Ah, the Golden Age of Gaming – that’s an era every gamer can get behind. But what about silver, and bronze? Hell, if comic books can have multiple ages, so can gaming. Like comic books, gaming has distinctly different eras. In the same way comic books grew as they became recognised art styles, games did too – the initial glory years of both, the golden age, define a time when the mediums were still new, and could afford to try new things, in new ways.
In short, creativity was at its peak.
Tomb Raider I, II, III Remastered is available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Lara Croft is back in a classic remaster of the original PlayStation 1 hit title. Is the remaster any good though?
We've gone on many adventures with Lara Croft. With another reboot in the making, Wealth of Geeks felt it was a good time to go down the nostalgia rabbit hole and remember the best of those tomb-raiding thrills.
I do agree that Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness was the worse one 😂 I remember playing some of it and I took it back. That game was just awful in every way. I bought it used at gamestop and glad they had that 7 day return policy for used games 😂
Simple. He's been hating on the Tomb Raider reboots for years. I can't imagine seeing them at the top of a best TR game list let alone being on the list in general sitting well with him because of it.
Zeek
“Hating”
No no, just pointing out how TR mutated into a generic action adventure game losing the appeal of what it once was when it was more about puzzles and platforming over going Rambo, slaughtering waves of enemies
But hey, continue being a dick and speaking about me like I’m not going to see the comment.
Foxtrot, I'm curious if you have played the most recent games. Sure the 2013 reboot was hugely focused on combat, but each follow up became less and less about combat to the point where outside of a few large scale story missions I don't even remember combat being a part of shadow of the tomb raider. Shadow was so puzzle focused it actually was a bit much for me and I love the TR puzzles.
I still feel like Rise was the best of the series and I was a huge fan of the originals. To me it struck the perfect balance of exploration, platforming, puzzles, and combat. Not saying your opinion is wrong I'm just curious what you think they should have done different. Games do need to evolve somewhat to stay relevant. Would you prefer small linear jumping platform levels like the original?
I think Shadow wasn't even develop by crystal dynamics. I thought it was the worse in the new trilogy
That's right. Shadow was developed by Eidos Montreal who who went and made Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy next. (Great game)
Meanwhile after Rise of the Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics made Marvels Avengers. (bad game)
For me, Legend should be alot higher (along with the other two ). Shadow, I enjoyed it, but has too much has fluff, as modern games tend to do. Playing the remastered series, and apart from the controls, is very good.
I really enjoyed the first 2 games, Legend and the first of the reboots and the rest I didn’t get into so I never finished.
Completely subjective list. I really liked Underworld, I preferred Lara's design. That said I loved the horror/uncharted feel of the reboot. I think all the TR games have strengths and weaknesses. None are objectively better in every way.
Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had
I think more gamers should pay more attention to indie developers games because they are not beholden to publishers and shareholders alike, which means they can push the envelope, try out new and different things. THEY DARE TO BE DIFFERENT! And I as a gamer appreciate them all the more for it. But its a double edge sword because if they don't deliver on their creations, they are rejected and forgotten.,but isn't this always been the nature of the gaming industry? Lots of games will fail but just those supreme few that come out and make such and impact on the industry, they define whatever happens afterwards. I don't care for all indie games, but I sure as hell appreciate their existence. If it wasn't for indie developers Daring To Be Different, does anybody think we'd be getting games like No Man's Sky!?
If by modern age you mean walking simulators with little gameplay, or 16-bit inspired 2D platformers, yes they are leading us into the modern age of gaming.
There are plenty of indie developers that push the boat out and approach ideas that AAA publishers would have a very hard time green-lighting. In that sense, a lot of indie developers lead the way creatively and deserve the attention they receive. But I don't like using a single thing to explain any one shift in modern gaming. I hear the same thing about VR. I say let these idea converge and share the same stage.
To be honest, there are a plethora of indie titles that I much prefer to play over AAA third party multiplats, these days.
I have yet to play a truly memorable indie game. They are alright but not awe inspiring.