I ll be sure to take notes. One can only assume the publishers are trying to minimize their editorial budget by reusing identical instructions across multiple platforms. Through it all, the gameplay survives. The gigantic levels are meticulously crafted. This is the first game I ve ever played in which even the training level contains a hidden room or two.
Secrets are everywhere, and they re well-kept secrets.
Helpfully, you can toggle over to a screen displaying how many surprises you have uncovered in each level. Lara Croft may or may not be a dangerous purveyor of negative stereotypes in the thorny world of gender politics. And it s true that such gun-toting femme fatales may be aiming to please ogling male eyes when perhaps they should be seducing the hearts of young girls in search of nothing more than a hero. But somehow, just for a split second, the whole debate seems to fade into the pixilated fog whenever you re hopping, shimmying, shooting, crawling, or splashing your way to the next surprise-filled cavern just around the corner. Given the fact that Tomb Raider III empowers Lara with nearly a dozen different functions, you may want to memorize each of them before you even exit the training session.