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11-Nov-2016 |
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average rating: |
8.04 |
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121.00 MB |
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TR4 |
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Egypt |
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| Reviewer's comments |
"Had fun playing this level.
Challenging puzzles and passages.
Died many times but it was always my own fault.
Need to play it again, to find all secrets.
Good old TR-feeling" - Rutra98 (27-Nov-2018) |
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| "The same game but executed miles better than the previous edition, although that nice dart room and my favourite trampoline oasis are now gone. Instead we got the epic artifact room we get teleported from - not that smooth. I guess the builder hit the limits but getting out would still be better the old way. There's also a very difficult riddle passage - even knowing the rules of chess, and possibly being able to defeat you in a real match, I had no idea what the author had in mind about these movements. They appear OK but I'm neither playing white nor black, and while I can do the right move one way, an alternate way brings death. The spike walk I somehow did right by trial and error, and even now I don't understand what it was about. The following pushable was better: the moment of realizing what it's really about was very nice. But as time passes, and mine runs out, I begin to appreciate secrets which grant no bonus for completion, unlike here - I missed one ball and had to repeat 40 minutes, again over the spikes, chess squares and pushies. One of these lockups might also be unfair - how am I supposed to know that glass is different, a single crack in it would make all the difference. And possibly I know what went wrong with these bridges which create invisible collision below - TRNG allows depth customization, possibly overloooked here. But despite of the extensive bug report, I had no other problems than one demigod crash I was well prepared for. One thing I had globally against the design is the map is stunningly bright - be it the outside, inside or caves, I was longing for some shadows for my sight to rest. SUMMARY: A lot of care and beauty, however both visually and gamingly tiring - so I think it's best played during daylight, and not in one go but in little bits so you can take time and figure it out piece by piece." - DJ Full (19-Jan-2017) |
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| "This is a remarkably complex and well-crafted level for a builder who is not yet out of his teens. A significant aspect of the gameplay appears to be finding an unusually large number of secrets. (The readme says 14, but the room at the end has only 12 receptacles, which presumably means that there are two more to be found after you access the secret area.) I tried to keep my eyes open throughout, but I managed to find only 3 secrets, which probably reveals more about my playing skills than about how well the secrets were hidden. In one large gold room (not the one at the end) there were ladders and jumpswitches that I found no way to reach, so I'm sure there was much to do there that I simply missed. The walkthrough I prepared is therefore woefully incomplete, and it would be nice if one of the secret hunters out there could put the extra meat on the bones. Even without the secrets, however, this is a highly entertaining hour-long adventure that is certainly no walk in the park. I had to make my way through, fending off numerous demigods and harpies, with pistols only, although surely some of the secrets contained additional weaponry. That timed run to the underwater grate was one of the most diabolical I've ever encountered, but you definitely get a sense of accomplishment when you finally conquer it. Recommended." - Phil (15-Dec-2016) |
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| "This is quite an adventure and had me going for
well over 45 minutes. There are a lot of tasks
to accomplish, some of which work better than
others. I enjoyed the various jumping
exercises, but the chess puzzle was too obscure
for my liking and I never quite grasped the
logic. Also the colour puzzle was nice, but the
three tile/spike puzzle was also unclear. The
secrets must be really well hidden as I only
managed to nab a measly 2 secrets. Definitely
worth playing, but you may want to wait for the
walkthrough to avoid being bogged down." - Ryan (01-Dec-2016) |
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| "I have to start by saying that I love gold and anything
to do with gold. This level really delivered on the
aspect of a Golden City and provided some awesome,
delightful visuals.
Beyond that, the level started out quite wonderful and
promising, but at about the half-way point, it became
mind-numbingly frustrating. The puzzles and platforming
elements were indeed very clever, but I think the builder
didn't really consider how their audience would perceive
the puzzles from an outside perspective. As a builder,
you know your own solutions so they are easy for YOU to
understand. I found the puzzles at the half-way point and
onward to be excruciatingly tedious and unclear. Even
using all of the hints at my disposal, there never seemed
to be clear solutions to puzzles, just a ton of trial and
error.
Some of the timed runs were also a bit unfair. I could be
wrong about the builder's process, but I can only speak
from my experience, and I genuinely feel like they did
not consider how bizarre and confusing these puzzles
would be from an outside perspective. Or maybe they did
intend for it to be that tough. If that's the case, job
well done!
Beyond that, I also felt enemy placement was rather
unfair as well. Health supplies were quite low at all
times and enemies took very many hits to bring down and
dealt a lot of damage at the same time. You would also
tend to randomly face 2-5 of these enemies in one small
space. Such encounters were quite a hassle.
Beyond the gameplay gripes, I really enjoyed what the
builder gave us here in terms of visuals and sound
design. I loved the little touches such as the really
well-placed audio tracks and the track that played every
time you died. Textures were quite varied throughout but
still consistent and very fitting. The object set was
perfect for this level. Little things like all of that
stuff mentioned above show the amount of thought and
effort that went into the level.
This is a beautiful, polished level with a lot of thought
and genuine Tomb Raider flair. The gameplay just took a
huge knock for me as it constantly felt like the cards
are stacked against you as a player, and that made
progress more and more frustrating rather than rewarding." - BHM Productions (22-Nov-2016) |
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| "Good work this time. The whole adventure is full of dangers and tricky traps; there are somme innovative puzzles too. Some puzzles are too "obscure": in the chess puzzle I never found a way to know the starting tile, also later when activated the flipmap, from the tile with the jumpswitch it's difficult to figure out you must go back to the previous tile (no picture in the ceiling); in the mirror puzzle with spikes and three tiles hint I never found the correct way to cross, even overlapping the hints in both sides of the mirror. Also the timed runs are too tight, I think for most people, and I never found an extra gun so I had to deal with all enemies only with the pistols, and near the start was not very good to fight with a demigod and a harpy only with the pistols in such small room. The secrets are very hard to find; I only could get a single secret so I think I missed a good part of the gameplay. I noticed a good effort with sounds and cameras to create atmosphere, for me, the best of the game; the texturization is very good too, but some rooms are too bright. After get the Seraph and the Ankh the game always crashed so I had to abandone at that location in the crawlspace. Really a good level worth to play, but not for beginners." - Jose (13-Nov-2016) |
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| "I expected this to be a modernized remake of an okay but not outstanding level, but thankfully this is mostly reworked and actually provides thorough and diverse fun. In terms of gameplay the builder has kept the enjoyable parts but added a lot of new puzzles and platforming parts, all of which are a challenge to get through and require thinking (which is nothing self-evident these days). Few parts are agreeably slower paced and maybe not as intense as others and it's possible to push the edges of creativity still much further, but my general impression of this level is very good. There are quite a lot of enemies, but there's enough ammo (sadly you only get appropriate weaponry if you find the secrets) and medipacks to deal with them. The 13 secrets required to find the extra one are well hidden too. Concerning the looks there's still room for improvement. While the level doesn't look anywhere as primitive as the original version, there are still too much wrongly rotated, streched or squeezed textures and the lighting is way too flat or bright in many rooms, although it's comparatively better in others where the effect it creates is rather nice. In the first area you can (and have to, in order for a secret) reach the top of the map, a few things like the Roman numbers in an Egypt setting are out of place and the usage of sounds is at least questionable as they are always triggered again when you step on their trigger tiles. The cameras are quite professional though and in general audio tracks are decently chosen. The 65 minutes I spent here are quite fun and I definately like to see more from this builder in near future, possibly with some more refined visuals but for sure with more of such gameplay ideas. Recommended." - manarch2 (13-Nov-2016) |
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