MaskedRaider

Nice to see you back here after so long GG. Original: 10 We have quite a few guns here on the SE but none of them look quite like this. Most of the guns we have are remakes from other games, so it's nice to see something completely new. Quality: 8 It's nice to use, and the quality is helped by the good animations but the textures are much too big for the object (a whole 2 pages!) and personally i think the triangular shape is a little wierd. Useability: 10 Lara can use this anywhere, and she looks great with it. Textures and Meshes: 9 Like I said above: although the textures were very good they could have been half that size and still been wonderful, and the only tiny problem with the mesh is the triangular shape. Animations: 10 I think they were your own, and they were really well done, considering it was a much faster anim than the original and yu had to cut out bits and paste others in. Anims are not my forte at all, and I admire you for doing these so well! A nicely done object overall, well done!

(12 May 2007 10:53)

First of all, well done. Another well crafted quality outfit Po Yu, with a lot of scope for use, and i do hope some other outfits are going to be made with this head, as i really like the new anniversary hairstyle. There are a few little things that annoy me about this outfit though... but they are only minor, and will not take much tweaking! Originality: 9 Well, you were beaten to it by TRANGEL, but as far as things go, this is still a relatively original design to the LE. Quality: 10 Well, look at your current record Po Yu. Did you really expect anything less than a 10 here? Useability: 10 Like I said about the anniversary outfit in TRANGEL's version, even though it's not particularly wintery, lets remind ourselves that the outfits dont change in tr1, and this classic outfit really is the original Lara. Who wouldn't use this in a level? Textures: 10 Your ripping skill is imaculate. I know it sounds easy, but for thsoe of you that have tried, those awkward wrap-around TRL textures are murder to fit into neat little squares to use on meshes. A bang up job! Meshes: 8 This is where those little niggles were. The headmesh to me has a slightly odd look, and i have managed to pinpoint just why. It's only two small things, but they make the difference to me. Lara's nose needs to be widened a little at the bottom. It gives the face a bit of a blank look, and it makes a wierd contrast to the lips, which then look too wide as a result. The other thing is the bag, which is nice having it rounder, it looks more real, but i also think it needs widening a bit. Other than that, perfect as always, and i particularly love the new pistol mesh.

(05 Jan 2007 17:18)

What can i say apart from fantastic? Your skill just keeps growing TRANGEL, and i think your fantastic meshing and texturing abilities put you up there with the greatest. Your head in this outfit particularly caught my eye, and the fact you have managed to retain your level of detail whilst reducing all meshes to below the poly-limit is astounding. Oringinality: 10 Always first off the mark for a remake, this new anniversary lara is wonderful. Quality: 10 It's all explained up there^ this is jsut fantastic! Useable: 10 I know lara is in shirts, but i still think that in some colder climes, considering the fact that the outfit in tr1 didn't change, this is just great. Textures and Meshes: 10 once again, i said it all up at the top, your skill is astounding. Keep up the good work! Btw, i also gave this same review to the other version, the quality in both is wonderful. [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(03 Jan 2007 18:56)

What can i say apart from fantastic? Your skill just keeps growing TRANGEL, and i think your fantastic meshing and texturing abilities put you up there with the greatest. Your head in this outfit particularly caught my eye, and the fact you have managed to retain your level of detail whilst reducing all meshes to below the poly-limit is astounding. Oringinality: 10 Always first off the mark for a remake, this new anniversary lara is wonderful. Quality: 10 It's all explained up there^ this is jsut fantastic! Useable: 10 I know lara is in shirts, but i still think that in some colder climes, considering the fact that the outfit in tr1 didn't change, this is just great. Textures and Meshes: 10 once again, i said it all up at the top, your skill is astounding. Keep up the good work! Btw, i also gave this same review to the render version, the quality in both is wonderful.

(03 Jan 2007 18:56)

Wow UR! When i (finally) managed to actually open this wad, i was very very impressed! This is your first object set on the le, yes? Well the quality is astounding. There is a great variety of objects here, and you have used the legend textures to great effect. Originality: 9 Although this is from legend, this is one of the few object sets on the le to have plants, static vehicles, flags, pushables, and shatterable objects ALL custom, not by Core. We also have very few decent trees on the le, and there is one lovely tree here that can be used in many places. Quality: 10 Meshing and texturing fit wonderfully. At last! A builder that will read the manuals and tutorials before he stars :-D This is a great quality start to your object building, i hope for some more soon. Useability: 10 Like i said, this can be used in such a wide variety of levels because there are so many objects. That static truck looks great in any jungle, that cart looks superb in villages, those cool looking balustrades can ba used almost ANYWHERE, and the flags and trees etc look great just dotted around in a level. Texutres: 9 They were all from legend i think, and not many know how unbeleivably hard it is to cut and use these object textures, and thats only if you managed to FIND the damn things in that huge list. But this is great. The only reason i knocked off one point is in some places they dont quite fit. The top of those columns and the truck wheels for example. Meshes: 10 This is where these objects really shine. THe meshing is wonderful! Some meshes are edited from original Core meshes, but most are completely custom and wonderful with it. I have a particular fetish for that cart :-D Animations: 9 The flag animations are really quite good: your first go i'm guessing? The only reason i gave an 8 not a ten was that annoying second flag doesnt fit together quite, and theres that wierd gap you get in the flag. Altogether a wonderufl set of objects. Download them now people! You can use them anywhere! BTW, who is MacRaider? :-P [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(12 Oct 2006 08:52)

I meant to review this object as soon as i downloaded it ages ago, but forgot! Your new object reminded me, so off we go! Originality: 10 Its new and fresh, and it's got style. Top marks! Quality: 10 Lovely look, the meshes work together with each other perfectly, the textures fit well and really go with the meshes. It looks fantastic. 10. Useable: 9 Its great where you can use it, but sometimes it does look out of place. Temples and other fantasy, great. Snow levels with a hint of magic, great. Cities, occasionaly it works. Jungles dont really go with it though, neither do summer island levels. But where you CAN use it, it looks wonderful! Textures: 9 The head is beutifully textured, the teeth and jaws are utterly superb. Also, the tiny amount of texture space it uses is a level editors dream. However, i thought some more variation in the body textures would have been nice, maybe just fading down towards the legs a little more, something like that. Meshes: 10 All i can say is wow. That headmesh is beautiful, they appear to be strong points of yours. The way you adapted the original meshes is fantastic, it's very hard to take something and make it look your own, but this certainly does just that. I love this enemy completely, a fully recommended download. Try it out, and you'll end up loving it too! Thankyou very much Horus-Goddess!

(18 Sep 2006 20:29)

This is something fresh and different, and i just had to download it! Originalty: 10 We dont have many objects to spice up a home level, and certainly no other pool tables. This is a definite full marker! Quality: 10 The mesh is well designed and textured with no holes! Also its a nice little twist that the balls and cue come separately so yo can decide where they go on the pool table. I like little things like that! Useable: 8 Well, lara's hardly going to wander across a pool table in the middle of a deep sea dive / egyptian tomb / arctic wasteland but for home levels certainly this is a must! All adventurers have to unwind somehow... Textures: 9 I loved the table legs, the shining effect was just the right strength to give them that real metallic look. The wood textures round the edge were fine, could possibly be a little more detailed but they still look nice. All pool tables look a bit different to the next, so whos to care? The cue itself was really well textured, it would have been so easy just to colour it all browny beige or something but you didn't take the easy way out and it looks great. The only reason i didnt give a full 10 was for the pool green. That was the only thing i would change about the texturing, the plain texture could be a little detailed to make it look sorta felty like pool tables do. Meshes: 10 I think the meshes are the best part of this object. Well shaped, accuratley formed, and best of all hole free. ^Phew i wrote quite alot! This is a really really nice object, and i cant say how good this looks in a home. Nice one Piega! [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(17 Sep 2006 11:10)

Originality: 9 We have lots of heads, but this one is fresher, with a new hairstyle and a more human face. Quality: 10 Quality is high! Hole free as far as i know! Useability:8 Quite a few triangles in the mesh which are murder to texture, no shooting/scream head, and a funny shaped neck joint... but still people will want to use a new legend style head. Meshes:8 For the reasons above^ I can see this with a use for a young lara legend head, it has that fresh young look (those lips are great) that sets it apart enough. Im sure people will also welcome the return of the classic hairbobble;-) I really liked this head, and would love to see some more new styles from you!

(15 Sep 2006 18:35)

Original: 10 We have very few background files on the se, and this one is a little differnet. Very good! Quality: 8 I will discuss the points knocked off later in the review... Useable: 7 Same as above^ All in all a rather nice file, but it had two problems: The rain was very loud: you cannot hear the birds, and it overpowers in a level. There are not many rain objects on the se, and they are not such strong rain as this file sounds if yuo see what i mean. And, the file faded out at the end. For a looped file, this is not good, as you get a fading sound then it leaps back in at full volume. If you sort these problems out, it will be just perfect :D

(21 Aug 2006 10:35)

These are just Po Yu's pistols with a plain black and plain grey texture! And NOWHERE is there a single credit to him! That's really bad, basically all of it's his. Original: 4 Sure we have loads, but these are a little different to other legend pistols out there. However, most of it is Po Yu's Quality: 7 The new textures really dont blend with the old ones, but apart from that fine. Useable: 7 Because of the funny contrast in the texturing, and then the sheer mass of other weapons you coud choose from, i'm knocking off a few points. Textures: 3 The ones that are yours are just plain. They dont look at all exciting. I'm sorry, but to do so much of a rip-off to Po Yu as this, i just say download his pistols, and credit him. Sorry, but it's just not the done thing to change one texture and not give the original maker a credit. [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(17 Jul 2006 10:46)

Originality:10 Well, where have you seen anything like it before? lol Quality:8 No bugs, but there could be better meshes for this kind of object. A newer head with glasses maybe? Useable:8 For a fancy dress party? A jungle VCI? Not really many places at all i'm afraid...... Textures:7 I'm sorry but i dont think a green catsuit is the best idea anyone ever had... the textures themselves are okay, more detail needed possibly, but it jsut looks altogether very odd. Well, you appear to be chuckin out new individual stuff left right and centre! However, i think if you took mroe time over them, you could improve the result drastically.

(04 Jul 2006 21:27)

Perfect these are. I got them with your legend outfit, and they're jsut the spitting image of teh real guns. I've never seen anything so REAL on the SE before. They're all ten, because it is all so smooth, so REAL! Great work.

(27 Jun 2006 21:55)

Po Yu, this is your masterpiece. The sheer realness of it puts the Tomb Raider creators to shame. How you do it i don't know. Lots of hard work must be the only thing. I will LOVE just USING this outfit. THankyou. Originality: 9 Well, the idea of remaking the Legend outift is hardly new now, is it? ;-) But this is just wonderful. Quality: 10 It's perfect. Solike the Legend outfit it is incredible. It's gorgeous! Useability: 9 Everybody will want to have this outfit in their collection. I know I do, especially once you re-do the New Style Adventure outfit! However, i don't knwo if heavy snow is really an option for this outfit! Textures and Meshes: 10 Oh they are simply beautiful. The weapons are amazing. The torso is gorgeous. The head simply defies the laws of POSSIBILITY! This outfit breaks all the moulds, no mistake about it. Anims: 10 All the guns look just perfect! This outfit is nothing less than wonderful Po Yu, and yuor best by far. [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(21 Jun 2006 09:02)

Ignore the title of this review. I wrote it before ggctuk made it so wonderfully clear :-p how this was not michiels. Rite. Sorry. Silly me *slaps himself hard* Although the improvements are small, they do all work. This is thoroughy ggctuk's own object. The textures could have been updated to be better. Satisfied? [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i] [i]Edited by MaskedRaider[/i]

(08 Jun 2006 18:19)

I quite like these flame emitters, but you only used the original tr's meshes and textures! Although this object looks good already, i think with just a bit of minor tweaking to the textures i.e. colour brightening/ changing it could look even better. Originality: 9 We don't have many new flame holders at all on the site, but as the textures and meshes weren't original i knocked off a mark. Quality: 10 No problems! Works fine, looks good, no holes. Useability: 7 I know it says use in cities, but I don't think it quite fits. However, it looks nice in mountain caves ;-). A seven. Textures: 8 None of them were your own, but they were nicely applied and rotated so i gave an 8. Although you only applied textures, they look nice and are a good alternative to the boring ones in the original wad. well done!

(01 Jun 2006 22:38)