Tomb Raider I-III Remastered (Switch) Review - Love Letter or Cash-In?
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2024
- Do these remasters bring these classic into the modern spotlight or get tripped up on the way? #TombRaider #nintendoswitch #review
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I‘ve joked in the comments of their technical analysis that if NWR, who is, in my opinion, at times the harshest magazine to review a game and sometimes even pretty nitpicky, if they sound so positive in a preview, they might give the actual collection no more than a 4-5 out of 10. And I wasn‘t that far away from my prediction. Yes, in the end, it‘s a personal opinion but it‘s harsh, man. And I do think you‘ve might expected here something what was never meant to be. I think Aspyr did a great job here, especially so many fans and magazines laments over Square Enix Remasters that they are just upscaled ports of old games. But when a studio really puts effort into such a collection, treating the originals still with respect and selling it for less than 30 bucks, it‘s still not good enough to satisfy most people because their still are a myriad of complaints left. Calling the new graphics amateurish is a harsh statement and I‘ve rarely disagreed so much. But in the end, it‘s a opinion.
Might want to watch digital foundry for this one. This review seems to over estimate the scope of what this collection set out to do.
I think my only complaint is the fact TR 4, 5 and AOD are not included 😢
Outside of AOD Ive been trying 2 say the lack of at least TLR and Chronicles is how u kno it's a cash grab
God I loved TR4
Worst ones in the entire franchise
It went downhill after 3 and are different games. Yep, maybe 4 and 5...in the future but fudging aod to make it an even trilogy...na.
@@handsomeDRACYou have the pre school reboots and the uncharted clones...play them instead.
I think you're the one who didn't get it. Steve of warr and Digital Foundry actually understood what the intent was with this collection and not calling it anything but a "love letter" means that you don't understand what a lover letter is in the context of a retro game.
I doubt John played far into part 2 or 3. DF rarely finishes games they review since they have to compare so many platforms. And according to NWR 2 and 3 is where the texture quality nosedives.
Steve from Steve of war did a comprehensive and indepth review without having any problem with the texture work (and sure you have the odd texture cuts here and there, but I'm pretty sure it's the old engine design showing its limitations.) The fact to have the same physic engine and mesh colision was always gonna come with downsides, but they are minimal imo. The only problem for me is the quality of the FMV, using the latest AI models, they could have done much better. I also hope they can fix the few bugs that were mentioned by a few reviewers, but there is no doubt this is an amazing package done by people very respectful and aware of the original source material. @@FoxbatStargazer
This review did a great job pointing out specific problems with the remastered textures that resulted in unintended issues that don't exist in classic mode. You may disagree about the severity of the impact these issues have, but they objectively do not respect the original intended design.
Pretty bold video review, and although I know I’m going to love these games, I can hardly disagree with you some some key facts like the new visual breaking some game mechanics
Disagree almost entirely with this review. Apart from a few misplaced textures, I think it's absolutely astonishing what Aspyr was able to do with an almost 30 year old engine.Yes, the remasters were done in the SAME original engine from the mid 90s.
Like stopping to check an old parchment map, Switching between the old/new modes trying to decipher the intentional design. It'll be like tomb raiding an old game 🤯
Thanks for detailed review. It seems I'll be switching between original and remastered graphics a lot
Nice review brow. I think this port still worth because they kept the original art as well
The controls aren't actually rigged at all just use the tank controls, you can do a lot of things with them in the custom level editor.
Thanks for the review, I'm definitely buying the physical for the nintendo switch
Is this a review or a technical/graphical analysis? Would have loved to hear what the actually gameplay was like.
As great as always. Its basically reskinned version of the classics, kinda like the Diablo 2 remaster, with the new graphical layer and the original game running underneath. If you have never played the originals, its still great, as long as you treat it like a challenge, and dont mind the Indiana Jones like exploration theme.
I’m glad I didn’t get it, though the temptation was there for nostalgic reasons. In particular, it was the controls, mostly aiming, that prevented me from purchasing it.
This review was honestly kinda bad the reviewer didn’t get the remasters. Steve of Warr will give you a decent understanding on what to expect
It uses auto aim. The players focus should be more on guiding Laras fit body across the scene, dodging and somersaulting to avoid damage.
OK we need tomb raider remastered 4 and 5 on all consoles
Can you play "remastered" Lara in original graphics? Cuz all I want is to play a Lara Croft that doesn't look like a pointy blow up doll but not have a sub par experience.
I want the same but old Lara on new graphics. Pc yes console probably not
On console, no. Also a no on PC until someone makes a mod within the first day 😅
@@Low_Standards_Gaming_YT mod yes. There will be 10 mods out inside 24 hours I promise ya
Very negative and harsh review. Upside down texture are also in in the og version, so how you can say "they dont understand the game" lol. I think they have a budget and time for making this, and what we have is beautiful, these are the best upscaled textures i ever seen, the models and the facial animations are great and also the new lighting. What you expected from a remaster? Obv something need a fix like the inventory background, and they certainly release future patches
Was you not supposed to post other levels yet lol
Trash review.
I'm not going to say your review is wrong. It's a personal opinion thing which I can understand. I think my biggest gripe is going to be that the water isn't as nice looking as it could have been. Also the sound effects could've been cleeaned up more.
This was developed by the same person that developed OpenLara.
This review was so cringe, eeeek.
A few good points, especially the water and mud effects, apart from that, and I think your score was harsh...its a remaster, not a remake. And, as a veteran player...as it should of been aimed at (modern controls, obviously a crystal fudge) it does exactly what it says on the tin. Yep, maybe a few patches. Ya got it wrong. Thats ok.
I disagree with some of the comments here and think you were completely fair in your assessment. This is a product being sold in 2024 for $30 and comparable to other remaster trilogies like Crash and Spyro. The remastered visuals are simply poorly done, end of story. Even if they were limited by the geometry, there is simply no excuse for the remastered visuals to sometimes convey LESS informationg than the original ones did. The same goes for modernized controls. I understand being limited by the geometry again, but they should have tried harder to make the modern controls work well in these circumstances. There is no reason to think it can't be done.
Thanks for a great and honest review
Good review, dude. You describing the textures seems accurate even in all previously released media of the game. Sometimes they work, and other times it just seems slapped on.
In a way it feels soulful to retro games, but it deserves more thought and care put into them. It's like the entire remaster got it only half right.
The comments. Hang in there, John! Don't let 'em break you, John!
Lazy Remaster and they did nothing to improve the controls. Play TR anniversary.
There’s an entire modern control set that works really well what are you talking about?
Nah its so obviously a cash grab, y else wood there b only the 1st 3 games
Because it takes time and money to remaster those games, so packaging the first 3 to gauge if it's worth investing into more is a pretty obvious move. Doesn't mean there was no effort put into them, especially since they could've just released straight up HD ports without bothering to upgrade the graphics.
@@BeatGoat u do realize all 5 of the original games were made the exact same so no this makes 0 sense, they only had 2 make a single update 2 a single game engine and all 5 us either exact same tile sets so again it's obviously a cash grab 🤦🤦
@@andrewkramer8716 You are incorrect. They literally re-did all the textures, added foliage/particle effects/lots of other small details to each level individually, upgraded all character models, added lip-sync to cutscenes, converted lots of 2D sprites into proper 3D models, along with many other visual upgrades. The lighting also had to be re-done. Have you not looked at the comparisons? It's manual work, not just a simple texture swap that's applied by a push of a button.
@@BeatGoat u either misunderstood wut I said or u really r jus trying 2 prove a invalid point, either way idrc I've been playing these games my whole life, I've read all the stuff I could get my hands on growing up, (I wuz 8 wen the 1st game came out) so yea ik wut I'm talking about, not 2 mention I've watched digital media as a whole take a swan style nose dive in2 garbage cash grab territory the last decade or so, u can believe wut u want, but I actually kno
@@andrewkramer8716 There's literally tons of content out now, including the remasters themselves, proving you wrong. It's as simple as booting up the games and swapping back and forth between the original and upgraded graphics to see how much was changed BY HAND. Or watch DigitalFoundry's detailed breakdown explaining all the upgrades. I also gave you a quick rundown of changes that needed to be applied on a per-level basis, which you simply ignored. Again, you are incorrect. Simply updating the engine and the tile sets will not magically add stuff (lighting, lip syncing, particle effects, extra 3D objects like foliage, convert 2d sprites into 3d, and so on and so forth) where there was none to begin with. Unless you're trolling, do some research instead of regurgitating the same ignorant statements.