for me, it was all about the atmosphere of the 2013 game; so beautiful but subtly hostile and ominous when you look closer. there was always something tragic about it, a mood set immediately as soon as you see the coastline littered with downed planes and ships from all eras. it's something that the next 2 games, as much as i may have enjoyed them and as advanced as they were, failed to replicate
The modern Tomb Raider trilogy is, no joke, some of my favorite games to come out in the last 20 years. I just love them. Do they have faults? Sure. But as far as moment to moment enjoyment, these games were just amazing.
Also.. for me not owning console these games scratch an itch of the action adventure genre. The character psychological evolution in all games and comics is interesting, more grounded, take itself seriously and frankly i don't mind a less "charismatic" lead if the story take itself seriously.. The starlord/thor/deadpool/ironman funnyahahalead gets repetitive quickly. But the game have flaws mainly story and lack of side characters.. But also tomb raider was always only Lara.. soo baby steps
@@andrews.5212 Did you say “no consoles”? I get the allure of playing games on a PC but I’ll never get sitting in front of your PC for every gaming experience. Maybe it’s because I was born in the 80s and my great awakening was playing on a shitty carpet 3 feet away from my 20 inch television but I still don’t get it. Especially now with how modern consoles are basically matching what PCs can do. Plus even with awesome monitors, you’re never playing games on a 70 inch 4K set up. Sorry, total tangent. I just tried the PC route and it made me feel like gaming was more a job than a hobby. Maybe it’s because sitting in front of a PC is part of my job but any time I can get away from those fucking operating systems I’m relieved.
Lara's wound strangely was re-introduced when it opens back up after the parachuting set piece. She cauterizes it with the lighter and arrow to introduce the fire arrows. I think it was a good way of having Lara be injured without having to introduce a new wound.
the death scenes are so true OMG, its the first time i’ve been scared and kinda worried when my character dies, not just because of the 100 different horrific ways she could die, also especially when she falls from a height, you can actually hear her body thump to the bottoms of the depths and HER DYING BREATH. I always flinch before she even dies when i know im about to hear that lol
Probably the only game I've ever played where the motivation to make it past an area has not been wanting to see what happens next as much as it was never wanting to see what I just saw ever again. Lol
@@AriseTarnished i never failed on the parachute part, but i can't tell you how my times i died in the river. although i did actually intentionally have Lara hit one of the trees one time just to see what happens, because it was one of the few deaths i never saw, but she dies in the most brutal way fashion lol. to me Rise of the Tomb Raider should've been called, Tomb Raider a new Legend. But what's interesting is most of the people we killed in the game, didn't actually count as canon, only the ones we saw Lara directly deal with, that's why they titled it as a survivor is born. because it's not the just the people, but finding a way to get off the island and make it is what really what it was about. so Rise is really about Lara stepping out of her shadow, but she didn't go crazy like people thought.
"One side wants to kill one person to save thousands and the other side decides to kill thousands to save one". This truly would have made for an interesting point, and I also believe this would fit quite a lot with the character of Lara Croft from older Core games. She is honestly quite a mean and self centric person in some of those. The old Lara would definatly kill those she doesn't like in order to further her own goals/save her friends.
Kind of but in context, 1,000 murderers committing genocide of anybody that ends up on the island versus 1 person who is completely innocent, it doesn't sound so compelling.
@@whitedragon1204 In the classic Core developed games, I don't think it had anything to do with her parents. I think that was introduced in the later Crystal Dynamics developed games.
I don't really care about that, but the game was rated M for mature. With reason (Altho I'd say T for teens would've been fine, kids are tougher nowadays)
@@ver5549 let's just say they can and will see things sooner older generations didn't even thought about. Still I'd say this TR game is not for 11 year olds.
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I just recently played Shadow of the Tomb Raider for the first time, years after I had played the first and second game of the survivor trilogy. And something that got very clear to me is just: these games are just really, really fun. I don't think that they are telling the best or most memorable stories, but it just feels good to play, explore and do all that. Also the more horror-ish elements that these games do, they do somewhat exceptionally well in my opinion. If this trilogy would have actually been a Survival Horror Trilogy, I think it would have been really good. Playing the third installment, now more grown up and with a better understanding of games, their mechanics and a better judgement therefore (I believe), I really wanted to revisit the entire trilogy again. To have a look again at all games and not just the third.
I actually Started playing the three games again backwards, while streaming to a friend. And I actually felt that each game got better and more ironed out with their mechanics and movements. I really enjoyed all of them though, since as you said in the end it is about having fun. Which was the purpose of old tomb raider games too
I never played Uncharted, but one thing that strike me really hard was the Dead Space vibes i get from the new Tomb Raider trilogy, seriously, the only game i remember you could die this horribly as Lara does in the new trilogy is Dead Space, not only that but the supernatural elements if explored better in TR, could be the perfect replacement for the horrific alien zombies of Dead Space, they should go foward in making "magic" the really evil force in Lara's franchise.
Not a fan of them rebooting the series but it is very fun to play. I only played the first in the reboot series and its one of my favorite games of all time. Like a more scary Resident Evil 4. I feel this should have simpy been a new Fear Effect game
@@realamericannegro977 The new games definitely do have a more gore/horror feel to the environment design, which is pretty cool. But with the added touch of history
i am a massive fan of the survival trilogy, i've played through all three games twice (with increased difficulty during my second run) and it's just an absolute delight to go through tombs and collect artifacts and caches. it's just *fun* and it tickles that adventurer part of of my brain that wants to explore and find secrets.
Yep me too. While yes a bit too pewpew heavy (the first at least) they kinda try to delve into the psychological aspect of that pewpew.. poorly but they try.
Gotta say. The scream when she kills her first man. Goosebumps all over. But it fell kinda flat on how quickly she was a killing machine.... Love the video bro. Keep it up 😇
Yea I guess that’s something the game can’t avoid due to its length and perhaps ludonarrative dissonance plays a role in that too. Also thank you I’m glad you are enjoying them! 🙏
Also the problem is story and the cutscenes vs gameplay, in the narrative thats her first human kill and she feels horrible, but in gameplay you can't have an action game with just one kill and a protagonist feeling bad about it for 2 or 3 hours
Roth "Did you have to kill them (or someone can't remember)" Lara "Yes" Roth "That can't of been easy" Lara "It was scary how easy it was" She was mainly terrified at the fact she killed Vladimir as easily as she did, not the fact she was forced to kill him in self defense.
Lol. She clearly had absolutely no choice. She was a 21 year old student marooned on an island in the middle of nowhere full of maniacs out to kill her. It was them or her.
I actually think Rise of the tomb raider's title is very fitting, considering it is, in my opinion, the best of the series. It has the most diversity in puzzles, environments, tombs, and in enemy types. it is just overall a very fun and well rounded game, not to mention that it's visually stunning. After Rise, almost all of the problems that the first tomb raider game had come right back in the third installment.
@@MrSkullMerchant Ironically, that's what I loved about it. The fantasy archaic antique fantasy ice city / palace aestethic was amazing for me. The 3rd game offers something comepletely different, the mayority of it set in Mexico so there is a lot of green and warm colours used, although it's a good game I prefer the cold colours and snowy atmosphere from the second one
I have been watching your channel since the 1st lockdown and I just want to say Thank You for posting such quality content on this platform! You really make my day.
This is my go to video game to play after I’ve felt exhausted on a franchise I’ve played and finished. It’s a breezy two days play and it always felt rewarding to me. That’s a bold mark for a game for me
I played this game for the first time a month ago and I really enjoyed it. It still holds up really well. I'm on my way of finishig Rise of the Tomb Raider which I find even more beautiful. It's clear that they took the people's advice and made it more exploration based with soooo many more tombs and crypts to explore and collectibles.
i agree about the bow. i cant tell you how many times ive died in a major firefight because i was using the bow instead of like the rifle or smg. like yeah those would be more effective but god damn this bow is clean
I'm looking foward to your eventual Shadow of the Tomb Raider review, it's the most divisive entry of the trilogy, fans of the previous two tend to dislike it for having little action and a greater emphasis on exploration while fans of the originals tend to like it the best for those same reasons.
@Ian Mayer maybe I should say some, but really great that you enjoyed the game, I haven't play it yet but im interested doing so with optimistic expectations.
You pretty much divided perfectly both sides of the fans, I played most tomb raider games and enjoyed the exploration way more. Shadow is one of my favourite games of all time, but mostly because of the exploration and story/characters.
And finally! We can explore in hard mode! I feel like original first three Tomb Raiders were... hard. I was absolutely angry when I saw a paint (in new games) on the edges available to climb - what the hell.
Such an amazing game, I loved every second of this game when I played it for the first time last year after not playing a tomb raider game in 10 or so years, it’s got some problems but man it’s great.
Definitely enjoying the more personable video style, it's been keeping me engaged all the way through and gets me listening to everything instead of tuning out. Loved this video, I forgot how good this game was since I played it years ago. You've got me wanting to go replay the entire trilogy now, keep up the good work man
My favorite thing about this series are the environments, lighting and the hair works it's just stunning. Giving a character's hair dynamic physics blowing in the wind undoubtedly makes their presence feel more real, cinematic and beautiful to look at as she glances around taking in the environment , and I love that she would occasionally brush her hair back with her hand it's little things like this that I wish more devs would use in action adventure games, star wars also did this and the cinematic battles look Epic
I liked the Survivor trilogy (not nearly as much as I loved the Legend trilogy) but dear god was Shadow an absolute nightmare. Excited to hear your views on this one!
I disagree! I feel like Rise leaned into combat, and Shadow leaned into traversal and exploration. it had some great combat arenas but not nearly enough of them. im curious, what is it you think made it a nightmare? My only criticism is how dumb all the outfits look. and the final boss on Very Hard was a dumpster fire.
@@scissors0009 oh, absolutely, the emphasis on puzzles was a welcome change! But I feel like the narratives of Rise and Shadow should’ve been switched around to make the story of the trilogy as a whole more cohesive. Also hated the fact that it de-emphasized hunting by making the capacity upgrades tied to currency. Doesn’t make much sense for Lara to be buying a small pouch before a larger pouch becomes available to her- that only makes sense if she’s crafting larger and larger stores as she goes.
@@mass_fantasy9111 The parts of Shadow that I DID like were the ones that matched the Legend trilogy, like all the Challenge Tombs and stuff (I really want to play through the DLC stuff too someday). The story detracted from the experience, imo.
For the multiplayer aspect, I played it last year with one of my mates. I have to say, even though it is simplistic, it is still very fun and enjoyable
This just came up on my TH-cam recommended feed so I'm just noticing the 10/10 thumbnail despite having watched the whole thing on day one already because I clicked on it straight from my notifications when it came up lmao
Something I realised in the first game of the reboot, when people say, "there's not much tomb raiding here" You need to understand, the whole freaking island was technically a tomb! almost everywhere you looked, you could find elements from different time periods. Long dead corpses! Ruins and artifacts from many different points in history! If that doesn't qualify as a tomb, I don't know what does!
I think it’s more so that the challenging puzzles with fun platforming ended up being a very small slice of this game. Because you’re right about Yamatai, it’s completely covered in relics and dead bodies over the span of many centuries.
@@lamricelo Exactly! I'm somewhat surprised that not many others have come to this conclusion. I've watched a lot of reviews for this game, all of which have the same complaint that "Tomb Raider dosen't involve much tomb raiding" but once you realise that the entire island of Yamatai itself is a tomb, it all starts to make sense. Well in my opinion anyway ^_^
Actually, Uncharted borrowed a LOT more from the LAU trilogy than you remember. Certain puzzles from UC4 amd Lost Legacy were heavily influenced by TR Underworld (2008). Ledge climbing and the use of the grappling hook were in the original TRs first as well as in TR Legend (2006). And UC straight up copied the climbing of vertical craggy walls from TR 2013. And use of vehicles has been in TR games since the TR2 so it isnt anything new if its brought back to future TR games.
Great video. I played this game in 2015. After a long break (where I played all of the uncharted games) , I just finished Rise of the Tomb Raider yesterday. Watching this video brought back a flood of memories and helped me contextualize why I felt like the first game outperformed Rise in most ways. I'm excited to watch your Rise video and then start playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider!
I played this on my ps3 a couple months ago on my big screen tv in our living room. My brother (not a hxc gamer) walked in and asked what ps5 game I was playing. They did a damn fine job graphically.
On the topic of Alex, the nerdy guy. Apparently he was added after Rhianna Pratchett was told that she couldn't make Lara lesbian as she wanted, and was ordered to put a male love-interest. I don't know how true this is but it would explain why the character it's so weird and wormy, like as if the character was put under duress.
Speaking of deaths... Light spoiler if you don't wanna know ahead of seeing it. I think the most messed up one is if you die while you're hung upside down in that one segment. The enemies will come to Lara's body and slit her throat to make sure she's actually dead. Watching a character die in a game is one thing... but to see a character you play as die and then have their death visually confirmed afterward like that is something you don't really see in games and it makes me feel a sense of shock and disbelief since the protagonist is meant to be alive unless the story says otherwise.
I watched that death scene several times because Im having a hard time shooting the enemies upside down so yeah I died many times so I have to watch Lara getting her throat slit many times
@@coredetta Lol thankfully for me I only saw it once. I'm not easily bothered by this stuff but that one got me... cuz it's like "oh no! she's actually dead!" But seeing it so much there is probably numbing at this point.
I absolutely was blown away by this game this was my first tomb raider game that I played and I’m so glad that it was I purchased the trilogy on that sale they had and I definitely have to get back into the other 2 this game also made me go back to play tomb raider anniversary and the other 2 in that trilogy thanks for recapping this wonderful game
You will probably enjoy the other two as well, although they have a little bit less action and more puzzles and exploration opportunities. Lara also gets more character development.
I absolutely adore the original games... I played them throughout my childhood via PC. Great actionnand adventure. The survivor trilogy was absolutely phenomenal in my opinion... it definitely gave us something new to really dive into while keeping to the spirit of the originals. Such an underrated series.
@@ThatBoyAqua See this is another reason why I think your great. U just seem like a normal down to earth chap I would more than likely be friends with if we attended the same collage together. Anyway good luck with all your future endeavours. Look forward to seeing what’s next for ya.
I'm always going to prefer Uncharted as I like how laid back and funny Nathan is and Uncharted was one of my first games ever. I don't think I'd love gaming as much as I do if I hadn't played Uncharted when I did. But Tomb Raider is so good too. They are two of my favorite Action-Adventure series and will always hold a place in my small black heart.
Yeah, Nathan Drake just has that charm about him that Lara doesn't. I like her but she never tells jokes, is always serious, and sometimes doesn't seem like she cares about others except herself. Plus the story in the Tomb Raider games are not memorable at all, except for Lara and Jonah, I could not name you one other character from any of the games. But with Uncharted, I could name pretty much every character since they were either unique or cool. Another thing is the final "boss" fights. In Uncharted all the boss fights are very good and memorable. Especially 4s fight with Rafe, that is my favorite fight scene in any game or media at all. But the Tomb Raider boss fights were so bland and kind of like any other enemy just slightly stronger. Only one that was sort of fun was Rise of the Tomb Raiders boss fight since it wasn't just a head on attack and you have to use stealth, it reminded me in The Last of Us when you have to fight David as Ellie. Anyway sorry for rambling on so much, I just love Uncharted and thought I'd give my intake as well.
@@vengeance1450 I actually much prefer and Lara and dislike Nate a lot when I played Uncharted. Nathan is lound, annoying and never shuts up. I prefer characters who are quiet and don't run their mouth off like the kid in class who thinks they're really smart and better than the teacher. Nathan pretty much made me lose all the stakes in the game since he was always so loud and chatty and at one point during U4 I shouted SHUT UP at my TV and my sister laughed cus I was so angry. Playing the game I was like it prbably doesn't matter cus he's probably going to make it out fine with thise upbeat feeling and probably die with a smile as he tells annoying cringe jokes. I prefer characters are serious and appraoch things with caution in life similar to Lara or Batman for example. I'm a pretty serious person and I would totally approach situations like Lara and felt more likeable and relatable to me.
@@hazelcrisp Ok kid I didn't ask for an entire essay on why someone telling jokes makes you piss your pants. I don't care what you like more, I was just writing my opinion and saying that I agree with the OP.
Hell yeah yet another banger! So glad you touched on the garbage subtitles lol I don't think I've seen a critique mention them for whatever reason yet. I think the change in style to add more humor is a welcome one, jokes were perfectly goofy and enjoyable (lost it at the smash player joke lmao). Keep doing what you do man, always looking forward to the next one. Rip the booba thumbnail tho 😢
19:58 it doesn’t get dropped, she later in the game gets hurt in the same spot after the parachute sequence and heats up an arrowhead to heal the wound
'To cauterize the wound'. It doesn't heal anything. I had a hard time believing she kept going after all the hits she took. I know there wouldn't be a game if it were more realistic but it annoys me in most action games.
Laura Croft in the reboot trilogy is the quintessential way to have a a badass Woman as your protagonist. Her growth is human, and it never felt like they were pandering.
I’m happy to know this your first Tomb Raider game too!! It’s absolutely fantastic, but I think there is no denying the writing, big action moments, and storytelling in Uncharted is vastly superior.
I love your channel. I felt compelled to revisit many games after watching your reviews. My favorite entry on the survivor trilogy was probably the second one.
I recently have been watching literally every Tomb Raider video essay on TH-cam I can find so I am glad I stumbled upon this one. I think I need to get to the Definitive Edition of the game before the new one comes out.
It is truly worth the time and I’d say Rise of Tomb Raider is even better. I haven’t played Shadow yet, but Rise has a ton of improvements and this first entry is great too!
@@ThatBoyAqua I have played them all. Rise and Shadow I have a history with. In both games you heard that right... I had a progress blocking bug with a side mission and collectible that blocked 100% progress which had me re 100%ing BOTH games. I think Crystal Dynamics switch to UE5 is going to solve my issue. Their games have been really jenk.
As an old time fan of the series I enjoyed this and had a lot of fun but it definitely leaned too much into action and the Uncharted influence was clear. As enjoyable as the survival trilogy is, I think most fans are hoping for the return of classic Lara.
I thought the humor landed well and did make this video more personable than some of your previous ones. The Smash joke especially came out of nowhere and hit me hard that was good. Keep up the great work
You are very quickly becoming my favorite game reviewer. You, Whitelight, and now TotallyPointlessTV with his new reviews are all excellent. Can't wait for the Shadow of the Tomb Raider vid.
So weird that this popped up and I just recently played the whole series after not touching it for years lol. Crazy how good the first game holds up too. Came out like a year after Skyrim I think and vanilla Skyrim looks hideous in comparison lol. I guess Bethesda probably started development on that way before the resources for visual pieces like TR were available though.
All good and well to compare Tomb Raider to Uncharted, but for anybody without a Playstation Tomb Raider -was- the first / original :) I never played Uncharted and in 2013 the new Tomb Raider was for me personally incredible. Great graphics, cool combat, stealth and Laura :)
I think the reason why the bow is so much more accurate than the rifle, is because she’s not very experienced with firearms. After all she is British, and I know this may be stereotyping a little bit, but most people in The UK are not nearly as experience with firearms as Americans especially with handguns as handguns are completely banned in the UK but rifles and shotguns well technically legal are real pain to get.
I constantly binge play the Survivor Trilogy on a near yearly basis, it is ridiculous how much fun I have had with these games, despite the fact that I have games that I love even more and yet don't come back to as often.
And now we’re entering into a new era of the franchise with the IP and dev studio being sold to Embracer Group and a new title running on UE5. A new trilogy perhaps? Trying to be cautiously excited.
Oh god, no. Enough of trilogies. Let’s go back to separate games and stories in a way the classic TR games did. (Unless they want to remake AOD and complete the trilogy that was planned for it!)
I've never understood the Mary Sue accusation. It's a very selectively played card. If Lara is a "Mary Sue" because she doesn't end up becoming a paraplegic or dying of septic shock by the end of chapter 2, then what is Nathan Drake? Just an action hero? I mean sure, Nathan grew up on the streets where he developed some inexplicable parkour abilities, but none of that helps you fight helicopter gunships, well armed paramilitary and artillery etc. nor escape vertical trains ... unless you're an action hero. And anyway, Lara has had a lifetime of archery lessons, and it's pretty clear she's had training as a climber. I would also wager she's had a lot of horse riding lessons. Gymnastics. Maybe martial arts too. It's a pretty easy thing to get. And yes, she kills a lot of people by the end of the game, but it's also an action game ... what else is she going to do? Nathan is a veritable mass murderer by the end of his first game. Yet no one bats an eyelid. One thing's for sure, Nathan never shows an ounce of shock or remorse at the carnage he causes. :/
That’s my bad I wasn’t trying to say she’s a Mary Sue, and I don’t think she is. It’s her fault they ended up on the island and she makes plenty of mistakes which refute any arguments of that IMO. Regarding her killing ability it strikes me as a ludonarrative dissonance more than anything else and that has never bothered me in either this game or Uncharted. Her adept surviving abilities are expanded upon in audio logs that explain her and Roth did a lot of exploring together prior to the events of the game.
@@ThatBoyAqua no no no. I get that. :) I wasn't saying you meant that. I was just triggered by the reference to it lol because it really annoyed me back when this game first came out lol. And I agree about the ludonarrative dissonance. An action game needs you to solve problems by fatally putting projectiles into enemies bodies. It's like in FPS games in the 90s where you would shoot switches to turn things on. Lol
@@ismaello_ Lol I was the other way around rise dissapointed me so much that I held off buying shadow for a while. Imo shadows the better game personally🤣
This was also my first Tomb Raider game and I absolutely adored it. It quickly became one of my favorite adventure games, and found it more enjoyable than the Uncharted games. I also loved the sequels, but I still prefer this one, despite some notable improvements. I have the older games in my library, and I like them. Guess that makes me one of those weirdos that likes all versions of Lara in the games. Happy to see a more positive take on this game. Despite a positive reception, the Survivor Trilogy seems to be the thing that’s cool to hate nowadays. Great review. Does a great job in highlighting in what works, and what needed work or was a bit silly. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the sequels, especially Shadow, which I think is a bit underrated.
I'm pretty sure The Tomb of the Lost Adventure is Amelia Earharts wreak. Even though it's not especially told its heavily implied. 10:00: I can remember exactly one, and its "A Survivor is Born". Basically it's Lara's theme for this game, and is also the 1st main menu music. Granted though I did play through the PC version, and Definitive Edition like 20 times between the two, and in 2014-2016. I will readily admit this game was my favorite game for a while lol.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Tomb Raider trilogy as well as all the Uncharted games. And the release dates made it so there was always a new game from 1 of the 2 franchises every couple years. Now we just need an Uncharted 5 where you have 5 playable characters (Sam, Sully, Chloe, Nadine, and Cassie) and a 4th Tomb Raider where Lara is a busty badass that dual wields pistols, maybe call it "Legend of the Tomb Raider".
Just got this game the other day, on my first play through and Holy shit it's fun!! THANKFULLY I can skip the CUT SCENES!! So many more games need to let you do this.
was interesting to see your perspected on this. because yea from this game it looks like a nathan clone. but if you look at the originals you can see they made it look more like farcry then anything. The originals had great puzzles. and lovable characters. even the movies were fun. so it was interesting to see your style. I watch the hole thing and it was a good interesting review :) lovely view of the ending video ^^
The multiplayer was actually quite fun and active back in 2013. Basically CTF, deathmatch and elimination game modes. It lacked a lot of shooting finesse, just like the singleplayer. So it devolved into blindfiring jump spam really fast. Good bow snipers were extremely OP, though.
As a person who has nostalgia for the older games mainly the first 3 and maybe 4th I really enjoyed the reboot I found it refreshing to see a progression from unsure green hat to a bad ass And sure the first reboot has some issues but over all I would play it again easily same gose for second one despite the Laras drastic mode change from 1 to 2. However it's all stops there the 3rd instalment, is bad I don't like it feel like a cheap knock off and it's a shame to
Curious how you felt about the Tomb Raider film which clearly borrowed it's plot mainly from this game, and in my opinion is one of the few good video game movie adaptations. While it too borrowed from the Uncharted games to some extent, I believe it's a better Tomb Raider film than the two previous entries although I don't understand why filmmakers have such a hard time realizing that a Lara Croft adventure is basically no different than a good Indiana Jones film except set in a modern time without Nazis.
I will be honest... i did not thought that a shot of Lara Bust would automaticly spell out Tomb Raider for me but your Minature for the video sure as hell did... I guess extra points to you :P
"One has Pebis, the other has Booba"
This man has completely shattered the Uncharted and Tomb Raider fandom with his based brutal honesty
lmao
I laughed in such a satisfying way, thanks to this beautiful, beautiful comment 🤣
Boy stop it. That's some 6th grade humor, and nobody laughed.
@@SweetChildofMine-l5y I laughed. It's funny because pebis and booba are funny words
@@SweetChildofMine-l5y 14 year old edgelord
for me, it was all about the atmosphere of the 2013 game; so beautiful but subtly hostile and ominous when you look closer. there was always something tragic about it, a mood set immediately as soon as you see the coastline littered with downed planes and ships from all eras. it's something that the next 2 games, as much as i may have enjoyed them and as advanced as they were, failed to replicate
But Rise and Shadow weren't built like that.
The Island was cursed so it made sense.
A few of the soviet mines and ruins in Rise did have a similar feeling. But Yamatai was special. So eerie.
The modern Tomb Raider trilogy is, no joke, some of my favorite games to come out in the last 20 years. I just love them. Do they have faults? Sure. But as far as moment to moment enjoyment, these games were just amazing.
Same!
Absolutely agreed. I'd put them all above Uncharted any day
One is great two is good thre is trash.
But I often replay 2013...it my fav and when Lara was at her sexiest
Also.. for me not owning console these games scratch an itch of the action adventure genre.
The character psychological evolution in all games and comics is interesting, more grounded, take itself seriously and frankly i don't mind a less "charismatic" lead if the story take itself seriously..
The starlord/thor/deadpool/ironman funnyahahalead gets repetitive quickly.
But the game have flaws mainly story and lack of side characters..
But also tomb raider was always only Lara.. soo baby steps
@@andrews.5212 Did you say “no consoles”? I get the allure of playing games on a PC but I’ll never get sitting in front of your PC for every gaming experience.
Maybe it’s because I was born in the 80s and my great awakening was playing on a shitty carpet 3 feet away from my 20 inch television but I still don’t get it. Especially now with how modern consoles are basically matching what PCs can do. Plus even with awesome monitors, you’re never playing games on a 70 inch 4K set up.
Sorry, total tangent. I just tried the PC route and it made me feel like gaming was more a job than a hobby. Maybe it’s because sitting in front of a PC is part of my job but any time I can get away from those fucking operating systems I’m relieved.
You’re going to call her “Laura” throughout the entire video, aren’t you?
Yes.
@@ThatBoyAqua Well at the very least you were consistent :y
as a person who english isn't his first language, i don't get why some people call her laura when it's clearly written lara
@@Mou_men people who learn english as their second language tend to care more about correct pronounciation
@@xmaa9x good point
Her grunts and screams definitely awakened something in some of the game's players.
Man of culture i see
🤣🤣🤣
That, and her character model has kept R34 animators busy for the last decade, she’s up there with Samus.
@@jordanbrooks8469 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
Lara's wound strangely was re-introduced when it opens back up after the parachuting set piece. She cauterizes it with the lighter and arrow to introduce the fire arrows. I think it was a good way of having Lara be injured without having to introduce a new wound.
the death scenes are so true OMG, its the first time i’ve been scared and kinda worried when my character dies, not just because of the 100 different horrific ways she could die, also especially when she falls from a height, you can actually hear her body thump to the bottoms of the depths and HER DYING BREATH. I always flinch before she even dies when i know im about to hear that lol
Probably the only game I've ever played where the motivation to make it past an area has not been wanting to see what happens next as much as it was never wanting to see what I just saw ever again. Lol
me failing to dodge a branch during river scenes:
me failing to dodge a tree parachuting:
@@AriseTarnished i never failed on the parachute part, but i can't tell you how my times i died in the river. although i did actually intentionally have Lara hit one of the trees one time just to see what happens, because it was one of the few deaths i never saw, but she dies in the most brutal way fashion lol. to me Rise of the Tomb Raider should've been called, Tomb Raider a new Legend. But what's interesting is most of the people we killed in the game, didn't actually count as canon, only the ones we saw Lara directly deal with, that's why they titled it as a survivor is born. because it's not the just the people, but finding a way to get off the island and make it is what really what it was about. so Rise is really about Lara stepping out of her shadow, but she didn't go crazy like people thought.
"One side wants to kill one person to save thousands and the other side decides to kill thousands to save one". This truly would have made for an interesting point, and I also believe this would fit quite a lot with the character of Lara Croft from older Core games. She is honestly quite a mean and self centric person in some of those. The old Lara would definatly kill those she doesn't like in order to further her own goals/save her friends.
to get her mother back
tbf the island inhabitants are shown as crazy psychopaths, with no exception. So by all means, let's kill them all.
Sorry, I liked the previous/original video's thumbnail
Kind of but in context, 1,000 murderers committing genocide of anybody that ends up on the island versus 1 person who is completely innocent, it doesn't sound so compelling.
@@whitedragon1204 In the classic Core developed games, I don't think it had anything to do with her parents. I think that was introduced in the later Crystal Dynamics developed games.
Being an 11 year old girl and playing this was so cool this trilogy really has a soft spot in my heart
I played this as young girl too 😄
I don't really care about that, but the game was rated M for mature. With reason (Altho I'd say T for teens would've been fine, kids are tougher nowadays)
@@vodkavecz I dont think kids or teens nowadays are tougher in mental or emotion
@@ver5549 let's just say they can and will see things sooner older generations didn't even thought about. Still I'd say this TR game is not for 11 year olds.
I also have a really hard spot on my crotch for this game
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I tried a lot of new things for this video regarding humour and tone, so feedback is very much appreciated! I also made sure to not talk as fast and take more breaths in between sentences as some of you have mentioned that you wanted :)
"Humour" You're not American?
@@zachryder3150 I'm Canadian so I also spell "Colour" with a "U" lol
@@ThatBoyAqua the correct way to spell it
Facts, god save the queen
You pronounced the latter because you thought no one would care...
...you don't know the Tomb Raider fandom xD
I just recently played Shadow of the Tomb Raider for the first time, years after I had played the first and second game of the survivor trilogy. And something that got very clear to me is just: these games are just really, really fun. I don't think that they are telling the best or most memorable stories, but it just feels good to play, explore and do all that. Also the more horror-ish elements that these games do, they do somewhat exceptionally well in my opinion. If this trilogy would have actually been a Survival Horror Trilogy, I think it would have been really good.
Playing the third installment, now more grown up and with a better understanding of games, their mechanics and a better judgement therefore (I believe), I really wanted to revisit the entire trilogy again. To have a look again at all games and not just the third.
I actually Started playing the three games again backwards, while streaming to a friend. And I actually felt that each game got better and more ironed out with their mechanics and movements. I really enjoyed all of them though, since as you said in the end it is about having fun. Which was the purpose of old tomb raider games too
And she looks absolutely fricken sexy kneedeep in squelchy mud holy fugg 😍
I never played Uncharted, but one thing that strike me really hard was the Dead Space vibes i get from the new Tomb Raider trilogy, seriously, the only game i remember you could die this horribly as Lara does in the new trilogy is Dead Space, not only that but the supernatural elements if explored better in TR, could be the perfect replacement for the horrific alien zombies of Dead Space, they should go foward in making "magic" the really evil force in Lara's franchise.
Not a fan of them rebooting the series but it is very fun to play. I only played the first in the reboot series and its one of my favorite games of all time. Like a more scary Resident Evil 4. I feel this should have simpy been a new Fear Effect game
@@realamericannegro977 The new games definitely do have a more gore/horror feel to the environment design, which is pretty cool. But with the added touch of history
i am a massive fan of the survival trilogy, i've played through all three games twice (with increased difficulty during my second run) and it's just an absolute delight to go through tombs and collect artifacts and caches. it's just *fun* and it tickles that adventurer part of of my brain that wants to explore and find secrets.
Yep me too. While yes a bit too pewpew heavy (the first at least) they kinda try to delve into the psychological aspect of that pewpew.. poorly but they try.
Gotta say. The scream when she kills her first man. Goosebumps all over. But it fell kinda flat on how quickly she was a killing machine....
Love the video bro. Keep it up 😇
Yea I guess that’s something the game can’t avoid due to its length and perhaps ludonarrative dissonance plays a role in that too.
Also thank you I’m glad you are enjoying them! 🙏
Also the problem is story and the cutscenes vs gameplay, in the narrative thats her first human kill and she feels horrible, but in gameplay you can't have an action game with just one kill and a protagonist feeling bad about it for 2 or 3 hours
@@VideoGameWorld45 yes
Roth "Did you have to kill them (or someone can't remember)"
Lara "Yes"
Roth "That can't of been easy"
Lara "It was scary how easy it was"
She was mainly terrified at the fact she killed Vladimir as easily as she did, not the fact she was forced to kill him in self defense.
Lol. She clearly had absolutely no choice.
She was a 21 year old student marooned on an island in the middle of nowhere full of maniacs out to kill her.
It was them or her.
I actually think Rise of the tomb raider's title is very fitting, considering it is, in my opinion, the best of the series. It has the most diversity in puzzles, environments, tombs, and in enemy types. it is just overall a very fun and well rounded game, not to mention that it's visually stunning. After Rise, almost all of the problems that the first tomb raider game had come right back in the third installment.
Too many snowy areas. I hate snow areas in games for some reason 😂
@@MrSkullMerchant Ironically, that's what I loved about it. The fantasy archaic antique fantasy ice city / palace aestethic was amazing for me. The 3rd game offers something comepletely different, the mayority of it set in Mexico so there is a lot of green and warm colours used, although it's a good game I prefer the cold colours and snowy atmosphere from the second one
@@ChicaArgentina48 im opposite i prefer the green forest kinda areas lol personal preferance aint it ☺
@@ChicaArgentina48 yes! Shadow is so over the top. I love that game. It’s by far my favorite of the three, but Rise would be second.
Rise is indeed a superior sequel mechanically speaking, and in terms of design. The story, however...
14:19
“I just wish there were more options”
*Shadow of the Tomb Raider:*
Allow me to introduce myself.
Shadow really made the stealth parts very fun and complete, only problem is that there are very few of them, needed more enemies.
Improved stealth with traps, hiding in bushes, etc. is explored in the sequels. Especially in Shadow.
Exactly what I was thinking lol
I have been watching your channel since the 1st lockdown and I just want to say Thank You for posting such quality content on this platform! You really make my day.
I appreciate that so much, thank you 💙
@@ThatBoyAqua Sorry, I liked the previous/original video's thumbnail tho
This is my go to video game to play after I’ve felt exhausted on a franchise I’ve played and finished.
It’s a breezy two days play and it always felt rewarding to me. That’s a bold mark for a game for me
I played this game for the first time a month ago and I really enjoyed it. It still holds up really well. I'm on my way of finishig Rise of the Tomb Raider which I find even more beautiful. It's clear that they took the people's advice and made it more exploration based with soooo many more tombs and crypts to explore and collectibles.
Still my favorite Tomb Raider, I go back and play it at least once every year
i agree about the bow. i cant tell you how many times ive died in a major firefight because i was using the bow instead of like the rifle or smg. like yeah those would be more effective but god damn this bow is clean
I actually really enjoyed the sound effects for it too. It felt satisfying getting kills with it compared to a lot of other bows in games like Horizon
I'm looking foward to your eventual Shadow of the Tomb Raider review, it's the most divisive entry of the trilogy, fans of the previous two tend to dislike it for having little action and a greater emphasis on exploration while fans of the originals tend to like it the best for those same reasons.
@Ian Mayer maybe I should say some, but really great that you enjoyed the game, I haven't play it yet but im interested doing so with optimistic expectations.
You pretty much divided perfectly both sides of the fans, I played most tomb raider games and enjoyed the exploration way more. Shadow is one of my favourite games of all time, but mostly because of the exploration and story/characters.
Lara is at her best in Shadow, she has some amazing character moments
Last part more cause it actually used tombs and puzzles but even then
And finally! We can explore in hard mode! I feel like original first three Tomb Raiders were... hard. I was absolutely angry when I saw a paint (in new games) on the edges available to climb - what the hell.
Such an amazing game, I loved every second of this game when I played it for the first time last year after not playing a tomb raider game in 10 or so years, it’s got some problems but man it’s great.
Definitely enjoying the more personable video style, it's been keeping me engaged all the way through and gets me listening to everything instead of tuning out. Loved this video, I forgot how good this game was since I played it years ago. You've got me wanting to go replay the entire trilogy now, keep up the good work man
Cant believe its almost a decade since this game was released. Still obsessed.
My favorite thing about this series are the environments, lighting and the hair works it's just stunning. Giving a character's hair dynamic physics blowing in the wind undoubtedly makes their presence feel more real, cinematic and beautiful to look at as she glances around taking in the environment , and I love that she would occasionally brush her hair back with her hand it's little things like this that I wish more devs would use in action adventure games, star wars also did this and the cinematic battles look Epic
I liked the Survivor trilogy (not nearly as much as I loved the Legend trilogy) but dear god was Shadow an absolute nightmare. Excited to hear your views on this one!
I disagree! I feel like Rise leaned into combat, and Shadow leaned into traversal and exploration. it had some great combat arenas but not nearly enough of them. im curious, what is it you think made it a nightmare? My only criticism is how dumb all the outfits look. and the final boss on Very Hard was a dumpster fire.
Shadow is for fans of the older games, if you enjoy action games you wouldn’t like shadow as much
@@scissors0009 oh, absolutely, the emphasis on puzzles was a welcome change! But I feel like the narratives of Rise and Shadow should’ve been switched around to make the story of the trilogy as a whole more cohesive. Also hated the fact that it de-emphasized hunting by making the capacity upgrades tied to currency. Doesn’t make much sense for Lara to be buying a small pouch before a larger pouch becomes available to her- that only makes sense if she’s crafting larger and larger stores as she goes.
@@mass_fantasy9111 The parts of Shadow that I DID like were the ones that matched the Legend trilogy, like all the Challenge Tombs and stuff (I really want to play through the DLC stuff too someday). The story detracted from the experience, imo.
Shadow fixed exploration and tomb raiding part of the series. every tomb was unique, challenging and beautiful.
So hyped for this series. These were some of my favorite games of the last generation.
For the multiplayer aspect, I played it last year with one of my mates. I have to say, even though it is simplistic, it is still very fun and enjoyable
Between this and Steve of Warr's upcoming retrospectives on the reboot trilogy I'm glad Lara is getting some attention from fans. 🙏
I watched tr underworld retrospective and it was so good
Still haven't seen it smhhhh
He's so good! Love his videos!
Who's here one year later... at 10 years later...
This just came up on my TH-cam recommended feed so I'm just noticing the 10/10 thumbnail despite having watched the whole thing on day one already because I clicked on it straight from my notifications when it came up lmao
15:03 stealth combat in 2 really improved with the poison arrows and traps
Something I realised in the first game of the reboot, when people say, "there's not much tomb raiding here" You need to understand, the whole freaking island was technically a tomb! almost everywhere you looked, you could find elements from different time periods. Long dead corpses! Ruins and artifacts from many different points in history! If that doesn't qualify as a tomb, I don't know what does!
I think it’s more so that the challenging puzzles with fun platforming ended up being a very small slice of this game. Because you’re right about Yamatai, it’s completely covered in relics and dead bodies over the span of many centuries.
@@lamricelo Exactly! I'm somewhat surprised that not many others have come to this conclusion. I've watched a lot of reviews for this game, all of which have the same complaint that "Tomb Raider dosen't involve much tomb raiding" but once you realise that the entire island of Yamatai itself is a tomb, it all starts to make sense. Well in my opinion anyway ^_^
Actually, Uncharted borrowed a LOT more from the LAU trilogy than you remember. Certain puzzles from UC4 amd Lost Legacy were heavily influenced by TR Underworld (2008). Ledge climbing and the use of the grappling hook were in the original TRs first as well as in TR Legend (2006). And UC straight up copied the climbing of vertical craggy walls from TR 2013. And use of vehicles has been in TR games since the TR2 so it isnt anything new if its brought back to future TR games.
Also no mention of Tomb Raider Legend which is an obvious influence on Uncharted.
@@timothylewis2527 Precisely. The entire Tomb Raider LAU trilogy inspired alot of similar puzzles in UC.
Great video. I played this game in 2015. After a long break (where I played all of the uncharted games) , I just finished Rise of the Tomb Raider yesterday.
Watching this video brought back a flood of memories and helped me contextualize why I felt like the first game outperformed Rise in most ways.
I'm excited to watch your Rise video and then start playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider!
I played this game as a kid before experiencing uncharted and I was blown away
I played this on my ps3 a couple months ago on my big screen tv in our living room. My brother (not a hxc gamer) walked in and asked what ps5 game I was playing. They did a damn fine job graphically.
Wait until you play the Definitive edition. Even nicer.
I recently started playing this, my first Tomb Raider games I've ever played and I for one think it kicks ass. I'll definitely be playing more
Thank god you mentioned at the beginning - that the reboots where your first time playing the game - saved me some time.
On the topic of Alex, the nerdy guy.
Apparently he was added after Rhianna Pratchett was told that she couldn't make Lara lesbian as she wanted, and was ordered to put a male love-interest. I don't know how true this is but it would explain why the character it's so weird and wormy, like as if the character was put under duress.
Speaking of deaths... Light spoiler if you don't wanna know ahead of seeing it.
I think the most messed up one is if you die while you're hung upside down in that one segment. The enemies will come to Lara's body and slit her throat to make sure she's actually dead.
Watching a character die in a game is one thing... but to see a character you play as die and then have their death visually confirmed afterward like that is something you don't really see in games and it makes me feel a sense of shock and disbelief since the protagonist is meant to be alive unless the story says otherwise.
I Felt They Should've Stabbed Her Heart And Set Her On Fire Just To Make Sure She's Really Gone Ya Know
I watched that death scene several times because Im having a hard time shooting the enemies upside down so yeah I died many times so I have to watch Lara getting her throat slit many times
@@coredetta Lol thankfully for me I only saw it once. I'm not easily bothered by this stuff but that one got me... cuz it's like "oh no! she's actually dead!" But seeing it so much there is probably numbing at this point.
I absolutely was blown away by this game this was my first tomb raider game that I played and I’m so glad that it was I purchased the trilogy on that sale they had and I definitely have to get back into the other 2 this game also made me go back to play tomb raider anniversary and the other 2 in that trilogy thanks for recapping this wonderful game
You will probably enjoy the other two as well, although they have a little bit less action and more puzzles and exploration opportunities. Lara also gets more character development.
@@alinpetrescu2309 yeah I’ve taken a pretty long break from playing rise but Lara’s character model looks rather different lol
@@Mythic2099 the creators made Lara look more manly in the face but I still would hit.
I absolutely adore the original games... I played them throughout my childhood via PC. Great actionnand adventure. The survivor trilogy was absolutely phenomenal in my opinion... it definitely gave us something new to really dive into while keeping to the spirit of the originals. Such an underrated series.
great thumbnail
I wanted to respect your opinion, but I can’t forgive “Laura”
I’m amazed how far the quality of your videos have come man. Been with you for ages, love em. Cheers bud.
Thank you I appreciate you for sticking around and hope I can continue improving!
@@ThatBoyAqua See this is another reason why I think your great. U just seem like a normal down to earth chap I would more than likely be friends with if we attended the same collage together. Anyway good luck with all your future endeavours. Look forward to seeing what’s next for ya.
This is one of my favorite games ever. It was so gritty, brutal, and still felt grounded despite the supernatural elements.
I remember replaying this about a year ago and going "Damn, this feels like Uncharted, but I love it"
Literally been playing it all day and I can’t believe it’s already 9 years old. It honestly looks pretty good in a lot of areas for its age
I'm always going to prefer Uncharted as I like how laid back and funny Nathan is and Uncharted was one of my first games ever. I don't think I'd love gaming as much as I do if I hadn't played Uncharted when I did. But Tomb Raider is so good too. They are two of my favorite Action-Adventure series and will always hold a place in my small black heart.
Yeah, Nathan Drake just has that charm about him that Lara doesn't. I like her but she never tells jokes, is always serious, and sometimes doesn't seem like she cares about others except herself. Plus the story in the Tomb Raider games are not memorable at all, except for Lara and Jonah, I could not name you one other character from any of the games. But with Uncharted, I could name pretty much every character since they were either unique or cool. Another thing is the final "boss" fights. In Uncharted all the boss fights are very good and memorable. Especially 4s fight with Rafe, that is my favorite fight scene in any game or media at all. But the Tomb Raider boss fights were so bland and kind of like any other enemy just slightly stronger. Only one that was sort of fun was Rise of the Tomb Raiders boss fight since it wasn't just a head on attack and you have to use stealth, it reminded me in The Last of Us when you have to fight David as Ellie. Anyway sorry for rambling on so much, I just love Uncharted and thought I'd give my intake as well.
@@vengeance1450 I actually much prefer and Lara and dislike Nate a lot when I played Uncharted. Nathan is lound, annoying and never shuts up. I prefer characters who are quiet and don't run their mouth off like the kid in class who thinks they're really smart and better than the teacher. Nathan pretty much made me lose all the stakes in the game since he was always so loud and chatty and at one point during U4 I shouted SHUT UP at my TV and my sister laughed cus I was so angry. Playing the game I was like it prbably doesn't matter cus he's probably going to make it out fine with thise upbeat feeling and probably die with a smile as he tells annoying cringe jokes.
I prefer characters are serious and appraoch things with caution in life similar to Lara or Batman for example. I'm a pretty serious person and I would totally approach situations like Lara and felt more likeable and relatable to me.
@@hazelcrisp Ok kid I didn't ask for an entire essay on why someone telling jokes makes you piss your pants. I don't care what you like more, I was just writing my opinion and saying that I agree with the OP.
I absolutely love this whole trilogy! Was thinking of giving it another playthrough in January or February.
I recently discovered your channel, with your ac1 video, and you’re an awesome youtuber! Hope school’s going well for ya!
Thank you! It's going well enough lol but it's never too much fun
@@ThatBoyAqua you’re also the only youtuber that will have an argument from both sides, which has actually helped me make some purchases
Love the thumbnail.
Bruh, that thumbnail change though. Great work!
Hell yeah yet another banger! So glad you touched on the garbage subtitles lol I don't think I've seen a critique mention them for whatever reason yet. I think the change in style to add more humor is a welcome one, jokes were perfectly goofy and enjoyable (lost it at the smash player joke lmao). Keep doing what you do man, always looking forward to the next one. Rip the booba thumbnail tho 😢
19:58 it doesn’t get dropped, she later in the game gets hurt in the same spot after the parachute sequence and heats up an arrowhead to heal the wound
'To cauterize the wound'. It doesn't heal anything. I had a hard time believing she kept going after all the hits she took. I know there wouldn't be a game if it were more realistic but it annoys me in most action games.
@@Yggdrasil42 my point still stands, it doesn’t get dropped
Laura Croft in the reboot trilogy is the quintessential way to have a a badass Woman as your protagonist. Her growth is human, and it never felt like they were pandering.
Legends trilogy will always be the definitive version of Lara Croft to me
I’m happy to know this your first Tomb Raider game too!! It’s absolutely fantastic, but I think there is no denying the writing, big action moments, and storytelling in Uncharted is vastly superior.
This is a 2013 game. In fairness, if you compare it with the contemporaneous Uncharted title, the gap is probably not so great.
Idk I haven't play uncharted yet since I mostly play on PC and uncharted isn't available on the PC platform so..
To me it still holds up.
I love your channel. I felt compelled to revisit many games after watching your reviews. My favorite entry on the survivor trilogy was probably the second one.
I recently have been watching literally every Tomb Raider video essay on TH-cam I can find so I am glad I stumbled upon this one. I think I need to get to the Definitive Edition of the game before the new one comes out.
It is truly worth the time and I’d say Rise of Tomb Raider is even better. I haven’t played Shadow yet, but Rise has a ton of improvements and this first entry is great too!
@@ThatBoyAqua I have played them all. Rise and Shadow I have a history with. In both games you heard that right... I had a progress blocking bug with a side mission and collectible that blocked 100% progress which had me re 100%ing BOTH games. I think Crystal Dynamics switch to UE5 is going to solve my issue. Their games have been really jenk.
Is the game of the year edition and definitive edition of this is the same?
this game was damn near perfect!
I didn’t know the game had comic tie-ins, now I want to check them out.
As an old time fan of the series I enjoyed this and had a lot of fun but it definitely leaned too much into action and the Uncharted influence was clear. As enjoyable as the survival trilogy is, I think most fans are hoping for the return of classic Lara.
I thought the humor landed well and did make this video more personable than some of your previous ones. The Smash joke especially came out of nowhere and hit me hard that was good. Keep up the great work
I must have played this game 4 times. Absolutely marvelous!
Same probably played this game 7 times. I love this games
Same here
You are very quickly becoming my favorite game reviewer. You, Whitelight, and now TotallyPointlessTV with his new reviews are all excellent. Can't wait for the Shadow of the Tomb Raider vid.
So weird that this popped up and I just recently played the whole series after not touching it for years lol. Crazy how good the first game holds up too. Came out like a year after Skyrim I think and vanilla Skyrim looks hideous in comparison lol. I guess Bethesda probably started development on that way before the resources for visual pieces like TR were available though.
All good and well to compare Tomb Raider to Uncharted, but for anybody without a Playstation Tomb Raider -was- the first / original :)
I never played Uncharted and in 2013 the new Tomb Raider was for me personally incredible. Great graphics, cool combat, stealth and Laura :)
Replaying this masterpiece now. Easily a 5 out of 5. Honestly, video gaming peaked during the 360/PS3 era. Good times
I think the reason why the bow is so much more accurate than the rifle, is because she’s not very experienced with firearms. After all she is British, and I know this may be stereotyping a little bit, but most people in The UK are not nearly as experience with firearms as Americans especially with handguns as handguns are completely banned in the UK but rifles and shotguns well technically legal are real pain to get.
I love your content and love your critiques. Some of your reviews have made me try new things. Thank you ❤️
I constantly binge play the Survivor Trilogy on a near yearly basis, it is ridiculous how much fun I have had with these games, despite the fact that I have games that I love even more and yet don't come back to as often.
And now we’re entering into a new era of the franchise with the IP and dev studio being sold to Embracer Group and a new title running on UE5. A new trilogy perhaps? Trying to be cautiously excited.
Oh god, no. Enough of trilogies. Let’s go back to separate games and stories in a way the classic TR games did.
(Unless they want to remake AOD and complete the trilogy that was planned for it!)
I want a modern classic Tomb Raider if that makes sense
the praise of boobas from 19s to this date gamer salute
I've never understood the Mary Sue accusation. It's a very selectively played card. If Lara is a "Mary Sue" because she doesn't end up becoming a paraplegic or dying of septic shock by the end of chapter 2, then what is Nathan Drake? Just an action hero? I mean sure, Nathan grew up on the streets where he developed some inexplicable parkour abilities, but none of that helps you fight helicopter gunships, well armed paramilitary and artillery etc. nor escape vertical trains ... unless you're an action hero.
And anyway, Lara has had a lifetime of archery lessons, and it's pretty clear she's had training as a climber. I would also wager she's had a lot of horse riding lessons. Gymnastics. Maybe martial arts too. It's a pretty easy thing to get.
And yes, she kills a lot of people by the end of the game, but it's also an action game ... what else is she going to do? Nathan is a veritable mass murderer by the end of his first game. Yet no one bats an eyelid. One thing's for sure, Nathan never shows an ounce of shock or remorse at the carnage he causes. :/
That’s my bad I wasn’t trying to say she’s a Mary Sue, and I don’t think she is. It’s her fault they ended up on the island and she makes plenty of mistakes which refute any arguments of that IMO.
Regarding her killing ability it strikes me as a ludonarrative dissonance more than anything else and that has never bothered me in either this game or Uncharted. Her adept surviving abilities are expanded upon in audio logs that explain her and Roth did a lot of exploring together prior to the events of the game.
@@ThatBoyAqua no no no. I get that. :) I wasn't saying you meant that. I was just triggered by the reference to it lol because it really annoyed me back when this game first came out lol.
And I agree about the ludonarrative dissonance. An action game needs you to solve problems by fatally putting projectiles into enemies bodies. It's like in FPS games in the 90s where you would shoot switches to turn things on. Lol
29 comments and no one corrected you to say Lara not Laura
its LAAAARAA man
nice video
Man I don't care what anybody say's I love this trilogy of games
Rise was so good that I had to buy Shadow but I was actually disappointed. I mean it was not bad, it was just meh
@@ismaello_ Lol I was the other way around rise dissapointed me so much that I held off buying shadow for a while. Imo shadows the better game personally🤣
Words I never thought I'd hear in a review "humans can void their bowels when they die"
11.5 hours is short?
I thought the same thing lol
To me that is I can easily beat a 11 hour game in two days
The ape subtitle reading bit got me 🤣🤣
This was also my first Tomb Raider game and I absolutely adored it. It quickly became one of my favorite adventure games, and found it more enjoyable than the Uncharted games. I also loved the sequels, but I still prefer this one, despite some notable improvements.
I have the older games in my library, and I like them. Guess that makes me one of those weirdos that likes all versions of Lara in the games.
Happy to see a more positive take on this game. Despite a positive reception, the Survivor Trilogy seems to be the thing that’s cool to hate nowadays.
Great review. Does a great job in highlighting in what works, and what needed work or was a bit silly. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the sequels, especially Shadow, which I think is a bit underrated.
another banger of a video man! always look forward to these :))
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I'm pretty sure The Tomb of the Lost Adventure is Amelia Earharts wreak. Even though it's not especially told its heavily implied.
10:00: I can remember exactly one, and its "A Survivor is Born". Basically it's Lara's theme for this game, and is also the 1st main menu music. Granted though I did play through the PC version, and Definitive Edition like 20 times between the two, and in 2014-2016. I will readily admit this game was my favorite game for a while lol.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Tomb Raider trilogy as well as all the Uncharted games. And the release dates made it so there was always a new game from 1 of the 2 franchises every couple years. Now we just need an Uncharted 5 where you have 5 playable characters (Sam, Sully, Chloe, Nadine, and Cassie) and a 4th Tomb Raider where Lara is a busty badass that dual wields pistols, maybe call it "Legend of the Tomb Raider".
Just got this game the other day, on my first play through and Holy shit it's fun!! THANKFULLY I can skip the CUT SCENES!! So many more games need to let you do this.
You thought u was slick with that thumbnail change lmao.
was interesting to see your perspected on this. because yea from this game it looks like a nathan clone. but if you look at the originals you can see they made it look more like farcry then anything. The originals had great puzzles. and lovable characters. even the movies were fun. so it was interesting to see your style. I watch the hole thing and it was a good interesting review :) lovely view of the ending video ^^
The multiplayer was actually quite fun and active back in 2013. Basically CTF, deathmatch and elimination game modes. It lacked a lot of shooting finesse, just like the singleplayer. So it devolved into blindfiring jump spam really fast. Good bow snipers were extremely OP, though.
As a person who has nostalgia for the older games mainly the first 3 and maybe 4th
I really enjoyed the reboot I found it refreshing to see a progression from unsure green hat to a bad ass
And sure the first reboot has some issues but over all I would play it again easily same gose for second one despite the Laras drastic mode change from 1 to 2.
However it's all stops there the 3rd instalment, is bad I don't like it feel like a cheap knock off and it's a shame to
same thing here, and i really want them to ditch the "serious" Lara and go back to the charismatic/badass/adventurous Lara like in the old games
9:33 that is Apocalypse Now
Curious how you felt about the Tomb Raider film which clearly borrowed it's plot mainly from this game, and in my opinion is one of the few good video game movie adaptations. While it too borrowed from the Uncharted games to some extent, I believe it's a better Tomb Raider film than the two previous entries although I don't understand why filmmakers have such a hard time realizing that a Lara Croft adventure is basically no different than a good Indiana Jones film except set in a modern time without Nazis.
I will be honest... i did not thought that a shot of Lara Bust would automaticly spell out Tomb Raider for me but your Minature for the video sure as hell did... I guess extra points to you :P
Very Nice thumbnail
If they made a true metroidvania style Tomb Raider game, I'd empty my pockets and fill my loins asap.
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I just got done playing this for the second time and loved it. Time to move on to the next one.
You are living proof that the days of corporate mediocrity peddled as game critique and analysis are well and truly over . Keep winning king 👑