Tomb Raider was never outdated, it was vintage. It's beautiful to experience these beloved games from our childhoods with improved graphics and optimization

Hell yeah! Miss the time when we were allowed to have fun.

The devs did a good job with this remaster. Condolences for your late Father-in-law

Hold the walk and look button down while loading a save file to Sport Lara's iconic shades.

This new remastered set of the first 3x Tomb Raider games is brilliant. Hopefully all the other games can get the same treatment. This remastered art style is so pleasing to hear eyes.

I can play this game for hours on end. There are not a lot of games that can bring me in that state of mind. This game does it again !!!

"Give us the real deal" I felt that. So frustrated with the new crap but so passionate about old-school Lara. Lara was always my hero, a woman I wanted to be like. And Legend including the anniversary game paved the way for a whinier version of Lara that nobody asked for.

What a beauty to witness. This is a dream I'm living. Thank you Aspyr for this remaster 🙏

This old me feels so young again playing this remasters

This was honestly a perfect remaster! The only critique I would say is the FMV cutscenes should have been re designed to fit the newer engine, but I really hope we get TR LR and Chronicles.. my childhood would be complete 😂

Lara walking to items/switches is a toggle option in the options menu. You can turn it off to have her use the old "snap to" method again.

On PC you can use F5 to save a game and F9 to load a save as neat hot keys instead of manually flipping the passport menu.

Great video! As a long time fan of the classic trilogy and having bought the Remaster, I`m just like you, very satisfied with the games!

I just found your channel today and I love your videos. We are in such a good timeline to be able to play upgraded classics.

Definitely gonna get this if it gets a physical release. Enjoyed Aspyr's remasters for Star Wars Republic Commando and Stubbs The Zombie. Now if only Capcom could remaster the original PS1 RE trilogy. Feels like Capcom does wish to completely erase those games.

Glorious vid sir. I also heard that you can hold some buttons and then Lara will wear her signature sunglasses in the game too!

The remasters legit made me cry with the nostalgia and memories they brought back of my father who passed. I am genuinely grateful for these games.

Great video

I totally agree with the visuals - they are not perfect (some areas and textures got more updates than other ones), but they are definitely a big step up from the originals. They feel really appealing to the eye and most of the time, enhance the levels and their respective atmospheres - and even if not, they are at least not intrusive or disturbing (e.g. those added openings in the ceililngs). BTW as a PC-gamer-only, I could notice, that TR3 & TRLA were a bit darker, but far from the "WTF is going on there" PS1 playthrough videos I've seen. I think I used a maximum of 20 flares throughout the two aforementioned games. Also, you have a very good point with the controls - those games were built around grid system and controls were tied to it, enabling the player the level of precision required to successfully beat some of the obstacles and navigate the levels with ease. The modern ones ask for more fast-paced approach to the game, but there's not that much of the usual automation (doing quite a lot of the job for the player) than in other games. Also, the modern controls have yet to be fine-tuned, as they lack the functional polish the traditional tank controls have. Lastly - though I'm not much of TRLR fan, I would, too, also welcome this particular installment being remastered. And believe it or not, I'd love to see Chronicles being treated the same way. Yes, remastering all levels in their as-is form would be fine (though I admit, that a "Chronicles Reimagined" version would probably fare better with most of the gamers).

I'm really enjoying the Remasters on PC. I had the same issue regarding the save/load system you mentioned until I found out that there are shortcut keys for things, as well as, for your weapons and healing items. You can hit F5 to Quick Save, F9 to Quick Load, 1-8 for your weapons, 9 for Large Medipacks and 0 for Small Medipacks. As long as you can remember which F-key is for what function, you shouldn't lose out on progress unless you forget to save and die due to a stupid boulder or a fall. And oh yeah! F3 is to go into Photo Mode, of course. I've actually started using Photo Mode to learn the layouts of the levels and to find out where items are track them down. I just found that saved me a lot of travel time and unnecessary deaths since I had an idea of where I was going.. well, most of the time. Some of the level layouts are still incredibly confusing, especially if this is your first time playing these games or haven't touched them in years. It is always cool to see how a level wraps around itself through the different paths it offers. :)

This is absolutely the remaster all of us original fans were begging for. The fact that they kept the original graphics as an option that isn't locked behind any requirements is amazing too. You could imagine that, nowadays, most games would lock them behind collecting a certain amount of secrets or in having completing the game once through with the modern graphics.

Loving these old come back TRs. I just wish they will fix the damn camera lol. Reliving my childhood feels so good.

haha that carcass reference was a nice surprise

Love the videos man you crack me up with your commentary 😂

Tank controls are a must for me with the original trilogy. Felt like coming home lol

I Hope the Capcom see that and do the same as Resident Evil 3 and Code Veronica

I played TR1 with modern controls once and tank controls once, and if there’s anything I learned is that modern AAA games needs to take risks in innovation and gameplay. The mood gets different between the two control schemes in TR1, tank control really benefits the adventure and exploration genre, anytime you encounter a new enemy type is creepy, meanwhile modern control makes it feel like whatever stuff you see is not very powerful because you have free movement. If you prefer action games then modern control is designed like gears of war in the comparison

I grew up with various old school games, including ZX Spectrum and NES, but never liked the tank controls so this remaster makes me want to give it a try since they have the modern controls too.

mention of Carcass, instant like

10:20 I think I’ve found a new name for my lounge band. Thanks 😂

Condolences to you for your loss amazing videos btw new sub from me

I agree!

Great video! What is holding me back? Lack of physical version.

Tomb raider 1 and 2 are my favorite ever

I'd pay for a new Tomb Raider adventure made using these new assets and old-school gameplay.

I appreciate the fact that the they choose the F1 key to switch between the old and the new graphics, just like in the old DOS version, where F1 switched between 320x200 and 640x480!

The best decision was getting the people behind OpenLara to participate in the project.

4:55 you ain’t gettin’ outta that alive. 😆

The 6 Core Design games are the best.

I still have a copy of Tomb Raider gold for Mac OS that was published by Aspyr back then!😊

i always wanted to play tomb raider 1 but the graphics was mi first problem XD now i played it and really liked it

R.I.P to your father in law man. Yeah this remaster reminds me of the Shadowman one, where it's just a nice faithful update of the old game with some appreciated quality of life improvements. It's a good one for sure.

I want remasters of Banjo Kazooie and Dungeon Keeper 2 so bad!

Might play the PSX Tomb Raiders series now, only finished the first one

If resident evil a modern Resident evil game went old school I'd buy it

Great explanation video. I wasn't a fan of the Spyro and Crash Trilogy remaster because I tend to enjoy their low poly aesthetics. But somehow Tomb Raider looks so freaking good. I zao mi je cuti radi tvoga punca, drzite se.

I'd like to see a new tomb raider made with old engine and a team of professional

These remastered versions need alot of work. Stuff like buttons or keys were so hard to see, and I was getting attacked by invisible pirahnas, lol

9:34 Pretty sure you got some camera tilts or something (not played around with that), but you can totally move Lara around. Just hold R2, I think, and move the analog sticks around.

Turok 1, 2 and 3 ate remastered as well. Great classic fps shooters

Another disadvantage of VANILLA graphics mode is they used the PS1 draw - software render style without any texture filtering. I wish there was a HARDWARE ACCELERATED draw style mode as well for those of us who got used to PC ports with VOODOO GPU in the 90s. Less wobbly textures and anti aliased textures go a long way. HD port on ANDROID looks amazing in old school graphics mode by comparison to this PS1 blocky-ness.

You can turn of the walk to item thing. Its literally just 1 of 2 option in the control menu. Its called "walk to action".

I am not sure if you know this (I'm guessing you will) but you can turn off the "Walk to" animation so Lara will snap to the item. This may also work with that switch in TR3.

This release is F PERFECTION

🎯🎯🎯

Rest in peace 🙏

Try turning off "Walk to Action" - this is why she walks to items/switches. Turning off "Walk to Action", she snaps onto items like she did before, and you should be able to do the skip in Area 51

My only complaint with the remaster is the lighting. In the first game at least (I've yet to play TR2 and 3) the modern graphics are often way too dark.

That cover is good artwork, but I prefer the music on Necroticism, personally. Good call though. There's also Monstrosity's Imperial Doom cover.

Still wish TRI classic mode had the 2D pick ups since there in 3D. I have seen only a picture but not gameplay on KZfaq. Then I question if EGS had it fixed well didn't see gameplay to know because everyone was playing on Modern mode instead of Classic.

I really loved them and kept switching between the graphics 😂 and yeah we all wanted the cutscenes to be remade🤷‍♀️

You can make Lara snap to items and interactibles, just turn off walk to action, so the speed running bug should work. It seems saber tried to maintain the speed running accessibility. Also I don't think it's fair to compare the tomb raider trilogy to the nsabe and reignited trilogies, those two are more remakes, especially spyro which had to be built from the ground up because the source code was missing, and the controls for both games were tightened quite alot making tricky playforming easier in most aspects. Tomb raider feels exactly perfect to how I remember it back in the day. So saying you'll know perfectly what your getting yourself in for is a major misnomer as with that statement you're setting up people to think the physics and control tightness have also been touched up, and considering saber was adamant in advertising the keeping of the original source code and not changing it, so I'm certain that nothing regarding the physics and controls have been touched up. I'm 90 hours in and on level 9 of tr 1. I grew up with TR3 and only ever played croft maner because I could never get past the first level as a kid. That being said I live these games so far, even if it is draining for me to progress because dark souls taught ne nothing about the anchient foe of gravity. Also no reviews bring this up and it annoys me, so newcomers playing on switch, quick flare is - and R and photomode is l3 and r3, both of these will be good tools to have

I hear you

I give them a solid A for the end product and a solid D- for its marketing. So little information during waiting time, so few screenshots and no videos. They should've known people learned something from GTA remasters and should've given some info to not make us worry. If I knew OpenLara's creator worked on this, I would've preordered day one. Why didn't they say it louder?

Has anyone figured out how to take out a flare without going into your menu?

The proper iteration of an improvement was Tomb Raider Anniversary / Legend. This here is okay...ish.

It's not just you, the new control scheme is basically useless. You could maybe switch in between it right before getting into combat but that's kind of a hassle, and it doesn't necessarily always make combat easier either. That camera can really get caught in places that it's not supposed to be It kind of feels tacked on, but it is objectively far worse for the actual platforming

I am really hoping they drop Last Revelation next, it's my favorite TR of all time and I haven't play it in years

You can compare any game to Chess, Tomb Raider is another CLASSIC.

The Area 51 short cut still exists you just have to turn off walk to action.

You seem to not have noticed that the old graphics are choppy. And no, that has bugger all to do with 30fps.

So childhood memories make you believe clunky primitive thirty year games are so wonderful. They are not. I’m playing the old games now they are laughable bad but they are are dated so that tracks, give me shadow of the tomb raider every day all day long, these old games only make me appreciate my new tomb raider games all the more, but if you need clunky old stuff have at it!

as soon as i heard they remastered TR 1-3. i bought it then and there for the switch Tomb Raider: Anniversary was a flop the levels were shortend

Just saying give me the same coat of new paint for Ape Escape 1 and I can die a happy man

A lot of people wanna hate on the newest Tomb Raider trilogy, but honestly I like them. They've lost their identity from the original series but they're good games on their own.

it’s Proof people aren’t capable of making something new. i go on PSN regularly with money to spend, never buy anything though, until a remaster of a 25 year old game comes out.

I prefer the newer stuff

Just remember folks. Lara died in tr4. All games after it are fakes

Yea yea yea so if you complete the game between 29:00-29:32 minutes and then dk a certain jump in the mansion you can find the secret nude lara.

'new' TR games are just bland. I really can't tell them apart from eachother NOR other games like Uncharted. All the same game play.

who is we clearly ? i love how classic stans just selfish idiots doesn’t care nobody expect themselves lol