PLEASE, Remake Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness!

We all know about this 2003 major flop of a game and how much of a disappointment it was for almost every Tomb Raider fan. We were all curious about Lara's fate after Von Croy ran away and left Lara to die. How did we end up with this poor excuse for a Tomb Raider game?

I haven't bothered playing it myself for a couple of years now because of all the bugs and glitches that littered the game. Recently, I found a website with information about the second playable character, Kurtis Trent, who you had to play due to Lara being trapped in a small room. I hated playing him in the game because of his general lack of agility compared with Lara. However, from what I've read, all of his positive points were removed to meet the release date, leaving you with a character that you really would not want to play had you been given a choice.

The farsee ability you see in two cut-scenes during the game was one of these controllable abilities that were removed. Also, you originally were able to use that spinning weapon of his, the Chirugai Blade. This too was removed. A list of abilities that were removed are listed here. 

1) Farsee Ability (He uses it in 2 cut-scenes, but it was originally supposed to be a feature that the player could control)

2) Churigai Blade (Was supposed to be able to be used as a secondary weapon)

3) Power Drain

4) Telekinesis

5) Psychic Strength (Used in a cut-scene before fighting the Proto-Nephilim, but was also originally supposed to be a player controlled action)

6) Double Jump                                                                                                

I copied that list straight off of the website I read it on, The Kurtis Trent Estrogen Brigade (KTEB.net). Take a look if the character was of some interest to you. I sort of enjoyed his character, but felt let down by it too because of how lousy he was to play, compared with the few cut-scenes you see him in. I'm sure there are some people who would have liked to seen the abilities he used in several cut-scenes used in gameplay when you had to control him. Not being able to do ANYTHING he did in the cut-scenes like controlling the blade was a huge disappointment.

The game really needs to be remade. The storyline was actually interesting, but the whole game was let down thanks to the bugs and glitches, the several unanswered questions, and the lousy "level up" system -- "My legs feel stronger now.." -- Really? That is so lame, it's not even funny! Just remove the "level up" system all together, fix the bugs and glitches, and complete the story, as well as include all of Kurtis' abilities to make him a more well-balanced character, and I think you have an amazing addition to the Tomb Raider series. Although, that's just my opinion. I have no idea how many Tomb Raider fans actually enjoyed the story. I know I did, and I'm a big Tomb Raider fan. I have all of the games from the main series (I don't have the hand-held games), and even collected some of the Tomb Raider comics that were released. Angel of Darkness had alot of potential. They should've delayed the game a little more so they could have properly completed it. Better to have released it later than to have release it on time, presenting us with the complete pile of crap that we received.

"Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness" had an amazing plot & a very intriguing story.. Just horrible, glitch-infested gameplay! If this game were to be remade (as hoped for) it is without a doubt that people would be rushing to the stores to buy the remake! I know this for a fact, because I have personally asked (many) people of their opinion on this.. They all said the same thing, "I'd buy the remake as soon as it got released!". So, please, Crystal Dynamics, Square Enix & Eidos Interactive.. Remake "Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness"..

Thank you so very much in advance!

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