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08-Dec-2011 |
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average rating: |
7.27 |
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review count: |
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22.33 MB |
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TR3 |
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Cambodia |
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| Reviewer's comments |
"nice level to be honest . first time im seeing so many moving spikes . can understand the frustration in some reviews but truth is that tasks are very managable . even the invisible platforms in the ' dark wannabe maze ' , you just fall exactly above the inv tile after monkeyswing and the key is ahead you . the curved jump need some more tries but nothing too hard . same like the time run , just sprint a little more . can finish level with guns only . Gameplay quite straightforward , missed 1 secret" - Petaludas (30-Mar-2024) |
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| "A harder level from Franco and different from what he normally does. We meet some custom enemies so combat is nice, also thank you for useful uzis. Secrets are strong ammo but I felt sorry we never got to use them - there should be some bossfight in this game, or any ending at all, since after placing the key the level just ends unresolved. A misleading element was a star-shaped floor trigger which activated a camera I never found the purpose of. Visually I wish for light more contrasting and colors less grey, but I see a step up from almost minimal rooms from the prequel. Recommended." - DJ Full (22-Dec-2023) |
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| "Somehow I missed this level the first time around and was
motivated to play it by Treeble's recent post documenting the
"missing" secrets. For some unfathomable reason I was able to
make that curved jump (the one so eloquently cursed in some of
the earlier reviews) on the fourth or fifth try, so I've sent
a savegame to Michael for inclusion with the walkthrough (that
now covers all six secrets). As TR3 levels go this one isn't
bad at all, but I echo the peeves expressed by the other
players. My total playing time was nearly an hour and a half,
so you get plenty of bang for your buck. Play it while we're
waiting for the release of some new TR4 levels." - Phil (13-Mar-2020) |
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| "I actually quite enjoyed this level, but there are quite a few aggravating issues with it. Invisible platforms (completely invisible, not the "use a flare to reveal" kind of invisible), a couple of extremely tight timed runs that leave no margin to error and what seemed like an impossible L-jump that will really test your resolve. On the other hand, just like the previous level from this series, the main area is rather small when you look at the big picture which is what makes this a rather engaging raid. You set off on a quest for a few keys and there's some great customization involved, such as the archer statue and the skeleton enemies, but ultimately the end trigger came all too abruptly rather than following up right from the climax. There was a noticeable lack of a background audio, but I dare say the eerie silence actually helped build tension. All in all, like I said, this is a great level, but certain things along the way definitely make people think otherwise. 65 minutes, 6 secrets. 03/20" - Treeble (09-Mar-2020) |
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| "This TR3 level has more modern looks to it
than most of them out there, which I quite
liked. But what didn't click for me so
well were the mostly frustrating and
devious gameplay mechanics. It begins with
a flawed spike wall run that traps the
player and leaves you with a dead end if
you aren't fast enough. Following that,
there is a very tricky multiple timed run
through narrow, twisting passageways which
I found too confusing. After that, there
is a spiked ceiling trap with a button to
press, but I found that plenty of time was
given. I think where plenty of players
will quit the game is with a stupidly
pixel perfect jump around a sort of blind
spot. I made it after countless tries but
was close to giving up here. I did not
like the maze area either that has you
explore above and below to find a key to
finish the level. I did like the sequence
with the archer and the way that enemies
and secrets were placed (one requires
additional preparation beforehand), but
the devilishly tricky gameplay ruined it
for me." - Ryan (29-Jul-2018) |
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| "The level is not very bad at all, but the very tight timed runs near the starting areas and the invisible tiles in the dark maze ruined the gameplay. The secrets are cleverly hidden, I liked the placement of enemies too and the camera shot showing the locations of the triggered objects, but I missed some more musics and flybys. If you are lucky with the moving spiked walls in the timed sequences at the start, you'll not find more nasty challenges; the remaining gameplay is well playable, but I still found a couple of tricky tasks: the curved running jump around that corner (I did it better without grab) and the jump to the top of the first pillar in the dark maze." - Jose (04-Sep-2017) |
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| "To be honest I didn't like this level at all. Too many devious and tricky runs and a very (in my opinion) nasty timed run around corners. There is also a nasty black maze so you can understand why I didn't like this one. It is just devious and I think the gameplay does suffer." - Gerty (25-May-2016) |
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| "There's something about the original TR3 that, despite the
years that have gone by and how much the graphics have
evolved, makes it unique and it has to do with variety,
atmosphere, the plot itself. Unfortunately, nothing of that
was actually truly captured in this level. It does have some
great moments - not counting the jumps where one can only
succeed after hundreds of tries - and I did enjoy it. But the
atmosphere seemed a bit empty and so did the plot if there is
one. The settings were mostly repetitive and uninteresting as
well. It's funny that I'm being so apparently negative whilst
saying I enjoyed the level... I did. But I think it's lacking
in some kind of mistique. Maybe Franco could give the TR4
engine a try?" - Jorge22 (18-Feb-2013) |
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| "If Franco is making gradual steps to improving his building
skills, this particular level has the boldest step towards
better gameplay he's yet attempted to my knowledge. It's
true that some of it is just head-banging-against-the-wall
difficult - and moments like the curved 90 degree jump (if
our experiences were similar, Michael was not just exaggerating, when he said he made it on his 100th attempt.
I wish I could tap into this kind of perseverance and
stubbornness for things other than mastering seemingly
impossible TR jumps in my life), the run against the moving
spike wall and burners, and the invisible ledge in the maze
were a tad over the top and probably needed separate
walkthroughs in their own right, but if you can look the
other way (so much harder when you're actually at those
particular moments) this is actually a rather content-dense
and thrilling ride to take. In its more balanced moments, I
had a lot of fun looking for the best routes to master the
the double timed run, battling the poison-exhaling
reptilians and mastering the thrilling, though usually one-
shot trap sequences. The intent of the title or the
storyline are as of yet rather obscure to me, but this is
one of those games that can be played just for the sake of
it. On the downside - the author dabbles in the deceitful
territory again by making some windows shootable and other
identically looking ones not, and making the switches blend
in a bit too well with the surroundings for my liking, but
those are not as prominent as in the other Angkor level of
his. As far as the looks go - I have to commend the author
on making some (for him) interesting room geometry choices,
including some organic cave settings, catacombs and a brief
excursion outdoors. But it has to be said, that overall the
looks feel a bit drab and half-hearted. There could've been
more in the way of contrasts, intensity and light/shadow
play, as the overall feeling was monotonous. If the energy
crystals were intended to designate secrets, I found a total
of 5, but only 3 of them registered as secrets. Not a bad
pick for a TR3 level, but certainly not for the
fainthearted." - eTux (20-Oct-2012) |
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| "The main aspects of gameplay were putting a ring on a skeleton, 2 spike walls with lava in between, a timed run which is incredibly difficult (the door opens on the side facing Lara)
you think you need to do one thing but it turns out it's something else, e.g. the slopes before collecting the arrow - I didn't realise there was a crawslspace leading to the arrow, then you have to contend with a ceiling spike timed run, followed by a few slopes, then a mid air jump which I couldn't do
Enemies were mainly skeletons which you can actually kill, poisonous lizards and dogs.
Textures were nice on the walls, but floor textures were quite blocky, lighting was good butdidn't change much, nice variety of doors.
bugs were - crawling in one area you can see outside the game, you can get trapped in area with spikes if too quick or not quick enough" - sonnyd83 (05-May-2012) |
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| "A good TR3 level from this author that in his chronicle as
level designer is improving more and more. I remember the
previous level was quite good and even this one contains
even harder parts-challenges. Like in the previous level,
here we find several rooms and we often get stuck because of
the presence of nearly invisible switchs (not invisible, but
the colour is similiar to the walls one).. so the player has
to keep very open eyes. There are some tricky parts during
the gameplay, some time trials like the ones with the spike
walls calculated at the second.. the only problem: if you
aren't able to go over these traps and you aren't killed by
them, you couldn't simply continue the gameplay because the
trap becomes an obstacle to your path. A positive aspect is
a double time trial with 2 switches that I appreciated very
much.. I think it's not only a good point for the gameplay,
but even for enigms because the player shall reflect why an
only switch doesn't allow you to reach the door in time.
Over the middle of the level there is a particular banana
jump to make and I found it so difficult, even if really I
was wrong because I continued to press action after the
curve and this simply made things more complicated! Good
enigms: the double time trial, the arrow to find and to put
to the archer, the hidden crawlspaces, the invisible tiles
to reach a key in a dark maze room, the very strange
breakable windows ecc. I found 3 secrets. Good atmosphere
(even if Angkor Wat textures aren't among my favourite
ones), good textures, lights. Good and balanced presence of
enemies: dogs, mortal skeletons (as TR5 gladiators) and very
annoying ahmets. Globally: a level with a hard and not
always linear gameplay, effective but sometimes annoying;
good enigms and secrets and anything else always good. I
rate 8." - Steven Svorticher (20-Feb-2012) |
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| "Insert a big sigh of relief here... finally I managed to get through this level. I can now understand why this is only the fourth review that it receives. Most players will stop already quite early when they get stuck behind a moving spike wall that they cleverly avoided, because then there is no way to progress further, as you need to manage a tricky little run AHEAD of that spike wall. Those who get past that one, may give up at a very challenging timed run which requires you to sprint around several corners. I almost gave up at that seemingly simple blind curved jump around a left corner until I managed it at the 100th attempt or so. And to add insult to injury it all culminates in a pitch black maze area, which requires you to jump on a few invisble ledges to reach the final key. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Not really for me. I like a challenge in a TR level, but this one has rather mean challenges and drags on between them and I simply had not fun at all playing through it - sorry. To end on a positive note though, the looks overall are decent and believable, the idea with the archer and the arrow is cool and the use of relatively challenging enemies throughout is quite well balanced. I also liked the secrets (missed two of them though). Next time a little more balanced gameplay again please, Franco!" - MichaelP (19-Jan-2012) |
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| "This TR3 level is not for beginners. There are many tricky timed runs, spiked traps and boulder sequences and they will take most players several tries to get through. Personally I loved the challenge provided so the level was fun for the most part. However gameplay has a chance of getting broken, for instance if you let a spiked wall pass by you you may be eternally stuck. There are also quite a few "one way doors" and if you go through them too soon then you will have to backtrack a long way again. The best part is the objects, which are well chosen and there are some good adaptations of tr4 items as well as some original and creative puzzle objects. The level is riddled with camera shots, some are helpful but others get annoying and should have been set as oneshot cameras so they don't keep reappearing. In general the texturing is great, but is hurt by unmarked death floors, poorly marked ladders, and inconsistent monkey swings (textures that could be grabbed onto differ between areas). Overall a challenging and engaging adventure that came to a sudden end after 41 minutes." - SSJ6Wolf (24-Dec-2011) |
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| "I keep repeating myself with Francos levels: They are always
something different and they have plenty of moments where
you think "This can't be a non-TR4 or even a non-TREP
level!" But lately, his last levels (actually since the
third and last level of "Way of Relic") also had something
very annoying. I really didn't like searching around and
around the place only for a pushable, invisible platform or
crevice in the wall. Nonetheless, the ideas used here are
great, as the skeleton that needed a bracelet, skeletons as
enemies, the archer and the deadly rays, but I think Franco
ran out of ideas in the second half of the level, as
everything was pretty uninspired. Difficulty is much higher
than in the first part of the series, there are many trap
sequences and timed runs. The dark maze was really
unnecessary, and how can we players know there are some
windows that can be shot while others that look exactly the
same can't? Well, who knows. The looks of this level were
solid, with few sound usage but good texturing, I both liked
the texture set with some new textures and some Angkor Wat
ones and how you sometimes can see the light through some
broken walls. The cameras were nice but guess I wished there
were more hints what to do. I don't mean cameras after
pulling levers - these were enough - but e.g. there could be
a screen of the window, and we know we have to do something
here. All in all I finished this level after an hour with
quite mixed feelings." - manarch2 (23-Dec-2011) |
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| "The author's last level was criticized for weak gameplay, and those reviews may have been taken to heart as this level gives us gameplay galore: a tricky double-door timed run (hard enough that I couldn't even do it late at night), a blind curved jump around a corner, a couple of nasty places with descending spike ceilings, and Lara squeezed into flame emitters by converging spike walls. The skeleton enemies are menacing. I spent close to two hours getting through this, as sometimes it is not at all obvious what to do. May be the most accomplished of the author's levels, although not the most attractive as texturing is often drab. The first timed run is clever, but the flaw is that there may be a ten or twenty minute delay in spotting a wall lever seamlessly merged with rock textures. There are too many places where the author's design encourages players to overlook something crucial. Play picks up again, but climbing surfaces aren't that well marked (a basic brown rock texture is sometimes climbable), and monkey swings may look like a regular gray ceiling. The strong point of the level is the agility tests. These give satisfaction once they have been figured out and accomplished--things like the blind corner jump, or the scramble between alcoves to cross a lava pit before a spike ceiling descends. I enjoyed Lara climbing up from underground, to emerge in surroundings similar to the author's previous Angkor Wat level. The ending shapes up to be clever until Lara plunges into a dark forest of pillars that needs the binoculars from TR4. Lara monkey swings, her flare burns out, leaving her in total darkness with only a tiny dimly lit alcove in the distance. I suppose this is a good created effect, although while Lara is hanging in darkness it mostly creates anxiety. Understand going in that Lara needs to be sharp and limber. Players will find much to enjoy here." - dmdibl (17-Dec-2011) |
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