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Tomb Raider I, II, III Remastered is available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Lara Croft is back in a classic remaster of the original PlayStation 1 hit title. Is the remaster any good though?
We've gone on many adventures with Lara Croft. With another reboot in the making, Wealth of Geeks felt it was a good time to go down the nostalgia rabbit hole and remember the best of those tomb-raiding thrills.
I do agree that Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness was the worse one 😂 I remember playing some of it and I took it back. That game was just awful in every way. I bought it used at gamestop and glad they had that 7 day return policy for used games 😂
Simple. He's been hating on the Tomb Raider reboots for years. I can't imagine seeing them at the top of a best TR game list let alone being on the list in general sitting well with him because of it.
Zeek
“Hating”
No no, just pointing out how TR mutated into a generic action adventure game losing the appeal of what it once was when it was more about puzzles and platforming over going Rambo, slaughtering waves of enemies
But hey, continue being a dick and speaking about me like I’m not going to see the comment.
Foxtrot, I'm curious if you have played the most recent games. Sure the 2013 reboot was hugely focused on combat, but each follow up became less and less about combat to the point where outside of a few large scale story missions I don't even remember combat being a part of shadow of the tomb raider. Shadow was so puzzle focused it actually was a bit much for me and I love the TR puzzles.
I still feel like Rise was the best of the series and I was a huge fan of the originals. To me it struck the perfect balance of exploration, platforming, puzzles, and combat. Not saying your opinion is wrong I'm just curious what you think they should have done different. Games do need to evolve somewhat to stay relevant. Would you prefer small linear jumping platform levels like the original?
I think Shadow wasn't even develop by crystal dynamics. I thought it was the worse in the new trilogy
That's right. Shadow was developed by Eidos Montreal who who went and made Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy next. (Great game)
Meanwhile after Rise of the Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics made Marvels Avengers. (bad game)
For me, Legend should be alot higher (along with the other two ). Shadow, I enjoyed it, but has too much has fluff, as modern games tend to do. Playing the remastered series, and apart from the controls, is very good.
I really enjoyed the first 2 games, Legend and the first of the reboots and the rest I didn’t get into so I never finished.
Completely subjective list. I really liked Underworld, I preferred Lara's design. That said I loved the horror/uncharted feel of the reboot. I think all the TR games have strengths and weaknesses. None are objectively better in every way.
Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had
God no...
Tomb Raider shouldn't of been like this, good game but still should of been a proper Tomb Raider game
People should realize big explosions, barley escaping with your life moments, wave after wave of enemies and loads of gun fights don't make a game good automatically. It worked for Uncharted but only because it also had good acting and voice acting.
"Unfortunately, a lot of females in games serve as eye candy for players. They are always sexed up, ditzy girls who don’t represent the majority of women. Lara Croft, however, is different.
She’s strong. She’s sensitive. She’s real."
No, she isn't. She's a poorly written character who's no more believable than the "iconic" Lara Croft.
Recent college graduate with no real-world experience and no training who suddenly and inexplicably turns into Rambo's daughter in a hearbeat and proceeds to tear ass through an entire mercenary force numbering in the hundreds - who, in real-life, would be more apt to RAPE the first woman they've seen in God knows how long than shoot her - is supposed to be a REAL character?
Don't insult my intelligence.
Need more games like this? IMO when I played this, the first thing that came to mind was a low quality version with a female of Farcry3. Seems like all they did was add elements from that
More games like Tomb Raider? Sorry other games did it better and Tomb Raider copied them. Hunting was far better in Far Cry 3 and RDR. Uncharted influenced TR heavily. Batman Arkham City says hello.
We do need more female leads. Developers needs to take that "financial risk" and just do it. It obviously sells, so just try it! Heavenly Sword sold pretty darn well, also. ;)
(That being said, I felt like the story of Tomb Raider held it back from being a great game.)