Hardest Tomb Raider Game [Archive]

Godfather

08-07-2002, 09:33 AM

TRLR is the most difficult when playing it for the first (and probably the second) time, but when you know what way to go, it's fairly easy. I still think TRI is the hardest ... and the creepiest; for that matter. :D

MountainDewNut

08-07-2002, 11:36 AM

TR3, in my opinoin, was the hardest. After that I honed my TR skills.

Jade

08-07-2002, 12:26 PM

TR3 was more difficult than the others, from the ones i've played...
i haven't played TR4 yet... i will probably.
(a shame actually - now i allready know the ending!)

cjhilljack

08-07-2002, 07:12 PM

LOL!!! Finally a poll that I am not wishy-washy about...

3 all the way baby!

My best friend and I have been playing this game (for the first time) since it came out (in bits and pieces, gladly leaving it for newer games as they came out) and still haven't finished the London levels. We are both at Lud's gate - but I am just not very motivated to play this game.

My friend says this is because its the hardest - but I think it's mostly because it is so Tomb-less. The environments just aren't as interesting to me. We were cruising along until we hit London and then came to a grinding halt.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Lil Lara

08-07-2002, 08:07 PM

I think TRLR was the hardest... it was pretty long and all that going back and forth between levels confused me! I got stuck quite a few times while playing that game!:D

cjhilljack

08-08-2002, 06:12 AM

TRLR is hard too - would be 2nd place for me after 3 tho.

:D

Arlene

08-08-2002, 10:05 AM

I have to agree with everyone else who said TRIII. It seemed to me that all the moves were harder to make (jumps had to be just right etc.) Other than that, I really don't know..... I just remember feeling really tired after playing it even for a short time. It was draining. I will, however, go so far as to say that I thought Willard was pretty easy to beat. I had read so many things by different people about how hard he was to beat, when I got to that part(getting there was the hard part to me; not enough save crystals ;) ) he really wasn't that tough, IMO. (Don't ask me how many times Lara died climbing out of the cavern....Can we all say screaming, bone crunching death?)

iMPaCT

08-08-2002, 10:13 AM

for me, tr3 was the hardest, but it also was the first tr game that I played

Jadetale

08-08-2002, 04:15 PM

TR3 definitely had to be the hardest one for me. The sprint meter, unlike in the fourth and fifth installments, wouldn't go back up. And getting used to the new side-stepping controls was a pain. Also, need I say, "Annoying save-game crystals"?? I think not :D

cjhilljack

08-08-2002, 09:34 PM

It seems that in 3 there is also very often only one option for getting through a level. In 2, I found that many times, I could do things in a different order and it all turned out ok.

sbp

08-08-2002, 10:47 PM

Originally posted by AOD510123
What Tomb Raider game do you find the hardest? The one I haven't played yet.

ELEN

08-09-2002, 12:06 AM

Tomb Raider "The Last Revelation"... When I finished it, I couldn't believe it... :D

Younglara_babe

08-13-2002, 02:42 PM

REVELATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have yet to beat it. I know the ending cause my friend showed me after I let him borrow my memory card. :o :p

D-Man

08-13-2002, 02:59 PM

TRLR..... The best TR game ever!
I have to say was the most difficult.
But all the cool puzzles.....errrrrrr.... the water puzzle underneath the sphinx.... errrrrrrrrrrrrrr..:mad:

Grondy

08-13-2002, 04:00 PM

TR-5, Chronicles has turned out to be the hardest, at least on my PC. I have all 36 Gold Roses and 1/2 of the final the exit key, but have yet to trap the second cyborg in the gas room in order to get his half of the exit key. :confused: Also took me four days (my time) to get through the Shooting Gallery, and a week to learn how to get enough elevation on The Pit rope swing. :( Swinging was a snap in TR-4, Last Revelation. :cool:

lara croft#2

08-17-2002, 12:16 PM

I only had it for 3 days, but I couldn't even pass the first level in TRC.

Kurtis Trent

08-17-2002, 01:08 PM

tr4

Eckhardt

08-17-2002, 02:19 PM

tr3 no doubt, i haven't played it again and i don't want to...i just can't seem to find the logic of the puzzles...and the zones are huge...just thinking about those mine carts..geez :eek:

about the last revelation, i didn't think it was that hard...but i agree that the Alexandria zone was confusing :(

shirl123

08-18-2002, 06:53 AM

TRLR.

TR3 was easy for me for some reason...(until I tried to kill the boss, THAT was hard!)

Blue Skies

08-19-2002, 08:05 AM

I found TRLR the hardest BY FAR!!!

It was a huge game and so open.
You could travel back and forth between levels and get sooo lost and confused.

I really prefer the closed level approach and as a result I found TRLR the weakest in the series.

I hope AOD doesn't take the TRLR approach.

TombRaiderChik

08-19-2002, 08:09 AM

i was just playing tr1 at my friends house and i forgot about that there are a lot of very hard levels in that game too!! so now id have to say tr4 and tr1 are the hardest.

Solaris

08-22-2002, 07:41 AM

Tomb Raider Chronicles...

The game may have been short but when it comes to Story 3 and 4 (ireland and von croy industries) they werent so easy.

In ireland you had no weapons what so ever and well the werewolves and skeletons attacking you were not so pleasent.

In Voncroy Industries the Judge dred Mobile Refrigerators were hard especially with the close range laser. another thing is hard was red Alert...helicopters...bad camera angles..and androids are not my idea of fun.

But thats just my opinion..i havent really played TRLR so i dunno how hard it is. TR3 was hard to..

Godfather

08-22-2002, 11:28 AM

Originally posted by Raider Sunrise
"It's real long and hard ... !"

said the prostitute to the man ... :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
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"I know" said the man, "Michael's sandwiches used to be a lot better in the early days." :D

(sorry, just a stupid thing a friend of mine who's here with me right now wanted me to write down) :rolleyes:

tombraidergirl

08-22-2002, 03:56 PM

I think Tomb Raider 3 was the hardest. Having them played one after another it was the first where you had to monkey climb the ceiling. I always missed the spots. And then there are in most levels different ways to complete them. But if you follow one you have to go through with it. I was also stuck in London for quiete a while. The only easy thing was the "spider" you just had to find the correct pattern. ;-)

I fount TR4 much easier. I was only confused in the Karnak levels, and I had trouble getting out of the last level, because I was so scared of Seth.

cjhilljack

08-23-2002, 06:38 AM

Originally posted by Dagger of Xian
Tomb Raider Chronicles...
In ireland you had no weapons what so ever and well the werewolves and skeletons attacking you were not so pleasent.

Are the PC versions of the games different from the PSone versions? I don't recall any werewolves or skeletons attacking on the island in Ireland...I before when folks were talking about the assault course that it was different. For instance, on PS version, you can't save your best times and there is NO way you can finish it as quickly as folks were quoting for their PC's...

Just curious :confused:

Solaris

08-23-2002, 08:02 AM

Originally posted by cjhilljack

Are the PC versions of the games different from the PSone versions? I don't recall any werewolves or skeletons attacking on the island in Ireland...I before when folks were talking about the assault course that it was different. For instance, on PS version, you can't save your best times and there is NO way you can finish it as quickly as folks were quoting for their PC's...

Just curious :confused:

In ireland in the church u awake the skeleton army...
and at the end of the Labryinth (ithink its that level) there is a werewolf the follows you:eek:

does that help...?;)

Johnny

08-23-2002, 10:53 AM

TRIII wins my vote, but TRLR is a close 2nd.

cjhilljack

08-24-2002, 09:02 AM

Originally posted by Dagger of Xian

In ireland in the church u awake the skeleton army...
and at the end of the Labryinth (ithink its that level) there is a werewolf the follows you:eek:

does that help...?;)

Thanks, I don't know how I managed to forget the skeletons in that church - I never realized though that that was a werewolf chasing her.

:o

Jorge22

08-26-2002, 03:30 PM

I think TR3 was the hardest... Invisible platforms between broken bridges, having to do things in the right order or not get them right at all, freezing to death in the water, a mean boss at the end of each part (except for the Nevada levels), huge environments, strange puzzles, hard jumps, that incredible last secret, I mean, can you find it without a walkthrough?......... TRLR was, in comparison, fairly easy, at least if you don't think of the horrid underwater labyrinth and a couple of other things. TR2 I completed without almost never looking at a walkthrough and if I ever did it was only because I was a bit tired. TR1, I'm playing now - its major difficulty consists of the bad graphics and the fact that although I have the music and the wind and things like that, I get no gunfire sound, Lara's steps, ah-ahs or anything. Chronicles was neither too easy nor too hard apart from the simultaneously interesting and annoying target practice in the VCI levels.

purple rain

08-29-2002, 01:04 AM

oh my gosh tr3

i cant even be bothered finishing it

Bartoly

08-31-2002, 10:08 AM

Tomb Raider 3 and The Last Revelation was very hard for me!

Solaris

08-31-2002, 03:18 PM

Originally posted by Jorge22
I think TR3 was the hardest... Invisible platforms between broken bridges, having to do things in the right order or not get them right at all, freezing to death in the water, a mean boss at the end of each part (except for the Nevada levels), huge environments, strange puzzles, hard jumps, that incredible last secret, I mean, can you find it without a walkthrough?......... TRLR was, in comparison, fairly easy, at least if you don't think of the horrid underwater labyrinth and a couple of other things. TR2 I completed without almost never looking at a walkthrough and if I ever did it was only because I was a bit tired. TR1, I'm playing now - its major difficulty consists of the bad graphics and the fact that although I have the music and the wind and things like that, I get no gunfire sound, Lara's steps, ah-ahs or anything. Chronicles was neither too easy nor too hard apart from the simultaneously interesting and annoying target practice in the VCI levels.

In TR1 Lara doesnt do a-ha, thats only in TR3.
Id ont get it why do people have trouble with the sound in TR1?? does that only happen on PC??

cjhilljack

08-31-2002, 03:28 PM

She does "a-ha" in TR2 as well.

Solaris

08-31-2002, 03:41 PM

oops did i say TR3..she doesnt say a-ha in TR3 my mistake..it only happens in TR2..
sry!

cjhilljack

08-31-2002, 04:24 PM

LOL Dagger - that's :cool:

Dark Lara

09-02-2002, 01:24 AM

This is my first time on this forum!!!

I have to say TR 3 and TR 4, TR3 was due to sitting and looking at the screen and going ''eh?''

Then TR 4 was just a brain ache, have not reached the end was too hurt in my head...

I found London the hardest to crack and South Pacific annoying when you did n't make the jump.

Tansy

OuTR

09-08-2002, 09:32 AM

welcome to the forum Dark Lara..

Anyway.. I would have to say TR 3 was the toughest for me.
I hated the India levels! :mad:

Dark Lara

09-11-2002, 04:27 AM

The India levels were good! I was faster on them then any other.

Though I hated the bit where you had to jump from the platform in the London one to reach the paint hanger thing (god I'm really not thinking).

No I just got so stuck in 4 I got borred and it didn't feel tomb raider enough for me.

I like the look of the new one quite cool!!I hope she has some mean bike!!!

Tansy

Maynlinz

09-11-2002, 01:41 PM

TR III was definitely the hardest one for me, especially Willard! I had the worst time beating him, it wasn't even funny. The London levels were tough, too. And I don't think I've ever experienced anything more creepy than the mines! :eek:

The only other one that comes close was the last story in "Chronicles," but I had a much easier time with the killer cyborgs than I did with ol' Willard.

AlexiandiaCroft

09-12-2002, 04:06 PM

TRC

Ethereal

04-16-2003, 07:18 AM

Actually it's really hard for me to say, TRLR & TRC were extremely easy in my opinion. They were way to linear. I don't know, maybe i tought they were easier because i got better at TR after playing all the games. So if I say TRIII was the hardest it's maybe because I wasn't as good as now at TR.

Lone Raider

04-16-2003, 08:31 AM

TombRaider 3 , and TR4, both, because they have real bad situations... Most memorable place here really the huge room that opens in the level befor Poseidon's Temple, I have only once ever managed to swing from rope to rope... my way out of it was to level skip and then just go down the stairs - hey presto, you're on the floor!:D
Tombraider3 is still the most labyrinthic game... I still find alternative routes after playing it since it came out!
delicious... that makes it worth spending the money...

Lone Raider

04-16-2003, 08:35 AM

Oh-Ah, and not to forget LUD'S GATE - Sheer terror, the last part. Walk-throughed myself through it once, and never seen the horrible place again... the stench was unreal:D

Tomb Raider Fan

04-16-2003, 09:38 AM

I would have to choose Tomb Raider 3. Altough Tomb Raider 4 was really hard as well! But i will stick with TR3.

SilkyPiper~

04-16-2003, 11:06 AM

Originally posted by Lone Raider
Oh-Ah, and not to forget LUD'S GATE - Sheer terror, the last part. Walk-throughed myself through it once, and never seen the horrible place again... the stench was unreal:D LOL! :) I thought that TR2 was the hardest for me. I loved TR3n4! TRC was just a pain in the neck. IMHO. Welcome Dark Lara :)

HikingBoots

04-21-2003, 06:25 PM

Tr1 - I didn't really like that game at all. It was too dark, and the enemies did nothing but piss me off.
Tr2 - I liked it right up until the part where you go back to China.. It just got too dark and creepy for me.
Tr3 - Great game. I loved it.
Tr4 - The hardest of them all, I think.
Tr5 - I beat it in a week.

Digital Angel

04-23-2003, 02:46 PM

TR3 was the hardest one for me...I haven't finished it yet cos I lost interest halfway through. :( Although the Nevada levels were quite easy, the London levels really got to me! :mad:

TRLR is not so much hard as it is deep and longwinded...The jumping back and forth between levels takes up quite a bit of time and so do the puzzles. But once you know what to do, you can get through that game relatively quickly. ;)

Lone Raider

04-23-2003, 11:05 PM

TR3 was the hardest one for me...I haven't finished it yet cos I lost interest halfway through. Although the Nevada levels were quite easy, the London levels really got to me!

I suggest you let good old Stella (www.tombraiders.net/stella) take you by the hand and lead you through the filthy city... best rent someone who reads out the steps while you pop medipacks and cheat for save crystals... I feel for you... I only finished the antarctic mine level after having the game for three (!) years... ;)

RebeL_fARmeR

04-24-2003, 03:39 AM

TR1 DEFINITELY. Those big jumping mummy dudes were a pain in the butt, as for the Atlantians... Ouch!

Mangar The Dark

04-25-2003, 03:59 PM

TOMB RAIDER 2!!!!!

I hated that one!! It was the only TR game where I died repeatedly because of the fights. I never even completed it. After

Last Revelation was tough because of the puzzles, but I didn't die too often, and I rarely needed to look at any hints (unlike in TR3.)

The Gamester

04-30-2003, 07:52 AM

Originally posted by LeeO
TRIII! I can't believe no one said it! lol TR3 was solid!

TR3. ;) It took me quite awhile before I get through all its levels.

Chronicles5

05-21-2003, 02:11 AM

3 was the best and very hard...but 4 was evil. :D

V_Croft

05-23-2003, 11:09 PM

posted by C5:
3 was the best and very hard...

Yeap! I'll have to agree with that.. Not to mentioned that TR3 was the first TR I played *ouch :p*
But I absolutely loved it :)

Tomb Raider Fan

06-07-2003, 02:19 AM

......And TR4 was a long game too......

PLAYA INC'S BIG THUG

06-08-2003, 03:11 PM

TRC guys come on, I almost didn't get past when she's 17 and Floor 17.

Mike Hawthorne

06-10-2003, 03:51 PM

The last Tomb Raider Game TRC is the only one that I have not been able to do without using any aid kits.

And I would guess that it is impossible, but I won't say for sure.

By the time I tried to do it I was kind of burned out and didn't pursue it with the same zeal I did with the others.

But I would have to say that TRC is the hardest from my standpoint.

Mike

millnatla

06-15-2003, 12:32 AM

Deffo TR3 coz the bosses were hard ,a couple of em took me ages to do.But i liked the way u didnt have to do the levels in a set order.

total_inferno

06-15-2003, 11:57 AM

tht DAMNED TR3 ,,, envirments too jungly int he begining and they make it so much harder.. I would have to say tr1 and chronicles was easiset Tr2 sorta falls in between as tht "perfect" dif. game :P ;)

Goose Master

06-20-2003, 03:46 AM

It was TR4 for me. I had to use the walkthrough book most of the way but i think the only reason it seemed harder and longer is because there is no change of scenery. I found TR3 quite easy compared but once u done that once you can do it loads of times but i always forget how to do bits of TR4. :confused:

kboleen

06-25-2003, 02:00 PM

TR3. When to use a save crystal and when not to use a save crystal was the hardest part. Most of the hard parts were LETHAL as opposed to a nusance. If you didn't get Lara past an obstacle the first time, she died and you has to start back from where you last saved which wasn't necessarily where you picked up the last crystal, at least it wasn't for me. I didn't actually begin to enjoy TR3 until I found a cheat that allowed me to get 50 crystals at a time.

AgentSmith

07-08-2003, 08:03 PM

TR1 - Definitely the hardest one but also the greatest TR IMO
TR2 - Love it, but quite easy
TR3 - Bit harder than TR2
TR4 - After TR1 the catchiest
TR5 - Easiest (But the VCI Levels drove me crazy *wuah*)

Elton Joel

07-11-2003, 08:08 AM

TR1-- Probably the easiest, but since it was new, it felt tough (we still had to learn the moves and such.)

TR2-- Ughh... Wouldn't have been too hard, but those fights! Suddenly I needed to shoot everything three times more than in TR1... and there were a lot more enemies. This is the only TR game where I died repeatedly as a result of fights. Not good. Gets my vote as the hardest.

TR3-- Better fights than TR2, but too many death traps that struck without warning. Also, the maps were a little TOO big at times.

TR4-- Fights were easier than before, but tougher puzzles and a HUGE game world made this one pretty challenging

TR5- Almost as easy as TR1. Easy fights, small maps, few levels. Only some parts of VCI posed any real challenge.

Lord Pomposity

07-11-2003, 08:32 AM

I vote for TR1, mostly because of a certain puzzle. I'm sure you all know which one I'm talking about. :mad:

Mr. Croft

07-20-2003, 02:26 AM

T3 no doubt!
The last level was a nigthmare!!!

D3v1L80Y

07-20-2003, 01:04 PM

TRLR most definately.....some of those crazy jump sequences were downright impossible to figure out...jump forward, then sideways, then backflip and hop etc...then there was the whole math problems near the end with the water jugs...ugh...I hate math, hehe...yeah it was the toughest for me, but its still my favorite

Notts Raider

07-22-2003, 08:20 AM

TRLR easily and what a priviledge it was to play it. TR3 was hard but only cos my interest lacked for that one

WesternWhiteWolf

07-25-2003, 02:24 PM

Tr3 for me...it took me months to finish that game!!! Ah, distinctly remember....got the game on Oct. 12, 1999, finished Feb. 12, 2000. Took so long partly because of school, partly because I went very slowly.

TRC was the easiest. I finished it in nearly a week. :cool: