University for Continuing Education Krems New milestone or lowest point? : The reception of the 2003 Tomb Raider: The Angel of darkness The Tomb Raider game The Angel of Darkness, released in 2003, was in many ways an attempt at new paths and possibilities. There was a new game engine and a calmer storyline However, fans and experts alike radically rejected the game. The response was so devastating that the rights holders even ended the cooperation, undertook a complete reboot of the series and just managed to save the series. But of course, The Angel of Darkness continues to be received to this day. This essay examines the reception of the game using the most suitable sources: early reviews, Let's Plays, fanmades, documentaries, more recent reviews, reviews after the remaster and memes. The result is that the reception may be heterogeneous in itself, but has been consistent in its fundamentally negative attitude for more than two decades. en TEXT review Rezension Recensione Testo Recensione Text review Text Rezension Lara Croft Tomb Raider history reception action-adventure games 2025-07-30 2025-07-30 Daniel Meis Zentrum für Angewandte Spieleforschung, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems