Tomb Raider V: On the traces of Lara Croft

Gameplay

Tomb Raider V: On the traces of Lara Croft , of the videoludic saga Tomb Raider to be left on PlayStation is the last shutter.

The gameplay of this shutter was neither more nor less than that of the 4th opus, unchanged. If this episode does not bring any innovations, there remains nevertheless a good episode from its level design and of its exoticism, whose lack was terrible for Tomb Raider IV where one did not leave the Egypt.

Scenario

The play occurs in the form of Flashback. After the burial of Lara Croft, range disappeared at the end from its fourth adventure in Egypt, three of his/her larger friends remind adventures of beautiful adventurous.

Thus instead of having an objective to follow during all the play, Lara has several different searches in varied places, and has various ages completely independent from/to each other.

First of all Rome, where Lara is in search of the Philosopher's stone . It finds two former “friends there”: Pierre Dupont and Larson (Tomb Raider). The following adventure proceeds in Siberia, in the Russian base Zapadnaya Litsa and a submarine in order to find famous the ''' Lance of the Destiny ''' lost in a German U-Boat in the North Atlantic since the Second world war. The third ventures takes along it on an small island of Ireland haunted by spirits malefic. Lara does not have whereas 16 years and, without the knowledge of the Father Patrick Dunstan, it accompanies it among the damnées hearts. Finally the play finishes with the scenario of the HQ of Werner Von Croy, his former mentor, with New York. An High-tech tower where Lara is tested with the infiltration in combination left straight of Matrix in order to recover there but Werner does not hear it this ear…

  • Chronologie

the adventure on the Black Island in Ireland is held during the youth of Lara, which roughly had 16 years (≈ 1984)
  • Although the search of the Philosopher's stone with Rome occurs in 1996, it was before Tomb Raider, its first great adventure as such.
  • It is after Tomb Raider II, in 1997, that Lara leaves to research the Iris in tower WVC to New York.
  • the last adventure by chronology, the ''' Lance of the Destiny ''', is held after Tomb Raider III during the year 1998.

    Characters

    • Lara Croft

    • Winston : Famous and faithful host of Lara, it holds and deals with the manor since his disappearance. It is him which will invite the Father Patrick Dunstan and Charles Kane around the to remind itself together, the work of the life of Lara Croft.
    • Father Patrick Dunstan : One of the three friends of Croft. He knows it since his adolescence, at that time, he was charged to exorcize a haunted island of Ireland.
    • Charles Kane : Charles was the professor of history of Lara at the school Gordonstoun Boarding . He seems well to control the subject of the Second world war.
    • Vladimir Kaleta : Vladimir Kaleta is 500 years an old demon named Verdilet . Father Dunstan and Lara will have to find a means of returning it to the hells.
    • Zip : Combined of Lara and ace as regards technology, it will shoulder it in its search of the Iris where, since its van equipped like a multi-fonction pocket knife, it supervises the actions of Lara, indicating it on the spot, the position of the guards and lockings of safety measures.
    • Werner Von Croy : Mentor of Lara during his youth and archeologist of famous, it attended the disappearance of Lara in the collapse of the pyramid in Egypt. Corroded by the culpability, it will undertake research without slackening to find it.
    • Larson : Discovered in Tomb Raider as a henchman of Natla, ball of the tandem which it carries out with Pierre, one sees it in the first adventure of Lara to Rome.
    • Pierre Dupont : Just like Larson, its accomplice, it is him also with the research of the stone in Rome. He is the principal enemy of Lara in this adventure.
    • Sergei Mikhailov : Sergei Mikhailov is a Russian chief of Maffia seeking to put hand on destroying the Lance of the Destiny . IT grassement paid the Yarofev captain to be able to use his submarine.
    • Yarofev : Proud captain of the nuclear submarine, difficult times will however force it to accept a market with the Russian Maffia.

    Levels

    • Rome
    the Streets of Rome
  • the Trojan Markets
  • the Colisée
    • Russia
    the Base
  • the Submarine
  • the Great Dive
  • Navire Unweaves of it
    • the Black Island ( Ireland )
    the Bracket
  • the Labyrinth
  • the Old Mill
    • Tour VCI ( New York )
    the stage Maudit
  • the Flight of the Iris
  • Red Alert

    Weapons

    • Pistolet
    • Fusil with pump
    • Révolver
    • Serves Eagle
    • Lance-hook
    • HK

    Criticisms

    Tomb Raider V: On the traces of Lara Croft was not a brilliant success, far is necessary oneself some. At best it profited from a success of regard. Already, it is not a question truly of an adventure but of a compilation of mini-adventures not having really bonds between them. Some are enough sympathetic nerves to be played by respecting more or less well the initial principle of the series (" Streets of Rome" , " The Moulin" Old man; …) but of others involve us a little too far in the kind of the techno-thriller (" The stage maudit" ,…). But it is not the true problem there.

    Above all, this fifth episode is undermined by the re-use of an engine which evolved only little /moved since Tomb Raider II and which is from now on breathless. It is particularly obvious when graphics are observed: very geometrical decorations and not very precise textures. One or two years before, that would not have been shocking but Tomb Raider V had the bad idea to appear at the moment when other plays 3D were pointed out by their innovations.

    In short, Tomb Raider V resembles especially a extension in Stand alone of Tomb Raider IV: the final Revelation and marks undoubtedly end the one inaugurated time, in 1996 with Tomb Raider I . A kind of " play-testament" , opinion consolidated by the fact that it was marketed with an editor of levels which, in any case, would not be used henceforth any more for the originators.

    Editor of level

    This fifth opus included an editor making it possible to the player to create his own levels. Claimed for a long time by many fans, this invaluable tool was finally placed at the disposal. Nevertheless, taking into account the very average side of Tomb Raider V , this editor resembles somewhat a consolation prize. See: Tomb Raider Level Editor.

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