Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Prophecy

THE BAD:
Horrid password save system, limited weapons and items, 3-D perspective issues. General lack of innovation.

SUMMARY:
A moderately ambitious Tomb Raider game comes to the GBA. Lots of jumping and climbing in a 3d environment, which is at least a good idea. From that premise, its all downhill though...

The graphics in the game occasionally have a hard time conveying the comparative spatial relationship between locations, meaning you will fall to your doom or into a spot you'd rather not be with annoying frequency. Also, if you do fall to your doom, you get to restart the level, stripped of all the items you've picked up in the course of it.

Combat in the game is simple and dull. You start with infinite ammo pistols, and acquire twin Uzis and eventually magic pistols (how clever) which use ammo. All of these weapons are unspectacular and the...