Was this trip really necessary? [ TR4 spoiler - sorta ]

Gordian Slash wrote:

> Chambers of Tulun...
> Citadel Gate...
> Chambers of Tulun again...
> Trenches...
> Chambers of Tulun again and again...
> Trenches again...
> < pant >
> Street Bazaar...
> Trenches again and again...
> < pant pant >
> Street Bazaar again...
> Trenches again, again and yet AGAIN!...
> < pant wheeze pant >
> Citadel Gate again...
> < BLAM! >

And in real life, you never goes back to locations where you've been before?

Mostly folks keeps complaining about that games are 'linear
corridor-shooters'.
The above didn't bother me a bit, and in fact helped building a chimera
of non-linearity into the game, as in that i(laura) am not always moving
forward, all the time forward, even if i in fact had to follow a 'path'
back and forth.

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One nice thing about this was Lara health was restored
every time you crossed a boundary line, so it made it
easier to do a no health kits run.
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"... et al." <look DeleteThis @sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message
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> Gordian Slash wrote:
>
>> Chambers of Tulun...
>> Citadel Gate...
>> Chambers of Tulun again...
>> Trenches...
>> Chambers of Tulun again and again...
>> Trenches again...
>> < pant >
>> Street Bazaar...
>> Trenches again and again...
>> < pant pant >
>> Street Bazaar again...
>> Trenches again, again and yet AGAIN!...
>> < pant wheeze pant >
>> Citadel Gate again...
>> < BLAM! >
>
> And in real life, you never goes back to locations where you've been
> before?
>
> Mostly folks keeps complaining about that games are 'linear
> corridor-shooters'.
> The above didn't bother me a bit, and in fact helped building a chimera of
> non-linearity into the game, as in that i(laura) am not always moving
> forward, all the time forward, even if i in fact had to follow a 'path'
> back and forth.
>
> --
> Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion.
>
I hadnt' finished TR4 yet because I'd gotten some half to 2/3 thru, upgraded
my system, and then it wouldn't run. Ok, so I got it to run months later
with a driver fix, and i'd lost my game saves. Gotta start over. I'll do
that eventually. Start over and finish it. I did finish 1, 2 and 3. Never
got far in Chronicles, it kept bombing out, crashing. And now I also have
TLA to finish, AoD to finish and Legend to ...nope, I don't even like timed
runs. That's sports, I'm into adventure When I get through the game
proper, i'll use the cheats and get all those goodies.
I always felt that 1, 2 and 3 were simply great. I also felt 4 was, but
tedious in places. there are alot of great locations and scenery in these
games too. And music. Great scores.
McG.
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McGrandpa wrote:

[ snip ]

>
> I hadnt' finished TR4 yet because I'd gotten some half to 2/3 thru, upgraded
> my system, and then it wouldn't run. Ok, so I got it to run months later
> with a driver fix, and i'd lost my game saves. Gotta start over.

I do backup my save-files now and then in games as i go along, should i
want to replay a particular segment at a later time. Or just in case
things like you describe should happen. And then there's the 'net where
you could find save-games for TRIV, even back then in the year 2000 if
you played it when new.

> I'll do
> that eventually. Start over and finish it. I did finish 1, 2 and 3. Never
> got far in Chronicles, it kept bombing out, crashing. And now I also have
> TLA to finish, AoD to finish and Legend to ...nope, I don't even like timed
> runs.

That is TRVI(AoD) and_or TRVII(Legend) you complain about? I haven't
played those. What the OP complained about in TRIV was having to do new
things but having to revisit earlier locals ... well, that's the way i
remember the game after reading what he described.

> That's sports, I'm into adventure When I get through the game
> proper, i'll use the cheats and get all those goodies.
> I always felt that 1, 2 and 3 were simply great. I also felt 4 was, but
> tedious in places. there are alot of great locations and scenery in these
> games too. And music. Great scores.

One thing i didn't like about TRIV was the forked path in one level so
that when after having played it, when i read a walkthrough to see what
i had missed, i discovered that there was a whole 2nd path i hadn't been
allowed to visit. And there is a similar thing in TRIII where you have
to follow a river, but have to choose which side. Arrgh, I like to
explore everything! But for cases like these, ¿ain't backed-up
save-games just great?

--
"You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice."

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"... et al." <look.RemoveThis@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message
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> McGrandpa wrote:
>
> [ snip ]
>
>>
>> I hadnt' finished TR4 yet because I'd gotten some half to 2/3 thru,
>> upgraded my system, and then it wouldn't run. Ok, so I got it to run
>> months later with a driver fix, and i'd lost my game saves. Gotta start
>> over.
>
> I do backup my save-files now and then in games as i go along, should i
> want to replay a particular segment at a later time. Or just in case
> things like you describe should happen. And then there's the 'net where
> you could find save-games for TRIV, even back then in the year 2000 if you
> played it when new.

I have the Jeff Reid saved games for all of them stashed on a backup cd.
I'd just rather play the game through myself. There are instances where
having those is very handy.

>
>> I'll do that eventually. Start over and finish it. I did finish 1, 2
>> and 3. Never got far in Chronicles, it kept bombing out, crashing. And
>> now I also have TLA to finish, AoD to finish and Legend to ...nope, I
>> don't even like timed runs.
>
> That is TRVI(AoD) and_or TRVII(Legend) you complain about? I haven't
> played those. What the OP complained about in TRIV was having to do new
> things but having to revisit earlier locals ... well, that's the way i
> remember the game after reading what he described.

TR6(AoD) is buggy, out of character, and incomplete. TR7 (Legend) is a
completely new kind of game. It's not like Tombraider at all to me. It's
now a console sports/shooter.
>
>> That's sports, I'm into adventure When I get through the game
>> proper, i'll use the cheats and get all those goodies.
>> I always felt that 1, 2 and 3 were simply great. I also felt 4 was, but
>> tedious in places. there are alot of great locations and scenery in
>> these games too. And music. Great scores.
>
> One thing i didn't like about TRIV was the forked path in one level so
> that when after having played it, when i read a walkthrough to see what i
> had missed, i discovered that there was a whole 2nd path i hadn't been
> allowed to visit. And there is a similar thing in TRIII where you have to
> follow a river, but have to choose which side. Arrgh, I like to explore
> everything! But for cases like these, ¿ain't backed-up save-games just
> great?

That's where the Jeff Reid saved games are handy. I dunno how he does it,
but glad someone did!
McG.

>
> --
> "You have to pay to get out of
> Going through all these things twice."
>
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McGrandpa wrote:
> "... et al." <look.TakeThisOut@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message
> news:cUBMg.15789$E02.6060@newsb.telia.net...
>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>
>> [ snip ]
>>
>>>
>>> I hadnt' finished TR4 yet because I'd gotten some half to 2/3 thru,
>>> upgraded my system, and then it wouldn't run. Ok, so I got it to
>>> run months later with a driver fix, and i'd lost my game saves. Gotta
>>> start over.
>>
>> I do backup my save-files now and then in games as i go along,
>> should i want to replay a particular segment at a later time. Or
>> just in case things like you describe should happen. And then
>> there's the 'net where you could find save-games for TRIV, even back
>> then in the year 2000 if you played it when new.
>
> I have the Jeff Reid saved games for all of them stashed on a backup
> cd. I'd just rather play the game through myself. There are
> instances where having those is very handy.
>
>>
>>> I'll do that eventually. Start over and finish it. I did finish
>>> 1, 2 and 3. Never got far in Chronicles, it kept bombing out,
>>> crashing. And now I also have TLA to finish, AoD to finish and
>>> Legend to ...nope, I don't even like timed runs.
>>
>> That is TRVI(AoD) and_or TRVII(Legend) you complain about? I haven't
>> played those. What the OP complained about in TRIV was having to do
>> new things but having to revisit earlier locals ... well, that's the
>> way i remember the game after reading what he described.
>
> TR6(AoD) is buggy, out of character, and incomplete. TR7 (Legend) is
> a completely new kind of game. It's not like Tombraider at all to
> me. It's now a console sports/shooter.

Now ...kinda...but...I thought Leg End was more TR than AOD was. Muchly.

But it wasn't *quite* what we know as TR. The biggest bug bears for me were
the lack of saveness, and the emphasis on boss-ness, and the biggest of
these bears of bugness was the weird freaky wtf is going on camera thing.
That was just BAD. Some of the things that would have been second nature in
TR 1-5...Hang on...I'm gonna have to do that again 'cos the camera turned
left and I was pointing right and now I'm jumping backwards?! Well
now...what the HELL is that about??!?!

The extra shooty-ness and the boss-ness I can kinda deal with, but come on
guys!! We've had our interface going on for years now. Why mess with it?!?!

I ended up setting the interface like Max Payne and that sort of worked but
it wasn't quite right, 'cos as soon as the camera angle changed....bleh.

>>
>>> That's sports, I'm into adventure When I get through the game
>>> proper, i'll use the cheats and get all those goodies.
>>> I always felt that 1, 2 and 3 were simply great. I also felt 4
>>> was, but tedious in places. there are alot of great locations and
>>> scenery in these games too. And music. Great scores.
>>
>> One thing i didn't like about TRIV was the forked path in one level
>> so that when after having played it, when i read a walkthrough to
>> see what i had missed, i discovered that there was a whole 2nd path
>> i hadn't been allowed to visit. And there is a similar thing in
>> TRIII where you have to follow a river, but have to choose which
>> side. Arrgh, I like to explore everything! But for cases like these,
>> ¿ain't backed-up save-games just great?
>
> That's where the Jeff Reid saved games are handy. I dunno how he
> does it, but glad someone did!
> McG.


Duncan
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"»Q«" <boxcars.DeleteThis@gmx.net> wrote in message
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT.DeleteThis@NOThotmail.com> wrote in
> <news:n2HMg.17143$dl.13946@tornado.texas.rr.com>:
>
>> TR6(AoD) is buggy, out of character, and incomplete. TR7 (Legend)
>> is a completely new kind of game. It's not like Tombraider at all
>> to me. It's now a console sports/shooter.
>
> The old TRs were the best 3D platformers I've played. I liked that
> "sports" aspect of them, including the sometimes frustrating timed
> runs. As a platformer, TR7 is /extremely/ dumbed down. A major part
> of a good platform game is figuring out how to get from where you are
> to where you think you need to be, and that's entirely missing in 7,
> unless the gymnasium and the pool in the mansion count.
>
> --
> »Q«

I've honestly had more fun playing in the mansion pools/gym than I have in
the rest of the game. Oh well.
McG.
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"Thunderchief" <dnb.DeleteThis@thunderchief1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> McGrandpa wrote:
>> "... et al." <look.DeleteThis@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:cUBMg.15789$E02.6060@newsb.telia.net...
>>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>>
>>> [ snip ]
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I hadnt' finished TR4 yet because I'd gotten some half to 2/3 thru,
>>>> upgraded my system, and then it wouldn't run. Ok, so I got it to
>>>> run months later with a driver fix, and i'd lost my game saves. Gotta
>>>> start over.
>>>
>>> I do backup my save-files now and then in games as i go along,
>>> should i want to replay a particular segment at a later time. Or
>>> just in case things like you describe should happen. And then
>>> there's the 'net where you could find save-games for TRIV, even back
>>> then in the year 2000 if you played it when new.
>>
>> I have the Jeff Reid saved games for all of them stashed on a backup
>> cd. I'd just rather play the game through myself. There are
>> instances where having those is very handy.
>>
>>>
>>>> I'll do that eventually. Start over and finish it. I did finish
>>>> 1, 2 and 3. Never got far in Chronicles, it kept bombing out,
>>>> crashing. And now I also have TLA to finish, AoD to finish and
>>>> Legend to ...nope, I don't even like timed runs.
>>>
>>> That is TRVI(AoD) and_or TRVII(Legend) you complain about? I haven't
>>> played those. What the OP complained about in TRIV was having to do
>>> new things but having to revisit earlier locals ... well, that's the
>>> way i remember the game after reading what he described.
>>
>> TR6(AoD) is buggy, out of character, and incomplete. TR7 (Legend) is
>> a completely new kind of game. It's not like Tombraider at all to
>> me. It's now a console sports/shooter.
>
> Now ...kinda...but...I thought Leg End was more TR than AOD was. Muchly.
>
> But it wasn't *quite* what we know as TR. The biggest bug bears for me
> were the lack of saveness, and the emphasis on boss-ness, and the biggest
> of these bears of bugness was the weird freaky wtf is going on camera
> thing. That was just BAD. Some of the things that would have been second
> nature in TR 1-5...Hang on...I'm gonna have to do that again 'cos the
> camera turned left and I was pointing right and now I'm jumping
> backwards?! Well now...what the HELL is that about??!?!
>
> The extra shooty-ness and the boss-ness I can kinda deal with, but come on
> guys!! We've had our interface going on for years now. Why mess with
> it?!?!
>
> I ended up setting the interface like Max Payne and that sort of worked
> but it wasn't quite right, 'cos as soon as the camera angle
> changed....bleh.
>
>>>
>>>> That's sports, I'm into adventure When I get through the game
>>>> proper, i'll use the cheats and get all those goodies.
>>>> I always felt that 1, 2 and 3 were simply great. I also felt 4
>>>> was, but tedious in places. there are alot of great locations and
>>>> scenery in these games too. And music. Great scores.
>>>
>>> One thing i didn't like about TRIV was the forked path in one level
>>> so that when after having played it, when i read a walkthrough to
>>> see what i had missed, i discovered that there was a whole 2nd path
>>> i hadn't been allowed to visit. And there is a similar thing in
>>> TRIII where you have to follow a river, but have to choose which
>>> side. Arrgh, I like to explore everything! But for cases like these,
>>> ¿ain't backed-up save-games just great?
>>
>> That's where the Jeff Reid saved games are handy. I dunno how he
>> does it, but glad someone did!
>> McG.
>
>
> Duncan
>
In the sense of locations and goings on, yes, Legend is mor TR than AoD.
Yet for all that bugginess and incompletedness of AoD, it was easier to play
than Legend. You could at least explore a little more with AoD than
Legend. It's early. I'll go back to bed and wake up again
McG.
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McGrandpa wrote:
> "Thunderchief" <dnb.TakeThisOut@thunderchief1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:4503619a$3_1@x-privat.org...
>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>> "... et al." <look.TakeThisOut@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:cUBMg.15789$E02.6060@newsb.telia.net...
>>>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [ snip ]
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I hadnt' finished TR4 yet because I'd gotten some half to 2/3
>>>>> thru, upgraded my system, and then it wouldn't run. Ok, so I got
>>>>> it to run months later with a driver fix, and i'd lost my game
>>>>> saves. Gotta start over.
>>>>
>>>> I do backup my save-files now and then in games as i go along,
>>>> should i want to replay a particular segment at a later time. Or
>>>> just in case things like you describe should happen. And then
>>>> there's the 'net where you could find save-games for TRIV, even
>>>> back then in the year 2000 if you played it when new.
>>>
>>> I have the Jeff Reid saved games for all of them stashed on a backup
>>> cd. I'd just rather play the game through myself. There are
>>> instances where having those is very handy.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I'll do that eventually. Start over and finish it. I did finish
>>>>> 1, 2 and 3. Never got far in Chronicles, it kept bombing out,
>>>>> crashing. And now I also have TLA to finish, AoD to finish and
>>>>> Legend to ...nope, I don't even like timed runs.
>>>>
>>>> That is TRVI(AoD) and_or TRVII(Legend) you complain about? I
>>>> haven't played those. What the OP complained about in TRIV was
>>>> having to do new things but having to revisit earlier locals ...
>>>> well, that's the way i remember the game after reading what he
>>>> described.
>>>
>>> TR6(AoD) is buggy, out of character, and incomplete. TR7 (Legend)
>>> is a completely new kind of game. It's not like Tombraider at all
>>> to me. It's now a console sports/shooter.
>>
>> Now ...kinda...but...I thought Leg End was more TR than AOD was.
>> Muchly. But it wasn't *quite* what we know as TR. The biggest bug bears
>> for
>> me were the lack of saveness, and the emphasis on boss-ness, and the
>> biggest of these bears of bugness was the weird freaky wtf is going
>> on camera thing. That was just BAD. Some of the things that would
>> have been second nature in TR 1-5...Hang on...I'm gonna have to do
>> that again 'cos the camera turned left and I was pointing right and
>> now I'm jumping backwards?! Well now...what the HELL is that
>> about??!?! The extra shooty-ness and the boss-ness I can kinda deal with,
>> but
>> come on guys!! We've had our interface going on for years now. Why
>> mess with it?!?!
>>
>> I ended up setting the interface like Max Payne and that sort of
>> worked but it wasn't quite right, 'cos as soon as the camera angle
>> changed....bleh.
>>
>>>>
>>>>> That's sports, I'm into adventure When I get through the game
>>>>> proper, i'll use the cheats and get all those goodies.
>>>>> I always felt that 1, 2 and 3 were simply great. I also felt 4
>>>>> was, but tedious in places. there are alot of great locations and
>>>>> scenery in these games too. And music. Great scores.
>>>>
>>>> One thing i didn't like about TRIV was the forked path in one level
>>>> so that when after having played it, when i read a walkthrough to
>>>> see what i had missed, i discovered that there was a whole 2nd path
>>>> i hadn't been allowed to visit. And there is a similar thing in
>>>> TRIII where you have to follow a river, but have to choose which
>>>> side. Arrgh, I like to explore everything! But for cases like
>>>> these, ¿ain't backed-up save-games just great?
>>>
>>> That's where the Jeff Reid saved games are handy. I dunno how he
>>> does it, but glad someone did!
>>> McG.
>>
>>
>> Duncan
>>
> In the sense of locations and goings on, yes, Legend is mor TR than
> AoD. Yet for all that bugginess and incompletedness of AoD, it was
> easier to play than Legend. You could at least explore a little
> more with AoD than Legend. It's early. I'll go back to bed and
> wake up again

Yeah...the exploring is why we're there, for the most part. I found it real
strange to come to bits that Lara should have been able to climb on, only to
be blocked by the invisible wall of sector definition....

> McG.

Duncan
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Thunderchief wrote:
> McGrandpa wrote:
> > "Thunderchief" <dnb RemoveThis @thunderchief1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:4503619a$3_1@x-privat.org...
> >> McGrandpa wrote:
> >>> "... et al." <look RemoveThis @sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message
> >>> news:cUBMg.15789$E02.6060@newsb.telia.net...
> >>>> McGrandpa wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> [ snip ]
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I hadnt' finished TR4 yet because I'd gotten some half to 2/3
> >>>>> thru, upgraded my system, and then it wouldn't run. Ok, so I got
> >>>>> it to run months later with a driver fix, and i'd lost my game
> >>>>> saves. Gotta start over.
> >>>>
> >>>> I do backup my save-files now and then in games as i go along,
> >>>> should i want to replay a particular segment at a later time. Or
> >>>> just in case things like you describe should happen. And then
> >>>> there's the 'net where you could find save-games for TRIV, even
> >>>> back then in the year 2000 if you played it when new.
> >>>
> >>> I have the Jeff Reid saved games for all of them stashed on a backup
> >>> cd. I'd just rather play the game through myself. There are
> >>> instances where having those is very handy.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> I'll do that eventually. Start over and finish it. I did finish
> >>>>> 1, 2 and 3. Never got far in Chronicles, it kept bombing out,
> >>>>> crashing. And now I also have TLA to finish, AoD to finish and
> >>>>> Legend to ...nope, I don't even like timed runs.
> >>>>
> >>>> That is TRVI(AoD) and_or TRVII(Legend) you complain about? I
> >>>> haven't played those. What the OP complained about in TRIV was
> >>>> having to do new things but having to revisit earlier locals ...
> >>>> well, that's the way i remember the game after reading what he
> >>>> described.
> >>>
> >>> TR6(AoD) is buggy, out of character, and incomplete. TR7 (Legend)
> >>> is a completely new kind of game. It's not like Tombraider at all
> >>> to me. It's now a console sports/shooter.
> >>
> >> Now ...kinda...but...I thought Leg End was more TR than AOD was.
> >> Muchly. But it wasn't *quite* what we know as TR. The biggest bug bears
> >> for
> >> me were the lack of saveness, and the emphasis on boss-ness, and the
> >> biggest of these bears of bugness was the weird freaky wtf is going
> >> on camera thing. That was just BAD. Some of the things that would
> >> have been second nature in TR 1-5...Hang on...I'm gonna have to do
> >> that again 'cos the camera turned left and I was pointing right and
> >> now I'm jumping backwards?! Well now...what the HELL is that
> >> about??!?! The extra shooty-ness and the boss-ness I can kinda deal with,
> >> but
> >> come on guys!! We've had our interface going on for years now. Why
> >> mess with it?!?!
> >>
> >> I ended up setting the interface like Max Payne and that sort of
> >> worked but it wasn't quite right, 'cos as soon as the camera angle
> >> changed....bleh.
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>>> That's sports, I'm into adventure When I get through the game
> >>>>> proper, i'll use the cheats and get all those goodies.
> >>>>> I always felt that 1, 2 and 3 were simply great. I also felt 4
> >>>>> was, but tedious in places. there are alot of great locations and
> >>>>> scenery in these games too. And music. Great scores.
> >>>>
> >>>> One thing i didn't like about TRIV was the forked path in one level
> >>>> so that when after having played it, when i read a walkthrough to
> >>>> see what i had missed, i discovered that there was a whole 2nd path
> >>>> i hadn't been allowed to visit. And there is a similar thing in
> >>>> TRIII where you have to follow a river, but have to choose which
> >>>> side. Arrgh, I like to explore everything! But for cases like
> >>>> these, ¿ain't backed-up save-games just great?
> >>>
> >>> That's where the Jeff Reid saved games are handy. I dunno how he
> >>> does it, but glad someone did!
> >>> McG.
> >>
> >>
> >> Duncan
> >>
> > In the sense of locations and goings on, yes, Legend is mor TR than
> > AoD. Yet for all that bugginess and incompletedness of AoD, it was
> > easier to play than Legend. You could at least explore a little
> > more with AoD than Legend. It's early. I'll go back to bed and
> > wake up again
>
> Yeah...the exploring is why we're there, for the most part. I found it real
> strange to come to bits that Lara should have been able to climb on, only to
> be blocked by the invisible wall of sector definition....
>
> > McG.
>
> Duncan

I didn't like the fact that I had to use both the MOUSE and the
KEYBOARD at the same time. Geez. Confuse the hell outta me, why
don'tcha.

Now, for the fun part: I've moved to a new apartment. Why is this
important? Because, for years I've had the computer at my bed, with
the mouse reachable by my left hand and the keyboard to the right of
it, on my bed. Now my computer's in a nook area across from the
washer/dryer closet, and the mouse and keyboard have switched places.
I'll have to retrain my hands all over again. Oy!

Things were simpler when all I needed was a keyboard and my right hand
controlled most of the necessary movements.
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It took my completely by surprise when Paul E Kiefer Jr typed:

<snipped for brevity>

>> Yeah...the exploring is why we're there, for the most part. I found
>> it real strange to come to bits that Lara should have been able to
>> climb on, only to be blocked by the invisible wall of sector
>> definition....
>>
>>> McG.
>>
>> Duncan
>
> I didn't like the fact that I had to use both the MOUSE and the
> KEYBOARD at the same time. Geez. Confuse the hell outta me, why
> don'tcha.

I didn't mind that *too* much. Playing other games has kinda got me into
using them that way.

>
> Now, for the fun part: I've moved to a new apartment. Why is this
> important? Because, for years I've had the computer at my bed, with
> the mouse reachable by my left hand and the keyboard to the right of
> it, on my bed. Now my computer's in a nook area across from the
> washer/dryer closet, and the mouse and keyboard have switched places.
> I'll have to retrain my hands all over again. Oy!

Hehehehhehehe! My boss is a 'keggy' (south paw?) as we say over here. When
you have to drive his PC it gets real weird having the mouse on the wrong
side!

>
> Things were simpler when all I needed was a keyboard and my right hand
> controlled most of the necessary movements.

Ah yes! Back to the good old days of Doom!

Duncan
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McGrandpa wrote:

> I've honestly had more fun playing in the mansion pools/gym than I have in
> the rest of the game. Oh well.
> McG.

I finished the mansion the first night I purchased it, had loads of fun
figuring out how to get all the durned bits in the gym. Then realizing
there was some sort of puzzle in the mansion (which turned out to be quite
a disapointment..) was the most fun I had in the game.

Otherwise it was like sitting in one of those self-propelled, self-guided
kiddie rides where the cars drive on a little road with a rail in the
middle to steer it. Shoot at the baddies as you drive by.
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