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Yes, so much! I didn't like them in the classics (although I found them manageable with some practice), but some of the custom levels take it to the extreme! I don't remember banana-jumps ever actually being required in TR1-5 (although they made for good shortcuts), and the timed sections were annoying but doable, but I've unfortunately met some custom levels that I just could not beat due to one particular jump, or one particular timed run Last edited by Ward Dragon; 01-02-20 at 07:02. |
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02-02-20, 12:34 | #92 |
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The official games have zero banana jumps. I think designers didn't even know it was possible hence the shortcuts they create.
In custom levels they're extremely rare as well and often only used in really hard levels meant to provide maximum challenge to the players. I think it's quite known among builders that banana jumps just aren't popular. |
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I like the combat in TR2, especially against human enemies. It's a great feeling patiently waiting for a hapless goon to turn the corner into a couple of shotgun blasts. There's a lot of strategy you can employ to minimise your damage and feel like an action hero, without compromising the puzzle solving that made Tomb Raider what it is.
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The voice acting is bad, but it's bad in a cheesy, enjoyable way, much like the Resident Evil or House of the Dead voice-acting, and I wouldn't even say it's as bad as those games. I think it absolutely ages the game, but that also adds to the charm to the game. Enjoyably dated I think is the best way to describe the voice acting. I do have some critiques of my own for TR2, but they're relatively minor, given that I've slotted TR2 firmly in my top 10 favourite games of all-time now. I'll probably make another post detailing my gripes with the game. Last edited by The Burned Man; 10-02-20 at 09:58. |
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Lara’s dodge moves doesn’t really help with the human enemies. It’s really unbalanced. They still get you whilst jumping around, and that’s ridiculous. TRIII got this right. And there was no reason to spike up the difficulty. Great Wall wasn’t really that difficult apart from the traps, but Venice? TRI didn’t throw that much enemies at you till the Greece levels.
I don’t see Lara maturing significantly in only a year. You can mature alright, but not to the point of being a witty grandmother with boring one-liners. No offense to Judith Gibbins, she did it right in TRIII. The Deck is the only level I like from the Maria Doria levels, with only the beginning of 40 Fathoms. There wasn’t any reason to make the section this long. The voice acting is indeed a downgrade. Whilst the characters of TRI had their own voice actors, TRII only has two, of which them are Judith Gibbins as Lara and Nathan McCree as Marco Bartoli, Fabio, the Monk and Winston {the iconic grunts}. Thank goodness TRIII solved this. |
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Hey Raidering, what's the ugliest area in TR2?
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10-04-20, 22:14 | #97 |
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What's the most annoying enemy?
Ooh, and which one has the worst AI? Last edited by HarleyCroft; 10-04-20 at 22:16. |
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10-04-20, 22:46 | #99 |
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Of course I respect every different opinion here, so I'm sharing mine: TR2 is my favorite, I love it so much and I really can't find anything wrong or bad about it
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@Greenapple Nice thread, I love it! @HarleyCroft The worst enemy award goes to Marco’s every goon. The worst AI award goes to those men with bats. @GabrielCroft Opinion respected, but disapproved. |
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