Tomb Raider 6 The Angel Of Darkness in London, when a warmed speech between Lara Croft and her instructor finishes with a insidious appearance the old man is murdered, and since Lara is the only one existing at the genre, she commonly spends the prototypical facet of the see eluding the regulators, who judge she did it.

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Despite an outstanding plot, fantastic graphics and the always-stunning Lara Croft, The Angel of Darkness is plagued by a bevy of small but annoying glitches and faults.

The Angle of Darkness starts with Lara Croft meeting with a former mentor. Moments later the man is dead and Croft becomes the only suspect. As Croft tries to unravel the mystery of her mentor's death she must avoid the police and the mysterious and deadly Monstrum while trying to locate the five Obscura paintings.

Although all of the Tomb Raider games have relied on plot to a point, Angel of Darkness is certainly the first to successfully make the leap from a plot driven game to an almost interactive movie. This latest Tomb Raider also sports a number of new features; unfortunately many of them are mere window dressing. The most exciting change is the in-game evolution of Croft. They way it's supposed to work is that Croft becomes better at what she does as you use her talents to complete the game. At first blush this sounds like a great idea, unfortunately it isn't carried out very well. For instance there are numerous times in the game when Croft won't be able to force open a door or make a leap because she isn't strong enough. So you have to wander around until you come to some feat that she is able to accomplish and that also happens to pump up her muscles. It all seems a little too pre-planned to come off as any sort of true character development. The game also features more interactive dialogue, where Croft has a choice of ways to try and talk people out of information. Reactions depend on the choice of words.

Finally, the game boasts new 'advanced controls'? apparently what this means is that although Croft has all of the looks of a sleek nubile athlete, she is in fact an over-laden garbage truck with all of the grace and finesse of a fullback. Moving Croft around the many precarious drops featured in the game often break down into minutes of frustration as she spins willy-nilly and balks like a frightened mule. Most frustrating is her jump delay that has her running over cliff edge after cliff edge. Certainly I exaggerate a bit'her moves aren't all too horrible and adept players will get used to them, but why should they have to? After all this is supposed to be a game at the top of its form.

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Croft does come with a whole slew of new moves, like hand-to-hand combat, stealth and crawling on hands and knees. These new moves give Croft more cerebral options, something beyond the running away or shooting that she has relied on in previous games. Audire latin.

The graphics in Angel are so good and so lifelike that they are often distracting, with the latest game engine featuring ten times the amount of polygons of previous versions of the game. The new Croft is also toned down a bit to make her less Barbie like and more proportionately appropriate, but don't worry she's still a babe, just not a vapid one. The game still features a well-orchestrated soundtrack that lends the right level of suspense to the game without being distracting. And of course there's still Croft's lovely British accent to help you through the difficult parts of the game.

What brings this otherwise masterful game down most are the handful of surprising glitches found throughout the levels. From unactionable actions, to floating shadows, Angel sometimes looks a bit like a beta, which is both saddening and surprising when coming from a company like Eidos. Despite my ill-tempered review, Angel is a fun game to play with a handful of new features and the best plot yet in the always enchanting and creative Tomb Raider franchise. You may be a bit disappointed at times, but you'll still want to play The Angel of Darkness all the way through if only to see how it ends.

Initial Release: June 2003

Metacritic Score: 49-52 (details)

ESRB/PEGI Rating: Teen/12

Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 2, Macintosh.

Spoiler-free Synopsis: Lara's experiences following the events in The Last Revelation have changed her. She has become darker, harder, more cynical, and her tomb raiding days are a distant memory. A desperate phone call from her former mentor, Von Croy, leads her to Paris. Von Croy has been asked by a shady client, Eckhardt, to track down one of five 14th-century artworks: the Obscura Paintings. She arrives in Paris to find a city in fear. Von Croy has been murdered and Lara framed for the crime. She has no choice but to go on the run.

As she searches for answers, Lara encounters a kindred spirit in Kurtis Trent, a hardened adventurer like herself, who is also hunting Eckhardt. In her struggle to find Von Croy's killer, Lara becomes involved in underworld deals, grotesque murders, dark alchemy and a history of blood, betrayal and vengeance spanning hundreds of years.

The Angel of Darkness was released in mid-2003, two and a half years after Chronicles. For critics, as well as many fans, it signaled the end of an era. Although the game was fraught with technical problems, and some players took issue with the sinister turn the plotline took, AOD is not without its supporters. It's clear the developers took some risks, tried to build in some new features and tell a complicated story. They succeeded in some areas but failed in others.

The Angel of Darkness was the first part in a planned trilogy which was never completed. According to inside sources, the game was rushed to market in order to meet shareholder expectations. Its unfinished state led to poor critical reception, and the trilogy was canceled. You can read more about the expanded storyline, features that were left out of the game due to time constraints, and the goings-on at Core Design on the Kurtis Trent Estrogen Brigade blog.

What's New Since TR5: Lots, actually. Overall the graphics are much improved. Scenery is less blocky and there are plenty of lovely things to look at. Lara's character model is much more detailed, smoother and more realistic than before. The control system has also been revamped—though not necessarily for the better. There are a few new moves and modified mouse-look, which unfortunately doesn't always function as it should. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions. If you need help, check the Controls & Gameplay page.

Other new features include a second playable character, a limited dialogue system and ability upgrades for Lara. These seem like great ideas but weren't all that well executed. During several levels you play as Lara's new partner/rival, Kurtis Trent, which is refreshing at first but becomes frustrating during certain boss battles, where Kurtis handles like a tank compared to Lara's APC. ;) In the dialogue segments, Lara's interactions with non-player characters affect the course of the plot only in very limited ways. The concept of ability upgrades, as done in countless role-playing games, is solid: complete tasks to get better, stronger, faster. But in Angel of Darkness, the tasks seem arbitrary rather than evolutionary. Lara gains only upper- and lower-body strength, no actual skills.

Still, there are many interesting twists in this game. I wouldn't suggest that any fan pass it by, but I do recommend you be aware of its flaws before diving in, and expect to struggle at times (or plan to download save files to skip the more frustrating bits). There are also a number of fan-made mods created in recent years to fix some of these issues and enhance your gaming experience. (See Updates, below.)

Saving Your Game: Unlimited saves on all platforms. (PC and Macintosh savegame files are available in case you make a bad save, want to skip a level, etc.)

Secrets: None.

Bonus Levels: None. However, there is an unfinished training area in the first level that can be accessed by cheating or exploiting glitches in the game. This page explains how.

Updates: This game was designed for Windows XP. I do recommend installing the Windows XP patches on the TRAOD Downloads page if you still have that operating system. For Windows Vista/7/8/10, install the game as usual. Then use the appropriate Tomb Raider Multi Patch from tombraiderchronicles.com.

An updated version for PC that requires no patching is available for download from Steam.

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness HD Remaster is a series of fan-made patches designed to fix bugs, improve controls and graphics, and generally make AOD the game it should have been. It includes many different tools created by many different people. You may not want every enhancement, but I highly recommend checking out what's available. Visit these sites for more info:

• Everything you need to get TRAOD Running on your PC PERFECTLY! (thread on the Tomb Raider Forums)
• Core-Design.com (a fan hub for the classic games)
• The fans who would fix Tomb Raider's most broken adventure (Eurogamer feature article)

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness Audiobook. If you enjoyed the story and want to revisit it, or if you haven't played the game but would like to know more about what happened in the final installment from Core Design, I highly recommend this novelization, written and narrated by J.R. Milward. Listen on YouTube, iTunes, JRMilward.com, or via your favorite podcast software.

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Even if you've played all of the previous games, the controls and inventory system are largely revamped in Angel of Darkness. So I encourage you to check out the Angel of Darkness Controls & Gameplay page. It includes pointers on moving Lara through her environment, conserving health and ammo, using the menu and inventory systems, and more.

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness Walkthrough/Strategy Guide

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Paris Levels

Unfinished Training Area
(not part of official release)

Level 1: Parisian Back Streets
Level 2: Derelict Apartment Block
Level 3: Industrial Rooftops
Level 4: Margot Carvier's Apartment
Level 5: Parisian Ghetto
Level 6: The Serpent Rouge
Level 7: St. Aicard's Graveyard
Level 8: Bouchard's Hideout
Level 9: Louvre Storm Drains
Level 10: Louvre Galleries
Level 11: Archaeological Dig
Level 12: Tomb of the Ancients
Level 13: The Hall of Seasons
Level 14: The Breath of Hades
Level 15: Neptune's Hall
Level 16: The Sanctuary of Flame
Level 17: Wrath of the Beast
Level 18: Galleries Under Siege
Level 19: Von Croy's Apartment

Prague Levels

Level 20: The Monstrum Crime Scene
Level 21: The Strahov Fortress
Level 22: Bio-Research Facility
Level 23: The Sanitarium
(play as Kurtis)
Level 24: Maximum Containment
Area (play as Kurtis)
Level 25: Aquatic Research Area
Level 26: The Vault of Trophies
Level 27: Boaz Returns
(play as Kurtis)
Level 28: The Lost Domain
Level 29: Eckhardt's Lab

AOD synopsis draws from information provided by the developers. Some screenshots courtesy of Katie's Tomb Raider Site.