A bit of caution for the narrative - this is TR Anniversary (released in 2007 by Crystal Dynamics) and not the TR Anniversary Edition, which was never released (it was originally developed by Core Design and was planned for release in 2006 as the celebration of 10th anniversary of the OG game). Then.. Tank controls pretty much reflect the real life movement and those gamers, who keep on complaining about them only wine about their own inability to be in full control of Lara's movement and the consequences of their own actions - as well as it is an admittal of their own over-reliance on automation, which is typical (aka ever-present) for all "modern" controls schemes. The classis "old-school" TR games (let's talk about the first three only - they are my favourites, including the respective expansions) did not push the players to "rush" through the levels and definitely did not guide them, as if afraid they may miss something. Quite the opposite - it was expected (and rather usual, frankly) to get stuck in a level for a few hours, days or even weeks by (e.g.) not being able to solve a puzzle or find a secret or beat a boss - or just be lost on where to go next - but once any player beat a level on their own, it was its own reward - and all those players could feel good about themselves. Most did, trust me. A personal note here - I didn't have to replay any of the LAU trilogy games a/o levels more than once or twice to get it 100% completed - except for time trials, which was a bothering mode of gameplay, as I'm not a speedrunner and not even a fan of this genre. Also, I think this particular mode was either a "modern gaming trend" addition for the less patient and less contemplative players, or forcing the franchise to become something it wasn't and should never have been. Anyhow, to me it translates to dumbed-down and "let us guide you by the hand" approach to game design for those LAU games. BTW the OG trilogy vs LAU - am I the only one who looked at the number of levels per each game & the average length of gameplay through a whole particular installment - and then looking at the prices of those games? LAU games cost me ~80EUR and provided some 2 days of "fun" and I think I still have the DVDs somewhere - while the OG trilogy of games (with exp.) cost me roughly the same and are on all my PCs ever-since I bought them - and I do know that I keep the CDs and boxes at my shelf in the best condition possible.
Honestly I came in at the Tomb Raider and I think it was number 4, but not playing much, then Legend, but having access to the original, just brings me this cool style of games that I didn't get the chance to fully play, mainly because I was limited to having access to a computer at the time, but now it's brought back, I can access and play the remaster and play the games I never really had the chance to. Is there a game that you may or have missed out on, and wanted a change to play?? _ TM Social Team - Seb
Also I love this very filled and informative comment, I didn't know there was an edition that was never realised, I am pinning this comment, as it's really informative. _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames Got it. Hmm.. Try TR1, then TR2, then TR3, then the expansion in the same order. When playing these, be alone, in a dark room, just you and the PC. It may "click". If yes, tou'll know it. If not, NP 🙂
Remastered is definitely the best. As a fan I of course did try to play anniversary but omg the controls were really tough(remember that pole trap on that Egypt level, jumping from pole to pole while there's blades and closing doors😂, I literally tried to get past it a hundred times and gave up)
Anniversary is an interesting game, I think personally old fan or new, I think a lot of people will think that the remaster was a great step for fans, and hopefully they take this into account when making future games! I remember playing games tomb raider 4 going in, and it seemed hard, but going back to the series now, I it feels a lot more fun, Have you played a game that original was hard when you first played it, then came back to it later, it was a lot easier _ TM Social Team - Seb
The originals and remastered feel a lot better to control than Anniversary, as the later has terrible physics and Lara feels like she's skating on ice. Also the jumping is almost entirely automated and there's no momentum or on-air mechanics. Basically, the game is a series of scripts, and all you have to do is press jump where the developers pre-established you should press jump.
I think this opinion REALLY depends on what your first exposure to Tomb Raider was. For me, the Anniversary edition (together with Legend and Underworld) was the best Tomb Raider, including the controls. I played TR 1 Remastered with tank controls just for fake nostalgia (watched my dad play back in the day) and while it's certainly doable after getting used to it, it's not great compared to modern games.
@@MarcelRiegler In the originals, Lara is just an avatar and the player is responsible for everything - press a control to move/line up a jump, press a button to jump, press another button to grab. To me, this is more involving than the Crystal Dynamics approach, where Lara does most of the work automatically and you just point her in the general direction of the telegraphed hand-holds. I really disliked Anniversary, not least because they left out the whole Cistern section, which was one of my favourite parts of the original. And I loath QTEs.
They basically made it easier. They grab the hands of the gamer and say let’s go now. Nothing will ever come close to the platforming in the original games. Those took precision and timing
Yes this is true, When it came to playing the original, You have to look around for paths to take, in the Anniversary every time is came to jumping or climbing, the layout was planned, now I got introduced to the later games, Legend and Anniversary,.. although I feel like I missed out, I'm rechecking out the original remaster, with tank controls, and complete the whole trilogy on that game soon! Out of all the original Tomb Raider games, what would you say was the best? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
I platinumed the Tomb Raider Trilogy on PS3 (Legend, Anniversary, Underworld), they were really fun games, any difficulty spikes were USUALLY a case of Get Good, but sometimes like when you're in that one section of Anniversary where you have to ascend that really large room in the Lost Island The Great Pyramid and the flying enemies keep throwing blasts that make Lara stagger and fall off the platforms into the lava, it was really annoying.
What feels really strange to me, is even through they decided to bring out Anniversary, remaking the original game, that game came out on the PS2, 3 generation ago because we've had PS3 PS4 and PS5, honestly I came into this with Legend, Anniversary, Underworld, At this stage I'm generally planning on doing these remasters, however once complete, I'm think I might adjust to those games. If you could pick between Legend, Anniversary, Underworld, which would you go for? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
The only one I didn't platinum was Anniversary. I lost interest for time trials after Greece and didn't bother to check if replaying the levels on hard count towards playing the whole game on hard.
I love Underworld and Legend, but Anniversary can't even hold a candle to either the original or Remastered. To me, it just fails to capture the atmosphere and magic of the original, and the gameplay and level design wasn't as satisfying to me in spite of its more "realistic" updates. Honestly, as a diehard fan since the late 90s when I was way too young to be playing these games, I have to say that the Remastered edition is the definitive way to play these games, since it has numerous tiny quality-of-life improvements, with the ability to toggle between the original and updated graphics and control schemes.
I love games when they include tiny things like toggle between old and new graphics, I liked Halo for doing this as well, but it really shows in this game, there's something about the water old style graphics l love, these days yes water looks more real and beautiful, but there's something about those old style graphics I like when playing the game. Also by the end of my playthrough, I also got used to using the tank controls alot more, it was more the guns I had to get used too. What was your favourite games from around that era, I theme park was a good game from back then and GTA London, I could be wrong? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
30 fps I can manages, 120 I agree I prefer, but it's the eyes, if the eyes are not done correctly, I don't like it, honestly if you look at the eyes for the game cover of Anniversary compared to Remastered, the eyes looks so much better. I know, I'm picky, but I hate it when eyes on games go out of focus. What is is your favourite Tomb Raider Game? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
I played all three versions and i have to say my favourite way is the remastered graphics with the tank controls! Starting the remastered i tried using the modernised controls but it just felt soooo wrong! Not being able to do the side and backwards flips was like a sacrilege lol I instantly switched to the tank controls and it was SO HARD to get used to!!! It was a real torture, but as soon as i got the hand of it just came naturally! Actually playing another game in-between i tried to move the characters with the arrow keys and not the analogue stick!!!! I really hope they gonna remake the later games as well!!! A Legends remake would be a dream comw true!!!!
The original games and the LAU editions all have this set feel, and I love them, now the latest one, I don't actually step into, I tried to play it a while ago, but it didn't really make me like, it I might step into it, but he original ones, just feel so nice. and yea, sometimes you get games that have controller types that are hard to get into, but you get used to them, I'm glad you liked the video! Have you played any of the recent one as well? _ TM Social Team - Seb
@JumpInsideGames I've played them all! The new games were kinda meh tho! It didn't quite feel like Lara Croft. When i think of the Lara Croft I grew up with i picture an intelligent bad ass archaeologists with two guns who has to solve puzzles to unravel mysteries! The new games weren't bad but it just didn't feel right! Gameplay wise they were to easy, and there was toooooo much focus on combat (and she didn't even have her weapons... bow and arrow & her climbing tools?! It was boring and so excessively brutal at the same time) Also the fact that all the lore was changed! Well no matter what comes next from Lara I'll definitely check it out because she's been my hero for as long as i can remember
I felt the same way about the controllers and I had played a lot of tank controllers back them. Anniversary is one of my favorite games of all time. It was a remake that kept the adventure and puzzle elements. Now everything is so action oriented, I was never able to get into Uncharted.
Oh, and why are comments turned of for the review of Remastered? Comments are important. I'll write it here though. Tank controls takes some time to get used to, but once you are used to them, they work quite fine, especially for platforming. The great thing about them is that they leave out all of the guesswork. They are very consistent, so if you see a jump, you will quite quickly be able to tell if it is possible to take that jump before you try. Second comment I wanted to make was regarding the level design. I hate how handholdy modern games are, and really appreciate that the developer assumes that the player is able to think for themselves. It has been ages since I played Tomb Raider I, and replaying it has been a blast. At several points I've felt so clever for finding something that I assumed was a secret, only to be surprised that you are actually meant to do that to progress. It is pretty humbling, but also very fun.
From what you written in the second comment, for my experience, this show show in games like dragon age, differently from the Witcher 2, for example, when I was player the Witcher 2, was very much, you have to work out what to do follow the story yourself, as for dragon age origins and I do love both games, don't get me wrong, but it was a lot of the time companions giving me hints on what to do and where to go. Would would you say your favourite game of all times is? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames It is really cool to see that you reply to comments! I'm not sure, but I think it must be the original Deus Ex or "Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis". Of modern games, I'd say that Witcher 3 is among the games I've enjoyed the most.
I remember something like that, I played Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, one of the more harder games out, or at least I did, the Witcher 3 I up there for me, If and when the Witcher 4 comes, all fans are going to be on that hype train! _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames Read into the history of Operation Flashpoint. Dragon Rising is nothing like it's predecessor. It was basically a reboot, the spiritual successor to Operation Flashpoint is the ARMA franchise. The original devs, only they lost the right to the trademark and IP.
Thanks to the Remastered trilogy, there's now only one TR game I haven't played, that being TR5: Chronicles. Prior to the Remastered trilogy, the only other TR game I hadn't played until a month ago was TR1 believe it or not. My first TR game was TR3 so it holds a special place in my heart and I have yet to play the Remastered version of it, but my all-time favorite TR game is TR4: The Last Revelation. I've heard there's an Easter egg in TR3 with coordinates and if you look up the coordinates, it's for Giza, Egypt where a large chunk of TR4 takes place. This is a potential hint that we may get a future remaster and considering TR I-III Remastered has sold well, I think we will...
Oh that would be cool if they remastered all of them, I can't believe there's been 5 original tomb raider games, that's crazy, And it's still going on even today, well with an entirely new games, personally I am really happy with these remasters and can't wait to see if they do make a 4 & 5. Have you played 1, 2 & 3 yet, I'm planning on doing this game, the remastered version soon. ___ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames I've only played Tomb Raider I Remastered so far and have 99 of 100 trophies for it. The one trophy I'm missing is currently glitched/unobtainable. I don't plan on starting Tomb Raider II Remastered until they patch TR1 so I can get that trophy. And I'm most looking forward to Tomb Raider III Remastered. For those curious, the level the Giza, Egypt coordinates are located in is High Security Compound, the second level of Nevada.
Games I haven't played are Last Revelation, Chronicles, Angel of Darkness and Guardian of Light. Thanks to Remastered trilogy I've played the original trilogy and most of Crystal Dynamics games.
@@Sk4tman91 oh wow, that's a lot! I am also glad they came out with the game as it does very much allow people who've played the game to go back and check it out from a in a new light, or should I say graphics, but also for tomb raider fans and non fans, who never got around to playing these game, time to go into them and check them out for the first time ever! Have you played any of the more modern Tomb Raiders? _ TM Social Team - Seb
Love Tom raider legend and anniversary, these were my first games i played in the series. Always thought it was weird just how “mute” Lara is in the original games.
Legend was my first game in the series that I played properly on the Xbox, I played the previous, but I didn't really know what is was fully, I went back afterwards to actually play the game, but my PC at the time wasn't that good, but it's not intil this game came out, that I got into it again, I think one of the things that might of hold a few people back from certain games is that most of gaming was originally played on a console, and less on PC intel later dates... Have you recently got back into playing Raid Raider? What is your favourite at the moment? TM Social Seb!
Tomb Raider: Legend was the game that got me hooked on the franchise, and as such it will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart. I've always had a mad respect for the Classics however, as without them, we wouldn't even have LAU Lara Croft. I always wanted to play them, but since I had no way of playing them, I couldn't. So, when the Remasters came out, it was a MAJOR blessing for me! With that said, I do still love Legend. Easily. But as of right now, the og is just better. The tank controls are a little difficult to get used to, but the game it literally built for them. And Lara is so hard to control in combat with the modern controls, resulting in so much loss of health or even straight up deaths when I play (with that said, I've give them another shot if they'd make it where she can do all the side flips without weapons drawn and maybe the acrobatic flips and moving backwards while shooting mechanic that the LAU trilogy has). I love the explorative nature of the games, rather than the linear path with a few secrets here and there to find. I think overall, Anniversary was decent, but admittedly, it's my least favorite TR game (next to the Rebooted wannabe Lara Croft games). And when you compare it to the original, it was wwaayyy dumbed down. The levels were so much smaller, the color pallet extremely diluted and dull. I'm not a big fan of horror, so I do prefer Anniversary's design of Atlantis, but even those levels weren't nearly as expansive, and to be quite honest, they were more obnoxious with the whole small-platforms but Lara keeps wanting to lock onto targets in the distance instead of the enemies actively attacking her thing. I think overall, the Remasters are definitely the way to go, but that's just my humble opinion 😶🌫
Well Said! I do agree, Legend is just the same, it's what got me, but the way the very first Lara Croft games are made, are really good, if you could rank the ones that you played, what would your ranking be? ------ TM Social - Seb
Good video I would recommend try to make your audio for your voice alittle bit just alittle bit louder you sound abit soft. Could just be my own headphones being messed up so you can take my comment with a grain of salt
I appreciate you pointing that out! It's always helpful to get feedback to improve the viewing experience. Might be a slight denoiser on it, I hope you liked the video, are you a Tomb Raider Fan, if so, which was your favourite? _ TM Social Team - Seb
I agree with your recommendation. Anniversary first, then remaster, then original. I'm usually one to endorse the original, uber alles. But Tomb Raider is an exception where I do think it has aged poorly, mostly because the awkward controls and platforming just make for needless frustration. Remaster lets you have the original levels without that frustration, plus a lot easier on the eyes.
I think Anniversary for my favourite part that I like, is the combat, it makes it a lot more clear to see what I shooting at, the original and remaster seems to take a lot more exploration as such, you spend more time looking around levels, your going to find more stuff, Anniversary even though the exploration is a little bit less, there more drama, in places, I think for my take, these games are very different, I can't say one is better, because even though they focus on the story, these are 2 very different gameplay styles, and both have strengths ands weaknesses. Anniversary and Legend, is where I came into this series properly, I played the others before but only a little but, but these we're the games that got me into this, and like anyone first, it has a place in my heart! Which was your first Tomb Raider game? _ TM Social Team - Seb
This comes true with most games, when a new developer takes over, or a game want to appeal to a more open wide range of fans, they can often change key elements of the games core, and it comes to a point where you have to think, do you want to appeal to a wide range of people or narrow it down to a smaller but more dedicated fan base, I loved assassins creed and the way those games were made, but ever time they changed it up, from Black flag to Unity, or syndicate to origins, there was a total shift in the attitude towards the game, I hope this game reminds the developers of what fans love about the original games of the tomb raider series! Which was your first tomb raider game? _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames there is also a cancelled Core Design project that was a “Anniversary Edition” for TombRaider 1. It was somewhat salvaged by some dedicated fans, more of a walk through gallery than anything playable. I say it has a lot more “heart” put into it.
I am only in the at the moment of playing the first one, the games is really good! Out of the first three which one is your favourite? _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames TR 2 was what I grew up with so that holds a special place in my heart. but TR 1 the first and original has amazing tombs and atmosphere which just can't be beaten in my eyes. The old school textures and lack of skyboxes really adds to the feel.
@@MaxskiSynths I think growing up around the 1990 - 2000, things we're all kinda messy with games, but a good mess, gaming franchises were just games at the time, and everything was new, I still remenber having a crystal xbox, inserting halo: combat evolved for the first time, certain games are meaning full, games that started things off are also important too.
@@JumpInsideGames Honestly mate you have no idea what a game changer tomb raider was when it first released. Honestly that factor alone boosts its appeal to me above anything since
Nice, personally I'm going to give a go at tank control completion for a challenge myself, But the remastered graphics make this game so much more beautiful! Also I love the fact that It wasn't just one game, it was tomb raider 1, 2 and 3, have you played this games, if so what do you think of it, if not, are you going to get it? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames the best part you can choose between tank or modern controls. Mastering the modern controls were very fun. It gives you more fluid moment with Lara. They’re all fun and challenging games. Great puzzles, secrets and level designs. For me personally I enjoy the 1st game the most because of the locations. There are more tombs, temples, ruins in the game and those are my favorite areas to explore
It's great to hear you enjoy the first game the most! The locations and exploration in the original Tomb Raider look fun to be fair, I am looking forward to hitting up this one first. I can't believe how many tomb raider games there are! When you count all the remakes, remaster and reboots and films, there's a lot! ___ TM Social Team - Seb
Anniversary is sadly probably just gonna be straight up in its own timeline. I doubt they’re gonna keep anniversary canon for the new unification timeline which makes me sad because anniversary I go back and forth with the original. Both are PHENOMENAL and Shelley and Keeley forever have my heart 💚
Too True, but community has a part to play, if you support the direction of a game show your support, buy the game, share you opinion, rate it on steam, if you don't like a direction, then show that too, unlike, write comments to developers, your right, we won't have what we had, this is true for a lot of games, but if the games are going to carry on creating sequels, gamers as a community have to support or not support the develops that we want taking control. TM Social Seb
You know it, if you know it one thing about the Tomb Raider Series, you can really see the development overtime, on game graphics, do you think that in the latest games, that Lara is getting too realistic, and this early cartoony feel is more where she's at, or do you think better graphics is the right direction? _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGamesI wouldn’t say she got more realistic in terms of graphical fidelity, but how she behaves. But like I said, the “Lara” we see in the Survivor games isn’t the same woman from the Core Design era, more like an imposter
The modern controls do feel nice to use at times, but they do come with a few limitations, such as somersaults and backflips requiring you to have a weapon drawn when you start the manoeuvre, also grabbing ledges below you is far more difficult than before as either need to roll from a specific distance as backing away with modern controls requires a gun to be drawn but putting your guns away to grab the ledge takes too much time for her to actually grab it most of the time.
I can see where your going with that, very true, I like the fact they got the modern controls in, when I first picked up the game, I found it hard to navigate, and it was difficult to navigate around Lara's Mansion, after a while, I got used to using it, I think in some areas of the game, the modern controls can speed things up, but as you say, there are limitations. Are you currently playing the game, how are you finding it? _________ TM Social - Seb
actually while using modern controls you just need to run towards it and press action button and lara will automatically grab the ledge below her, it aint necessary to do the back jump thing and then grabbing.
Good comparison for all 3 games however lets don’t forget that original game was released 1996 and anniversary 2007 so there is technical limitations back in 1996. Also one is Remake other is Remastered. For me personally anniversary was bit fresh air and you could see how bigger team of development team paid off and also what would be the original game ideally that being said the creator of Lara was in the development of Anniversary. For the remastered I would say that it’s my personal best and for me is how is supposed to be done not more not less and it’s been done like a reward for longtime fans ported to modern consoles I bit polished but not over the top and keep the original vibe. Also with the new controls to be easy for the new players because now days game needs to do most of the job for the players. Old gen playing we grow up with this kind of games and it was fun easy to control and think. I a big fan of the original games but here is coming the problem with console not accessible for everyone this day is kind of vintage and on now days tellys looks like Minecraft hah. Anyways again good comparison 😊
I agree, there is a difference on how games used to be played and how we play them today, I'm not games out today are bad, games are good, and it's good that it attracts new audiences to the franchises, that normally would play, But I like the fact this game includes things like the different controller settings and graphics, so the player can have their preference, do you have a game you enjoyed playing from back then? Apart form Tomb Raider? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames Exactly I’m of course is not bad think that technology prosper and developers make now games players friendly and kind of guide the player with in games. I got my ps1 quiet late in 90s after 00s actually it wasn’t much affordable in my country to have ps1 so I remember playing Team Buddies, Wipeout , Crash Bandicoot, Dino Crisis, Medievil , Delta force, but I thing the most I enjoyed Duke Nuken.
I remember playing games like Mario, Crash and Sonic, I even remember playing "Bust-A-Move 2" on the PS1, that would be my first game, however it was Halo Combat Evolved that properly got me into gaming. I've never played Duke Nuken, but I feel like I need to! _ TM Social Team - Seb
For those who played Lara for years and are fluent in the way she moves, it's strange to watch your first step and see that even orientating yourself in the direction of the platform isn't intuitive. This gameplay had a huge learning curve, that I tend to forget since I learned to play it more than twenty years ago. I don't want to sound like a boomer, but our model of consumption had completely changed. What is outdated is not the gameplay itself, just the idea of accepting that we need time to master it, and not expect to finish it as soon as we started, and deliver a full game review three levels after the beginning.
Our channel is based on delivering the first few hours of the game, not the entire game. Also for the game itself, it may be slightly hard to get used to at first, trying to set my mindset in these controls, and I will mention, it's not only Lara croft that has controller changes over the years, other games do this as well, but after a while, they do become easier as you get used to them. What games is your favourite in the Lara Croft Series? TM Social - Seb
I'm honestly quite impressed they managed to improve the game's visuals to the extent that they did in Remastered, given it's still the original 1996 game engine and levels. While still bottlenecked by that limitation, it is night and day compared to the original. (Although you seem to be playing the original with Bilinear filtering off. It does look a little better with that on, as it removes pixelation.)
When recording, I use a 2 PC setup, this is so we are outputting as high quality as possible when watching content we create, it does mean, that the file size for this type video is 15gb, that's actually quite low for me, and when processing just over a gb, but it means when UA-cam is kind and puts by video codecs as VP09, your seeing everything as clean as possible. that being said, I am not aware of bilinear filtering. _ TM Social Team - Seb
Tomb Raider is very split between who like Anniversary and who doesn't, I've played all of them, and as much as Anniversary was a good reimagining, I don't think the feeling of exploring and searching for thing was expressed as much as the original. However Anniversary was an introduction for new players to the Tomb Raider games, The more modern game, such as, "Rise of the Tomb Raider", I don't I think is way off from what the original Tomb Raider games we're trying to be. TM Social - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames Survivor trilogy didnt really felt like they set out to do what originals wanted to do. In many ways they felt like a rejection of them.
Anniversary is a disgrace IMO, too easy, boring… All looks, no substance! You should work on learning how to use the tank controls properly! I grew up using them so I’m pretty good (I still die 24652247 times per level 😂) and once you mastered them, you’ll never use the modern controls again, trust me!
You know, after recording the video, I'm generally going to try and compete the games, in the new remaster graphics, but on tank controls settings, and too be fair it's mostly because I want the challenge. Do you have a favourite modern game or you an old school gamer?! Personally when it comes to old school games, I go back to Fable and Halo Combat Evolved! ___ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGamesI don’t play a lot actually, the newer games on my Xbox are Hogwarts Legacy and Battlefront 2 (which is very old 😂)! Tomb Raider was my 1st PS1 game, I played all of them but I’m obsessed with the classics only, so obsessed that I get Lara’s signature tattooed on me 🥹
@@TheEmanueleCastelli That actually a good set of games, I love Battlefront, (old of course) and actually surprised that there remastering it, Super excited about that! And Hogwarts Legacy is one of the only games last year I 100% completed! Those Classics Tomb Raiders, I feel like we're getting a lot of remasters, with the Witcher 1, Tomb Raider and Battlefront...I wonder what comes next?! ___ TM Social Team - Seb
I find the conclusion to be a bit odd. There is little reason to get the original anymore, as it is practically bundled with Remastered. You can switch between modern and old graphics by the klick of a button, and you can even use the "modern" control scheme while playing with the original graphics. Not to mention the fact that Remastered includes Tomb Raider II and III as well, both in their modernized and old school flavors.
Yes there is most definitely a few combinations to this, whether it's new graphics with old controls or old graphics with new controls, or new graphics with new controls, there's lot's of different combination, and with there being an inclusion of the addition 2 and 3, this is very much an enjoyable game in include everything! ___ TM Social Team - Seb
That's a great question! Each console version of Tomb Raider Anniversary has its strengths, depending on what you're looking for. Some prefer the PlayStation version, while others like the Xbox version, me personally, I prefer PlayStation when it comes to Anniversary, on the video I play Xbox but that's because I don't have my PS2 hooked up. Do you have a favourite console you usually play on? _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@josepbuigues1336 Nice collection of consoles! If you’re looking for a solid experience with good visuals, the Xbox or PS2 version is still great way to go, but the PSP version offers portability. Do you usually prefer portability, or are you more into playing at home with the best visuals available also which controllers do you use Xbox or PlayStation, or Wii?
@@josepbuigues1336 Got it! In that case, I’d recommend the Xbox 360 version as in my opinion it offers slightly better visuals out of the consoles. Have played other Tomb Raider games on your consoles before, or would this be your first time? TM Social Seb
Customise the controls for remaster. I have the action and shoot button set to right trigger. The old controls are very reliable once you get used to them. I'm not a fan of modern controls. TR Anniversary controls are great for combat and moving around until you need to jump and grab onto things - very unreliable. Also, I think you mean *equipping not equipting. It's not a real word. Interesting video nonetheless.
This is true, I meant equipping, Also personally I like the fact that they have the controller setting for this game, Suit all players depending on what their play style is, but going through comments for this game, Most people prefer the original controller setting, so I'm glad they kept that in the game. TM Social Seb
I guess someone mentioned this already, but as a bit of constructve criticism, either your compressor or your equalizer are acting up and every other sentence once you start talking the volume of your voice is too lowered and it takes some seconds to ramp up and not be muffled by the music. I f you manage to make it more consistent across the board it will be easier to listen to and easier to understand what you are saying.
Thanks for this message, I have been told this, and fixed this in upcoming video! As much as that, I thank you for the mention! Do you enjoy tomb raider games? if so, what is your favourite? _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGamesThat's great news! And, yeah! I love Tomb Raider games. My favourite one has to be Tomb Raider 3, with all that variety of locales and the chance to travel to those exotic locales full of mystery
nope. remaster jumping also as sucks as old one, and it's full of bug could make you get stuck in wall or gap, while the modern tomb raiders really have a lot improvement in jumping mechanics.
I'm off the what it was originally rated, if you check the trailer for "Tomb Raider I-III Remastered" You will see a Big "M" for at the beginning of the video. It may have changed in now, but I was going off what it said on the trailers. TM Social Seb
100%, welcome to JumpInside, Anniversary I have had previous experience with, however, this is JumpInside Games, our banner on our channel say "The first few hours of game play experience", meaning we like to show the experience from the first few hours of gameplay, Thank you for your comment, With favourite game your experienced with this whole genre? _ TM Social Team - Seb
of course I said that, lol, I meant to say modern controls, I appreciate your comment and I'm glad you found that amusing. are you a Tomb Raider fan, which is your best? _ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames Its just made me feel old, as someone who grew up on the original releases. I couldn't help but think "the tank controls are the normal controls, the modern scheme's the weird one." Long time fan, since 1998. out of these three, my choice is definitely the remaster - its a nice balance of old and new. Having the Gold expansions finally on console is great too - those were my first encounter with the series, and playing them again after so many years feels like reuniting with an old friend. The whole package does, really. The 1996 release is classic, while Anniversary is beautiful graphically, but did away with the gameplay depth and the vibrant, open-ended level design (the improved puzzle rooms in St. Francis Folly and Palace Midas were nice though.)
I feel modern control weird now that I've been playing on tank control the whole time. Quit the series ever since they gave up on tank control and classic timeline. Remastered is a huge comeback to me.
Honestly at first I like the modern controls, but the more I play this, I'm getting more and more used to using the tank controls as I play this game, the game actually feels better using these controls, however I like that the option is there to switch and to be fair, I also like the fact that you can switch graphics as well. Would you say your a big Tomb Raider Fan? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
Yes, I did mean to say unequip, however I am glad you liked the video, are you a tomb raider fan, which was your favourites tomb raider? _ TM Social Team - Seb
One thing is important to note, in the original Tomb Raider, if you miss a jump it's because YOU fucked up. I'm really tired of people blaming the game. In the modern games, Lara is basically a magnet. Jump in the general direction and she'll automatically go where the game wants her to go. In the originals, YOU controlled Lara. If you suck at the controls, get better.
Personally I like the fact they got multiple different setting depending if someone wanted to use modern controls or tank controls, I think this is really helpful for so players can decide what's easier for them, however it might be hard to get used to for new players, which is why they will have updated it in the new game, I actually had fun with the, tank controls, I took a few tries but it feels more rewarding every I succeed in making a platform jump. what type of games do you like, is there a certain type of game with certain controllers types that you like? _ TM Social Team - Seb
dude you are a noob, your footage of playing the original game is cringe lol, once you master the tank controls and realise is part of the grid system of the game its the only way to play it, i nearly lost my mind when the trailers for anniversary hit back in the day, even though it looks beautiful i was so disappointed playing it, the levels were convoluted and tedious, scripted scenes were awful, Lara feeling guilty that she killed larson was pathetic, so many bad decisions, the best part of it was her mansion sadly, they will never recapture the magic of the 1996 original, and thats why i bought and am currently playing the remastered version, its a joy for people that loved the original game
Tank controls are perfectly designed for the original games but the modern controls have grown on me. Once you master it Lara’s movement becomes so fluid
Tr1 was fun. But that boss fight on the skateboard threw me off with laughter 😂. I'm glad I finally played and beat the original. My first was TR2 as a kid. TR2 was my favorite out of these remastered. But my all time Favorite is TR4. As for TR anniversary........ yeah it's definitely better than the original. I liked the puzzles more. Hopefully the rumors of them remastering TR4 is true. The reboots can go to Hell.
LOL, Thanks! I am planning on going back and playing through an campaign of the original, using tank controls using the remasters graphics, and I can't wait! Im guessing you played the orignal Tomb Raider, what would you say your favourite one of the lot was? oh and also which was your worst Lara Croft Game, including the latest ones? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames for me the first is the best, i even had the first version on sega saturn in 1996 and found it so immersive, there was nothing like it at the time, tr2 was not bad, it had its moments but it had dull levels in the boat wreck, i didnt like the human enemies and it didnt have the same atmosphere, i had some fun with legend and the 2013 reboot, and underworld also wasnt too bad, i found the rest very forgettable, and angel of darkness just plain unplayable, but the first was lightening in a bottle that will never be recaptured
Easy remaster! Lol anniversary was sub par at best....and a dumpster fire at the very least....i remember being so excited just to get more and more disappointed the further i got....never even beat it and i remember i rented it at the time and had rented it for a week just to be so disappointed i returned it in 1-2 days....sorry the og tr is the best....i dont even like crystal dynamics versions...
You know, I must say, the original with the updated graphics is very nice to play through, have you played any of the latest TR, what are your thoughts on those, personally when I played them I wasn't a fan at the time. ------- TM Social - Seb
I love the original game and anniversary too. I only don't like the new triology. For me the new games lost the identity of the classic Tomb Raider games. And the torture porn of Tomb Raider 2013 is very cringe in my opinion.
@@MR.__G TR 2013 was an Uncharted clone in bad in my opinion. Legend, Anniversary and Underworld on the other hand tried to capture the old school vibes of tomb raider with modern gameplay. These games are not perfect but they are more classic Tomb Raider than everything else since 2013.
@@MR.__G yes it has more scripted platforming but you still have to figure out where you can climb and where not and the level design was pretty cool in some areas. OG Tomb Raider is still classic in his own way but i don't want to miss Anniversary. In the new games i don't have this adventure feeling anymore i don't know.
@@Bibbes95 also the colors indicate where you need to climb, making it more easier. I’m not saying anniversary is bad but its more closer to an uncharted experience than a TR experience.
I also prefer Anniversary and Legend to the originals, but even they're looking a bit dated now. I wouldn't mind another remake of this game using the Shadow of Tomb Raider graphics...
I very much liked Legends as that's what got me into the franchise, so it will always have a place in my heart, and Anniversary was my second, I had no idea that this game was coming out, but when I heard, I was so excited to get it, I think they need to do more remasters of the Tomb Raider games, L & A, for those players, What are you favourite games at the moment? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
I do agree, I haven't played them on the steam deck, But I do love the games, what are your favourite games to play on the steam deck? ___ TM Social Team - Seb
A bit of caution for the narrative - this is TR Anniversary (released in 2007 by Crystal Dynamics) and not the TR Anniversary Edition, which was never released (it was originally developed by Core Design and was planned for release in 2006 as the celebration of 10th anniversary of the OG game).
Then.. Tank controls pretty much reflect the real life movement and those gamers, who keep on complaining about them only wine about their own inability to be in full control of Lara's movement and the consequences of their own actions - as well as it is an admittal of their own over-reliance on automation, which is typical (aka ever-present) for all "modern" controls schemes.
The classis "old-school" TR games (let's talk about the first three only - they are my favourites, including the respective expansions) did not push the players to "rush" through the levels and definitely did not guide them, as if afraid they may miss something. Quite the opposite - it was expected (and rather usual, frankly) to get stuck in a level for a few hours, days or even weeks by (e.g.) not being able to solve a puzzle or find a secret or beat a boss - or just be lost on where to go next - but once any player beat a level on their own, it was its own reward - and all those players could feel good about themselves. Most did, trust me.
A personal note here - I didn't have to replay any of the LAU trilogy games a/o levels more than once or twice to get it 100% completed - except for time trials, which was a bothering mode of gameplay, as I'm not a speedrunner and not even a fan of this genre. Also, I think this particular mode was either a "modern gaming trend" addition for the less patient and less contemplative players, or forcing the franchise to become something it wasn't and should never have been. Anyhow, to me it translates to dumbed-down and "let us guide you by the hand" approach to game design for those LAU games.
BTW the OG trilogy vs LAU - am I the only one who looked at the number of levels per each game & the average length of gameplay through a whole particular installment - and then looking at the prices of those games? LAU games cost me ~80EUR and provided some 2 days of "fun" and I think I still have the DVDs somewhere - while the OG trilogy of games (with exp.) cost me roughly the same and are on all my PCs ever-since I bought them - and I do know that I keep the CDs and boxes at my shelf in the best condition possible.
Honestly I came in at the Tomb Raider and I think it was number 4, but not playing much, then Legend, but having access to the original, just brings me this cool style of games that I didn't get the chance to fully play, mainly because I was limited to having access to a computer at the time, but now it's brought back, I can access and play the remaster and play the games I never really had the chance to.
Is there a game that you may or have missed out on, and wanted a change to play??
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Also I love this very filled and informative comment, I didn't know there was an edition that was never realised, I am pinning this comment, as it's really informative.
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@@JumpInsideGames Be easy 🙂
@@JumpInsideGames Got it. Hmm.. Try TR1, then TR2, then TR3, then the expansion in the same order. When playing these, be alone, in a dark room, just you and the PC. It may "click". If yes, tou'll know it. If not, NP 🙂
Speed running isn't a new gaming trend. I remember the Doom and Quake speed running scene was huge in the early to late 90s.
Remastered is definitely the best. As a fan I of course did try to play anniversary but omg the controls were really tough(remember that pole trap on that Egypt level, jumping from pole to pole while there's blades and closing doors😂, I literally tried to get past it a hundred times and gave up)
Anniversary is an interesting game, I think personally old fan or new, I think a lot of people will think that the remaster was a great step for fans, and hopefully they take this into account when making future games!
I remember playing games tomb raider 4 going in, and it seemed hard, but going back to the series now, I it feels a lot more fun, Have you played a game that original was hard when you first played it, then came back to it later, it was a lot easier
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The originals and remastered feel a lot better to control than Anniversary, as the later has terrible physics and Lara feels like she's skating on ice. Also the jumping is almost entirely automated and there's no momentum or on-air mechanics. Basically, the game is a series of scripts, and all you have to do is press jump where the developers pre-established you should press jump.
I think this opinion REALLY depends on what your first exposure to Tomb Raider was. For me, the Anniversary edition (together with Legend and Underworld) was the best Tomb Raider, including the controls.
I played TR 1 Remastered with tank controls just for fake nostalgia (watched my dad play back in the day) and while it's certainly doable after getting used to it, it's not great compared to modern games.
@@MarcelRiegler In the originals, Lara is just an avatar and the player is responsible for everything - press a control to move/line up a jump, press a button to jump, press another button to grab. To me, this is more involving than the Crystal Dynamics approach, where Lara does most of the work automatically and you just point her in the general direction of the telegraphed hand-holds. I really disliked Anniversary, not least because they left out the whole Cistern section, which was one of my favourite parts of the original. And I loath QTEs.
They basically made it easier. They grab the hands of the gamer and say let’s go now. Nothing will ever come close to the platforming in the original games. Those took precision and timing
Yes this is true, When it came to playing the original, You have to look around for paths to take, in the Anniversary every time is came to jumping or climbing, the layout was planned, now I got introduced to the later games, Legend and Anniversary,.. although I feel like I missed out, I'm rechecking out the original remaster, with tank controls, and complete the whole trilogy on that game soon!
Out of all the original Tomb Raider games, what would you say was the best?
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Anniversary has a manual grab toggle...
I platinumed the Tomb Raider Trilogy on PS3 (Legend, Anniversary, Underworld), they were really fun games, any difficulty spikes were USUALLY a case of Get Good, but sometimes like when you're in that one section of Anniversary where you have to ascend that really large room in the Lost Island The Great Pyramid and the flying enemies keep throwing blasts that make Lara stagger and fall off the platforms into the lava, it was really annoying.
What feels really strange to me, is even through they decided to bring out Anniversary, remaking the original game, that game came out on the PS2, 3 generation ago because we've had PS3 PS4 and PS5, honestly I came into this with Legend, Anniversary, Underworld, At this stage I'm generally planning on doing these remasters, however once complete, I'm think I might adjust to those games.
If you could pick between Legend, Anniversary, Underworld, which would you go for?
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@@JumpInsideGames Well, definitely NOT underworld...
I think I'd have to go with Legend, the soldiers just feel more fun for me to fight.
The only one I didn't platinum was Anniversary. I lost interest for time trials after Greece and didn't bother to check if replaying the levels on hard count towards playing the whole game on hard.
I love Underworld and Legend, but Anniversary can't even hold a candle to either the original or Remastered. To me, it just fails to capture the atmosphere and magic of the original, and the gameplay and level design wasn't as satisfying to me in spite of its more "realistic" updates. Honestly, as a diehard fan since the late 90s when I was way too young to be playing these games, I have to say that the Remastered edition is the definitive way to play these games, since it has numerous tiny quality-of-life improvements, with the ability to toggle between the original and updated graphics and control schemes.
And also the ability to play on 120 frames.
I love games when they include tiny things like toggle between old and new graphics, I liked Halo for doing this as well, but it really shows in this game, there's something about the water old style graphics l love, these days yes water looks more real and beautiful, but there's something about those old style graphics I like when playing the game.
Also by the end of my playthrough, I also got used to using the tank controls alot more, it was more the guns I had to get used too.
What was your favourite games from around that era, I theme park was a good game from back then and GTA London, I could be wrong?
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30 fps I can manages, 120 I agree I prefer, but it's the eyes, if the eyes are not done correctly, I don't like it, honestly if you look at the eyes for the game cover of Anniversary compared to Remastered, the eyes looks so much better. I know, I'm picky, but I hate it when eyes on games go out of focus.
What is is your favourite Tomb Raider Game?
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@@JumpInsideGames The Getaway was a great game! Wish they'd do a remastered version of that!!
I played all three versions and i have to say my favourite way is the remastered graphics with the tank controls! Starting the remastered i tried using the modernised controls but it just felt soooo wrong! Not being able to do the side and backwards flips was like a sacrilege lol
I instantly switched to the tank controls and it was SO HARD to get used to!!! It was a real torture, but as soon as i got the hand of it just came naturally! Actually playing another game in-between i tried to move the characters with the arrow keys and not the analogue stick!!!!
I really hope they gonna remake the later games as well!!! A Legends remake would be a dream comw true!!!!
The original games and the LAU editions all have this set feel, and I love them, now the latest one, I don't actually step into, I tried to play it a while ago, but it didn't really make me like, it I might step into it, but he original ones, just feel so nice.
and yea, sometimes you get games that have controller types that are hard to get into, but you get used to them, I'm glad you liked the video!
Have you played any of the recent one as well?
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@JumpInsideGames I've played them all! The new games were kinda meh tho! It didn't quite feel like Lara Croft. When i think of the Lara Croft I grew up with i picture an intelligent bad ass archaeologists with two guns who has to solve puzzles to unravel mysteries! The new games weren't bad but it just didn't feel right! Gameplay wise they were to easy, and there was toooooo much focus on combat (and she didn't even have her weapons... bow and arrow & her climbing tools?! It was boring and so excessively brutal at the same time)
Also the fact that all the lore was changed!
Well no matter what comes next from Lara I'll definitely check it out because she's been my hero for as long as i can remember
I felt the same way about the controllers and I had played a lot of tank controllers back them. Anniversary is one of my favorite games of all time. It was a remake that kept the adventure and puzzle elements. Now everything is so action oriented, I was never able to get into Uncharted.
Oh, and why are comments turned of for the review of Remastered? Comments are important.
I'll write it here though. Tank controls takes some time to get used to, but once you are used to them, they work quite fine, especially for platforming. The great thing about them is that they leave out all of the guesswork. They are very consistent, so if you see a jump, you will quite quickly be able to tell if it is possible to take that jump before you try.
Second comment I wanted to make was regarding the level design. I hate how handholdy modern games are, and really appreciate that the developer assumes that the player is able to think for themselves. It has been ages since I played Tomb Raider I, and replaying it has been a blast. At several points I've felt so clever for finding something that I assumed was a secret, only to be surprised that you are actually meant to do that to progress. It is pretty humbling, but also very fun.
From what you written in the second comment, for my experience, this show show in games like dragon age, differently from the Witcher 2, for example, when I was player the Witcher 2, was very much, you have to work out what to do follow the story yourself, as for dragon age origins and I do love both games, don't get me wrong, but it was a lot of the time companions giving me hints on what to do and where to go.
Would would you say your favourite game of all times is?
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@@JumpInsideGames It is really cool to see that you reply to comments!
I'm not sure, but I think it must be the original Deus Ex or "Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis". Of modern games, I'd say that Witcher 3 is among the games I've enjoyed the most.
I remember something like that, I played Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, one of the more harder games out, or at least I did, the Witcher 3 I up there for me, If and when the Witcher 4 comes, all fans are going to be on that hype train!
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@@JumpInsideGames Read into the history of Operation Flashpoint. Dragon Rising is nothing like it's predecessor. It was basically a reboot, the spiritual successor to Operation Flashpoint is the ARMA franchise. The original devs, only they lost the right to the trademark and IP.
Thanks to the Remastered trilogy, there's now only one TR game I haven't played, that being TR5: Chronicles. Prior to the Remastered trilogy, the only other TR game I hadn't played until a month ago was TR1 believe it or not. My first TR game was TR3 so it holds a special place in my heart and I have yet to play the Remastered version of it, but my all-time favorite TR game is TR4: The Last Revelation. I've heard there's an Easter egg in TR3 with coordinates and if you look up the coordinates, it's for Giza, Egypt where a large chunk of TR4 takes place. This is a potential hint that we may get a future remaster and considering TR I-III Remastered has sold well, I think we will...
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Oh that would be cool if they remastered all of them, I can't believe there's been 5 original tomb raider games, that's crazy, And it's still going on even today, well with an entirely new games, personally I am really happy with these remasters and can't wait to see if they do make a 4 & 5.
Have you played 1, 2 & 3 yet, I'm planning on doing this game, the remastered version soon.
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@@JumpInsideGames I've only played Tomb Raider I Remastered so far and have 99 of 100 trophies for it. The one trophy I'm missing is currently glitched/unobtainable. I don't plan on starting Tomb Raider II Remastered until they patch TR1 so I can get that trophy. And I'm most looking forward to Tomb Raider III Remastered. For those curious, the level the Giza, Egypt coordinates are located in is High Security Compound, the second level of Nevada.
Games I haven't played are Last Revelation, Chronicles, Angel of Darkness and Guardian of Light. Thanks to Remastered trilogy I've played the original trilogy and most of Crystal Dynamics games.
@@Sk4tman91 oh wow, that's a lot! I am also glad they came out with the game as it does very much allow people who've played the game to go back and check it out from a in a new light, or should I say graphics, but also for tomb raider fans and non fans, who never got around to playing these game, time to go into them and check them out for the first time ever!
Have you played any of the more modern Tomb Raiders?
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Love Tom raider legend and anniversary, these were my first games i played in the series. Always thought it was weird just how “mute” Lara is in the original games.
Legend was my first game in the series that I played properly on the Xbox, I played the previous, but I didn't really know what is was fully, I went back afterwards to actually play the game, but my PC at the time wasn't that good, but it's not intil this game came out, that I got into it again, I think one of the things that might of hold a few people back from certain games is that most of gaming was originally played on a console, and less on PC intel later dates...
Have you recently got back into playing Raid Raider? What is your favourite at the moment?
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Tomb Raider: Legend was the game that got me hooked on the franchise, and as such it will ALWAYS hold a special place in my heart. I've always had a mad respect for the Classics however, as without them, we wouldn't even have LAU Lara Croft. I always wanted to play them, but since I had no way of playing them, I couldn't. So, when the Remasters came out, it was a MAJOR blessing for me!
With that said, I do still love Legend. Easily. But as of right now, the og is just better. The tank controls are a little difficult to get used to, but the game it literally built for them. And Lara is so hard to control in combat with the modern controls, resulting in so much loss of health or even straight up deaths when I play (with that said, I've give them another shot if they'd make it where she can do all the side flips without weapons drawn and maybe the acrobatic flips and moving backwards while shooting mechanic that the LAU trilogy has). I love the explorative nature of the games, rather than the linear path with a few secrets here and there to find.
I think overall, Anniversary was decent, but admittedly, it's my least favorite TR game (next to the Rebooted wannabe Lara Croft games). And when you compare it to the original, it was wwaayyy dumbed down. The levels were so much smaller, the color pallet extremely diluted and dull. I'm not a big fan of horror, so I do prefer Anniversary's design of Atlantis, but even those levels weren't nearly as expansive, and to be quite honest, they were more obnoxious with the whole small-platforms but Lara keeps wanting to lock onto targets in the distance instead of the enemies actively attacking her thing.
I think overall, the Remasters are definitely the way to go, but that's just my humble opinion 😶🌫
Well Said! I do agree, Legend is just the same, it's what got me, but the way the very first Lara Croft games are made, are really good, if you could rank the ones that you played, what would your ranking be?
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Good video I would recommend try to make your audio for your voice alittle bit just alittle bit louder you sound abit soft. Could just be my own headphones being messed up so you can take my comment with a grain of salt
I appreciate you pointing that out! It's always helpful to get feedback to improve the viewing experience.
Might be a slight denoiser on it, I hope you liked the video, are you a Tomb Raider Fan, if so, which was your favourite?
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I agree with your recommendation. Anniversary first, then remaster, then original. I'm usually one to endorse the original, uber alles. But Tomb Raider is an exception where I do think it has aged poorly, mostly because the awkward controls and platforming just make for needless frustration. Remaster lets you have the original levels without that frustration, plus a lot easier on the eyes.
I think Anniversary for my favourite part that I like, is the combat, it makes it a lot more clear to see what I shooting at, the original and remaster seems to take a lot more exploration as such, you spend more time looking around levels, your going to find more stuff, Anniversary even though the exploration is a little bit less, there more drama, in places, I think for my take, these games are very different, I can't say one is better, because even though they focus on the story, these are 2 very different gameplay styles, and both have strengths ands weaknesses. Anniversary and Legend, is where I came into this series properly, I played the others before but only a little but, but these we're the games that got me into this, and like anyone first, it has a place in my heart!
Which was your first Tomb Raider game?
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The problem here is Crystal Dynamics the one that made Anniversary didn’t know what Core had in mind they just kind of put their own spin on it.
This comes true with most games, when a new developer takes over, or a game want to appeal to a more open wide range of fans, they can often change key elements of the games core, and it comes to a point where you have to think, do you want to appeal to a wide range of people or narrow it down to a smaller but more dedicated fan base, I loved assassins creed and the way those games were made, but ever time they changed it up, from Black flag to Unity, or syndicate to origins, there was a total shift in the attitude towards the game, I hope this game reminds the developers of what fans love about the original games of the tomb raider series!
Which was your first tomb raider game?
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@@JumpInsideGames I played them when I was like 3, Probably TombRaider 2 or 3, 1 was I think a bit later.
@@JumpInsideGames there is also a cancelled Core Design project that was a “Anniversary Edition” for TombRaider 1. It was somewhat salvaged by some dedicated fans, more of a walk through gallery than anything playable. I say it has a lot more “heart” put into it.
Original hands down. Nothing can beat the creepy liminal feel of the first 3. Absolutely amazing games.
I am only in the at the moment of playing the first one, the games is really good!
Out of the first three which one is your favourite?
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@@JumpInsideGames TR 2 was what I grew up with so that holds a special place in my heart. but TR 1 the first and original has amazing tombs and atmosphere which just can't be beaten in my eyes. The old school textures and lack of skyboxes really adds to the feel.
@@MaxskiSynths I think growing up around the 1990 - 2000, things we're all kinda messy with games, but a good mess, gaming franchises were just games at the time, and everything was new, I still remenber having a crystal xbox, inserting halo: combat evolved for the first time, certain games are meaning full, games that started things off are also important too.
@@JumpInsideGames Honestly mate you have no idea what a game changer tomb raider was when it first released. Honestly that factor alone boosts its appeal to me above anything since
Remastered and it’s not even a question. The quintessential version of playing the TR Trilogy !
Nice, personally I'm going to give a go at tank control completion for a challenge myself, But the remastered graphics make this game so much more beautiful!
Also I love the fact that It wasn't just one game, it was tomb raider 1, 2 and 3, have you played this games, if so what do you think of it, if not, are you going to get it?
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@@JumpInsideGames the best part you can choose between tank or modern controls. Mastering the modern controls were very fun. It gives you more fluid moment with Lara. They’re all fun and challenging games. Great puzzles, secrets and level designs. For me personally I enjoy the 1st game the most because of the locations. There are more tombs, temples, ruins in the game and those are my favorite areas to explore
It's great to hear you enjoy the first game the most! The locations and exploration in the original Tomb Raider look fun to be fair, I am looking forward to hitting up this one first. I can't believe how many tomb raider games there are! When you count all the remakes, remaster and reboots and films, there's a lot!
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@@JumpInsideGames yeah there’s a lot of them, good and bad ! Reminds me of the resident evil franchise lol
Anniversary is sadly probably just gonna be straight up in its own timeline. I doubt they’re gonna keep anniversary canon for the new unification timeline which makes me sad because anniversary I go back and forth with the original. Both are PHENOMENAL and Shelley and Keeley forever have my heart 💚
Too True, but community has a part to play, if you support the direction of a game show your support, buy the game, share you opinion, rate it on steam, if you don't like a direction, then show that too, unlike, write comments to developers, your right, we won't have what we had, this is true for a lot of games, but if the games are going to carry on creating sequels, gamers as a community have to support or not support the develops that we want taking control.
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I hate LAU and Survivor Lara, but just look at Anniversary Lara. She is absolutely beautiful
You know it, if you know it
one thing about the Tomb Raider Series, you can really see the development overtime, on game graphics, do you think that in the latest games, that Lara is getting too realistic, and this early cartoony feel is more where she's at, or do you think better graphics is the right direction?
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@@JumpInsideGamesI wouldn’t say she got more realistic in terms of graphical fidelity, but how she behaves. But like I said, the “Lara” we see in the Survivor games isn’t the same woman from the Core Design era, more like an imposter
The modern controls do feel nice to use at times, but they do come with a few limitations, such as somersaults and backflips requiring you to have a weapon drawn when you start the manoeuvre, also grabbing ledges below you is far more difficult than before as either need to roll from a specific distance as backing away with modern controls requires a gun to be drawn but putting your guns away to grab the ledge takes too much time for her to actually grab it most of the time.
I can see where your going with that, very true, I like the fact they got the modern controls in, when I first picked up the game, I found it hard to navigate, and it was difficult to navigate around Lara's Mansion, after a while, I got used to using it, I think in some areas of the game, the modern controls can speed things up, but as you say, there are limitations.
Are you currently playing the game, how are you finding it?
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actually while using modern controls you just need to run towards it and press action button and lara will automatically grab the ledge below her, it aint necessary to do the back jump thing and then grabbing.
@@JumpInsideGames Yea cleared tomb raider 1 and the unfinished business currently making my way through 2 and enjoying every step of it.
@@selehneyuu cheers, I actually didn't know that, helps a lot.
Good comparison for all 3 games however lets don’t forget that original game was released 1996 and anniversary 2007 so there is technical limitations back in 1996. Also one is Remake other is Remastered. For me personally anniversary was bit fresh air and you could see how bigger team of development team paid off and also what would be the original game ideally that being said the creator of Lara was in the development of Anniversary. For the remastered I would say that it’s my personal best and for me is how is supposed to be done not more not less and it’s been done like a reward for longtime fans ported to modern consoles I bit polished but not over the top and keep the original vibe. Also with the new controls to be easy for the new players because now days game needs to do most of the job for the players. Old gen playing we grow up with this kind of games and it was fun easy to control and think. I a big fan of the original games but here is coming the problem with console not accessible for everyone this day is kind of vintage and on now days tellys looks like Minecraft hah. Anyways again good comparison 😊
I agree, there is a difference on how games used to be played and how we play them today, I'm not games out today are bad, games are good, and it's good that it attracts new audiences to the franchises, that normally would play, But I like the fact this game includes things like the different controller settings and graphics, so the player can have their preference, do you have a game you enjoyed playing from back then? Apart form Tomb Raider?
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@@JumpInsideGames Exactly I’m of course is not bad think that technology prosper and developers make now games players friendly and kind of guide the player with in games. I got my ps1 quiet late in 90s after 00s actually it wasn’t much affordable in my country to have ps1 so I remember playing Team Buddies, Wipeout , Crash Bandicoot, Dino Crisis, Medievil , Delta force, but I thing the most I enjoyed Duke Nuken.
I remember playing games like Mario, Crash and Sonic, I even remember playing "Bust-A-Move 2" on the PS1, that would be my first game, however it was Halo Combat Evolved that properly got me into gaming. I've never played Duke Nuken, but I feel like I need to!
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For those who played Lara for years and are fluent in the way she moves, it's strange to watch your first step and see that even orientating yourself in the direction of the platform isn't intuitive. This gameplay had a huge learning curve, that I tend to forget since I learned to play it more than twenty years ago.
I don't want to sound like a boomer, but our model of consumption had completely changed. What is outdated is not the gameplay itself, just the idea of accepting that we need time to master it, and not expect to finish it as soon as we started, and deliver a full game review three levels after the beginning.
Our channel is based on delivering the first few hours of the game, not the entire game. Also for the game itself, it may be slightly hard to get used to at first, trying to set my mindset in these controls, and I will mention, it's not only Lara croft that has controller changes over the years, other games do this as well, but after a while, they do become easier as you get used to them.
What games is your favourite in the Lara Croft Series?
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I'm honestly quite impressed they managed to improve the game's visuals to the extent that they did in Remastered, given it's still the original 1996 game engine and levels. While still bottlenecked by that limitation, it is night and day compared to the original. (Although you seem to be playing the original with Bilinear filtering off. It does look a little better with that on, as it removes pixelation.)
When recording, I use a 2 PC setup, this is so we are outputting as high quality as possible when watching content we create, it does mean, that the file size for this type video is 15gb, that's actually quite low for me, and when processing just over a gb, but it means when UA-cam is kind and puts by video codecs as VP09, your seeing everything as clean as possible. that being said, I am not aware of bilinear filtering.
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Quite a lot of snobbism in these comments from Core Design fans. Anniversary was a great reimagining of the original Tomb Raider.
Tomb Raider is very split between who like Anniversary and who doesn't, I've played all of them, and as much as Anniversary was a good reimagining, I don't think the feeling of exploring and searching for thing was expressed as much as the original. However Anniversary was an introduction for new players to the Tomb Raider games, The more modern game, such as, "Rise of the Tomb Raider", I don't I think is way off from what the original Tomb Raider games we're trying to be.
TM Social - Seb
@@JumpInsideGames Survivor trilogy didnt really felt like they set out to do what originals wanted to do. In many ways they felt like a rejection of them.
Anniversary is a disgrace IMO, too easy, boring… All looks, no substance!
You should work on learning how to use the tank controls properly!
I grew up using them so I’m pretty good (I still die 24652247 times per level 😂) and once you mastered them, you’ll never use the modern controls again, trust me!
You know, after recording the video, I'm generally going to try and compete the games, in the new remaster graphics, but on tank controls settings, and too be fair it's mostly because I want the challenge.
Do you have a favourite modern game or you an old school gamer?!
Personally when it comes to old school games, I go back to Fable and Halo Combat Evolved!
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@@JumpInsideGamesI don’t play a lot actually, the newer games on my Xbox are Hogwarts Legacy and Battlefront 2 (which is very old 😂)!
Tomb Raider was my 1st PS1 game, I played all of them but I’m obsessed with the classics only, so obsessed that I get Lara’s signature tattooed on me 🥹
@@TheEmanueleCastelli That actually a good set of games, I love Battlefront, (old of course) and actually surprised that there remastering it, Super excited about that! And Hogwarts Legacy is one of the only games last year I 100% completed!
Those Classics Tomb Raiders, I feel like we're getting a lot of remasters, with the Witcher 1, Tomb Raider and Battlefront...I wonder what comes next?!
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I absolutely disagree, don't know where the "looks" are cause that game is so painful to look at. It's like a brick, it looks so dry and lifeless.
I find the conclusion to be a bit odd. There is little reason to get the original anymore, as it is practically bundled with Remastered. You can switch between modern and old graphics by the klick of a button, and you can even use the "modern" control scheme while playing with the original graphics. Not to mention the fact that Remastered includes Tomb Raider II and III as well, both in their modernized and old school flavors.
Yes there is most definitely a few combinations to this, whether it's new graphics with old controls or old graphics with new controls, or new graphics with new controls, there's lot's of different combination, and with there being an inclusion of the addition 2 and 3, this is very much an enjoyable game in include everything!
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Anniversary Lara in the thumbnail looks hot!
We hope you enjoyed the video. Are you a fan of the Tomb Raider Games, Series?
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I want to know which console version of tomb raider anniversary is the best.
That's a great question! Each console version of Tomb Raider Anniversary has its strengths, depending on what you're looking for. Some prefer the PlayStation version, while others like the Xbox version, me personally, I prefer PlayStation when it comes to Anniversary, on the video I play Xbox but that's because I don't have my PS2 hooked up. Do you have a favourite console you usually play on?
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@JumpInsideGames Well I have PSP a PS2, a Wii and an Xbox 360. I hear it's available for those consoles. Which one do you think would work with me?
@@josepbuigues1336 Nice collection of consoles! If you’re looking for a solid experience with good visuals, the Xbox or PS2 version is still great way to go, but the PSP version offers portability. Do you usually prefer portability, or are you more into playing at home with the best visuals available also which controllers do you use Xbox or PlayStation, or Wii?
@JumpInsideGames I prefer playing the games on the console if they look better, unless it's a portable only game.
@@josepbuigues1336 Got it! In that case, I’d recommend the Xbox 360 version as in my opinion it offers slightly better visuals out of the consoles. Have played other Tomb Raider games on your consoles before, or would this be your first time?
TM Social Seb
Customise the controls for remaster. I have the action and shoot button set to right trigger.
The old controls are very reliable once you get used to them. I'm not a fan of modern controls. TR Anniversary controls are great for combat and moving around until you need to jump and grab onto things - very unreliable.
Also, I think you mean *equipping not equipting. It's not a real word. Interesting video nonetheless.
This is true, I meant equipping, Also personally I like the fact that they have the controller setting for this game, Suit all players depending on what their play style is, but going through comments for this game, Most people prefer the original controller setting, so I'm glad they kept that in the game.
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Doesn't remastered include the original games anyway? The same game aside from new graphics
I guess someone mentioned this already, but as a bit of constructve criticism, either your compressor or your equalizer are acting up and every other sentence once you start talking the volume of your voice is too lowered and it takes some seconds to ramp up and not be muffled by the music. I f you manage to make it more consistent across the board it will be easier to listen to and easier to understand what you are saying.
Thanks for this message, I have been told this, and fixed this in upcoming video! As much as that, I thank you for the mention! Do you enjoy tomb raider games? if so, what is your favourite?
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@@JumpInsideGamesThat's great news! And, yeah! I love Tomb Raider games. My favourite one has to be Tomb Raider 3, with all that variety of locales and the chance to travel to those exotic locales full of mystery
nope. remaster jumping also as sucks as old one, and it's full of bug could make you get stuck in wall or gap, while the modern tomb raiders really have a lot improvement in jumping mechanics.
When you say Modern Tomb Raider, do you mean like "Rise of the Tomb Raider" it is a future planned video, but I haven't done it yet?
TM Social Seb
Putting rated M when all 3 games are rated T for teen 💀
I'm off the what it was originally rated, if you check the trailer for "Tomb Raider I-III Remastered" You will see a Big "M" for at the beginning of the video. It may have changed in now, but I was going off what it said on the trailers.
TM Social Seb
Uh... it seems it's like the first time you played those 3 games... Are you sure you should be making videos like this?
100%, welcome to JumpInside, Anniversary I have had previous experience with, however, this is JumpInside Games, our banner on our channel say "The first few hours of game play experience", meaning we like to show the experience from the first few hours of gameplay, Thank you for your comment,
With favourite game your experienced with this whole genre?
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"Normal controls" lmao 🤣
of course I said that, lol, I meant to say modern controls, I appreciate your comment and I'm glad you found that amusing.
are you a Tomb Raider fan, which is your best?
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@@JumpInsideGames Its just made me feel old, as someone who grew up on the original releases. I couldn't help but think "the tank controls are the normal controls, the modern scheme's the weird one."
Long time fan, since 1998. out of these three, my choice is definitely the remaster - its a nice balance of old and new. Having the Gold expansions finally on console is great too - those were my first encounter with the series, and playing them again after so many years feels like reuniting with an old friend. The whole package does, really.
The 1996 release is classic, while Anniversary is beautiful graphically, but did away with the gameplay depth and the vibrant, open-ended level design (the improved puzzle rooms in St. Francis Folly and Palace Midas were nice though.)
I feel modern control weird now that I've been playing on tank control the whole time. Quit the series ever since they gave up on tank control and classic timeline. Remastered is a huge comeback to me.
Honestly at first I like the modern controls, but the more I play this, I'm getting more and more used to using the tank controls as I play this game, the game actually feels better using these controls, however I like that the option is there to switch and to be fair, I also like the fact that you can switch graphics as well.
Would you say your a big Tomb Raider Fan?
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I'm a 90s kid and I respect nostalgia. But let's be realistic now. Tomb Raider Anniversary version is the best.
Remastered is the only way.
I Agree!
TM Social Seb
dequipt, lol you mean unequip?
Yes, I did mean to say unequip, however I am glad you liked the video, are you a tomb raider fan, which was your favourites tomb raider?
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One thing is important to note, in the original Tomb Raider, if you miss a jump it's because YOU fucked up. I'm really tired of people blaming the game. In the modern games, Lara is basically a magnet. Jump in the general direction and she'll automatically go where the game wants her to go. In the originals, YOU controlled Lara. If you suck at the controls, get better.
Personally I like the fact they got multiple different setting depending if someone wanted to use modern controls or tank controls, I think this is really helpful for so players can decide what's easier for them, however it might be hard to get used to for new players, which is why they will have updated it in the new game, I actually had fun with the, tank controls, I took a few tries but it feels more rewarding every I succeed in making a platform jump.
what type of games do you like, is there a certain type of game with certain controllers types that you like?
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Or we go to the games with better controls 😂
dude you are a noob, your footage of playing the original game is cringe lol, once you master the tank controls and realise is part of the grid system of the game its the only way to play it, i nearly lost my mind when the trailers for anniversary hit back in the day, even though it looks beautiful i was so disappointed playing it, the levels were convoluted and tedious, scripted scenes were awful, Lara feeling guilty that she killed larson was pathetic, so many bad decisions, the best part of it was her mansion sadly, they will never recapture the magic of the 1996 original, and thats why i bought and am currently playing the remastered version, its a joy for people that loved the original game
Tank controls are perfectly designed for the original games but the modern controls have grown on me. Once you master it Lara’s movement becomes so fluid
Tr1 was fun. But that boss fight on the skateboard threw me off with laughter 😂. I'm glad I finally played and beat the original. My first was TR2 as a kid. TR2 was my favorite out of these remastered. But my all time Favorite is TR4. As for TR anniversary........ yeah it's definitely better than the original. I liked the puzzles more. Hopefully the rumors of them remastering TR4 is true. The reboots can go to Hell.
LOL, Thanks! I am planning on going back and playing through an campaign of the original, using tank controls using the remasters graphics, and I can't wait!
Im guessing you played the orignal Tomb Raider, what would you say your favourite one of the lot was? oh and also which was your worst Lara Croft Game, including the latest ones?
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@@JumpInsideGames for me the first is the best, i even had the first version on sega saturn in 1996 and found it so immersive, there was nothing like it at the time, tr2 was not bad, it had its moments but it had dull levels in the boat wreck, i didnt like the human enemies and it didnt have the same atmosphere, i had some fun with legend and the 2013 reboot, and underworld also wasnt too bad, i found the rest very forgettable, and angel of darkness just plain unplayable, but the first was lightening in a bottle that will never be recaptured
@@BlueKoshinomi8 mate it was the 90s, you had to have some sort of skateboarding reference in your game or show. it was the law lol
Easy remaster! Lol anniversary was sub par at best....and a dumpster fire at the very least....i remember being so excited just to get more and more disappointed the further i got....never even beat it and i remember i rented it at the time and had rented it for a week just to be so disappointed i returned it in 1-2 days....sorry the og tr is the best....i dont even like crystal dynamics versions...
You know, I must say, the original with the updated graphics is very nice to play through, have you played any of the latest TR, what are your thoughts on those, personally when I played them I wasn't a fan at the time.
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I love the original game and anniversary too. I only don't like the new triology. For me the new games lost the identity of the classic Tomb Raider games. And the torture porn of Tomb Raider 2013 is very cringe in my opinion.
How can you say the new ones lost their identity but not include anniversary in there. It feels like uncharted with better gunplay.
@@MR.__G TR 2013 was an Uncharted clone in bad in my opinion. Legend, Anniversary and Underworld on the other hand tried to capture the old school vibes of tomb raider with modern gameplay. These games are not perfect but they are more classic Tomb Raider than everything else since 2013.
@@Bibbes95 anniversary literally has the same easy scripted platforming as uncharted. It doesn’t feel like the original at all
@@MR.__G yes it has more scripted platforming but you still have to figure out where you can climb and where not and the level design was pretty cool in some areas. OG Tomb Raider is still classic in his own way but i don't want to miss Anniversary. In the new games i don't have this adventure feeling anymore i don't know.
@@Bibbes95 also the colors indicate where you need to climb, making it more easier. I’m not saying anniversary is bad but its more closer to an uncharted experience than a TR experience.
I also prefer Anniversary and Legend to the originals, but even they're looking a bit dated now. I wouldn't mind another remake of this game using the Shadow of Tomb Raider graphics...
I very much liked Legends as that's what got me into the franchise, so it will always have a place in my heart, and Anniversary was my second, I had no idea that this game was coming out, but when I heard, I was so excited to get it, I think they need to do more remasters of the Tomb Raider games, L & A, for those players,
What are you favourite games at the moment?
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TM Social Team - Seb
some elements in the anniversary are better. such as those traps in obelisk of khamoon
This is true, all the tomb raiders have up's and downs in certain areas, would you your an anniversary fan?
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TM Social - Seb
Been playing them on the steam deck
They hold up great!
I do agree, I haven't played them on the steam deck, But I do love the games, what are your favourite games to play on the steam deck?
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