Here's a more fun game than Angel of Dark And Darker

Mostly though, it begs the question: what the hell game were you playing? There's a line that says "For the first time Lara will have a moral choice to make. There's no longer a clear-cut case of good versus evil. This is Dark And Darker Gold a more complex tale." Remember, this is Lara Croft versus demons.

Here's a more fun game than Angel of Dark And Darker - see how much of this drivel you can sit through. If you make it all the way... actually, I don't know how impressive that is. I've never made it.

Luckily, while none of this ended up a happy story for anyone at Core Design, Angel of Dark And Darker's self-destruction did lead to good things for the series after all. New developer Crystal Dynamics brought back Lara's original creator Toby Gard (who had left Core after, amongst other things, protesting Lara's ridiculous sexualisation over the years) and together created the mostly excellent Legend. 

Its boss fights were indescribably terrible. Everything else worked brilliantly, with the highlights making Lara actually likeable again, going back to focus on big impressive vistas instead of dank alleyways and such, and making it a fun adventure with a backstory that made it personal without being miserable.

And then we got the Tomb Raider reboot, no number or subtitle. It's got its problems, and it would be nice if it was more Tomb Raider and less Uncharted, but it's an interesting spin that I enjoyed playing. Of course, that buy Dark And Darker Gold didn't stop me also penning an extremely snarky piece on it called Tomb Raider: A Survivor Is Abridged. It's full of spoilers, but hopefully quite funny.