Do rehashed titles like the next-gen version of Tomb Raider damage the industry?
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
Depending on how late they were released during the last generation. The Last of Us is okay because it came out a couple of months before release of the new console's. If a game came out a year or two ago than i don't agree with it, but I guess it is okay for people who didn't play it the first time
I dont mind a good port..plus there will always be people who maybe didnt have a console at that time, so if devs can earn some money on this, why not? plus that money gonna go on their future projects, plus I have always wanted after playing Last of Us, to see it how it will look on PS4 and if it will be released on PS4, then I will get to play DLC as well, since I didnt buy it on PS3
So long as they take advantage of said systems capabilities then why not? The Dreamcast at the time was the king of enhancing titles back in the day. For instance games like Jedi Power Battles, Episode 1 Racer, Rayman 2,(unofficially) Metal Gear Solid, Gran Turismo, and Tekken 3 all ran superb. In an ironic twist of fate, Dreamcast ports to the PS2 and XB were more often than not inferior. Capcom vs SNK 2, Crazy Taxi (these titles had more to do with the lack of NAOMI tbh), Grandia II is the standout though. That PS2 version is just god awful.
Developers shouldn't focus their expenditure on ports but I honestly dont see how its a bad thing. For example if Rockstar made a PS4 version of GTAV I would buy it since I never played the game before and it must be fantastic to play it in 1080P with a stable framerate.
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