“I feel stronger now!” The Angel of Darkness remaster gives us the proper workable game that was lacking over 20 years ago and I think tomb raider fans should give it a second chance.

I hope that the other TR games like Anniversary, Legend and Underworld can get remastered with the same care and treatment as well.

Spoiler Territory: Angel of Darkness.

I downloaded this specifically for Angel of Darkness and everyone knows how real the hype was. I loved LR and C, but AoD was what I wanted to see since they said how much they fixed, so for everyone going into it for the same reasons, here is the good and the bad.

The Good:
*The modern controls make this game much more playable. It can still be buggy at times, but amazing to where it was.
*The restored voice lines fill a lot of the gaps, but NOT all (I will get to that).
*The "new" training area was a blast.
*The graphics (partially - will get to that too) are very nice to look at most of the time.
*The nostalgia was incredible - Some areas had me going "This was not here before!". Some enemies have been added as well. Where there used to be 2, there are now 3.
*The dual pistols and variants thereof.
*Kurtis's new abilities (Even though they are not all that useful).
*The quicksave feature.
*The attempts at fixing the story (Verner's cane holding the Obscura Engravings) and Bouchard explaining more about why they are in Prague).
*The Pawnshop and the Herbalist being usable. No longer do I have to finish the game with 3 or 4 bottles of cognac in Lara's backpack.

The Bad:
**Final Spoiler Warning**
*Lara still knows who Karel is in the end of the game without him ever being mentioned, met, or talked about.
*The added content is limited to only the "new" training area. No new areas apart from that.
*The continuity is still kind of strange. 2 Crowbars, 2 Rebreathers, 2 Ticket Office Keys etc.
*Combat is still clunky, even with the modern controls - Especially with Kurtis's new abilities.
*The incompleteness of the graphics overhaul. A LOT of the characters are not remodeled and sometimes honestly it was hard to tell which of the 2 graphics I was using. There are no new lighting or terrain effects.
*Sound Bugs. When I would perform a quick turn or move some objects, the sound it makes would start looping endlessly.
*The FMVs are not upscaled or anything and are still the same old models. Literally directly out of the original game.
*Lack of new content apart from the above-mentioned: Lara walking differently when her health is low, new cutscenes, interactions outfits etc. Sadly don't expect too much. There is nothing like that.
*Lack of Settings: At some points, the game was VERY dark and there is no setting to change the brightness. Also some controls cannot be used as remaps. This one is a nit-pick, but I always set walk in all my games to Caps Lock. I was unable to do that, which made diving impossible (CTRL, ALT, Space and Directional Key).
*No streamlining of the menu interface. Using health items is still a chore, especially with the added poison mechanic.
*Overall Bugs: Dropping the crate of meat was very buggy. Even after I had dropped it, it returned to the top, leaving the bloodied water there for no reason, and I could drop it again. Enemy AI still being odd at times. Lara falling through walls into the endless gaming void when letting go from certain ledges etc.
*The New Game+: Sadly don't expect Lara to have all her abilities with New Game+, or even the ability to sprint. It's simply not there.
*Edit: I forgot to mention this - The fixed camera angles and the modern controls do NOT mix. I started with LR now, and noticed it there as well.

What my review means to say is - I loved playing AoD again, but I was disappointed at the same time. I appreciate everything new and everything that has been fixed, but I was expecting more from it. I did not expect them to fix the entire game, but I was expecting answers to questions we have had for all these years, upgrades that are more noticeable, more content and more streamlining. I still highly recommend it, but I hope future patches will address these issues.

Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Underworld Remasters next please!!