Why ‘Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness’ deserves another chance
With the recent reveal for “Shadow of the Tomb Raider,” now might be an appropriate time to look at a black sheep of the Tomb Raider franchise that, coincidentally, will be celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year. It’s the last in the classic series of Tomb Raider games before the franchise would be rebooted three years later in 2006 with “Tomb Raider: Legend”. I, however, had the chance to play Angel of Darkness on Steam and was able to apply some very useful mods that helped improve the game, and work out the kinks.
With all of the cleaning up, it’s clear that it is a game that not only has gotten better over time but might be worthy of a revisit from Square Enix, similar to what they did with Tomb Raider: Anniversary.
Some background information
The game’s state of quality was not for lack of trying to make a good title, though. Being Lara’s first outing on the PS2, and the first major game in the series to be released after the financially successful film adaptation, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie in the titular role, developer Core Design had their work cut out for them.
Their efforts were not made easier, however, by then publisher, Eidos Interactive. Developer, Core Design faced pressure from Eidos to have the…