Most Interesting Cut Content from Tomb Raider

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  • A look at some of the most interesting and sometimes strange cut content the Tomb Raider series has seen
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  • @iwannaseethereceipts
    @iwannaseethereceipts 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +143

    To this day, I think about what the AoD trilogy could have been. Despite it being an unfinished, buggy mess, it's one of my favorites of the whole franchise. It fully embraced the grotesque undertones of the whole series

    • @bjnboy
      @bjnboy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      You should definitely read Jenni Milward's two AOD novels which have the backing and approval of Murti Schofield. They're both thrilling adventures and experiences, and the first novelization even has an audiobook/audio drama version on her channel. I strongly recommend you give it a listen.

    • @iwannaseethereceipts
      @iwannaseethereceipts 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@bjnboy oh wow, thanks for the recommendation!

    • @TombRaiderAngelofDarkness
      @TombRaiderAngelofDarkness 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      AOD trilogy could have been the best i feel sucks it never was finished

    • @Clonest
      @Clonest 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not only that but like the guy mentioned, modders can fix anything wrong with a game these days! For AoD most noticebly, was the pacing and the janky controls. Having the modded ability to sprint everywhere like previous few games also helped.

  • @scribble71891
    @scribble71891 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    The fact Lara doesn't have her braid in-game, but only in the cgi cutscenes went right over my head for years until I finally noticed that lol. Reminds me of the older FF games, where the cutscenes reveal what the characters truly look like versus their in-game models.

  • @jamesholmestravel3011
    @jamesholmestravel3011 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    “Crystal Dynamics are industry followers not leaders” it’s night and day between them and Core Design.

    • @user-jf2hu9zu9r
      @user-jf2hu9zu9r หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      you spoke gold with this line- why don't they ever listen

  • @DUDUDISCH
    @DUDUDISCH ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I took a break from TR content, just to realize I will always come back to it with a passion. Love your TR content as it always brings something new!

  • @pronintendo1984
    @pronintendo1984 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Actually I think that the South Pacific in Tomb Raider 3 might have originally been Peru. Remember the dinosaurs from Tomb Raider 1? They were in Peru, and they are also in Tomb Raider 3. It's a long shot but could be possible.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hmm, makes sense, yeah....

  • @SAClassHunterZero
    @SAClassHunterZero 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Came for the information, stayed for the massive shade thrown at Crystal Dynamics; well done, lol

    • @TheAkashicTraveller
      @TheAkashicTraveller 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      They also seem to be a case of the new studio taking over aloved franchise having wierd hangups about the original one.

  • @prodigal_rebel_2062
    @prodigal_rebel_2062 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    To this day I’m still disappointed that we didn’t get Core Design’s TR Anniversary.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I'll never get over it tbh 😅

    • @Leonard_Wolf_2056
      @Leonard_Wolf_2056 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Don't be, had they released anniversary edition it would have flopped harder than anniversary.
      It barely looks better than the original.

    • @jessypougnaud9916
      @jessypougnaud9916 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Me too

    • @CommanderRedEXE
      @CommanderRedEXE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@Leonard_Wolf_2056 You need glasses if you think that. It definitely looked miles better. The difference is it played mostly the same, which it turns out most people want the series to go back to that style of exploration and gameplay.

    • @onojioboardwalk9748
      @onojioboardwalk9748 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@SethMcKenzieTV 3:07 .. It would have been nice to revisit the old-locations, Revamped too in the THIRD game, As to Peru.
      I really dont see why they couldnt have made older-locations available, It could have plot-wise or just thematically tied-together the games more than ever. +

  • @MrArcheaologist04
    @MrArcheaologist04 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    One thing that I think would have benefited the reboot trilogy is having creatures to fight. The concepts for the first of the reboot depicted some creepy but cool creatures that would have made gameplay even more fun. Tomb raider always had the mystical element of creatures or locations. The fact that they removed the majority of it from the new trilogy is disappointing. I mean they didn't even throw any random dinosaurs or anything. And some locations had the perfect atmosphere. Also I'm a sucker for the dual pistols. Those should just be a trademark for her. Taking those elements from the games is what really hurt them in my opinion. For how beautifully they were rendered the reboot trilogy just didn't have that pizazz that would have made them favorites.

    • @CritStanley
      @CritStanley 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I also didn't like how actual tomb raiding and puzzles were pushed to the side and stealth guerilla warfare was pushed to the front.

  • @apebblemaster4570
    @apebblemaster4570 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You forgot to mention that they cut a surprise Croft Manor DLC for Shadow of the Tomb Raider. There was audio dialogue and an extra slot for it in the DLC section of the game.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      idk how I forgot that, haha, yes that was quite a big deal

  • @afaris88
    @afaris88 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    The only thing that disappoint me out of all these was how Core Design's TR Anniversary looks so much like the original TR1 than Crystal Dynamics'.
    I actually enjoyed Crystal Dynamics' TRA, but Core Design's looks so nostalgic but with better graphics than TR1.

    • @KittyMinusch
      @KittyMinusch 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think that too. I wish Core Design could made TR again, I feel like, it would be as good as the old TR games. Christal Dynamics Version is ok but it’s too „mainstream“ and not like the original TR was. I miss the atmosphere, the good music, the feeling of Bering alone in an old temple ruin and solving old Puzzles to find an artifact… the supernatural in that. Christal Dynamics TR is like shooting lots of human enemy’s down, climbing, than shooting again an „Tombs“ are optional. So sad… I wish that Core Design could do a new TR Game. But I‘m happy about the remastered of TR 1-3. I look forward to that. 😊

    • @stevenstocker9873
      @stevenstocker9873 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Every time I hear those criticisms, I wonder did anyone actually play the reboot series through. Although I will amite the dlc challenge tombs were alot more unique and memorable to the base game, Baba Yaga in rise, or the tombs in rise like the twin monkeys.

  • @NewYork5oul
    @NewYork5oul 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    "Because they're industry followers, not leaders." That must hurt😅

  • @PLUG313x
    @PLUG313x 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    growing up playing Tomb Raider games and going all the way up to the reboot trilogy I never imagined those games were so hated by other fans... my teenager self was amazed by the first one... and the other two are some of my favorite games ever. it's crazy. if it wasn't for me watching these types of videos I'd never even know.

  • @UnabridgedGamer
    @UnabridgedGamer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The way the commentary shifts in tone so heavily after the Core Design era that it comes across like Crystal Dynamic stole your lunch money or something, dude.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I do have contempt for their handling of the series, yes, I make no secret of that :)

  • @TheTombRaider
    @TheTombRaider ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I think I would have liked Tomb Raider Ascension better because Lara in the early footage didn't seem like a defenseless baby.

  • @onip.m.1401
    @onip.m.1401 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Crystal scrapped Jessica because they thought she would be annoying, but then they decided to give us three games with the most annoying character as the protagonist 😩

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +23

      😂😂 I should have said something like that

    • @MioMillefeuille
      @MioMillefeuille 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      HAHAH agreed

    • @Noperare
      @Noperare 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Not even sure if I would call new Lara "boring". She is so bland, she just causes NO emotional reaction in me AT ALL. The gray tank top perfectly ilustrates her lack of personality.

    • @sheisjazzz
      @sheisjazzz 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      was gonna say the same thing omg!!! Also sooooo over the 'dad found everything' story as well...

    • @sheisjazzz
      @sheisjazzz 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Noperare crying at how accurate this is😭

  • @Sk8erBoiALX
    @Sk8erBoiALX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    11:00 Thank you! It's always frustrating when TR fans discuss the Ascension concept and act as if it would be far more "Tomb Raider" than the finished game when it actually looks even less than a proper TR game. It would've been cool as a new IP, though.

  • @TheJuuuuJuuuu
    @TheJuuuuJuuuu 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I really hope that one day we will get a full-scale Angel of Darkness Remake, but not remake as in remake what was released but like remake based on the game design document...

  • @MegamanXfan21xx
    @MegamanXfan21xx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I would have loved to play Ascension. The TR games already had good atmosphere, so them leaning into horror would have been great. I was real big into Dead Space 1 and 2 at the time, so it would have been a guaranteed purchase from me back then. Hell, I'd still buy it today.

  • @lindstroemm
    @lindstroemm ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I mean...do I think the Ascension concept looks cool? Yes. Do I think Tomb Raider and Survival Horror would go together and in fact love the Idea of a Horror Themed Tomb Raider Game? Yes. Do I think CryDy could have pulled it off.
    Hello No.
    Also just because you didn't mention it: The audacity that Core Design didn't use the skinless Atleantean T-Rex Bosses in the original Tomb Raider is off the charts...

    • @Frrk
      @Frrk 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ooh, never saw that T rex before!

    • @lionocyborg6030
      @lionocyborg6030 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sabatu did at least: They were a Baron of Hell style boss in Natla’s Mines outside the pyramid.

    • @lindstroemm
      @lindstroemm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Frrk Oh did mz comment not post? You can find the renders for this cancelled boss on the Lara Croft Fan Wiki.

  • @PupRiku
    @PupRiku ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I remember the initial buzz around Angel of Darkness as a kid, I was DESPERATE to play. I didn't actually get it until later on, and I was SO disappointed that it wasn't half of what I was expecting. It could have been AMAZING.
    Core's remake would have been incredible.

    • @CocoonsLastHope
      @CocoonsLastHope 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was a simple kid, I loved it haha, I remember how it made me feel still and I had songs I could link back to it with nostalgia, honestly it was amazing to me. No doubt I had issues with the issues, but I don’t remember the issues I did have. I also loved playing around with the leviathan, even did that for many years after.
      I do remember one thing though, they said you could kick the dog at the start to knock him out, you couldn’t, nothing happened, it didn’t work at all. I think kick was meant to exist and than in the final cut they took it out or something.
      I did also have an issue with feeding the mutant fish where it didn’t work and I heard him roar and I was like wtf? and next minute he comes up behind me and I try to make it into the tunnel before he gets me, but yeah no he 1 shot me just outside of it. I was full on shaking, I really hoped I’d make it.
      I dunno fun times honestly, something I’m desperately missing lately is truly fun times.

    • @PupRiku
      @PupRiku 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@CocoonsLastHope The whole area you can't access that was supposed to be like a sort of tutorial in Paris absolutely destroyed me as a kid trying to get to it haha

    • @LolaCroft
      @LolaCroft 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      idk man. Play it again? Game's amazing to me, eventually became one of my favorite TR

    • @PupRiku
      @PupRiku 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@LolaCroft I've played it since and I do enjoy it, just I still crave the original vision of it

  • @Demowan
    @Demowan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I don't agree that Shadow was so bad as you say it was... It's certainly not a masterpiece with its over-the-top, unbelievable story arc, but I personally enjoyed the ancient city setting and the focus on exploring tombs and jungle. Out of the new trilogy, Rise remains the best, all things considered.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I'm glad you got some enjoyment out of Shadow but yeah, Rise is the best of the last 3

  • @Roadvoice
    @Roadvoice 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    They fear Jessica would come out annoying, cut her, and years later, in the survivor timeline, made Lara annoying...

    • @lewisaino
      @lewisaino 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      At least they knew to rehash 😂😂😂

  • @xmaa9x
    @xmaa9x 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Lara's PTSD is actually a bit explored in the Ten Thousand Immortals book

  • @bryanlovesyou
    @bryanlovesyou ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video as usual. I didn't know most of these. Keep up the great work, bro.

  • @mr.dystopian5554
    @mr.dystopian5554 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd say the cut TR Revelations Gold levels. Kind of like with the previous games, where there were separate released bonus levels. The only one that was actually released was the Times Exclusive.

  • @FadingDuch
    @FadingDuch 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    First game of a series I played was Anniversary or Legend (I forgot again what was the first). And for me that "trilogy" (Anniversary, Legend and Underworld) was the best. It gives me a sense of exploration and solving puzzles. Not like the ones after rebbot. It went some other way. I tryed to play AoD somewhere about 2009. But because of controls I couldn't escape butning house. Tryed to come back to game but my eyes literally don't allow me to nowdays.

  • @Snowy265
    @Snowy265 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love your Tomb Raider content, always so informative.

  • @khajiit8221
    @khajiit8221 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I love learning about old Tomb Raider games development and I don't know why...maybe its just because the games went through so many changes before we got the games we know and love.

  • @naveriie
    @naveriie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Peru in TR3 would have made it the ultimate game. Cool video!! Thx!

  • @Gold26502
    @Gold26502 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    man TR Ascension looked SO GOOD as a game on isolation as you said, i feel like the finished product would've resembled a lot of the atmosphere that is present within the first 15 minutes of TR2013, a lot darker and containing more horror elements, which is my favorite part of the game, as for the companion little girl i don't like that, neither do i love the horse either tbh, but i would've loved to see some supernatural creatures in the island instead of those boring oni who are just buffed soldiers.

  • @unlimitedpower0
    @unlimitedpower0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really did not expect Lara Croft to guillotine throw that guy, damn

  • @politicalscientist8880
    @politicalscientist8880 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice video man. I like how you raised the point of people wanting things that were cut. Too many out there argue cut content is better without actually thinking about it

  • @gavenhernandez550
    @gavenhernandez550 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love your videos about tomb raider it’s been my fav game for years ever since I was younger, this is so cool seeing all of the cut things from the games but honestly underworld has always been one of my favorite games and it doesn’t seem to be that popular but I love it! Nice video btw :)

  • @GeekRaider
    @GeekRaider ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this vid 🔥 so many things I didn't even know - love your vids

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks so much, GEEK 🤓 ❤️ keep yours coming, too! 😊

  • @irishrose90
    @irishrose90 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Didn't know a lot of this information!

  • @Harpotos
    @Harpotos 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the scrapped new scream sounds kinda like the howl at night in Majora's Mask 3:47

  • @MARTINLOUISR
    @MARTINLOUISR 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    that annoyed in in AOD i was like "why cant i not have 2 pistols!" didnt know it was cut.

  • @SmugStick
    @SmugStick ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great video! I love Tomb Raider, always love seeing more content for it. Keep it up!

  • @CritStanley
    @CritStanley 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tomb Raider classic definitely has a strong paranormal aspect to it that goes underappreciated. Tomb Raider 2's floating islands alternate dimension, Lost Artifact's final level in that meteorite dimension, Chronicles's Ireland horror section, and Underworld's Avalon.
    So Ascension having creepy ass monsters in it? LOVE IT. I really wish they had kept *_those_* instead of keeping the survivor aspect. Just have it still be LAU Lara. Or even reboot it, but still having tomb raiding be a strong focal point instead of a side deal/story-only deal as it became in 2013 onward.

  • @markaitkenguitar
    @markaitkenguitar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not a lot of Anniversary got cut but Anniversary sure cut a lot of TR1!
    Cool video, thanks.

  • @Potkanka
    @Potkanka ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Good overview, I think one more thing worth mentioning was the electric torch in TR4, I think the animation for holding it still remains somewhere in the game. And of course, it's on the box art :)
    Also I'd say you're too harsh on Shadow, its optional and DLC tombs are some of the best raiding in the whole Reboot trilogy, really good stuff. The whole game should've been like that tbh.
    EDIT: Oh also there was supposed to be TR4 Gold, we have the plot overview, the locations. There's even a great TRLE based on that.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh yes the torch, that would have been cool especially because it's on the cover, and yeah TR4 Gold :)

    • @Potkanka
      @Potkanka ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SethMcKenzieTV The torch is nice, I'm just not sure if it'd replace the flares entirely, I like the flares. But I also use the light up function on the binoculars a lot, which is basically an electric torch, just one you can't walk with :D

  • @KLYDEtube
    @KLYDEtube ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for this video, i feel like i haven t seen so many of these

  • @JabamiLain
    @JabamiLain ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Having finished half of the "Legend" trilogy, I've got now theories on things that confused me for years (and that could have made for great cut content):
    -I think Merlin and the xaman of the queen buried in Paraíso might actually be the same person. I think they're Tihocan (the Atlantean king whose body is missing from his tomb in Greece), who would be trying to rebuild the world into something similar to what Atlantis used to be by raising kings and queens through out the world;
    -I think Basilisks like the one Lara confronts in Arthur's tomb used to be the dominant race on Earth. Because of the healing properties of their venom, the potentially dying race of Atlanteans came to Earth in order to use them, but then Pangea was broken, leading to the extinction of the majority of the serpents. Fortunately, as the Norse myth indicates for Jomungandr, their poison sacks were broken, releasing the venom into...everywhere. Leading the Atlanteans to build that device Natla wanted to use in "Underworld" in order to control the venom's flow;
    -To know that some of those Thralls in Avalon/Hellheim used to be kings, queens, generals (Lara comments Arthur's tomb is mostly empty and his dias was broken, meaning they rose from the dead thanks to the poison and used the portal)... It's so sad to see what they've been reduced to and how Natla only sees them as tools to be used for her seventh age (potentially planning to turn them into something similar to the Doppelganger). She's completely wicked, sadistic and cruel. The world needs no people like her.

  • @elmanuemi
    @elmanuemi 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:51 The best scream of Lara is actually from Jonell Elliot, but the one made for TRAOD

  • @travislarson8470
    @travislarson8470 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honestly the most intriguing thing to me is the “Ascension” concept - I love the AOD material that got cut - but I do get annoyed when fans of AOD will say “think of what it COULD have been!”

  • @Gamesta100
    @Gamesta100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The only different version from these I wish happened is that Core Design version of Anniversary.
    The others honestly sound crap for Tomb Raider games. Sure narrative wise maybe her seeking counseling would have been good but I don't want that stuff in Tomb Raider.
    I prefer her being an ultra badass like the originals and when she gets pissed off in Shadow and goes ballistic lol

  • @marcostavares5888
    @marcostavares5888 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video...
    Good that they did the survivor Perspective in 2013...

  • @superbroadcaster
    @superbroadcaster ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey man, loving your content, your TR videos are some of the best on TH-cam.

  • @mrk-ism
    @mrk-ism ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ooh that dagger in TR3 would've been cool

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, she had one in the opening FMV before Caves in TR1 so it seemed like they kept toying with the idea

    • @0047sssss
      @0047sssss 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It evolved into the crowbar item

  • @4creilly128
    @4creilly128 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The jan mayan bike ride was amazing

  • @BartolisHideoutGaming
    @BartolisHideoutGaming ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man you’re a Tomb Raider enciclopédia! Great video, very interesting! I always looked at TR2 Maria doria as the Titanic anyway and I keep telling you but you don’t believe me. Shadow is the best TR game from the survivor trilogy!! You know deep inside. Just look at it as Tomb Raider 3 from the newest generation 😂😊

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for the support bro, and umm I'd take Rise over Shadow any day of the week! I'd rather have herpes than play Shadow 😂

  • @Zellphie
    @Zellphie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:05 I always noticed that detail when I was a kid! x)

  • @Nothing_Israel
    @Nothing_Israel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    While it has already been said that the most recent Tomb Raider games tried to be Uncharted / Arkham franchise, the biggest issue I had with them that unlike the previous games in the series and even the Uncharted games they had tried to copy (to be fair, Lara was shimming across ledges, swinging from ropes and shooting innocent animals long before Nathan Drake had) - they were almost entirely lacking of humor and fun.
    The early Tomb Raider games was very aware of the fact that the subject matter was inherently silly and it took every opportunity to wink at the audience . While Lara wasn’t as quippy as Nathan Drake (or Spider-Man who basically has the same personality), the games knew they were silly so they didn’t try to manipulate the audience into caring by torturing Lara in every cut scene and having her giving melodramatic monologues every time she spoke to herself.
    Lara’s double pistols spat in the face of how a person would logically use guns in combat and her every move was determined by the “rule of cool.”
    Why take the stairs when she could cut the cord in an elevator shaft? Mysterious jungle? Whose to say it isn’t filled with dinosaurs- which would normally be a far more valuable discovery than any ancient trinket?
    Give her a more realistic body - awesome - but don’t steep her in so much realism that you rob the game of its fun … especially when by its very nature it can’t be realistic.
    /rant.

    • @Nothing_Israel
      @Nothing_Israel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would like to say that I am encouraged by news that Phoebe Waller Bridge is writing a Tomb Raider series, assuming she injects it with the kind of wit found in Fleabag, that would be amazing. Probably less dick jokes .
      However - how about instead she write for the game? There are a billion Tv shows now. A really clever / funny Tomb Raider game would be exciting.
      Just - go back to original Lara (with realistic proportions, obviously) and make a game which is hilariously cool, clever, and self aware … bring back the farting butler!! )

  • @superlatero
    @superlatero ปีที่แล้ว +8

    God I'd spend some serious money on faithful remasters of the the Core-Era games

    • @lionocyborg6030
      @lionocyborg6030 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s only about half of them but I have good news for you…

    • @superlatero
      @superlatero 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lionocyborg6030 pre-ordered for digital release and begging for physical releases!

  • @StardustSpeedman
    @StardustSpeedman ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Awesome video, thanks!
    But I have to say, I think your disdain for Shadow of the TR is unfortunate to me. Yes, it has many flaws, but I still think it's miles better than the reboot and Rise, for one because it has a higher focus on puzzle-solving ans less combat, and because I thing outside the main campain, challenge tomb mode is tons of fun! Especially some of the downloadable challenge tombs are awe-inspiring! Forge of Destiniy, Temple of the Sun, Howl of the Monkey Gods, Slayer's Gauntlet and Mother Protector are all amazing! I especially consider Howl of the Monkey Gods as one of my best gaming-experiences! It's still a huge shame that these challenge tombs are so small and not very explorable, but if they would combine this level of inspiration with complex level structures for the next game, I'd be extremely happy!

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm glad you like Shadow because I wish I could./ I agree the DLC tombs are visually dazzling

    • @marekdrahos2456
      @marekdrahos2456 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I like reboot but really for me personaly its hard to compare it with older games. Not because of graphics, I dont care too much about that but because those games seem so different to me. Reboot seem less paranormal compared to older installments.

    • @StardustSpeedman
      @StardustSpeedman 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@marekdrahos2456 This is exactly one of the things that makes the older games more awesome to me. :)

    • @marekdrahos2456
      @marekdrahos2456 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@StardustSpeedmanI can only agree :)

  • @likeandsharedeeznutsbruh2845
    @likeandsharedeeznutsbruh2845 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    really enjoying these tomb raider videos man

  • @bepisgrandmaster
    @bepisgrandmaster 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    as a lifelong tomb raider fan there was a few i didn't know! thanks for the video and keep on going
    edit: also in rise there was supposed to be a turkey level

  • @CozyGlow625
    @CozyGlow625 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe the dual targeting in Tomb Raider 1 did leave a very faint scar. If maneuvered correctly, Lara can, for merely a few frames, shoot at 2 different enemies before resuming to shooting only 1.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      When she rolls while shooting she does stick her arm out but I thought that was just her arm moving back into position from the roll animation

    • @CozyGlow625
      @CozyGlow625 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@SethMcKenzieTV Yes, i meant to say that. I haven't managed to trigger it, i only saw it in someone else's video.

  • @GiuseppeJanJaguar
    @GiuseppeJanJaguar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    To this day i haven't played any tomb raider games beyond underworld simply because they changed her appearance.. Silly i know but she doesn't seem the same one at least from Underworld

  • @Andreh-MarquesS
    @Andreh-MarquesS ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have the impression that Underworld cut off a lot more?? It's so bland, so simple, no boss fights. you pretty much just walk. Legend and Anniversary were so exciting

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn't call Anniversary exciting, haha, but maybe with Underworld less has been made public about what cuts were made

    • @charg1nmalaz0r51
      @charg1nmalaz0r51 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      heck i had to check my achievement list to see if i had ever played it after seeing some clips and apparently i maxed it out. So it must have been really bland and forgettable because i have no recollection of doing it. Yet im playing the remakes right now like im riding a bike

  • @stevenstocker9873
    @stevenstocker9873 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The whole lara needing psychological evaluation was in rise of the tomb raider, not so much trinity gas lighting in an attempt to cover their tracks, which I personally I thought was too contrived at this point. However they did recycle the plotpoint as part of the uncle's bid to seize croft manor.

  • @mostafaalghalibi162
    @mostafaalghalibi162 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    13:11 lol couldn't agree more

  • @whodisidk
    @whodisidk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just to think about how many things they could have done with AOD if they had enough time for it... It just baffles me that it will remain as the worst game in the series simply because it was rushed, unfinished and buggy. It had a lot of potential to create a "dark" version of the Lara we knew from the previous games.

  • @HandheldGamer1991
    @HandheldGamer1991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ooooo i love tomb raider so this will be interesting :)

  • @rozasupreme
    @rozasupreme 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still say the biggest crime Crystal Dynamics committed was changing Lara's parents from snobby rich toffs into caring explorers, cause it totally ruined the core (intended) reason Lara even BECAME an explorer.

  • @kevinpoole6233
    @kevinpoole6233 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sottr is a great game btw, very intresting what was cut

  • @Lagbeard
    @Lagbeard 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Tomb Raider Ascension thing... It doesn't really sound like it would fit as a Tomb Raider game, but they could've probably pulled off something like the Devil May Cry franchise did to get it's start, where the first DMC got it's start as Resident Evil 4 but after going too far off the rails rather than scrap it they just reworked it into a new game.

  • @lonestar6709
    @lonestar6709 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cut content from Angel of Darkness?
    Half the bloody game is missing! You could do a full length feature on it.
    I still can't get over how she goes from pants to shorts, with no warning! So bad it's brilliant.

  • @Theottselmaster
    @Theottselmaster 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Legend had at one point a Rocket launcher, its still accessible on the Gamecube via Action reply but its glitched, the rocket only travels about 5 feet.

  • @KarmaTube5
    @KarmaTube5 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think they were going for a new lead character which is why they kept trying to add the kid. Laura trains her whole saving the little girl, and eventually she the girl would be the new main

  • @TheGamingJock
    @TheGamingJock ปีที่แล้ว

    Would have been interesting to see what Peru in TR3 would have looked like

  • @liamwynne566
    @liamwynne566 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have you ever played the PS2 version of Underworld? Absolutely horrific in every way possible

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes I have and yeah it is shockingly bad

  • @SenseiJacksama
    @SenseiJacksama 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It wouldnt have made sense to have Natla contact Lara right after the events of SOTR. In TR1 you can see that Lara has gone on lots of adventures and already established herself as a seasoned adventurer. At the very least she has 1 found the ark of the covenant which could be its own game by itself and and 2 killed bigfoot. Perhapse a more subtle hint would have been something like a newspaper headline showing Natlas company becomming successful or praising their radical new tech.

  • @darthkahn45
    @darthkahn45 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video thanks!
    Regarding the over the top combat cut from Legend.
    I actually think this direction would be Tomb Raiders BEST chance for a true resurgence moving forward. Basically A slightly more grounded, non magical version of Bayonetta. More style and flair than ever before, more sass and attitude than ever before. Not just in the way that she fights but in the platforming, take the handstand idea and apply it to literally everything, where a greater mastery of specific inputs and timing the game looks like Relic Run where everything is done with beautiful style and flair. I think that would really catch the eye of general audiences again.
    ...They won't do that though lol

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I get the idea, but it's just too crazy and gravity-defying for me lol. I want acrobatics to return but in a way that looks like it could actually realistically be performed. There is a middleground somewhere. I think Anniversary and Legend had the best combat controls/style

  • @apothekla9761
    @apothekla9761 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:23 Wait what. There is a giant patch UNDER her backpack?! I need to know more!

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm interested in it, too, but idk any more about it...

  • @anabugulet8628
    @anabugulet8628 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great video as always. I think the alternative Tomb Raider Reboot looks cool af, but you're right -- the one we got already strides too much from the franchise's original plot and ideas, so a demonic TR would have been too dissimilar. as for Rise of TR, you're very right, Crystal has its formula too ingrained in their games, the producers wouldn't have incorporated anything too risky or original, instead they sticked to the Hollywoodesque style the franchise had developed in the last years.

  • @dimitronix2099
    @dimitronix2099 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    tomb raider angel of cut content

  • @directedbyxanderjones8329
    @directedbyxanderjones8329 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On the back of the case for TR2, Lara is shown in a black bikini with a gun that looks like a Tec-9. Too bad we never saw that. It could've been a brief shoot-out moment while she was in the middle of changing her clothes while talking to Brother Chin Barkhang. We also see Lara in the bomber jacket swinging from a rope while firing one of her pistols. My guess is that they were pressed for time and couldn't animate that.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      All of that was just promotional artwork for magazines and adverts, I doubt it was intended to be gameplay

    • @directedbyxanderjones8329
      @directedbyxanderjones8329 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SethMcKenzieTV
      It'd sure be a lot cooler if it was for gameplay.

  • @nadaqasem99
    @nadaqasem99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    most of them are cool! but nothing beats the angel of darkness cool cut content 🤷‍♀️

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah it's between that and Core's Anniversary Edition

  • @TheFinalDirectorsCut
    @TheFinalDirectorsCut 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The most interesting was that deleted video from the original Tomb Raider. It seems the next destination would have been Easter Island.

  • @10peet
    @10peet ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was very disappointed whet they started releasing the 25th anniversary materials showing early development. My dream was to see footage from early version of Bolivia on Xbox 360 and maybe more of mexico from TRU 😭

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah early X360 Legend had amazing graphics... I wonder what the hell happened

  • @ralzr.4450
    @ralzr.4450 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I played everything that is between Core Design TR 1 to Square Enix "Tomb Raider". Couldn't find anything "Tomb Raider" in the square enix reboot, it was just slapped with the same title but it isn't Tomb Raider for me. I just rushed through the whole thing, didn't even bother with the next installments. I still dream for a complete AoD trilogy.

  • @directedbyxanderjones8329
    @directedbyxanderjones8329 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not really cut content but the original wet suit in Tomb Raider 2 was supposed to be black with red stripes. We actually got to see it in an old E3 Sega Saturn demo. It's just more pixelated.

  • @Xxsorafan
    @Xxsorafan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It would be amazing if they gave angel of darkness another shot but that seems impossible now…

  • @brandonlrushman2870
    @brandonlrushman2870 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely! ☕️ 🫖

  • @TheMoviemaster666
    @TheMoviemaster666 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I feel the last 3 tomb raider games are the best out of all the other tomb raider games.

  • @RealityAlwaysWins
    @RealityAlwaysWins 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ARGH! WHAT!? Core were remaking their own game and it was denied?? Now I'm sad, I would have loved to have Core remake their own game, not the issue ridden story and magnetic ledges Lara. Even the WIP looked just like the classic game only more polished, such a shame :(

  • @Chop2009
    @Chop2009 ปีที่แล้ว

    On the back of the jewel case there is a picture of lara swimming up to a giant great white shark. Kinda sad no one said anything about it.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Could that be for Golden Mask? There were some white sharks in that TR2 expansion

    • @Chop2009
      @Chop2009 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@SethMcKenzieTV Look at the back of the ps1 jewel case.

  • @rorymichaelosullivan2191
    @rorymichaelosullivan2191 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm here for the sass about the survivor trilogy. Absolutely loving for it. Here's hoping this time is the charm and the industry followers can put out an actual tomb raider game!

    • @lewisaino
      @lewisaino 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      To think even the Definitive Edition still lacks content

  • @KursedCosplay
    @KursedCosplay ปีที่แล้ว

    👏👏👏

  • @thegasmaskguy613
    @thegasmaskguy613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dunno i liked TR2013 and im looking forward to playing rise and shadow as well

  • @krulkiti9961
    @krulkiti9961 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should have said about that blonde gair from tomb raider's multiplayer who have been hanging on the cave's wall in first level

  • @SilentDeadline
    @SilentDeadline 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where were you able to find Jonell's Scream? :o

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the early in development version of TR4. check hiddenpalace.org

  • @nathanlacey14
    @nathanlacey14 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’d love a prequel game. Her first adventure

  • @thearkhamknight846
    @thearkhamknight846 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the Tomb Raiders I like most is 2 and Legend

  • @sheisjazzz
    @sheisjazzz 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why does Reboot Lara's voice sound like an American who is trying to make a British accent😭 Thank god i've never played those.

  • @damracroft
    @damracroft 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still want to play TRU Dlcs but I don't have an Xbox. After all this time...

  • @BizarePlayer
    @BizarePlayer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I would like to play any of those unreleased version just for curiosity.

    • @SethMcKenzieTV
      @SethMcKenzieTV  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is a website called hiddenpalace.org which contains early builds

    • @BizarePlayer
      @BizarePlayer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SethMcKenzieTV Thanks!

  • @Larry
    @Larry ปีที่แล้ว

    I did hear the Tomb Raider arcade game used a few unused assets from the 2013 release.

  • @xashfordx
    @xashfordx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shadow was great, you need to hush your noise.