This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Tomb Raider.
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
lmao I do agree with the constant Loragasms she has through the game it gets really annoying.
As good as the game was, seeing another opinion does open thins up more. I do agree at some points with his review, especially since Raiding Tombs is treated like a side activity.
You can always depend on Yatzee not to sugar coat games and say the truth without worrying about hate from gamers.That is why people hate him so much.He points out things that reviewers refuse to look at for whatever reason whether it is simply bias or fear of backlash from gamers.I especially like the part where he says that Lara's suffering and pain is to be admired while Drake's own is to be laughed at. That is exactly right. People jeer and laugh and joke about Drake while he is being punched and shot and hurt with people saying he deserves it etc. But just laugh or jeer at Lara's less then believable situation and people want to strangle you and cut your throat.'Don't laugh at her she is a strong exceptional woman' Drake however can be scoffed at with on consequence.You don't marvel how Drake can fight tanks and survive train wrecks you roll your eyes. But Lara fighting wolves and beating all odds is 'inspiring' just because Drake decides to laugh it off instead of getting all serious or breaking down.Drake approach to situations reminds me more of Spiderman.Serious when it really counts but humorous in any other situation.
I actually agree here although I could live without the tiger and dinosaur genocide from the previous Tomb Raider games.
"A survivor is born" flashes at the end of the game and is a main theme for the game but there's no survival gameplay going on. You don't eat the animals you kill and all that's given is a few XP and a few bits of scrap, so it becomes pointless to do anything but ignore the animals.... I also feel like regenerating health is out of place in a game allegedly about survival. Some health packs would have been better.
Also, Lara does become a mass murderer quite easily and shrugs off ******************SPOILER***** *********** falling into a pit of blood and body parts. She also falls and takes a spike in the midsection and doesn't address that issue for at least 6 hours of game later. So every time she gets up limping, I'm like "that little spill cant be worse than taking a spike to the gut and having to pull it out".
Lastly, the Tombs are crap and half aren't even Tombs. Like the one on the boat. I completed 3 Tombs without knowing I was in the actual Tomb, and not the camp fire area before the Tomb.
Constructive criticism aside, TR is still outstanding and one of the best Reboots ever. Can't wait for the next game. Hopefully they'll shore up these holes and give us back dual wielding...
That final line was goddamn money.