Core Design has hit the big time with it's Tomb Raider series. But it's
finest hour in gameplay terms was Rick Dangerous 2. Not convinced? Read the
comparison of the two games, and the charecters behind them.
| Test |
Rick Dangerous |
Lara Croft |
Winner |
| Magazine Rating |
Amstrad Action- 97% for Rick Dangerous 2. Only two or three other games
came close in the magazines 100+ issue history- I think Elite got 96% in AA1,
and Turrican 2 got 95% |
PC Format gave Tomb Raider 2 86%. Nearest equivalent magazine I could find
to AA, even has had some of the same staff, so standards should be
similar. |
Rick |
| Contribution to Earth |
Has saved the earth |
Shoots endangered species. Science Ambassador for England, but I haven't
seen her attending to her duties. |
Rick |
| Viewpoint |
Good old side-on 2D. Simple and effective. |
Annoying 3D floating camera that can't follow Lara round corners properly,
leaving times with no visibility |
Rick |
| Character |
Indiana Jones-type in RD1, more of a Flash Gordon in 2. Not much fuss made
of him. They obviously concentrated on the game. |
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Some IDIOT in Core's marketing department hired a
model to be 'Lara'. SHE'S NOT REAL!!! The Virtual Lara technology only makes it
worse. Lara being interviewed? Don't make me sick! |
Rick |
| Replacment for reality |
Not really. |
You can pretend she's your girlfriend! |
Rick |
| Contribution to gaming |
Two of the best platformers ever. |
Three of the above averagest platformers ever. Hundreds of clones being
even worse. Not sorting out criticisms from the first game, even in the third.
Stupid overmarketing of not the best game ever. |
Rick |
| Setting a good example |
Saving the world is good. |
Shooting tigers is bad. She really should have those breasts operated on,
they must be a real inconvinience when stealing aincent artefacts. And she
dosen't even do her archeology properly. |
Rick |
| Retro Value |
If you remember the Rick Dangerous games, it will be a fond memory. |
When we look back on the Tomb Raider games, we will ask, why did we let
Lara replace gameplay? |
Rick |
