Tomb Raider I-III Remastered – PS4, PS5 features detailed, new key art Revealed

Aspyr explains how the seminal classics were restored.

[GaboonViper]

Day one, love me some Tomb Raiding.

[Babadook7]

Personally, TR1 may still be favorite gaming experience of all time. Those puzzles and exploration mechanics were a thing of beauty. I do like Uncharted, but the climbing is so dumbed down compared to early TR. On top of that, the feeling of solitude, the music, the connection to the main character were among the best gaming memories I have.

[inStereo]

Hear hear!

[Nacho_Z]

I don't recall the climbing in TR (agreed it's too basic in Uncharted) but I wish the Uncharted games had the pinpoint platforming that Tomb Raider had. Would have elevated the base gameplay for me.

[GaboonViper]

Oh yes agree, i remember the first time playing being amazed at the beauty and vastness of the levels waiting to be ransacked, and Lara was kick ass.

And that T-Rex is still one of gamings best jump scares and boss fights.

[solideagle]

wait, when did Playstation changed L2/R2 to LB/RB? https://live.staticflickr.c...

[GaboonViper]

LOL good catch.

[terstomp]

Looking forward to this on the PS4.

[CornholioX]

Aah, love this game back when i was a kid. Definitely day one buy!

[robtion]

Such a shame they didn't do a proper remake like with the Spyro trilogy or Shadow of the Colossus. That would have been a day 1 buy. As for this I'll wait and see, it still looks so dated, what was the point? Seems like a lazy cash grab.

[tombfan]

*sigh* this remaster is really what fans want, it's the original grid games with improved graphics and some optional game controls.

This translates badly into a remake because of the grid engine, if they do a remake it'd be like a normal game with uncharted controls, instead, they're giving us the classic experience, with all the magic that's in it.

[OtterX]

The fact that you can use the original tank controls or improved controls w a switch in the settings is pretty awesome. Also switching graphics to original/remastered, bc that's not really something that you see often in remasters today which I wish more studios did. I like to compare the experience on the fly, so kudos to them for doing this.

[Chocoburger]

Just play the Xbox 360 or PC version of Tomb Raider Anniversary, though I'm assuming you already have.

[Zenzuu]

You're obviously missing the point of this remaster release. It's catered for us older fans who loves the original grid system, design and controls with updated visuals and such. It's exactly what every classic Tomb Raider fans want in the first 3 games.

If you want a proper remake, then give Tomb Raider Anniversary a go.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Why is the word lazy always tossed around so .. lazily? Did you actually look at the work they did? Have you read anything?

[robtion]

Yes I looked at the work and read the article. Have YOU actually looked at the 'remaster'? The environments are super blocky and low detail, the textures are poor, the detail in the charter models and enemies is low. This looks like it was made in the early 2000's not in 2023/24.

Look at some good (not lazy) remakes, for example the Demon's Souls remake, the Spyro Triolgy remake for comparison. They remain faithful to the original games but do a proper job of updating the graphics to the modern era.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

"Look at some good (not lazy) remakes, for example the Demon's Souls remake, the Spyro Triolgy remake for comparison"

Why are you comparing remakes to a remaster?

[robtion]

If you look at my original comment it was that it is a shame they are not doing a remake and are only doing a remaster. That is why I am comparing.

[Rebel_Scum]

ok I was hanging back on this as I was wanting modern controls with the directional camera on the right stick. Thank god they did this.

[Vengeance1138]

Back when Lara was actually good looking, unlike the man-like creature in the modern games.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

She's a very beautiful man then.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Gotta be some strange looking women in your life if she a man creature

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Day one

[Jingsing]

Shouldn't this collection be:
1996 Tomb Raider
1997 Tomb Raider II
1998 Tomb Raider III
1999 Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation
2000 Tomb Raider: Chronicles

Also if you follow the Tomb Raider community they are very much into "Tomb Raider Level Editor" that was made in 2000. I would include a port of that for all platforms with all the assets from the 5 mentioned games.

Those are the five original games that used the same engine. You are essentially leaving fans wanting by excluding the last two games.

[BrainSyphoned]

It could have just been 1&2 for twice the price and I wouldn't have been found wanting more.

[-Foxtrot]

The Last Revelation, Chronicles and Angel of Darkness will most likely be in a second collection.

[CobraKai]

The first 3 were the best and most popular. The last 2 were very meh. Plus with remastering the graphics as well as keeping the OG style, it was probably more cost effective to do the 3

[BrainSyphoned]

My most anticipated games right now. The later Tomb Raider games just never scratched the itch the first few did. Since it's been two decades since delving in the puzzles should be fresh.

[gold_drake]

definitely gonna grab this

[AdventurerDonLocke]

I wonder what save system they are going to use.

[Nacho_Z]

That looks about as good a remaster as you could hope for. Very tastefully done and thorough.

[SpacedDuck]

This looks incredible and is how Remasters should be done.

Don't milk it as three separate titles and phone it in.

100% all in on this.

[LoveSpuds]

I am weirdly excited to play these games. I have a huge amount of nostalgia for these classics, I remember I couldn't quite believe how good the first game looked on PS1 at the time. To this day I still hear the music in my head as clear as a bell when I think of that 1st game.

[NotoriousWhiz]

I only played a tomb raider game for maybe 30 minutes. This article kinda makes me want to try these remastered ones.