An OK game with some gameplay flaws. Not in any way a next-gen experience, but still pretty fun.
From playing TRL, I don't really understand what is so appealing about this game. It has its charm, to be sure. But the gameplay is rather repetative, simple, and yet, sometimes frustrating. The story for this particular game was poorly told through bad cutscenes. The game isn't really bad or anything, but it's hard to see why this ever became a franchise if this game is supposed to be representative of the series' strengths.
Gameplay: As said above, it's simple, and at times pretty fun. But it feels like this is a game that is confused with its genre. It's an adventure game, with not particularly fun puzzles, and yet it is an action game, with not a whole lot of enemies to kill, nor in very fun ways with not very fun weapons. It sounds like I'm coming down on the game a lot. It WAS fun to play, but perhaps I thought it should have been more fun figuring out puzzles and killing much more enemies. The boss battles can be fun, or they can be entirely annoying. The end boss was, in my opinion, the most fun in the entire game. There were tons of enemies to kill and lots in the enironment to interact with. The rest of the game should have been like that final boss battle.
Sound: It's fine. Nothing great, nothing bad.
Graphics: They are also fine. Some stuff looks really nice in the game. Other things look rather silly and plastic and make me think I'm playing a last gen game. But they are decent.
Value: the game is too short. but hey, this game has dropped in price. So perhaps it's worth it to buy.
Worth buying? I'd say no, not unless you're a fan of the series, which I'd say at this point is who the devs are aiming this game at anyway. I DO think it's a perfect rental though. There is fun to be had here. More than perhaps I'm letting on in this review, but I would hope the next TR really tries to evolve past the simple, repetative gameplay. AS is, it feels like a ps2 game. More enemies, more interesting puzzles, and a storyline worth caring about and some great graphical effects would be a great start.