Kill Your Babies!: Tomb Raider Edition!
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Surprise! The last Kill Your Babies! was a way to decide what the next game should be and now that a series has been chosen, it's now time to decide which Tomb Raider is the best of them all!
With not enough entries to warrant a regular Kill Your Babies!, we'll have to do a single elimination tournament vote. Of the 16 games, it will be seeded by aggregated scores. Meaning: Highest score is the #1 seed, second highest #2, etc. Also #1 will face #16, #2 vs. #15, etc. much like the NCAA collegiate basketball tournament. 24 hours after this post, the votes will be collected and the next round will be posted in this thread.
Feel free to post and comment if you like, but this is primarily done with voting with the game YOU want to see advance. Without further ado:
#1 Tomb Raider (1996) - Score of 91 vs. #16 Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness - Score of 52
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879195#8 Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Score of 81 vs. #9 Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation - Score of 79
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879305#5 Lara Croft: The Guardian of Light - Score of 85 vs. #12 Tomb Raider: Underworld - Score of 76
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879316#4 Tomb Raider II - Score of 85 vs. #13 Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris - Score of 74
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879386#6 Lara Croft GO - Score of 84 vs. #11 Tomb Raider III - Score of 76
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879396#3 Rise of the Tomb Raider - Score of 86 vs. #14 Tomb Raider: Prophecy - Score of 66
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879409#7 Tomb Raider: Legend - Score of 82 vs. #10 Tomb Raider: Curse of the Sword - Score of 77
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879416#2 Tomb Raider (2013) - Score of 87 vs. #15 Tomb Raider Chronicles - Score of 63
http://www.strawpoll.me/12879205
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I had never heard of Prophecy or Curse of the Sword and I strangely feel the need to play them now!
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@Axel Well I guess a long sought after goal of these threads has finally come to pass (that I know of)! Exposing people to different games is a fun thing to do, even if it only happens rarely.
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Tomb Raider (1996)
Anniversary
Didn't vote (I haven't played either)
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Legend
Tomb Raider (2013)
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Some interesting polls, seems like I agree with most of the community on these ones!
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The Quarterfinals! Before getting into it, a personal note: The #3 vs. #11 matchup is the most intriguing for two reasons:
1.) Lara Croft GO was upset by Tomb Raider III and it wasn't close. By all accounts, Lara Croft GO is actually a solid game, so I'm kind of suprised the vote went the way it did. 2.) Rise of the Tomb Raider won its round by a dominating and demoralizing 10-0 vote.
Cast your vote quickly as these polls will be going for 24 hours every round.
#1 Tomb Raider (1996) vs. #8 Tomb Raider: Anniversary
http://www.strawpoll.me/12886926#5 Lara Croft: The Guardian of Light vs. #4 Tomb Raider II
http://www.strawpoll.me/12886941#11 Tomb Raider III vs #3 Rise of the Tomb Raider
http://www.strawpoll.me/12886951#7 Tomb Raider Legend vs. #2 Tomb Raider (2013)
http://www.strawpoll.me/12886957
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Tomb Raider (1996)
Tomb Raider II
Tomb Raider III
Tomb Raider (2013)
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The Semifinals! Some notes: Tomb Raider (1996) and Rise of the Rise of the Tomb Raider BARELY squeaked in 5-4, and 6-5 respectively. The top 4 seeds survive! Now to determine what the REAL Tomb Raider games are: A battle between the first two, and the last two!
#1 Tomb Raider (1996) vs. #4 Tomb Raider II
http://www.strawpoll.me/12894856#3 Rise of the Tomb Raider vs. #2 Tomb Raider (2013)
http://www.strawpoll.me/12894863
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We have come to the finals and both participants usurped their opponents 6-5. For the last vote, you must decide which Tomb Raider is the best of the series:
Tomb Raider II
Rise of the Tomb RaiderClick the link, cast the vote, and return, one last time to find out the true winner!
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Voted TRII. I hope it annihilates RotTR.
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@Sheria I take it you don't like RoTR ;-)
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I voted for Tomb Raider II. It's still my favorite in the series even though I quite liked Rise of the Tomb Raider.
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@Brannox said in Kill Your Babies!: Tomb Raider Edition!:
@Sheria I take it you don't like RoTR ;-)
Oh its alright, I'm just not a fan of how the series changed back in 2013.
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I, on the other hand, love what happened in '13 and easily voted for Rise now. The old-skool originals have their charm and legacy and they're great in their own way, but this current cycle just really speaks to me. I particularly enjoy the structure of the two last games we've had.
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New Tomb Raider is like everything else, nothing is like Tomb Raider II.
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Does Tomb Raider II have tank controls?
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@TokyoSlim I don't think so... but I havnt played in a long time.
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@TokyoSlim yes
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By a score of 6-5, THE Tomb Raider above them all is...
Rise of the Tomb Raider!
Rise had the most interesting voting of all the games as it CRUSHED the opening round 10-0, but only by ONE vote every other round.
Thank you everyone for your votes!!!
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Well with a definitive "yes" answer on tank controls, I would have voted ROTTR. So put another vote on there...or not.
There's some serious control jank in the early Tomb Raider games.
