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[Vic Viper]

[QUOTE]Tomb Raider: AoD Pushed Back (Again)
By James Brightman -- Staff Writer
Published 1:11 PM CDT May 2, 2003

The game's official webpage reveals a change of release date...

If you were one of those people anxiously awaiting an all-new Tomb Raider, I have some bad news for you. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, which was expected to ship sometime in late spring / early summer, has now quietly slipped back into a "early Q4 2003" release for the PlayStation 2 and PC. Basically that means you won't see it until the fall of this year. Interestingly, many retailers still have ship dates of June, but I'm sure they'll be changing that soon enough.

You may recall that AoD was originally planned for a November 2002 release, was moved to February 2003, and then delayed until April. I guess this latest delay shouldn't be that surprising then. After all these postponements, when the game finally does release, we can only hope good use of the time was made to create a highly polished title.

AoD is supposed to reinvent the Tomb Raider series with a "new Lara" that has a "new attitude." This time around, there will even be some RPG aspects if you want to call them that. Lara will be able to improve her abilities depending on how you play the game. As you solve puzzles and explore, you'll be rewarded in the form of improvements to Lara's strength, stamina and agility. Another interesting aspect is that for the very first time in a Tomb Raider game, Lara has the ability to talk to characters. The choices you make in conversation will affect Lara's route through the game, possibly adding some replay value.

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[Infernal Mass]

Alot of sources have been getting mixed up with the date. The game is still slated for june.

The whole mix up comes from the whole "Q4" statement. When eidos made that announcement they were referring to quarter 4 of thier own financial year rather than the fourth quarter of the year. Quarter 4 of Eidos Interactive's finacial year ends on June 30th. TR:AOD is due out before then.

[Vic Viper]

Originally posted by DigiMortal

Alot of sources have been getting mixed up with the date. The game is still slated for june.

[Infernal Mass]

got this from the new core design website..they got some other collectibles too like TR fan-kit and stuff..

https://www.core-design.com/downloads/traod.jpg

direct download

[Jubei]

lol dont know what you guys are fussing about, when the states finally does get it, and you all post about how good/bad it is, I'll be stuck in EU with no AoD, and only Grandia X to keep me occupied

[Vicious_2003]

I think this Image best describes my thoughts on this game --) . To me the Tomb Raider games....absolutely EVERY one of them,.. were steaming piles of dog mess. Crappy Graphics...VERY crappy controls, and a crappy storyline..hmm I think its safe to say thats down right CRAPPY. The Tomb Raider series is DEAD. Theres no use in beating a dead horse and in this instance theyve allready beaten the poor dead horse theyre setting its blood soaked remians on fire and placing it on our door steps in a brown paper bag (Get the reference ?) . They released multiple sequals to this game hoping that its name alone would sell it. And now all of a sudden they want to try and actually IMPROVE upon the game...even if I were a fan of the series I wouldnt buy this game no matter how good people said it was. Lara Croft has lost her appeal anyway...I prolly wont even go see the next TR movie in theatres like I did the last....so as the valley girls would say "Tomb Raider is soooooo 2 years ago"

[Infernal Mass]

Eidos Interactive have today announced the release dates of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness and The Italian Job, at E3 in Los Angeles - ending months of waiting since the latest Lara Croft title was first announced last March.

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness is now due for release on the PlayStation 2 and PC on June 20th, after the earlier delays which saw it being pushed back from it's pre-Christmas date last year.

The company also announced that they would bring forward the American release date of The Italian Job, to June instead of July, to make the most of the cinema release of the re-worked film on May 30th this year, with the UK release following in September.

Further titles including Whiplash, Legacy of Kain: Defiance, and Thief 03 are being shown by Eidos during the next three days at E3, and we'll have full details along with new screenshots of the highlights during the next few days.

source= here

new footage..

https://www.8ung.at/laracrofttombraid...os-Presse1.zip

[Infernal Mass]

new trailer for the game is out. i'm guessing it's the final one.

here

3 diffrent speeds

[dan da man]

This game has pissed me off, taking so long, promsisng so many release dates, I dont think I will buy it, being a TR fan, but im just going to wait for the reveiws and see what it scores.

[Infernal Mass]

In preperations for the new game, i've decided that i will complete all the previous tomb raiders in order..starting today.

digimortal
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[Infernal Mass]

the first review for TR: AOD is out now. It's from playstation UK mag

Graphics: 8 - Massive environments, slighty cartoony vibe still.

Sound: 7 - Atmos-manufacturing orchestral. Familiar vowels.

Gameplay: 8 - Backwards glimpsing, only with worse control.

Lifespan: 9 - It's bigger than bigness. Months of walking [gently].

overall 8

digimortal
- https://www.blades-uk.com/board/image...es/martial.gif

[Vic Viper]

not bad.

im getting it regardless of the score

[dan da man]

Originally posted by DigiMortal

In preperations for the new game, i've decided that i will complete all the previous tomb raiders in order..starting today.

digimortal
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Wont that take you quite a bit of time? Or have you got every level memorised, quite hard huh?


I wish I had all the old Tomb riaders, so I would complete them in preperation.

[Infernal Mass]

wait for it...it's the PSM UK review..

https://www.boomspeed.com/charmed_p3_/review.jpg

[Infernal Mass]

there's a Q&A session that just finished up over at IGN. Noone asked if it was DVD or CD though..

but check out this Q&A:

Will this game EVER come out!?

Jeremy Responds:
Yes. Right before Duke Nukem Forever.

oh an the game takes up 380kb on the memory card.

[dan da man]

THATS IT! Its been pushed back agian, you Eidos.

[Vic Viper]

thanks for the review, digi.

[Infernal Mass]

no prob Vic, i'm actually starting to get excited about the game again..sorta surprised myself. i didn't think i would.

Originally posted by dan da man

THATS IT! Its been pushed back agian, you Eidos.

it's still coming out, they were just joking.
Duke Nukem forever has been delayed so many times it's like in guiness book or something..for most delays ever.

[dan da man]

Originally posted by DigiMortal

no prob Vic, i'm actually starting to get excited about the game again..sorta surprised myself. i didn't think i would.



it's still coming out, they were just joking.
Duke Nukem forever has been delayed so many times it's like in guiness book or something..for most delays ever.

No it has been, at the shop I work at, we got a ring from the wholesalers, saying its not coming on June 20th, its been delayed again to a later date, I dont know about the US release date though.

[Vic Viper]

Originally posted by dan da man

No it has been, at the shop I work at, we got a ring from the wholesalers, saying its not coming on June 20th, its been delayed again to a later date, I dont know about the US release date though.

ha, sucks for you guys, the game's hitting the stores this coming wednesday.