My god, what an epic video. Finally someone who can talk through the Tomb Raider games and give this amazing series the attention it deserves. While the modern reboots were hella fun i will always have a special place in my heart for Tomb Raider 2. Love the long format uploads btw, keep it up :)
Thanks so much, this format definitely takes more work but I really enjoy the research so I intend to make more, that’s for sure 👍🏼 Thanks for the support, really glad you enjoyed it!
Just spent an hour working and watching this, such a great walk through memory lane. You hit some really great points too as a lot of the older games I haven't played, but it was amazing to see how different they were!
What an in-depth recounting the history of Tomb Raider. Mate, this is the second video you have produced that I have watched, and I am highly impressed. I think you could be the next Total Biscuit.
Wow, high praise, thank you so much! TotalBiscuit was a real champ - to achieve his level of success would be living the dream - so I plan to keep trying!
@The Casual Gamer mate, you have all the ingredients. I subbed to Roanoke Gaming, when he had less than 20K subs, and he's pushing 700K. I subbed to YongYea when he had about 100K, and he is closing on 800K. You have the content to back up your climb. All we are looking for is the spark that sets your rise off. Keep at it.
The OG Trilogy and the reboot trilogy is by far the best TR games I love them so much!!! I hope this new studio makes a great game soon....but in the meantime we have the remastered collection of 1-3 coming next week!!!!!;🎉❤😁 AMAZING VIDEO!!!! 💪🏿🔥🔥🔥👏🏿
Thanks so much! I really did enjoy them too. Funnily enough, just last night I was playing a bit of Fortnight with a friend who was my fellow diehard Tomb Raider partner in the playground when we were like 10. He’s just played through a couple of them and feels much the same way as you - in fact, listening to him talk, I can see your emojis flying out of his mouth 🤣 The studios who developed this remaster were Aspyr and Saber, both of whom specialise in ports and remasters. They sit under the Embracer group, a Swedish super-publisher not known for consistency. I’m not entirely sure if we’re going to see anything original out of these developers any time soon, but you never know, they certainly have passionate developers on their staff if nothing else!!
The Cradle of Life was released in 2003, not 2001. That's why Angel of Darkness was rushed out, to ride the TR hype and release around the same time that year
Damn it, not sure how I fudged that - how annoying! Thanks for pointing it out though. I’ll see if I can add a correction overlay using subs or something 🤷♂️
This is utterly fantastic. Thank you for such an in-depth incredible thought-provoking and reminiscent review of one of if not the world's greatest video game ... and every teen boy's fantasy woman. I recently purchased multiple editions of this timeless game on the Steam platform for less than 1 USD each!
Thanks so much, so glad you're enjoying it! I did try to put my heart into it, I have so many feelings myself about so many of the games it can be hard to squeeze it all into an hour haha, but feedback like that makes all the time and effort worth it 🙏
tomb raider is my favorite game franchise of all time. hearing that a new one is on its way has me overjoyed! i only hope it wasnt the remaster of the original 3, but an entirely new game to get Lara back to kicking ass full time!
I really appreciated your comprehensive yet concise thoughts on this series. I can't say I'm a big fan of these types of games as I'm not big into puzzles, but I have a lot of love for the 2013 reboot and the wacky/interesting plots that come with each iteration of the franchise. I'm curious to see what the next game will be like.
Thanks so much, that’s really kind! When I played the first game at about ten years old (actually, I played the second one first, then the third one, then the first one … damn pocket money/Christmas present constraints 😄) I don’t think there was a single level I completed honestly. I’d be telling other kids how to do the level skip in the playground 🤣 but that’s the wonder of the game, it appealed to all ages and all audiences because there was just nothing like it at the time. Then going back and playing it in the following years, I really learnt to appreciate how well-designed the puzzles were. But indeed, if you aren’t into puzzles, the story and combat alone are unlikely to be enough to keep you involved. I look forward to the next game as well, fascinated to see where they go.
Very interesting and well done video. Great watch! I know it's not the popular answer but Rise of the Tomb Raider is by far my favorite TR game since the original. I can play through it over and over. For whatever reason, i just still have not been able to finish Shadow of the Tomb Raider. It's good, but it just didn't grab me.
Thanks so much, that’s very kind and I appreciate the comment. And no way, I preferred the 2013 reboot myself, but for replay value I can totally see how the second would trump it because there’s just more content and weaponry, and Lara does have a few more gameplay capabilities for sure. The third one just gets a bit weird, so much silly dialogue and side missions, it sometimes feels like you’ve strayed into a GTA game 😄
Yeah, I totally agree, as I mentioned in the video I really liked the concept and to be honest I wanted it to be the best one yet. My favourite Tomb Raider memories are usually the ones where she finds herself in cities and not tombs. Or at least does a bit of both, you know? I think that’s why they called it. Lara Croft: Angel of Darkness. From what I’ve read, harsh as it might sound, Core just didn’t have the experience to put something that big together so quickly, and Eidos just lent on them too hard. I think Crystal dynamics did an amazing job though, and it did start the series down a very exciting new path.
I think that’s fair, there’s some strange hate for them, and I don’t understand it, when the 2013 reboot came out I literally thought it was like the best game I’ve ever seen. Up there with The Last of Us and Arkham Asylum, it seemed like video game graphics had just reached a new high, where it was impossible to tell the difference between background terrain and what was intended to be platforming elements. And those set pieces, like the giant ship that is falling and you have to climb up it while fighting. Just awesome.
Oh yeah, I never added it when I first published the video and never noticed. I've added the link to the article I used but bear in mind it might no longer work. If you do want to have a go and that article doesn't work, I'd try googling it instead. Good luck!
I’m glad I’m part of the metroid fandom where most of the community doesn’t sexualize the main playable character and it’s actually widely frowned upon
I mean I'm all for being a gent 🙏 and good for you too. I would say that it's true she wasn't sexualised in 1986, the year of the great reveal, or for a bit after that, but more recent Nintendo artwork does sometimes have a bit of a Rule 34 vibe to it 🤷
I can appreciate the effort of this video but somewhere in the middle it turned from being a history of a franchise into a reading of Squeenix's marketing materials they send to game journalists...
Omg I did forget! And I played that game like twice through back in the day haha. Although it was basically a lame version of Hitman Go which came out a year earlier so I'm not so bothered, but good spot!
I will never take anyone seriously who thinks that the 2013 reboot games where TOMB RAIDER games, they where not, they where uncharted games with a female protagonist. A shamefull shell copy of what the Original games actually inspired.
Would you have preferred it if Lara still moved around a grid and had tank controls? I mean Uncharted was inspired by Tomb Raider after all - can you think of any game that is more in line with the classic Tomb Raider vision? Having gone back and played the originals recently, I would say that puzzle solving is an important aspect, however I thought it was so clever how the created these individual brain teaser segments based on ancient puzzle designs that could be discovered, hidden away within the environment for those who explored.
I am so bumbed, I don't know how/why I did that!! I know Nathan worked on the original music, I'm baffled - I'm sure I read something about Graham last minute and stupidly added it to my script. Graham worked on the Tomb Raider movies as it happens. But he was no Nathan McCree.
@CasualGamr We all do it from time to time, Mandela effect - of sorts.
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Great video but @ 4:00 you mention the music composer for the original 1996 TR as being Graeme Ravell but he is in fact the composer for the 2001 movie adaptation, not the game. The original game's music is by Nathan McCree.
Thank you so much, and I'm honestly speechless... I had to go back and check myself!! I usually pride myself on nailing details and I actually was aware of Nathan working on the original game, I'm trying to remember why I went and added Graeme's name into the script when I did. I must have read something last minute and added it, something which I basically try to never do now as it's risky. Thanks for the correction, and thanks for the positive feedback 🙏
