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The latest patch makes the atmosphere a bit lighter which is good to see now.

Completed Tomb Raider 1. It was good, but a couple of the last levels were a bit annoying.

Finished the first game today. The last Two levels really are shite, just waves of enemies and boulders traps. Will play unfinished business at a later date (not played those before).

Victor Mildew wrote:Finished the first game today. The last Two levels really are shite, just waves of enemies and boulders traps. Will play unfinished business at a later date (not played those before).

I've found the expansions to be shite to be honest. Unfinished Business has another two levels of shitty Atlantis

Nearly finished 3 now. 3 has been pretty gruelling. There's just been no logic to the puzzles and environments. It's far inferior to 1 and 2.

Up to Natla’s Mines now this is so good, I think the gold standard for remasters. I was a bit harsh when I first saw the games announcement and I have to take that back.

It’s the core game so nothings been changed, but there’s so many QoL tweaks and it just makes the whole game feel modern.

Playing through the final Egypt levels and the mines today and I’ve only just noticed a few new tweaks. The guns drop bullet cases when fired which somehow react to the floors around you! And the controller vibrates when firing guns or nearby events occur.

The additions for the textures are really great, like in the mines they have not only used high resolution artwork, but added wood beams that would support the mined areas, as well as work lights and electric cables. Talking of lighting, every single level has been lit beautifully with natural looking lighting and each new light source has some kind of graphical texture tweak (like a hole being added to the ceiling or a crack in the wall or some other reason for light being there). In the case of the mines, everything having a red hue because of the molten lava is a nice touch.

The standout part so far for me though has been the final sections of Egypt, with the work they’ve put into the two large statues that are underwater. The new textures and tweaks and lighting worked really well there, I had to double take that I was playing a 30 year old game.

This is reduced to £18.74.on PSN, just FYI. Offer runs until the 22nd May.

Finally got round to finishing 3 and its expansion. God, it was a slog. Just an endless string of illogical, corridor like mazes. 1 and 2 are all time classics though, absolutely brill playing them again.

I had a very weird glitch with this lately, reloaded a save on Tomb Raider II half way through the game, and it actually loaded me on the final level.. never seen that before in a game

Physical copy on the way:

twitter.com/tombraider/status/1787907561532084267

Tomb Raider.com wrote:To those of you who’ve been asking for a physical release for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft, we’ve heard you loud and clear. We’re excited to share that we’re also partnering with Limited Run Games on a physical edition! But stay tuned to our socials – we will have more to reveal on May 21 2024.