The lack of puzzles and the oversaturation of moving set pieces left me missing the Anniversary Edition.

I imagine Lara Croft would be this rich brat who was into all kinds of extreme sports, sky diving, rock climbing, shooting, etc. got into tomb raiding, not for profit but just for the thrill, becoming well experienced and well travelled, and then gradually got into more dangerous situations with shady characters and rivals as she found expensive and mystical items everyone was looking for. The first tomb raids would be boring.

If only Tomb Raider would be Tomb Raider again.

You SIR have earned yourself a subscriber, I binged watched your entire Tomb Raider series!

Before the game came out, I thought the idea of being on an island and surviving might be cool, if enemies were scarce, it would have been much better.

I was more entertained watching this whole video than playing the actual game...

I think the issue with people saying the Core Design classics controlled better is the fact they were precise, predictable controls where Lara felt 'grounded' in her game world with a set of movement/platforming rules which didn't change. A bit of practise & the player could be leaping around knowing exactly how far she could jump & how to read the environment based on her move set. In the Crystal Dynamics games she's imprecise & climbs like Prince of Persia. She also had 'weight' in the classics as well, which is something the subsequent sequels all lost.

these videos are really great. i always find myself rewatching these when bored and they always seem to cheer me up. thank you for working so hard on this series. can’t believe this doesn’t have more views.

I never understood why people called the original Lara "sex appeal" I never saw her that way. Apparently making a female character look nice is "sex appeal"

The game is called "Tomb Raider" and the tombs are optional... REALLY!? At least change the name to "Optional Tomb Raider"

This review deserve far more views.

After the nine videos saying the opposite, that "this review is to inform your purchase" message at the start hit like a truck.

This review is brutal. XD

Damn nigga. That was some seriously deep stuff. I don't even play Tomb Raider and I feel outraged and confused at how games are made like this and just seem to fall so far from their legacy. I'm starting to feel the spirit of Instig8iveJournalism lives on in a new vessel. Only that vessel is black, and a bit of an alcohol enthusiast. Think I'm gonna go hit the bottle now, that ending is some emotional shit.

24:35 you forgot to mention that the guy dies because he went on the ship for some "important" tools, and when you get there he hands you a single screwdriver and a wrench my question is how Lara and anyone on the island managed to dismantle or create shit from salvage if they didn't even have those 2 basic tools and had to go on a sinking ship to get them, like those 2 items are the most common tools in existence edit: okay, never mind, you did mention it :D

I'm rather impressed you made a watchable hour out of it given how sterile and uninspired this game feels. It's just so charmless...

This game gives you the illusion of freeroaming but your just being spoon fed what to do , where to go, what to pick up and how to escape. what annoys me is how they beat you over the head with realism then in the same instance, you can fast travel which breaks the verisimilitude of the world they are trying so hard to engrose us in. Lara is bland and uninteresting. shes a self insert character. I miss the old 90's lara and she hasn't been the same ever since CORE. Thanks for this review. It's cathartic.

This channel is so underrated. You should have way more subscribers. Often your content reminds me of NakeyJakey's videos, like the way you digress and make comparisons to other games/movies. It's all very entertaining but also very accurate and you deserve more exposure and praise for what you're doing. Great analysis of TR 2013 BTW

I still like the original game's controls. They allowed for cautious and deliberate movements while keeping the player from blowing through the level.

pretty accurate. Modern gaming is a travesty

This really is an excellent review! I will say and admit that I did enjoy my playthrough of Tomb Raider 2013. However, I can also admit that the game gave me a greater appreciation for the older/classic Tomb Raider games. I do feel that the flaws in Tomb Raider 2013 that were pointed out in this video can also be said for many, many other games from the PS3/PS4 and Xbox 360/Xbox One eras.

"Rare Japanese cancer called...cancer" Gentlemen, we have a winner

Katniss Everdeen: island survivor. As someone who hadn't played a tomb raider game but knows the previous games this wasn't too bad, it was a little frustrating at times like shanty town and looking everywhere for that one collectible, the highest brightness was too low, the QTE’s and slide sections we're also kind of annoying. I also played underworld afterward. Okay, actually it's more like Uncharted (action adventure treasure collectathon) and DMC (a remake that angers fans) than I thought

The opening roast is God tier. The Bayonetta 3 section legit had me rolling, You deserve a massive sub bump.

I love this video. I just beat the game and I couldn’t believe it has the ratings it does. It was a trash game and I feel like I wasted my time.

Anyone else eating popcorn to this? 😂

I remember checking a Tomb Raider forum back in like 2009-10ish and reading about there being rumors of the next game being a survival horror game set in on an island with ghost like enemies. I have a feeling it would have been a lot more interesting than what we got. I mean we only got the island part of that.

Thank you, yours is the first review I've seen of this game that I actually agree with. I've wanted to be Lara since I was 7 years old and now they've utterly ruined her.

Finally another plinkett review!!!

How did we go from Underworld to THIS!?

Ur spot on. Really enjoyed this series of vids.

Holy shit, this channel is absolute gold! You deserve way, WAY more subscribers, me mate.

He's right this game sucks for a Tomb Raider game.

To me the best tomb raider game for the controls was legend/anniversary. The best story was angel of darkness, and the best puzzles was the last revelation. This game changed none of my choices.

I love your reviews. Love the Tomb Raider series too so win/win. I feel different about this game in some ways. I think the story is okayish, and I do really like the island setting. On first play-through I enjoyed the game but I also hadnt played loads of Uncharted. The one thing that stuck out to me as shit was all the side characters and Mathias as a villain. He would have been so much better as a charismatic Christopher Lee in Wicker man type leader. A bit of swauveness, you know... something fun. Wasted opportunity. I like your idea for integrating the story better through gameplay. Ill say Rise opens up much better, allows far more moments of exploration and adds more to the fire fights, the survivor mode being dlc was a missed opportunity. Unfortunately in that game Lara is even more humourless (if thats possible). They put so much money into this game, but they seem to have been overly passionate about Lara being this character she wasnt before, like the master-chief

they made their version of uncharted and then stuck a TR label on it...

This Review Was Spot On 100 out of 100

What a great series of video reviews. The efforts you’ve made to put the whole Tomb Raider series in context, make your points here much stronger. I appreciate all your work. Thank you. I hate that they nerfed most of the level design in “Anniversary”, and added QuickTime events. They messed up the iconic T-Rex moment, which seems a bit criminal. I played all the Tomb Raiders from 1-4 as they were released and they were my gaming crack. I skipped “Chronicles” and tried really hard to like “Angel”, but that game was a sad day for the franchise. I didn’t like “Legend” and felt that “Anniversary” was a missed opportunity. You really nailed it with your review of “Underworld”, a modern Tomb Raider with fluid controls, updated graphics and some real tombs to raid. Now that we have such graphical power at our disposal with these modern machines, there is no reason why the actual tomb exploration mechanic wouldn’t work. “Shadow” actually seems like a step in the right direction, more exploration, stronger emphasis on puzzles, better stealth, less combat and the selectable difficulty setting to stop the game being too dumbed down. But they still don’t seem to know what to do with the skill tree, hunting mechanic and item collection. I’ve avoided all the other reboot games, so the game mechanics in “Shadow” are fresh to me. I can see why people that played “2013” and “Rise” would be disappointed with “Shadow”.

Congrats! You finally did it!

This man is a legend.

Ok. So im back, it's late at night and im trying to finish this video and im at the part where you explain what could have been done to improve the writing and lara's change - BRILLIANT! It really is brilliant and it would have made so much sense and would have actually respected the old games a bit. Very nicely done, sir! My hat is off

I feel bad for intially enjoying this game.

Thank you for making this. I cannot loathe this game enough, growing up with the original Lara. Even the last trilogy of games was... y'know, alright. But oh my GOD this game is terrible.

7 minutes into the review and I'm glad I've found someone else who thinks this TR series is SO bad, besides being a SO BAD tomb raider game. What is most disappointing to me is not that this reboot has NOTHING to do with exploring or tomb raiding or puzzle solving but that there is no game out there that is filling that gap for me. i hope that after shadow... Nah, i don't think so.

I ended crying with Silent Hill Shattered Memories. Amazing game indeed.

This game is super hollow. Thank you for exposing that. Now that this survivor bs trilogy is over..I hope they go back to the tr underworld style of play

I have never played this game or any of the other games but I do have to say some games do a more cinematic approach to story telling very well. Devil may cry 5 is a good example there are a ton of cutscenes in that game and it works well. Honestly in a generation where so many games won't even attempt a story mode nowadays and choose to just be another competitive multiplayer shooter all the time I prefer a more cinematic pace. I love a good heavily story driven game there are not enough of them nowadays.

I tried to love this game really hard, but I could not stand it after multiple hours of slogging through it. It represents everything I hate in games in one package. At least I should be thankful, because I went back and played some of the classic games in the series recently and I became a fan.

Thank you for your generous review.

This is the most honest and researched review of this awful game I’ve seen on KZfaq.I almost think the game doesn’t deserve it.Keep up the good work man

Yeah, it's not a Tomb Raider game. Clearly. And we probably will never ever have a real Tomb Raider in the likes of the first trilogy and 4. It is what it is.

I love this video. Thank you!

Watching this whilst I’m I’ll haven’t laughed all day then”that clothe looks flammable, thanks c@&t!” Has done me can’t stop😂😂😂😂

She didn't need to be turned into a damsel in distress and getting enough sh#t kicked out of her to pass for character development

Ive been waiting for this day.

Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld are all games that I love. Sure they have problems, but their ambiance, puzzles, and more are completely unmatched. I've been telling people for years; this new reboot series isn't bad, but it's about as bland and safe as you can get. Underworld was really good and they could have shaped it into something even better for the sequel. Alas, it was never meant to be. Consider me a new subscriber, your honest videos got me rollin on the floor!

Okaaaayyyy, not once did any of the points presented here occur to me as I played this game. I enjoyed. Simply turned it on and enjoyed it. ... I take that back - I never got lost in this game like I did in the first game.

I stopped playing it after I realized you couldn't avoid combat, glad I didn't play the rest from what I can see...

You made very great valid points but I still enjoyed the game and I'd definitely change it if I could

Hey if that island is closer to the eastern asian continents wouldn't there be more Asian men if not all of them in the cult? Not strangely weird Americans and some Russians. It would make sense geographically.

I suffered through the first game, started the 2nd but just couldnt get through it. Youve perfectly encapsulated all the issues i had with this new iteration of Lara. Bravo.

IT'S FINALLY HEEERE. I HAVE BEEN WAITING MONTHSSS

I like that you put Bayonetta song in here lol

"Did you really have those memories to begin with?" Excellent question when considering younger gamers aren't going to experience the older franchise games unless they're raised from a very young age to experience them firsthand before being handed a "AAA" title. They're always worried about parental guidance, this is an actual case where it's needed, to explain away this dumb bullshit video game writing direction the industry decided to take because dumb cunts thought it wise. We had the luxury of being born in a time when new innovative games were coming out in droves, we have the SNES, Playstation, N64, and SEGA to thank for that, and the games that came out on those systems are taken for granted today. We owe it to our next generation to keep those consoles alive and in working order so our grandkids don't have to experience this same level of degradation and drugery as these claimed "AAA" titles put us through, this gives our younger generations at least a chance to experience what a video game SHOULD be.

what i especially like about this game.... they tried to show Lara as a weak character and made her first kill the biggest shock for her just to kill her a hole military unit xD

I watched all 1 hour and 17 minutes of this and by the end I am mostly convinced. I must say I did enjoy playing Tomb Raider 2013, and I particularly liked being able to move about in the carefully detailed environments, especially at the parts where control was given to the player. I felt that it was an interactive experience because I could choose where to focus my attention on and move Lara towards points of interest. That's not something that could be replicated in a movie. So indeed, if more control and incentive was given to the player to explore it might have been a lot better of a game. I personally didn't take too much issue with the shooting segments and felt that they were functional, and the parts where we get to move about and explore a small area I never rushed through and took the time to look about and hunt some animals and gather some materials. You are right that games have been going too far in focusing on visuals and cinematography in the past decade, but let's hope it's just a phase and all that technology and expertise would help make the future game better when mechanics that make video games great as a medium are pushed to their limit. I do wonder what you think about Kingdom Come?

I never remember this entry fondly - I was so disappointed by the lack of puzzling that I haven't gone back after my first playthrough. I will say though....I'm the asshole always using the bow

I am extremely late to all of your TR videos (was feeling nostalgic for TR, and this resulted in me finding your channel), and was wondering if you ever reviewed GoL and ToO, but it appears there's a brief one hidden in here. I can only assume you liked them as little side games based on what little you said about them?

This game was free on steam recently. I downloaded it. I agree with this review.

I liked this game for the wrong reason. I played this on its launch day, after enduring Colonial Marines which dick punched me. It didn't sink in how disappointing it was until my 2nd playthrough. (Didn't happen with ROTTR though.)

I honestly don't even know why there was such a push to turn Lara. She was already one of the greatest feminist icons of all time, representing a strong, intelligent, optimistic, charismatic, cunning, and opportunistic woman that did what she wanted, the way she wanted, and for her own gain. She seized every opportunity given to her and basically laughed in the face of danger in some sort of psychotic self-destructive rush for adventure. She was a tomboy that also had a twinkle in her eye for the unknown, a seemingly unquenchable thirst for knowledge. How could a woman have possibly fucked up her character? She was hand-delivered personally to you! The only way she even deviates from the modern archetype is that she's conventionally attractive as opposed to the fucking orcs that get passed off as strong female characters nowadays.

I just realized....4 years ago i pressed Dislike instead of Like, by mistake.. i would like to extend my apologies and tell you just how much i love these TR videos! I watched them all twice, and i just noticed my mishap

haha Im enjoying your videos even though I liked the game

17:08 "tHeSe cLOuds ThEy jUsT sURRouNDeD tHe qlAin"

As to your point about movement in the 1st few games, it's not that the newer games don't have more fluid controls, and better feeling, too. It's just that once you got used to them, you could be extremely surgical with your gameplay. Seeing as it was a grid layout and lara moved very consistently within that grid, I never ever missed a jump, I got to have a level of deliberate control that the newer games didn't have as much of. Plus the fact that you were able to interact with absolutely every bit of terrain, as in it felt like a totally defined environment where you had full agency. You never felt like your actions were scripted, you never encountered ledges you weren't able to grab for no good reason, if it was there you could grab it. And within that grid I can fully interact with in whichever way I chose, I can still, after all these years, instinctively time a jump so that it will gain the most distance, manipulate lara so she will jump onto a lower opening on a wall instead of slamming face first into it, etc. When I jump, I know exactly where she's gonna land. Of course I prefer Anniversary's controls, but I suppose that's why people like the old controls. It leads to a more deliberate gameplay. On pc of course.

It felt like going mad when people who didn't like the good games of the series that came before praised this abomination. Tomb Raider used to have great platforming and puzzle mechanics and a likeable adrenalie junkie as the main protagonist and now...shooty shooty bang bang with Gollum Lara that can't decide if she preys on the local inhabitants of an island she has invaded or is crying about her fate. Hey borderline lady, you're not the victim here, you're choping your axe in the heads of people defending their home from behind, make up your mind already or, I don't know...do a little tomb raiding? I wouldn't rant about this game if this was the first try on the franchise of a new studio, everybody starts somewhere and every studio has their streghts and weaknesses they work with, but...this is the same studio who made the Legend trilogy and the Soul Reaver games, there has to be set another standards than a new team since you got a great formula that was faithfull enough to the franchise, modernized it in a great way and set the series apart from the samy shooty shit of the industry, you made great games, I still love Legend, Underworld and epecially Anniversary. And then it seems like a downgrade contest, looking over to Ubisoft that had the Prince of Persia games with great platforming, combat and puzzles who then made Assassin's Creed which...also technically had platforming and combat...in a way. Or they thought, it's 2013 and Capcom is pissing of the DMC fans, how could we top that with one of our franchises? Again, I wouldn't say anything if the previous games weren't made in the same house, even if the people change that stuff is still on some repo, TR2013 is still technically a successor in terms of mechanics and shoud only do that, get better or at least as good, build up on the roots but don't make a completly different game. What would Gears of War fans say if one game of the series is suddenly the main character alone in some caves doing platforming and avoiding traps? The same TR fans say when their main character suddenly goes on a killing spree that would put Mike Myers, Freddy Kruger and the rest of them to shame...sooo, it's good to see here some sanity over these video series about this once great series with about the same pros and cons about the individual games and an overal fair and comprehensible verdict about the single games, I could subscribe, thank you! And yes, please bring the real Lara back, this one is just weird...

let's be real, the most damaging thing to a society, a free and open society, was Political Correctness, and it's no accident, it's promoted heavily, it's actually behavior modification via media, it's a social science, the masses mimic what's drummed into them via media and live it out, and thus 2017 modern society, critical thinking, original ideas, individualistic tendencies are almost gone, and the narrator of this video is absolutely correct, it's all encompassing, even affecting video games and classics such as TR.

This new call of raider 🤦🏻‍♂️ always hated her hair, bow and the 97% of her clothes in this new trilogy. Oh specially the way she jump it’s like she float .

i love that Foxxy Love reference omfg

Whoever wrote the script for this game needs to stay the fuck away from writing as a whole. I'm talking games, movies, netflix, music, motherfucker even commercials. They need to stay away from everything.

I wish your videos didn’t have the vomit sound effect, other than that they’re good.

Lol @ the dogs at 6:23. They're cute!

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Excellent review.

How did you get the silencer on the first pistol

Excellent review. :) I just finished the whole trilogy and have to say, the graphics were the best part. This first game is the dreariest one, with Shadow ironically being the brightest.

I had fun playing the 2nd reboot trilogy. But if those games had been called something other than Tomb Raider, I never would have thought to myself "hey these games remind me of Tomb Raider". They remind me more of Uncharted than anything else, and that's a franchise that I haven't played much. That said, the older Tomb Raider games didn't really feel very consistent to the original title either. It's annoying because the first Tomb Raider became popular for being itself, and thrn a majority of the sequels involve a noticeable amount of pandering to other franchises.

Thank you. I still have to watch a playthrough though.

You're so fucking on point with how TR2013 should've played out. How I wish you'd have been a writer. What happens with the group, the cult and supernatural elements in this "totally grounded" story was lacking so much writer creativity it made me mad. I was even stupid and hopeful enough to play the sequel. That shit was even worse. Tomb raiding my ass. Really not sure what the fuck went wrong with this franchise. After Core fucked it up, Crystal Dynamics made some really enjoyable TRs and then they just stopped and made stupid narrative driven games where the narrative sucks ass and makes no sense. And it's not that I'm just mad that the gameplay is tuned for infantiles, I like me some Uncharted clones but unlike the TR reboot, Uncharted actually has enjoyable charming characters that drive the story in a believable manner without ever going the route to make the player feel bad and bright beautiful levels. Why anyone would ever conceive this to be a good idea to put in a Tomb Raider game is beyond me. Take your gritty, grounded and realistic shit and put it up your pretentious writers arsehole.

Fuckin WOW! SIR, I have to say, these last 5 days i have been on a sort of fairy tale ride, going through the entirety of ALL your Tomb Raider reviews, from start to this. You certainly took your time with these, being more than 30 mins long - still... I watched the whole damn thing because i wanted to see what i missed out on as a kid, after the gamea kicked my ass and didn't let me finish. I truely agree with everything you said! Now i was really curious to see what you think of the reboot, and i could not be happier! These sjw fucketards ruined gaming aand it's a delight to hear you tear them a new asshole. Thanks buddy, im only at min 4 right, smokin a j and enjoying the crap out of this vid. Keep these babies coming, man. You're a PRO!

As much as I love the new games I've really enjoyed this series. Though I must say I'm disappointed it seems you aren't going to be doing Rise. :p

Omg dude! You're hilarious and objective... and 100% right! Thank you for this review. I have been saying these same things since 2013, but some people are like... "hurr durr, the rEboOt LAra hAs bEeN humanized!"

Godammit I was eating a meatball sandwich when you puked.

This game is so terrible, I didn't even bother finishing it. I hate the idea of even playing it again. I'd rather staple my asshole shut.

cant wait for the rise of the tomb raider review, you think shes a psycho/sociopathic serial killer in this one wait till you get a load of rise, anyways keep up the amazing work the only thing i enjoy as much as the actual games is your reviews and take on them, concider me subscribed :-) :-) :-)

Tomb Raider 2013 was the only Tomb Raider game that I gave up on purely for its story. Tomb Raider Legend restarted the storyline but Lara Croft herself wasn't changed. When Tomb Raider 2013 came out, it changed everything. This is not Tomb Raider. This is a sadistic survival game about a girl wearing a blue shirt who also happens to be named Lara Croft.

I was a big fan of the first games from the 90's, played them a lot on PS1. Not too familiar with the reboots from the mid 2000's but might definitely try "Angels" and "Underworld" eventually. I am actually playing this 2013 version and enjoying it, I have a version including all DLC's so there is a little more on the puzzle and exploration sides. Now I wish there were more exploration and less slaughter of enemies, it gets mega tiring and silly on the long run, you get to kill more enemies than in most military shooters. Some environment looks gorgeous even if you are not rewarded enough for exploration. You made valid points thorough this review but still enjoying my play-through and I hope the sequels get some of these "concerns" fixed (WIll try Rise soon).

It was worth the 3 dollars i paid for the definitive edition. I just wish it wasn't called tomb raider.

When are you going to review rise of the tomb raider?

Bring back the old character model !!!