Hitman: Blood Money and Tomb Raider Sequel DELAYED

[mysterd]

Delayed until 2006:
games.kikizo.com/news/200507/082.asp

Hitman and Tomb Raider Held Back

Cheers as SCi takes over Eidos and holds top games back to make them not-rubbish.

Gamers eager to handle Agent 47's piano wire again are going to have to sit tight until next year. Eidos has confirmed that both Hitman: Blood Money and Lara Croft's new outing, Tomb Raider: Legend, have been delayed until early 2006.


But while the hold-up is disappointing, it does have its advantages.

The delays mean that gamers can expect better experiences from the next Hitman and Tomb Raider games. Eidos told MCV that the games have been given more time in development to "maximise their hit potential".

Lara's last game, Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness was widely believed to have been rushed out to meet financial demands and it suffered as a result, earning poor reviews and passing by many game buyers.

The delays will, however, particularly annoy Hitman fans who have seen the new instalment's release slip by nearly a year from its original spring date.

[Elliot Kane]

Thanks MysterD

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IMO, Tomb Raider: Angel Of Darkness did not merely 'suffer' - it was a poor beta version that should never have been released, with slow and unresponsive controls, a poorly implemented system for improving Lara's abilities and a number of terrible animation and gameplay errors that could and should have been avoided.

You know your game is having problems when Lara is carrying an invisible shotgun and the opening video sequence won't run without a patch... And don't even ask about the problems with Kurtis Trent...

There is a reason why AoD is the only TR game I have never finished.

I know I'm waiting for a playable demo of Legend before I get it. Sure, it looks spectacular in theory right nnow, but so did AoD...

[sps1000]

*Falls asleep thinking about Tomb Raider*

Not interested in the delays.

[mysterd]

I can't wait til Hitman 4.
They can take as long as they want, as lnog as the games come out right.

I'm sick of games being released as BETA IN A BOX.

[Elliot Kane]

mysterd said:

They can take as long as they want, as lnog as the games come out right.

I'm sick of games being released as BETA IN A BOX.

I agree completely!

[Venom65437]

Does anyone REALLY want to play Tomb Raider?

[Elliot Kane]

I love Lara, and I have ever since I first discovered her. Second computer game I ever played was TR1. So yes, Venom, there are a few people out there who want to play Tomb Raider

[Shan]

I like Tomb Raider too.

I would like to see a good game when it comes out though, so yeah I can wait.

Like D said, I'm sick of games being released as beta in a box. Now days too many games are being release way to soon.

Shan