Tomb Raider III: UNappreciation thread - Page 7

Chamayoo · 21-06-20, 14:21

It's official she's been the Natural History Museum ? Actually we could pretend it's the British Museum easily as it wasn't mentioned ingame, IIRC.

ggctuk · 21-06-20, 22:05

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Originally Posted by Chamayoo

It's official she's been the Natural History Museum ? Actually we could pretend it's the British Museum easily as it wasn't mentioned ingame, IIRC.

Yes, it was. Lud explicitly tells her to get embalming fluid from the Natural History Museum.

EDIT: 1:43 mark in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBNLC6i_C3I

Also, the 'Egyptian lass' never shows up.

Tomb Raidering · 21-06-20, 22:26

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Originally Posted by ggctuk

Also, the 'Egyptian lass' never shows up.

I always wondered who they are.

Seems like TRIII had cut content; judging from the deleted duck-roll move and knife, Peru levels, messy London levels, Caves of Kaliya and that “Egyptian lass”.

Chamayoo · 21-06-20, 23:48

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Originally Posted by ggctuk

Yes, it was. Lud explicitly tells her to get embalming fluid from the Natural History Museum.

EDIT: 1:43 mark in this video.

[youtube]iBNLC6i_C3I[youtube]

Also, the 'Egyptian lass' never shows up.

Typical me, missing out the important details in cutscenes. Thank you !

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Originally Posted by Tomb Raidering

Seems like TRIII had cut content; judging from the deleted duck-roll move and knife, Peru levels, messy London levels, Caves of Kaliya and that “Egyptian lass”.

Yeah, or maybe the cutscenes introducing every locations. I mean, I'm not sure about every other ones but India wasn't supposed to have a cutscene at the very start of the game ? By the way it made things all abrupt.
About Peru, I don't know how far they go with it, but could be abandoned very early to be considered as something.

Ellioft · 22-06-20, 08:42

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Originally Posted by Tomb Raidering

I always wondered who they are.

Seems like TRIII had cut content; judging from the deleted duck-roll move and knife, Peru levels, messy London levels, Caves of Kaliya and that “Egyptian lass”.

I think the egyptian lass isn't supposed to show it's only a rumor propagated like all thoses tales about killer mummy, maledictions and stuff. In fact it remain me of the tale of the ''unluckly mummy'' I have read when I was a young child on my egyptian books.

JoelCaesar · 23-06-20, 04:40

I could have sworn I read somewhere that the "Egyptian Lass" was going to be an additional boss fight but they cut it for time constraints or because the level was already too long.

Caesum · 07-07-20, 16:48

Yet another thing I grew to hate in Tomb Raider III is most of the boss fights. They are either extremely easy (Tony, Puna) or horribly hard (Willard). I only enjoyed Sophia Leigh, she was pretty easy too iirc, but at least there was an interesting way to get rid of her.

And why I'm saying the above: my mother was playing Tomb Raider III for the first time, after completing and loving TR1 and 2. She had a hard time playing this game though because it was way too unforgiving compared to the earlier installments. Some places made her stuck for months until I came back home to help her. She managed to get to Willard eventually but failed at killing him.
I tried and oh my God, what a horrible, ****y mess that fight was, like really wow lol.

I feel like there's just so much wrong with it. This boss fight is literally one mistake and you're dead. You can't get too close because Willard will throw avada kedavra, you can't avoid the spell because it follows you. You can't hide behind corners because Willard throws it every 2 seconds. You can't be too far from Willard because Lara won't aim. You literally have to run in circles around the meteorite while shooting to make Willard stop and only then you might have the chance to get the artifacts. If you don't have enough bullets in desert eagle you might just as well give up.

I mean, I love when boss fights are difficult, but only if it involves cunning ways of dealing with the enemy. But when a game makes both you and your parent scream and swear in front of the monitor (my dad was absolutely SHOCKED LOL), then it shows something is terribly wrong with it.

TRExpertgamer · 07-04-22, 18:52

Does this situation give you stress and anxiety the more you die besides in this TR game? Because at some point that's the thing that makes me feel I can't appreciate with so much failure with me trying to defeat this whole game without dying whether if I'm trying to complete it in New game or New game+ (the data with unlimited weapons). You know what I mean?

Kurtis6 · 08-04-22, 22:28

To me TR III have some bad design choices and some setbacks compared with the previous installments:

- Return of Crystals
- Not showing on the corner what item did we got
- India Levels too dark on PS1
- Level difficulty
- Bad level design in London levels

TRExpertgamer · 09-04-22, 00:05

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Originally Posted by Kurtis6

To me TR III have some bad design choices and some setbacks compared with the previous installments:

- Return of Crystals
- Not showing on the corner what item did we got
- India Levels too dark on PS1
- Level difficulty
- Bad level design in London levels

Ok. I understand what your frustration is with this TR game. Even I know some people don't care about TR3. How many of you people find it frustrating to try to use the kayak in Madubu Gorge?

23-06-20, 04:40	#66
JoelCaesar Professor Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: 8th DLC's Tomb Posts: 2,542	I could have sworn I read somewhere that the "Egyptian Lass" was going to be an additional boss fight but they cut it for time constraints or because the level was already too long. __________________ Just think. You wouldn't be needing those unsightly weapons anymore. :)

21-06-20, 14:21	#61
Chamayoo Relic Hunter Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 9,125	It's official she's been the Natural History Museum ? Actually we could pretend it's the British Museum easily as it wasn't mentioned ingame, IIRC.

07-07-20, 16:48	#67
Caesum Tomb Raider Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Poland, Warsaw Gender: Male Posts: 12,047	Yet another thing I grew to hate in Tomb Raider III is most of the boss fights. They are either extremely easy (Tony, Puna) or horribly hard (Willard). I only enjoyed Sophia Leigh, she was pretty easy too iirc, but at least there was an interesting way to get rid of her. And why I'm saying the above: my mother was playing Tomb Raider III for the first time, after completing and loving TR1 and 2. She had a hard time playing this game though because it was way too unforgiving compared to the earlier installments. Some places made her stuck for months until I came back home to help her. She managed to get to Willard eventually but failed at killing him. I tried and oh my God, what a horrible, ****y mess that fight was, like really wow lol. I feel like there's just so much wrong with it. This boss fight is literally one mistake and you're dead. You can't get too close because Willard will throw avada kedavra, you can't avoid the spell because it follows you. You can't hide behind corners because Willard throws it every 2 seconds. You can't be too far from Willard because Lara won't aim. You literally have to run in circles around the meteorite while shooting to make Willard stop and only then you might have the chance to get the artifacts. If you don't have enough bullets in desert eagle you might just as well give up. I mean, I love when boss fights are difficult, but only if it involves cunning ways of dealing with the enemy. But when a game makes both you and your parent scream and swear in front of the monitor (my dad was absolutely SHOCKED LOL), then it shows something is terribly wrong with it.

07-04-22, 18:52	#68
TRExpertgamer Inactive Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Home Posts: 1,453	Does this situation give you stress and anxiety the more you die besides in this TR game? Because at some point that's the thing that makes me feel I can't appreciate with so much failure with me trying to defeat this whole game without dying whether if I'm trying to complete it in New game or New game+ (the data with unlimited weapons). You know what I mean?

08-04-22, 22:28	#69
Kurtis6 Historian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 331	To me TR III have some bad design choices and some setbacks compared with the previous installments: - Return of Crystals - Not showing on the corner what item did we got - India Levels too dark on PS1 - Level difficulty - Bad level design in London levels