 45 minutes of net
time going through impressive room with highly detailed
objects and shocking enemies. The room where you're
trapped fighting the minotaurs (or whatever they are) was
cool. I also found the "Ball of Yarn" very nice. As for
the gameplay, I found it hard in that room with the big
mirror and spiked floor (when you grab the Golden key a
fire spirit starts chasing you and getting rid of it
without getting burnt is quite a challenge). Secret
system seemed really original for me - I found them all.
Definitely this is a magnificient debut level that should
be on your must-play list from this package. Kudos to the
builder for this nice level." - MrJavi94 (11-Jan-2016) |
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| "A really nice seaside city on a cliff in the rain is followed by a quite decent greek temple. Some cliff parts beg for exploration and the town seems quite abandoned, for instance it would get brilliant if some people stared at the rainy windows, dreaming of getting outside. But then you have that church so it's explained where all the people are. The prologue and the catacomb transition is flowing but things go downhill inside the temple. While the amount of pushes of the sequencer might be acceptable or not, it's definitely a bad idea to combine a spike mirror with a fire wraith chase, especially when the mirror is too small to see the correct pads. It's also not good to climb ladders and push timed levers when you try to evade these witches. Speaking of ladders the final hall is also too large for them, usual jumping or a rope would give more hope. But in general the gameplay is flowing, all is clear and you don't have much chance to get stuck. I particularly liked the flyby showing the secret slide. The cross pool room and the Atlas chamber are of notable architecture but the minotaur arena could be less boxy. Finally we get out for a really decent closure and I'm so glad it's not missing in this one. SUMMARY: A nice little level exactly like the title - don't expect fireworks, it's pretty easy going and straightforward. Has some nonsense parts but is still rewarding as it should." - DJ Full (31-Dec-2015) |
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"The initial area of this level is a
very lovely and atmospheric Greek
village, and gameplay in this area is
fairly low-key, with quite a bit of
exploration. The pace picks up a bit
once you enter the underground area.
There's a rather tricky jump onto the
roof of the temple (which seems to
have elicited quite a few complaints
from other reviewers), though I didn't
find it too bad. Since this was my
sixteenth BtB 2015 level, I thought I
must have already seen every item in
the package, so I was pleasantly
surprised to see a hitherto unseen
sequence puzzle setup. While the setup
is not used to its full potential,
there are at least two separate areas,
one of which - a boulder chase
inspired by the Atlas room of TR:
Anniversary - is enjoyable, while the
other - a mirror room in which it's
extremely hard to see the spike traps
in the mirror - is almost nightmarish,
especially when you have to make your
way back with a wraith in close
pursuit. The large hall in which you
have to shimmy for ages is rather
boring. The tasks involved in getting
the torch and lighting it are not bad.
There are a variety of enemies, though
apart from the wraiths that chase Lara
out of the two sequence puzzle areas,
none of them pose much challenge. The
secrets are fairly easy to get. I
liked that they are linked - for
example, using the two secret cogs
enables you to activate the flying
shoes to access the third secret.
The predominant colours in this level
are blue and grey, but the overall
effect isn't bland or monochrome. The
village is very pretty - I especially
like the church, the park and the
cliff-top pavilion. The underground
area is quite pretty too: the hub room
of the sequence puzzle is particularly
beautiful. The hall with the ultra-
long shimmying sequences is nicely
lit, though rather empty, and
architecturally not very impressive.
The latter can also said about the
empty, boxy room where you fight the
minotaurs.
Overall: A pretty and atmospheric
level, with some good gameplay ideas,
but also some annoying or tedious
bits. Recommended." - Mytly (31-Dec-2015) |
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| "Lara's off to Little Santorini to find Pandora's Box in this forty-minute level. I don't know how many of those she needs - I'm sure I've picked up at least another three so far in this year's Back to Basics competition - but Lara never was one to turn down an opportunity to get another artifact to hide in a locked room that only she is allowed to enter. But maybe she just wanted an excuse to visit Little Santorini, which appears to be a picturesque seaside village. Filled with switches and doors, mostly, although there is one beefcake Greek man, whom Lara's making googly eyes at when the level starts. Things pick up a bit once Lara enters an underground temple - it doesn't look as good visually, but the gameplay is generally tighter. It's a mostly linear level, and on the few occasions I got stuck, it generally felt like it was my fault. Even after you enter the temple, there's nothing here that feels very complex. While you do more than just run around pulling switches, it's hard to get much satisfaction from entering a room, climbing up a broken pillar, picking up a key and then moving on. Tasks are generally varied - there are some traps and acrobatics and enemies - so it's not a boring level, but every challenge is so quickly and easily overcome that I'm pretty sure I caught Lara yawning on more than one occasion."I've stayed in bed for less," Lara once said. And sure, maybe going through another Greek temple to find another Pandora's Box isn't worth it when there's nothing there you haven't seen before. But I'm pretty sure you don't meet sexy men if you stay home. Unless Winston counts." - Magnus (30-Dec-2015) |
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| "The game begins pretty and nice, with sunshine, blue
water, a charming village, a cat freed from a box and... a
goat as an enemy??? Have you turned bad after all,
Amalthea?? Well... it's all Tomb Raider. The game play
seems easy and pretty: even the scale's puzzle has a
given solution, the necessary items are not much hidden,
the little city is much less labyrinthic than others.
Moreover, the symbols' puzzle is also simplistic, for it
resumes itself in searching and using symbol combinations
in order to open doors that lead to more combinations to
be used; and the first combination is intuitive (from
left to right), avoiding incursions in dangerous places...
Trivial, isn't it? But no, not at all: the game has the
worst mirror room that I have seen, a spiked one
extremely difficult to navigate due to the indistinctness
of the mirror image, obstructed by pillars, and
additionally complicated by falling swords and (extreme
outrage!) a burning wraith. Well... this sequence is for
experienced players, no doubt. Compared to it, the rest
is a stroll in the beach. Another boring part is the long
shimmying along ledges, in a high hall, in order to press
three buttons. But all of these are more than compensated
by the variety of tasks, and especially the lovely
sequences involved in the search and use of secrets; it
is rare to see secret objects effectively used, and it
was done here with creativity and charm, involving even
the use of Mercury's slippers, that so cute creation.
Congratulations!" - Josey (23-Nov-2015) |
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| "From the charming introduction flyby, to the quaint exploration in the village, to some slightly tougher challenges underground - and back. This level has a story to tell and flows rather well, as it is never really too difficult to figure out your next step. The settings are convincing and while I did frown at the one surprisingly tricky jump to a roof and the slight tedium moments with rather lengthy shimmy exercises in the big hall, what you will remember more are the nice symbols puzzle, mirror room and spike room puzzles, which spice things up and the very well designed concept of the 4 connected secrets. Wonderful work and accessible to all kinds of raiders out there, so not to be missed. [56 min, 4 secrets]" - MichaelP (18-Nov-2015) |
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| "Amazing level!.well-built,good placement of objects and gameplay!" - janachorider (07-Nov-2015) |
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| "I will happily say how happy I was deceived with the introduction flyby to this level. I feared it might be too contained within the nicely crafted cliff city, and while it did take me a while to get my bearings, once I got underground I was awed more often than not. The environments have a somewhat psychedelic look about them and yet they're always grandious and beautiful. While sometimes your next step may not be so obvious, you don't really get lost here so gameplay flows nice and steadily as you progress through a number of areas until you finally retrieve the green apple (and the prized Pandora's Box, of course). I loved how the author used cameras to bring a sense of motion to Lara's teleporting back to the surface. While I still have many BtB-Greece levels left to play, it's safe to say this one is a precious gem and will definitely rank among the top contenders. Don't miss out on it! 60 minutes, 1 secret. 10/15" - Treeble (04-Nov-2015) |
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| "The atmosphere of the little port is very well restored and the puzzles are excellent. I freed Pegasus and I thought quickly find the apple, but precisely it is found at the end. Excellent level accessible to all." - Drakan (30-Oct-2015) |
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| "Lovely place to visit! This level was just a really nice walk in the park with one of the best views i saw in recent levels! Nice layout, really nice puzzles even if the "wine puzzle" was a bit to hard to guess! The mechanics and "re-texture" of somethings like the "zip line" was such a nice touch that i felt in love with the game.. Just enough killing, and the "rework" on the grenade launcher was just awesome!
There were only two bugs, on is when you try to climb something with a thin layer and the other is some invisible spikes after you use a trigger
And if i have to be really "picky" i would have to say that you have to do to much shimmy in one part and.. thats all! To much nice touchs to blaming something
I just wish it was longer.. honestly one of the best i saw in a long time, but not the most challenge.. If you want a pleasant experience that you just keep on going this is a level for you my kind reader! Oh, and not spoiling everything but the way you can use Pegasus at the end is adorable" - Leeth (28-Oct-2015) |
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| "First level of Back to Basics of this year that i've played,
and it was amazing. The amount of details implemented in
this level were fantastic and it really made this level
extra fun. Absolutely loved it. The whole level itself
wasn't really difficult, but the area at the beginning where
you need to brake one of the barrels was not really
intuitive. I tried to hit them once and i just keep
exploring outside of that area, since they didn't brake
(thank god for the reviews, otherwise i would be stuck a
very long time, since there isn't a walkthrough yet). Other
thing that was tricky, was to reach the roof of the
basilica...i had to try several times the same jump in order
to succeed. The kitty cat at the beginning was so adorable,
i only wish he could follow me around. The menu is beautiful
such as the main menu flyby (i was actually hopping to
battle Cleopatra). The angle and devil creatures that
replace the original skin for the ghosts on TR4 were really
well thought.
Now there's a couple of things that were annoying enough for
me to lower the scores to 9. In the gameplay i've already
stated above what annoyed me the most (not intuitive "wine"
puzzle) and the fact that the shimmy on the last area takes
too long. I loved the puzzle with the buttons, at a certain
point i had to guess the right order, but since there's only
three of them, it only makes a total of 6 combinations, so
easy to try. The secrets were brilliant, i managed to
collect the two cogs needed to find the secrets, but what
fails here is that if you miss a cog you won't be able to
pick up all of the secrets (since they are all connected to
each other) not the mention the last secret which is f******
awesome (not going to spoil in this review), and the little
flying shoes that replaced the zip lane were so adorable!!!!
I would LOVE to give a 10 on the third topic, but the
automatic camera in some points didn't allow me to. The only
place where the auto camera shouldn't trigger was on the
mirror room. It makes it almost impossible to see through
the mirror (i had to jump in closer to the mirror in order
for the camera to reset).
And finally the Pegasus was the best part of the level, i
only wished it had more things to do with the horse." - Zhyttya (26-Oct-2015) |
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| "The setting and flyby was nicely done and I didn't have a problem with the admittedly tough-but-doable mirror room wraith run. I also thought the wine barrel effect was nice. Getting to the temple roof was easy when you realised you didn't to do a complicated jump. However I was disappointed with the rooms opened by the shape buttons which were underwhelming and also by the fact it was all too easy to reach the end of the world in the ocean (as the currents were not copmpletely applied) and up at the windmill. it would also have been nice to be able to revisit the cisterns from the trapdoor so that a secret could be got after seeing 2 cogs were needed in the basilica. Overall had promise but could have been better." - Adrian (20-Oct-2015) |
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| "Little Santorini really showcases the variety of the Back to Basics package this year. I got a grand adventure exploring a beautiful coastal town with lovely environments, finely crafted caves, and a grand and lavish hidden temple all in a single level. The changes in location, and the accompanying atmosphere really kept things fresh and made me want to continue on to see just how deep this level goes. It really satisfies, and brings good gameplay featuring an assortment of puzzle tasks and well-constructed rooms that are enjoyable to solve and platform through without stressing out the player. The exception to that would be the run back from the mirror room. I didn't mind the idea of having a wraith in there so much, but a fire wraith paired with a not-so-easy mirror room was rather annoying with the added risk of having the run back over if Lara gets caught on fire. Besides that, the exploration of the environment is well-paced and rewards players that are observant as the subtlest oddity in an environment, whether it's a crack or a slope jutting out from the ground, serves as a clue to progress further and find a puzzle item or a switch. The builder's greatest strength here is their sense of architecture. The environments look very polished and atmospheric, with each area offering good scenery. The lighting works nicely though is a bit monotone throughout. I feel the areas, as wonderfully constructed as they are, could be even better with more themed lighting. Overall I really liked this entry and it ended nicely with the freeing of a Pegasus, which I hope to see more of in the other levels." - Relic Hunter (18-Oct-2015) |
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| "In my earlier review I objected rather vociferously to two of the builder's gameplay decisions. The first was that back flip and jump to grab the temple roof that I could never make after innumerable efforts. Now that the initial waves of frustration have subsided, I realize that this is my failing and not the builder's, as other reviewers apparently made the jump successfully without feeling the need to comment on it. The second was in the mirror room, where you have to make a series of precarious jumps to reach an artifact, and when you pick it up a fire wraith is triggered. Not only do you have to jump back along the same route under extreme pressure, you have to pause and climb twice and then pull down a wall switch in order to escape to a water source. Bene has gently pointed out to me that you can distract the wraith and avoid its flaming kiss by simply firing at it. Therefore, the objections expressed in my earlier review are not really valid. Eating humble pie is something I can do without hesitation when I know that this is the right and proper thing to do. My scores have been revised in conjunction with this revised review. I will now go away quietly without commenting on anything else in this level, leaving it to others to fulfill that task. Suffice it to say that I enjoyed immensely 95% of the 1 hour and 25 minutes of my playing time here, and I can fully respect the builder's gameplay decisions for the other 5%. Recommended." - Phil (18-Oct-2015) |
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| "Starting with a very cool flyby of a hugely atmospheric outside area, the exploration of the first areas is very interesting. Admittedly the amount of tasks is fairly limited here and soon you'll enter an underground area, with more gameplay, in form of an extended three-button puzzle, a mirror room and other rather interesting, but never very clever or challenging tasks. Still the fluent progression and several nice add-ons like the side quest for the secrets are enhancing the experience. The atmosphere inside is still convincing and from time to time impressive. The lighting is perhaps a bit monotonous here and there, but the texturing is fine in general. Enemies are decently used except maybe the fire wraith chase which is a bit stressful, the secrets are all well hidden and finding them all nicely simplifies the boss fight. The return to the outside area is very spectacularly designed and the finale too, although I felt like a bit more could be up to this (still quite well done) level I spent 35 minutes in." - manarch2 (18-Oct-2015) |
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| "First impression was that the opening setting was a thing
of beauty reminiscent of Oxy at her best. Evident that
much time and care was taken in the choosing and placing
of objects: Icons,flowers/trees and grape vines(!) to
mention just a few of the many attention grabbers. I
almost gave a 7 for Gameplay as I was in the Barrel room
numerous times shooting everything in sight but I think
it was just a fluke and swimming in wine washed that
aggravation right away. And then there was the Mirror
Room which should have been easy but was not and Gameplay
necessitated going through twice...a special peeve of
mine (and I would think most players) to have to navigate
a somewhat difficult area two times but most of the
puzzles were what they are supposed to be: just plain fun
and interesting to figure out and who could not like a
level ending with a Pegasus?
Summing up - creative and fun.
Well done!" - Bene (15-Oct-2015) |
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| "I'm on a beautiful Greek island and it's raining? Seriously? Look, I live eight miles south of Manchester. I can get rain practically any time I want. Ah well, it's not as though an adventure with Lara ever involves lazing around in the sun anyway. Rain aside, the builder really has managed to create the look and feel of an authentic Greek island village, which is a pleasure to explore. There are some good puzzles and some rather challenging tasks - I found the whole mirror room/spikes/fire wraith sequence a bit of a nightmare frankly. Definitely one for players with some experience, but well worth playing." - Jay (14-Oct-2015) |
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| "A very solid, well-built and stunning level.. The remake
of the chamber of Tomb Raider Anniverssary is great. Big
Thumbs up!.
Difficulty:Medium 70 minutes." - requiemsoul (13-Oct-2015) |
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| "Lara starts on the sea-side, in a well created small
idyllic harbour. We have to make our way through alleys and
via narrow stairs between the typical small white houses
and Mediterranean greenery. A convincing overture to a
large adventure with very well done, not always linear
gameplay with a lot of exploring in professionally built
environment. To shoot a barrel with Greek wine to flood an
area in order to get a needed item is a nice idea,
performing tasks chased by wraiths is always interesting,
column-climbing in a large and very impressing basilica was
very much fun.... all in all a real adventure where
everything fits together an quite more than a running
around in several rooms built around the this years' theme." - Christian (13-Oct-2015) |
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