Topic: Tomb Raider I-III Remastered

Digital Foundry seemed to be pretty impressed with it

My brother bought it and shared his screen with me. I watched him play it for a bit and liked what I saw. If I didn't have Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to play then I'd probably buy it.

I have played 45 minutes (ish) of the first game and i am loving it, i am playing with modern control enabled as i couldn't get on with tank control.

Great to see the screenshots and all the activity, the launch seems to have really gone down well which is great considering the marketing for it seemed quite minimal.

@kyleforrester87 How do you select which game you play i didn't see a menu it started on TR1

@Max_Headroom lol press up and down from the main menu (as I recall!)

I wasn't expecting this remastered trilogy to review so well, guess it's another one for the backlog. Ah what a year so far.

Can't believe they haven't assigned a 'hop backwards' option in the modern controls! Gah!

I started with TR1 and modern controls, the first part of the game is fine then when you get to the short ledges the controls will drive you mad for a while, persevere and after a while it clicks and it becomes much easier, it took me a while to learn to press jump and R2 to grab ledges especially in water (i never looked at the controls) but again it becomes second nature after a while.

I found saving at every point i was miss jumping and dropping off a ledge a huge plus meaning i could simply go into load game and go back to the same spot and try again.

I may have blocked the option by starting TR1 all of the boxes now say "Continue" and take me back to my saved place.

That would have helped a lot.

@Max_Headroom Yes, it's really irritating. Some useful control hints on YouTube at

Hopefully Aspyr will add a backup function that can be mapped to one of the spare controller buttons.

Thanks for posting i will try some of those tips.

I’m close to the end of the second level in TR3. Really, this game is so much harder than the first 2. I’d be half way through TR1 by now. TR3 is loaded with cheap deaths. Still, enjoying it a lot, but it may wear thin!

I just forgot how punishing it was.

@RogerRoger Some great screenshots there! I really like how her character model now looks exactly like it does in the FMV's.

I am giving up until a patch for the controls comes out i like the game but the controls have me pulling my hair out even using the tips in the video here, if they dont patch them its a few £ down the drain and a lesson learned.

I'm having fun constantly toggling between original visuals and updated visuals. It's interesting to compare them, as some things are easier to notice with original graphics, and other things are easier to spot with updated visuals.

I'm playing through Tomb Raider 1 currently, whilst trying to see whether I can get the 86 or less saves and guns only achievements in this run. I've played through the original game several times before over the years, so I know my way around moderately well, though I do seem to be missing a lot of the secrets so far.

@crimsontadpoles I've been hovering over the "buy" button for most of the day - I think my hesitancy is down to already having the originals (which I enjoyed in the way back when) on the PS1 and the very mixed reports on the quality of the new control scheme - which is what I'd be most interested in using. I take it you're using the original "tank" controls?

@LN78 Yeah, I'm using the tank controls. The modern controls weren't clicking with me, though that might just be because I'm far too used to the tank controls. I can't say for sure if the modern controls are bad or not.

@crimsontadpoles I read what @Max_Headroom posted earlier and that made me even more reticent, honestly. I think I might wait for a discount after all.

That is my other gripe but its not as much of a pita as the controls.