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Lara Croft: The Sun Obelisk (Adult Version) Reviews
Author: Christopher Cole
Date: 2002
ADRIFT 3.9
What does AIF stand for? Adult Interactive Fiction.
If you likely to
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See also Lara Croft: The Sun Obelisk (Non-Adult Version)
Reviewed by A. Ninny (Inside
Erin Volume 4 Number 9 - September 2008)
Basic Story
The player-character is Lara Croft, the ass-kicking star of her own line of
video games and several movies, in which she is played by Angelina Jolie. You
are in search of the legendary Sun Obelisk, pursued through caves and jungles by
bad guys, dodging booby traps, solving puzzles, etc.
General Thoughts
I haven't spent much time with the video games, nor have I seen any of the Lara
Croft movies, but it doesn't matter. If you're familiar with the tomb raider
genre (think a female hot-as-hell Indiana Jones), this game will be comfortable
territory. Plus, Lara has a journal that, if you read it, will give you ample
background to go on.
Puzzles/Game Play
The settings in this game are richly realized, you really can feel the dank
darkness of the dank caves and the steamy heat in the jungles. The adventure
feels real, too. Chris has managed to really build the suspense and you always
feel like the next tripwire is right around the corner. The linear nature of the
game makes sense in this context. There are many points of no turning back, and
there are many way to die. I've played this game numerous times in the past, and
I still found myself dying and having to restore to previous saved points - at
almost every turn.
Lara is a great character. Hot as hell, strong, confident, no-nonsense. Her
adventures in The Sun Obelisk push her to the limits, testing her at every turn.
It's great fun traveling with her, getting her in and out of danger, and joining
in several great sexual escapades.
If I have a complaint with the game, it's that the sex is fairly scarce. There
are a couple of major sex scenes, but they come late in the game. I would have
enjoyed a few more encounters scattered in during the adventure, but I can see
how Chris may have felt that they would break the tension too much.
Sex
Like I mentioned, my main complaint about the sex was that I wanted the game to
give me more. Not only more scenes, but also a little more variety and more
detail. The sex was hot, though not particularly varied. The characters'
attributes seem to come through pretty well in the sex scenes, especially Lara's
whose strength and clarity of purpose shifts easily between adventuring and
fucking.
Technical
The game is very clean; I noticed no significant bugs. There are a few instances
where the implementation seems too simplistic, in a way that interrupts your
immersion in the story. For instance, in one scene you encounter a mercenary
armed with a rifle. When you enter the room with him, the game reports that he
shoots at you. And that's it. You can stand there forever
and he won't shoot again. Then you can simply leave. It would have been easy to
make this a timed event, wherein the shooter kills you if you don't solve the
puzzle.
Final Thoughts
This game is a really good blend of adventure and sex, and a lot of fun to play.
Rating B+
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