[Stu]

I didn't like the newer games as I generally fell out of interest with the series but they were needed. Tomb Raider had been sucking since Revelation which while it's a fan favourite as a classic old school TR title really should have been where the series turned instead of sticking with that same absoloutely horrible control scheme that has dated the games so bad. Heck even III was a bit pretentious. As well as being, IMO, riddiculously hard in parts and lacking the same variety of levels II had [II was easily the series peak IMO].

Then you had the borefest expansion pack that was Chronicles and the half finished Angel. No wonder the series was taken away from Core.