I raided the internet for years looking for original storyline leaks, deleted content, scrapped content etc, etc. I first played this through when I was 10 and was completely obsessed. Through the eyes and imagination of my 10 year old self, I look at Angel of Darkness for what it could and should have been (and was planned to be): an incredible, dark trilogy. The basis is there, it's just so unfinished but with a little imagination and patience you can fill in the gaps and imagine where they were going with this. Dispite the drawbacks, bugs and unfinished content, Angel of Darkness is my favourite game; from the beautiful soundtrack; to the dark edge it has; Lara's appearance and the voice acting; Kurtis Trent (who was originally intended to be a more playable character, with the player able to control all his abilities); the creativity of the levels; the interesting storyline. It's an unfinished masterpiece of a game with some awesome cutscenes. Sure, it should never have been released unfinished but honesty, I'm just glad it wasn't scrapped completely. The overall feel and atmosphere it has is, dare I say, beautiful and gripping. I've played this game so many times over the past 16 years and I still love it! If only it could be remade, with the same look and feel, just with updated graphics and the whole trilogy completed to the writers original storyline.

"Leave me alone! I am busy!"

I dont care, I really liked the story, atmosphere and soundtrack to this game a lot

I'm probably the only person that loved the Legend trilogy. 2013 reboot though needs to die already.

The blame for can be laid at the feet of Eidos. There the ones who were constantly pushing Core to get the game released (Even if it was unfinished)

omg, somebody talks about Angel of Darkness in 2019, that was kinda unexpected

The new TR games feel generic/ dumbed down to me also i feel new lara is waay to emotional instead of a badass. Imagine if Allen Ripley from the alien series kept crying and getting rattled every few scenes instead of taking charge under pressure.

I didn't like the modern tomb raider , but my opinion is changing and the concept of a realistic Lara is aging pretty well , honestly . Also , she's still badass in these new games , maybe the first one with the new style didn't make me feel that about her but the last one sure does

AOD is still the more loved TR, because it's the last Core Design game, the last "real" Lara Croft. AOD Lara is playable in Rise/ Shadow of the TR. Her outfit was chosen in the survey of Lara Croft Go. A remastered version of the game ll be crazy!!

I'm a simple man, I see Ink Ribbon, I like.

TR AOD biggest problem was the time it was being released. Had it been developed and released in a broken manner in today's day and age, Core would have come up with patches upon patches and ultimately fixed it. It's unfair how Eidos forced them to develop Tomb Raider games on annual basis. Should've given them at least 3 years of development time. At the time time, Core Design is also responsible for their screw up.

Remember that time lara killed a ghost.

That transition from crying modern Lara to being slapped with "You OK?" by Bernard was perfect :)

"From Legend onward"? Tomb Raider Legend's Lara was a badass hero, her personality in that game still stayed the same as the previous games. It's only with the reboot were she became whiny.

Angel of darkness to this day is my favorite TR game. I loved the story line and still do. The current games lack good story telling.

I remember loving this, and funnily enough I can’t remember the glitches 😂 I think I was too busy foaming at the mouth as well. I’d go back and play it but my “friend” stole my disk years ago

For me... I think Angel of Darkness and its potential was there. I know there were many people who were willing (myself included) to reconstruct it properly. But without a stable team it's pretty much in redesign hell.

Thanks for all this Tomb Raider content. Really enjoying binging all these videos! Learning so much behind the scenes stuff

Well this is a great video and an even greater channel. Keep up the great work, man! 👍

I played this when it first came out, however I was very young and thought it was a scary game and was terrified to die 😂

I played this constantly back in 2003. Was 13 at the time! 😁

love that you are a classic tomb raider fan. i had a similar experience with angel of darkness, reading all the magazines i could find until it finally released and i got it day one. still love the new games aswell though

Gosh those magazines... I remember looking at them like if I was looking at futuristic stuff, I couldn't wait to put my hands on what I saw there - Lara finally looking like in PS1's FMVs, or her running with pistols without having to hold them upwards (even tho in the end she did)... Such memories Btw you're a really good looking guy

5:26 WTF?! He is playing it on gamecube!

Oh my I didn't know you're into Tomb Raider too! How comforting hearing your voice over tomb raider footage haha

Man what a great MEMORY. I loved this game. It was extremely hard for me. I think I was stuck in the louvre for a week trying to figure out the combination of 3 symbols. I was 9. But does anyone remember the pointless shop ? I think it was down some snowy alleyway I remember saying why is this even a thing

I wish your videos were loooooooonger... 😅😶 More Tomb Raider videos please. 🙏

Angel of Darkness spoken about in 2019. Insta-liked! I honestly liked the game. 😂 Sure it was literally a game in beta stage because RUSHED BOI. It’s very nice that the game has an active modding community that pushes past that.

Not only are ink ribbons videos great but your Also VERY HANDSOME😍😍

I absolutely loved this game as a kid. I always had the feeling that I was playing something super edgy lol! It had a great atmosphere. This Lara had a great role model personality, she was educated, well-spoken, badass and super sexy at the same time. She felt really unique, I don't see that in the newer games.

A video that aknowledges how great classic Lara was? Amazing.

This is the first video I watched by you that has you on camera. It genuinely caught me off guard and I can't even say why LOL

You know what is more nostalgic than Angel of Darkness? That TV/Radio behind him

The title could've been called how Eidos killed itself.

YES!! This brings back so many memories

omg i didnt realize this was two days ago! tom raider angel of darkness is like dust under a rug.

I remember playing Angel of Darkness, I couldn't get passed the first level lol

Lara's screams are on another level in this game. The screams when she lands in the trash can is frightening

This is one of my favourite tomb raider games tbh

AoD ragdoll is the best ragdoll of any game ever

The nostalgia flood when I heard the Tomb Raider music.

I love your videos Ink Ribbon ❤

Still my favorite Tomb Raider game! Totally love the dark thriller/horror atmosphere and the music is just outstanding 😍 playing the PS2 version again at the moment

My First Tomb Raider game, which I got when I got the PS2.

TR AoD was for a long time my favorite TR Game. It´s really sad, that so many people never saw the beauty of this game.

If they remade this game and made the reveal trailer an HD version of the intro cutscene where shes in von croys apartment and looks in the mirror im nutting

My godfather loved tomb raider and sadly passed away not long after this was released, its sad to know he couldn't experience the games after this one - yet is the only TR game I've not been able to finish

I’m that one person who is obsessed with the originals, aod, anniversary-legend-underworld and Tomb Raider and Rise Of The Tomb Raider. I literally love all the games except the last one and I don’t care what other people think. They were all fun and good in their own way, yes my favorite TR game is Revelations cuz I grew up with the old Lara -even tho I was born in 2002 my mom played all of the older versions with me- and loved the egyptian themes the old games had, I still really liked all of the reboots (except the last one let’s not talk about that) Lara has always been nothing but a strong woman in every game and her characteristics only changed with the new reboots yes now I don’t like the new her as a character but the games are good

I really like it, although the camera angles are a bit awkward. I loved the real time feel of going round Paris and collecting things to sell etc.

Oh geez, I remember being super excited for this too, and reading about everything the developers had in mind...and then it came out and it was just a confused mess. But the follow-up games they had planned sounded interesting at the very least...but now we'll never know.

My TR AoD obsession reached tattoo levels and a self made notebook that contains all the plot lmao. I love how much people still love this.

I love you. Seriously, this video is great. You can't really describe what Lara Croft was at the time and only who lived those times can understand

unironically my favourite from the series

5:40 How do you remove a section of a level by accident? Did the game release, they play it and then they realise that level is missing half of itself?

I love TRAOD, even though it's glitchy I find myself playing it from time to time, this whole occult theme was amazing. So sad they didn't continue

Bruh props to Ink Ribbon for reminding us about old PlayStation Magazines and The famous game show G4

I was ready to fight thinking you were gonna talk sh*t about AoD but you speak the truth, it is such a special game to me and its one of my favourite games and it really deserves to be resurrected, fixed and ported to the PS4 💖

Finally watching this video as i meant to but forgot lmao. But I remember playing tomb raiders original 4 games growing up with my mother, then i also remember us two playing legend and angel of darkness. Up to legend is my favourite adventure because i never realized legend was a reboot as a kid :'). Angel of darkness does have its faults but i always remember parts of it fondly. Mostly the story xD. No comment on any game past legend. Ive only seen snippets of the 2013 onward reboot and. I didnt enjoy or like what i saw :') mostly cuz seeing her act that way felt weird, as i remembered her more like the original and legend version.

Thanks for the video :)

I looooooved LEGEND it's actually my favorite until now and also the last revelation

There were some amazing tombs in Angel Of Darkness, the problem was the 10000000 hours of playing through crap before reaching them.

I'm not even a fan of Tomb Raider, but your videos are quite entertainment. Congrats.

I liked TR AoD lmao, probs because was my first game on PS2

Angel Of Darkness was so underrated and didn't deserve it's dark reputation but I can understand; the glitches were so heavy and game breaking. But I loved the story concept; I wish the studio had been given the full time to finish it to completion so we could explore this trilogy. It's nice to know a Parallel Timeline exists where this game was fully made and polished and led by a trilogy is being enjoyed today by our parallel selves.

A spin-off series about Kurtis Trent would be cool, who knows maybe it could be as iconic as Uncharted.

You ever use the taxi plow in Midnight Club? It was such a good addition to the game, the rest of the vehicles weren't worth using.

I loved AoD. The music was amazing (played by the London Orchestra), story was great (although rushed) and i loved the dark tone it had throughout. I really think if Core had a chance at a sequel it would've been amazing.

Quite a fitting opening lol

Still holds a place in my heart as the first tomb raider fame with "good" graphics

Ha, this video popped up on my home screen. Nice. I love AoD. Honestly think it still has the best looking Lara to date. I've actually got the Style Guide for AoD that my wife got from her uncle who worked on the game. Boy have I heard some stories about this game from him haha!

Ohh you should cover those unused AoD contents in a video O:

I just noticed your outfit is same as Kurtis Trent from AOD!!!

This was my sick day game

I wish they would give TR the Megaman 9 treatment where we get an entirely new, full game but using the old style game engine, with all of the benefits of everything we've learned in the past 20 years. I think it would be amazing.

At least you got to beat the game I’m stuck on the kurtis boss fight due to the lock on target glitch

AoD was my first TR game because I was young and the PS2 was the first console I owned. Once I finished playing, I was unsatisfied. It definitely deserved better and if there was a game they could redo and make better, I'd love for it to be this one.

Finally someone is thinking like me, thumbs up!

TR AOD is one of those games where I appreciate what they were trying to do, it’s just unfortunate the execution was terrible. I appreciate the dark gothic tones, the music was absolutely phenomenal, Jonell Elliot is my favorite VA, AOD Lara is my favorite model design, and using biblical elements was refreshing for the series. AOD was the first time I heard about nephilim for instance. I also have the demo disc and watched the trailer religiously, and had fun playing the Stuntman demo. Tho AOD was plagued with bugs, it felt like there were elements to the game missing, particularly her duel pistols but also plot points and levels even. I mean Lara talks to Karel like they’re familiar in the ending, but as far as we know that’s their first interaction. The bugs I encountered were fortunately never game breaking, and I found them hilarious even. Like this bug where you’re scaling the walls of the Louvre and Lara starts randomly floating into the sky as if she’s been raptured to heaven, but the duel pistol thing really irked me and I could never find the game shark I needed to fix that issue. Over all I did still enjoy the game, it definitely left some things to be desired tho.

i actually loved that game

5:28 what’s with the game cube ?

*The nostalgia of birthday money to buy a game or our parents thankfully letting us rent a game at Blockbuster or Family Video was EVERYTHING!*

I just tried it again after so many years, holy shit it's worse than i remembered it I tried modding it but not even that saved it I played it originally on the PS2, the amount of times i was placed out of bounds (and softlocked in the process) after entering a zone or the game just crashed altogheter was amazing

still so sad to think about that game, so much was cut and so much pressure was put on core design, i feel lowkey depressed when i think of playing the game but i still like it, also good video :)

Dawwww, I got my special thanks! 🖤

Did they ever explain how Lara survived Tomb Raider 4 (in game) ? As for Angel of Darkness my main memory was this dumb glitch in the museum level. Lara's boobs got stuck on a display case or some such object. However she didn't and no matter where I went in the level she was still anchored to the object by crazy stretched lady bits.

Accurate. But the many flaws didn't dampen my love for the game, since the mood, music, and plot was so compelling. For me this was the final Tomb Raider game before the essence was crushed.

Like I loved this game!! The storyline was amazing!!

Youre actually dressed like kurtis trent rn i like.this alot and approve

whats that little itty bitty tv behind him ?

I still adore exactly this game of all TR series, the plot was so cool, the dark mystery atmosphere, Kurtis character, some music themes. If only not the horrible controls... Still dissapointed that it never made into trilogy they planned.

I’ve been playing this game religiously since 2004 😂

It woulde be so awsome, if fans and the developers would recreate this game the way it was intended to be.

The one thing I don't get about this is the apparent reason why Lara went dark. I never played Angel of Darkness but from what my parent told me, she went dark in the game. (Also I think the reason the newer TR games showed Lara as more emotional was either because A.) Developers thought it would add something onto the character, showing her as the badass that does care for people deep down, B.) Apparently the newer TR games are based upon a younger Lara and we do see a bit more of her father this time round, which kind of left its mark on her, or C.) Maybe the developers are saying something like "Even badasses get emotional from time to time." or something, I don't know.)

Tr aod was mf fav of the series, the outfits, makeup, and vibe and feeling was amazing to me when I played it on pc, however it could use a reboot

So, you're cosplaying as Curtis Trent?

I can’t even get it to run on my pc anymore

You say chaos, I say masterpiece. One of us is wrong and we both know it’s not me 🤷🏼

More tomb raider! ♥

I'm currently playing the old TR (1-3) and i fell that TR3 already lacked the ... Polish i would say. You do not have any big puzzles but have to find blocks to push around which look completly the same to all the wall textures around you so you basically have to push ACTION in front of every wall to find it. Then you have the "push button here" puzzles and that's it. TR4 was MUCH better but ... well you are only in Egypt so after a while you see the same "style" of level everytime.

I loved it even in it's unfinished state. The lore was so interesting and it tried something different. Still miles better than Legend Lara Barbie trilogy 😌