Watch this on 1.25x speed youre welcome

Despite personally liking Chronicles, I still agree with your opinions. :) The Rome sequence is by far the weirdest thing in this game, purely because of the ways Pierre and Larson are taken out. After the flashback, Winston or one of the others, says that it was the first of her real adventures, meaning that that sequence takes place before the first game. So how Larson survived being bitten and thrown by a gargoyle snake, and Pierre surviving the pit fall most likely with broken legs is beyond me. Or Winston's just senile and Lara got the Philosopher's Stone by other means. :/

"Nothing was particularly hard in the last revelation" LMFAO

Love the change in tone right off the bat. Reflects the Core design team burnout and boredom. These are the best tomb raider videos I've ever seen.

i never had any bugs playing the chronicles on ps1... i still liked it, one of my favs

Back when u needed to be intelligent and patient to play video games

When i was a little kid i was stuck on streets of rome, i never knew to click action by the lion picture thing on the wall at the beginning

I think the Rome episode is supposed to take place prior to TR1, though it is confusing. The deaths of both Pierre and Larson are ambiguous. In TR1, however, they clearly die when she guns them down.

I.... actually quite enjoyed Chronicles as a child (though I don't replay it much now). I really enjoyed the cutscenes because it helped me get to know Lara better and they were really well written :) me and my dad still laugh about when she let Pierre fall to his death. In fact I liked all the stages except the last one, that was just too difficult.

let me tell you: those TR reviews are perfectly crafted from start to beginning! they please my need for some nostalgia and as they continue to the newer ones they become very informative too. great great work!!!

I'm in the minority here i enjoyed chronicles for what it was just mini stories, and i was able to finish the game unlike tomb raider 3 i found too hard and revelation a bit to hard. number 1 and 2 fantastic

My first tomb raider, I loved this russia part and young lara part :(( Atmosphere was on point!

I love this jaded/drunk zombie review. It's always a good idea to vary the approach to each review to match the impression the game had on the player. Keep up the fine work, my man.

I watched your TR4 review and you were full of such energy. When this review started, I thought you were joking cause the game was bad, but sound bored to shit the whole time... If you are bored, so is the audience man... Edit: Thank god for 1.25x speed Edit 2: Oh.... It's the vodka... lol

"Fuck you" -The Game Statistic, 2016

I stopped playing the series after III and didn't pick it up again until Legend. So its nice to see what I didn't miss lol

My first Tomb Raider was 3 (the game destroyed me), then i played this and i really liked it. I was only when i got my Sega Saturn (yes, i got it before my Windows PC. A friend had it, but didn't liked it, so i gave him my GBC and got the Saturn. Some people found that decision kind stupid, but i didn't regret, since i loved it, even tough i had a PS2 at that time) with the first game that i played it. PS: have you played Lost Artifac?

your reviews are great ! i love this review in particular, it's pretty reflective of how the game feels. the delivery of some lines in this video are just brilliant, when accompanied by your sardonic, deadpan tone. after a while i was guessing this was supposed to be a tomb raider plinkett review lmao

I’ve been on a binge of your TR reviews! They are great! I’m playing through 2 again and you’re spot on with everything lol. It’s timeless jank

Drink less, play more! Good luck in the military things mang

I just finished this game and while certain aspects did need improvement, I enjoyed the locations and general direction. If they would have perfected the issues and better utilized the new things she could do, it could've easily been one of the best in the series.

23:11 You do not have to make that jump. You reach that area by another (way easier) way.

Latex Lara justifies the existence of this game and makes it all worth it :D

The floppy discs should be actual paper thin floppy discs that are floppy and contain black and green versions of Oregon Trail and Number Munchers

What boggles me is that CORE decided to have a Veteran team develop this sort of spin off game but have a new team develop Angel Of Darkness. Seriously, what were they thinking?

35:33 "Why does the robot need air?" Because it's programed to need air, duh.

Winston couldn't even know all this things for he was locked-up in the fridge all the time! He made that all up so he hadn't to reveal the truth about his years of disappearance. That's why the rome section has no logical story.

Chronicles was a good game maybe not the best but a hommage to Lara and the series itself. Classic TR1 (Rome) TR2 (Russia) TR 4 (Ireland) Tomb Raider 3 ( Von Croy HQ) so i disagree with you

Can't wait for the other games :) Great work.

This was my favorite Tomb Raider game xD It had this atmosphere I really liked.

dude i fucking love you man i cant stop laughing here man :D:D:D:D thx for entertaining me

You sound like a discount Mr. Plinkett.

I actually really enjoy the slow spoken commentary style. It kinda reminds me or red letter media. Great review and series :)

I never had issues in this game. You have to be observant.

this is probably my fav old TR game :'D

You are so entertaining to listen and so on point about all this stuff, well done!!!!

Chronicles was good imo, just strange how Larsson & Pierre die again.. the black isle levels where amazing though

Good luck dude. Langeford's nice, but when I joined up in 07 things were hectic since the TI's apparently were sick of getting ragged on by the Marines there. Hopefully that shit's done.

shooting Assholes with swords ... sounds like Zelda 1 😛

Watch at 0.5x speed to hear me stoned.

I actually really liked Chronicles :) though I played it as a child so that's probably just nostalgia talking :)

I’ve watched all your reviews of the classic tomb raiders. I never realised that the pc versions were so buggy. I’ve got em all on PlayStation so never knew.

Did they even bother spacing out the credits?

8:00 ..you know what's slow as sin ?.. your damn voice in this Review.. fortunately, I subscribed while watching your other TR reviews.. if this were the first one I watched, I would have definitely not Subscribed.. cheers mate

It was like Core made their own fanfic

at 1:20 is that a damn princess mononoke reference!! was that modded in or?

I remember that this was my first Tomb Raider game I played on ps1 and I have to admit. First 4 games are far more better than this. I think final level just made me quit the game because of that floor room. Back then I thought it was bug and it never came to me that blue thing was glasstank. Then I played rest of Tomb Raider games and yea.

You can hear him being broken and demoralised by previous four games and I understand him. Been there, done that.

Prince of Bel Air....

I don't know why, but when he said "let me tell you a story" I thought he was going to quote the fresh prince theme song.

🧡💛💚💙 if marijuana could speak it would sound like this guy

This was actually one of my favourites. 1. Tomb Raider 2 2. Tomb Raider 1 3. Tomb Raider Anniversary 4. Tomb Raider Chronicles 5. Tomb Raider Last Revelation 6. Tomb Raider Underworld 7. Tomb Raider legend 8. Tomb Raider The New one! 9. Tomb Raider 3 10. Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness

Lmao your monotone voice explaining all your underwhelming experiences was killing me 😂. I do have one comment, though. As much as certain things are “cunty” let’s not forget that due to the new games NOT being “cunty”, they’re too easy and obvious to play, making the old games more nostalgic in the puzzle-like difficulty that everyone misses. So it’s a catch 22. Subtract cunty things and we have our boring modern games, or keep the cunts and play classically. That’s my 2 cents. I’d play Chronicles all day over any of the new ones in my opinion, so that says a lot in general if we’re gonna compare the classics to the new ones… even if there are some cunty things about them.

I love this tomb raider even if u are right with this funny review

I have no idea where these criticisms come from. I just came here trying to figure out why people dont like this game but enjoy revelations so much. To be 100% fair, this game isnt even close to being the game to be a "cashgrab" or a buggy mess, or the game that nearly shut the TR games down. That responsibility is entirely on Angel of darkness, a completely unplayable mess. Also to mention these games have never been terribly story driven, like at all. You could play all the games in a completely random order and it wouldnt matter, the story jumps around so much, any of the games are just a random adventure and id consider desisions to include or exclude almost any of the games as cannon completely inconsequential. Chronicles took ths approach of not making the levels a disjointed mess, and focusing on having a playable experience without having to break out a guide or magically understand how you have to travel 3 levels over to pick up a broomstick to be used somewhere else. And for gods sake, something about 1990s games perpetually shoving you in underground labyrinths (half life etc) like the previous game is horrendously boring. At least this game doesnt do that for a 20 hour long play time. Smh Edit: i realized i started to see a lot of stuff in this vid that i never remembered from the game. Turns out i believe i hit a savepoint error in my play that would just have me savepoint over a bottomless pit so i gave up halfway through the facility building level, i didnt see any of this cunty shit

One thing I forgot to ask: have you considered doing the expansions for the first 4 games? It would be interesting to know your thoughts on those also

Replaying the TR series and wondering how this game fits. I never played it, saw it in GI magazine often. When it came out, it didn't make sense. Still doesn't.

Mr. Plinkett is reviewing tomb raider games now!

Method acting review, love it hahaha

It is here that Game Statistic began evolving into Mr Plinkett

I somehow comforted myself that Larson and Pierre survived Rome, because not even Lara could've been such a murderous a$$hole to Pierre. The forward roll out of a shaft would be definitelly handy in TLR. There even seemed that lvl designers were trolling players by puting the shafts between two areas simply just because. Regarting TRC at one point the forward roll is essential for getting into the mill in the Ireland mission. I was stuck quite a bit in that section only because I did not know she could do the roll. Also getting the crescent piece of the gold coin is BS. Lara could reach it when it lies on the ground level, but no, it must be torso high as the only animation for grabbing is from pedestal.

Worse than 3?! Good lord!

Irony that you complain about this game being slow yet you talk at a fuckin snails pace throughout it!

I'm absolutely baffled by the people in this comment section claiming THIS to be their favorite classic TR. I lack the stupidity to relate to that opinion. This is so obviously the most broken, poorly-executed garbage in the franchise besides Angel of Darkness, and it's such an obvious cashgrab thrown in at the last minute, right after the team was just DONE making these games because they were so grossly overworked from constant crunch. If this is your favorite TR, you are part of the problem in the gaming industry. It's people like you that confirm it's okay to release garbage at the expense of the developers, the real people's, wellbeing.

played the whole game on dreamcast. loved it!

25:42 Everything comes back to ATLA

I was looking at the credits and I saw that one of the level designers was Andy Sandham. Andy Sandham was interviewed about Tomb Raider Chronicles and was quoted by calling the game "a load of old shit" "We were effectively just doing that for a paycheck because no other team wanted to take it on, so we had to do it basically. Three years of hammering it and we were burnt out. That shows in the product".

Alright I'm at a loss where the hell does that "Don't get your knickers in a twist" clip come from? Because goddammit that's funny with your reaction. Your voice gives off the Plinkett vibes and if you're going with that? Bravo 👍

I'm sure the addicted-to-modgadons vocal delivery is meant to convey something humorous, but I just found it irritating to the point where I couldn't listen beyond five minutes. Loved the first four, but couldn't be arsed with this one.

Dude were you ok when you recorded this? I've watchd your TR2 video which showed up in my recommended and I liked it very much. I liked also TR3 e TR4 videos too... but this is a pain to watch. I get the gimmick in regard of the game not being as good as the others.... but doing a whole video with this voice tone is too much don't you think?

Zip is more of a New Yorker stereotype than a black stereotype.

you should be acting in Napoleon Dynamite movie

remember effort?

great review

Um... I’m not sure why you called Lara’s father an ‘Irish priest’ few times, but I guess you were just trying to make jokes by doing that especially called Lara’s father as her ‘friend.’ Ha.. ha.. Even tho you’re playing this game on PC, I’m pretty sure that it’s not that terrible from playing the game on PS1 or Dreamcast version itself.

...I guess I'm the only one in the comment section that realizes his "boredom" is a Mr. Plinkett impression?

where can we watch these playthroughs? they seem fun lmao

RIP of of half in the bag

I've seen a good number of his videos but this one....killed him.

This is definitely the worse Tomb Raider. Tomb raider 2 Gold was better the best thing was her catsuit that's it literally🙄

How much is this game worth?

Hated that fucking search animation in Chronicles!

Performance is an issue alright, I bought all games on GoG last month, and the graphics look very bad All others look the same. Also, the bit with Pierre and Larson was dumb, yeah She killed the guys who were already dead, wtf

11:50 HILARIOUS

Such a bored sounding narration!

Along Angel of Darkness this is the worst game in the franchise. I absolutely hate Chronicles and consider it unplayable I have no fucking idea why I even finished it.

you sound like the one guy from 13 reasons why.

Red letter media much? Plinkett called...

Although your Tomb Raider reviews I've seen thus far have been entertaining to watch, I can't help but wonder if maybe you're just not that good at the games. I'm not good at racing games or football games. I'm not that good at fighting games. It's okay x

Only played the first 4 games, looks like I got out at the right point!

So glad u don't do all the reviews like this.

Is the narrator completely off his face ? 😂😂😂😂

Waste time exploring areas near the creepy mole baby.

One of the worst games I have ever played.Last levels cryptic and annoying.Waste of time.

you dont have to speak so slow

The zombie-dead voice killed it for me to watch the video. It sucks. Dislike.

What is wrong with your voice why can I not hear you at full volume

This is a very bad review.

well apparently core design tried harder at making tomb raider chronicles than you at making analysis for your channel. I was searching for one but unfortunately I’ve only found 37 minutes of exhausted complaints and you slowwwwwly expressing your own emotions.

I want to watch this video because I scarcely remember this game, but that tone and delivery you're doing is just...Too off-putting.