360 games like Tomb Raider?

Belmit · 14-01-2008, 14:51

I have all 1000 points for Tomb Raider Legends and I'm currently playing through Anniversary (Original Tomb Raider Redux), which is also superb. I love the puzzle solving and the added playability through time trials and relic collection.

Are there any similar games along this line that might have passed me by?

Haly · 16-01-2008, 12:56

I can't think of one :/
Sorry, I thought I'd reply so you knew no one was ignoring you

Belmit · 16-01-2008, 13:17

I was wondering!

It seems odd that no-one has made anything even remotely similar except for the short-winded Indiana Jones attempts years back. The closest thing I've seen recently is probably that new Indy-style PS3 game I saw advertised, but then I'm not going to grab a PS3 on the basis of that!

Fingers crossed they release a new TR game soonish then...

Haly · 16-01-2008, 13:18

Yeah I instantly thought of Uncharted for the PS3 but not much help for you.
it is weird there's no Tomb Raider style game about, they used to be so popular

Davey_Pitch · 16-01-2008, 13:18

I can't think of anything either I'm afraid, except as you say the one on the PS3 (which admittedly does look good). I'm surprised no-one has done anything similar, it's a genre which leaves a lot open for developered to use their imagination and create great game worlds to explore.

Belmit · 19-01-2008, 23:31

Just found a great way of getting replayability out of the game. Cut to dashboard when partway through a game and corrupt the saved rewards. It completely forgot I'd done Croft Manor, including time trials, and removed all the relics and artifacts I'd collected in the entire game. Wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't got quite so close to getting the achievements for getting them all on certain levels. Pain in the arse.

It has to be a fundamental error with the game when there's only a single save for rewards. Once it's corrupted that's it - you have to redo the lot. I was just lucky that I had a save game right on the very last cut scene of the last level, otherwise I would have had to unlock the levels again. Unfortunately if it happens again I'll have to start it from that save again because once you've finished the game you can't save when replaying the levels. So that means all time trials, relics, and artifacts are reset and Croft Manor goes back to being locked. And most annoying of all, you can't start Croft Manor on time trial so you have to finish it once, then do it all over again! Still, I guess I'm improving my skills for the four rock hard achievements - finish the four levels without dying. Now that's tough.

Pumpkinstew · 21-01-2008, 00:43

You could e-bay Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine for PC. It's old but Gold.

Belmit · 21-01-2008, 10:04

I believe I have it somewhere, probably on floppies or something! I'm betting that game is why they introduced the grapple in Tomb Raider - to replicate the idea of using the whip to get across big gaps.

Edit: Ooooooh. http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/actio...nes/index.html

Edit 2: Tomb Raider Underworld due out at the end of the year!

Belmit · 22-01-2008, 22:57

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Originally Posted by Belmit

finish the four levels without dying. Now that's tough.

The time trial for one of these levels is 34 minutes, which I did with 8 seconds to spare. It's basically a deep shaft full of ledges with four big puzzle rooms behind doors that you have to open with levers. Trying for the achievement without dying, got three of the four puzzles on about my fifth attempt then died going to the fourth thanks to the one glitchy ledge that pretty much ignores the auto-grab. Gah!

Edit: Oh, and this is one level of fifteen - you have to finish the entire country (3-4 levels) to get the achievement. :/

Belmit · 23-01-2008, 10:18

At the risk of this becoming my own little thread... I did it! Had a quick go at midnight last night and somehow got through it. Only ten levels to go!

Edit: And it only took me about ten seconds longer to complete than when I did it on the time trial.

14-01-2008, 14:51	#1
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	360 games like Tomb Raider? I have all 1000 points for Tomb Raider Legends and I'm currently playing through Anniversary (Original Tomb Raider Redux), which is also superb. I love the puzzle solving and the added playability through time trials and relic collection. Are there any similar games along this line that might have passed me by? __________________

16-01-2008, 12:56	#2
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	I can't think of one :/ Sorry, I thought I'd reply so you knew no one was ignoring you __________________ Halycopter

16-01-2008, 13:17	#3
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I was wondering! It seems odd that no-one has made anything even remotely similar except for the short-winded Indiana Jones attempts years back. The closest thing I've seen recently is probably that new Indy-style PS3 game I saw advertised, but then I'm not going to grab a PS3 on the basis of that! Fingers crossed they release a new TR game soonish then... __________________

16-01-2008, 13:18	#4
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	Yeah I instantly thought of Uncharted for the PS3 but not much help for you. it is weird there's no Tomb Raider style game about, they used to be so popular __________________ Halycopter

16-01-2008, 13:18	#5
Davey_Pitch I iz speshul Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 6,296	I can't think of anything either I'm afraid, except as you say the one on the PS3 (which admittedly does look good). I'm surprised no-one has done anything similar, it's a genre which leaves a lot open for developered to use their imagination and create great game worlds to explore. __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

19-01-2008, 23:31	#6
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	Just found a great way of getting replayability out of the game. Cut to dashboard when partway through a game and corrupt the saved rewards. It completely forgot I'd done Croft Manor, including time trials, and removed all the relics and artifacts I'd collected in the entire game. Wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't got quite so close to getting the achievements for getting them all on certain levels. Pain in the arse. It has to be a fundamental error with the game when there's only a single save for rewards. Once it's corrupted that's it - you have to redo the lot. I was just lucky that I had a save game right on the very last cut scene of the last level, otherwise I would have had to unlock the levels again. Unfortunately if it happens again I'll have to start it from that save again because once you've finished the game you can't save when replaying the levels. So that means all time trials, relics, and artifacts are reset and Croft Manor goes back to being locked. And most annoying of all, you can't start Croft Manor on time trial so you have to finish it once, then do it all over again! Still, I guess I'm improving my skills for the four rock hard achievements - finish the four levels without dying. Now that's tough. __________________

21-01-2008, 00:43	#7
Pumpkinstew Absinthe Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly Oxford, Sometimes Bristol Posts: 1,156	You could e-bay Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine for PC. It's old but Gold. __________________ Get old, or die tryin' PSTEWREVIEWS - Chunks of Meaty Reviews, Mixed with Your Five a Day of News, Comment and Opinion, Floating in a Broth of Suspect Grammar and Seasoned Liberally with Mixed Metaphor. Tasty.

21-01-2008, 10:04	#8
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	I believe I have it somewhere, probably on floppies or something! I'm betting that game is why they introduced the grapple in Tomb Raider - to replicate the idea of using the whip to get across big gaps. Edit: Ooooooh. http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/actio...nes/index.html Edit 2: Tomb Raider Underworld due out at the end of the year! __________________ Last edited by Belmit; 21-01-2008 at 13:42.

23-01-2008, 10:18	#10
Belmit The Mouse King of Denmark Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Winchester Posts: 6,476	At the risk of this becoming my own little thread... I did it! Had a quick go at midnight last night and somehow got through it. Only ten levels to go! Edit: And it only took me about ten seconds longer to complete than when I did it on the time trial. __________________ Last edited by Belmit; 23-01-2008 at 10:30.

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