The Ultimate Tomb Raider Comparison Video 

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I like TR Remastered the best, because it's TR1 but enhanced. No different enemies, same puzzles, same music, the good old platforming etc. It's everything i wanted, classic Tomb Raider but better.

As fans we are so lucky to have so many versions of so many beautiful locations to explore and enjoy. On a totally separate note, something that’s really been bugging me since remastered dropped is how many people are praising aspyr for opening up the ceilings and letting light and snow in in special areas. I don’t mind that - I mind how when anniversary come out sooooo many people were outraged that crystal would dare to do something like open the ceilings up in lost valley. (Not saying you, Chris. This was back in my tomb raider forums days…)

This really shows off how amazing TRAE would have been, even my colourblind eyes can see how nice the extra colour and lighting effects look 🤩

2:26 The anniversary edition added a freaking VOLCANO?! That's awesome, and a massive pity none of the finished games had one.

I love the music it just fills my soul. Like I'm not going to lie sometimes when I go to the main menu on game I will just sit there and listen to it for about 10 to 15 minutes

Great comparison. Anniversary still looks good.

FAQ: Natla's Mines, WTF? The version of Natla's Mines in TRAE is the remnant of the game's Indiana Jones build. When Eidos cancelled Core's anniversary game, the team tried to salvage it by repurposing the levels into an Indiana Jones game. No doubt he would've gone up against his historic enemies, hence the mines became a base for their operations. What's the status of TRAE? Currently seems to have ground to a halt, I'm unsure if anyone is currently working on it.

The best thing about TR1 (and TR2) is how immersive it is. No matter how the graphics have aged, you feel like you are in her world. The music adds to this alongside the independence you feel with Lara and the feeling of achievement of completing a difficult game. It's a unique feeling you either get or you don't. The remastered series is a testament to that.

The saturated colors in Core's anniversary are SO gorgeous, but the CD version looks more realistic and polished. It's hard to choose at the end of the day. I am grateful that we had all these TR games through the years, even the ones we love to bash just as much as playing. While IMO nothing can beat the OG, each one adds something to the franchise for sure. 🥰 I am hoping we will get to see you playing the remasters, so that Alfredo can get the tea this time.

I could never get TR:AE to work so it’s cool to see that version of the environments included with the classic, anniversary and remaster 🥰

Wow. They're all great in their own unique ways.

As someone who’s never played the games, it’s odd how often the TRAE version looks much nicer than TRA despite it being designed around PSP limitations. It’s more an indictment of trends in console game design of that era which forced many devs to go for grey or brown colour pallets and had to justify every choice based on realism rather than technical or artistic ability. I also find a lot of games of that era do not hold up well compared to PS1&2 era games despite being more powerful as they leant on a lot of new graphics techniques that didn’t get used well for a long time (the number of games where every surface was shiny cos they now had speciality maps, for instance, was insane) One day I’ll hopefully have money to spare so I can give the whole franchise a shot (even if I have to track down that Legends trilogy disc on PS3 to give it a fair shake. Tho hopefully we will get the rest of the core games remastered and then a LAU trilogy remaster so everything is in one place )

RIP Anniversary Edition, at least we got the 1-3 Remasters so something good did come out in the end.

Atlantis is so incredible in the remaster ! the horror is sooo palpable and it's much better than the anniversary version, too sleek

This makes me appreciate how Anniversary tended to make realism its priority in level design - even if it's not as pretty or exciting. I think they make all those ancient areas look like they truly would in real life. The muted colours, the disrepair, the fact that the city of Vilcabamba actually looks like people would have lived there, the waterfall actually making the cogs work in the Lost Valley, the sand at the edge of the stairs in Sanctuary of the Scion etc.

I gotta say that I really like Anniversary. It's a game I've revisited a few times. It holds up just fine.

TR1: fantastic art direction, in spite of and/or because of technical limitations TRAE: some is good, but most looks too cartoony with super dated colored lighting TRA: colors? What are colors?? TR1R: like TR1 but way better, glad they didn't overthink it. Definitely my favorite here.

This video sums up all my thoughts about TR1 and other versions - I digg the more fantasy level design in TRAE, TRA looks grey and uninteresting, and TR1R is a perfect remaster that stays true to the original! Nice comparison video! Also, 12:45 is 🤌

Every game is good in its own way! 🤗 TRA had really nice locations, but I don't like the washed-out/blurry graphics. Also you can see that the new remaster is somehow the perfect mix of all variants. Good video! 👍 And I was confused about the last area from the remaster. I have to check it out now! 🤩😊

It's been a few years but I'm still blown away by the vibrant colors and design choices Core made in TRAE. But I'm also mesmerized by the recent remasters. You can tell Aspyr put a lot of love and care into enhancing the environments we all know and love without changing them completely! 😍

That central room of the Great Pyramid in AE is straight up Resident Evil.😱 Also, that final shot from TR1R, is that from the recent patch? I don't remember that area at all

This was super interesting to see them all side by side! And just reinforces my belief that the folks at Crystal Dynamics are allergic to colour 😆

I love how TRAE portrayed Atlantis. The eerie darkness, the disgusting flesh veins. The "Amnesia The Dark Descent" atmosphere. Probably the best version of the Atlantis level.

Chris, you've missed one. Tomb Raider 1 in VR. Yes. That is now a thing that exists. Don't tell me you're not even just a little bit tempted? ;)

Love that thumbnail ^^

This will be a good one. Fascinating! I must say the Great Pyramid level looks badass in TR Anniversary Edition (Core Design)!

As much as I love the new TR Remastered, Anniversary will always be my ultimate Tomb Raider game❤️

Anniversary is just so much more epic and beautiful than the others! It holds up even in 2024!!!

That was awesome!

TRA looks the best by far, even though it could be a bit more colorful like TRAE is.

I didn't know that TRAE had so much done with it.

I think Anniversary doesn't get enough love from the Tomb Raider community. Is this a bit controversial to say out loud? I mean, I definitely agree with the problems with the stale colours and the wall-centric platforming, but I still think the game did a lot of things quite well. Like... I never quite understood the complaints about streamlining the levels in the remake - yes, they cut some rooms and simplified certain areas (Cistern, my beloved favourite level, what did they do to you... And let us refrain from speaking about Atlantis entirely.) but there are also TONS of things that are way more elaborate in Anniversary and nobody seems to talk about it (Lost Valley and St. Francis Folly come to mind, and of course Croft Manor which I think simply oozes atmosphere in Anniversary). Also the music, the atmosphere and a lot of the visuals are really fantastic in the remake. I think it's a much better game than what a lot of people give it credit for! TR1 is my favourite in the series (along with the 2nd game and to an extent the 3rd) so I'm always going to the partial to the original visuals, but I've been super happy with the new remasters and will definitely keep playing them in the future. It feels just right, somehow - like it's new and shiny, but also same enough as to not feel too distant from the original. MIND YOU I really fucking adore the TRAE visuals, my GOD did we miss out on something wacky and fantastic! Looking at the snippets from it fills me with the same wonder I felt when I was looking at TR1 as a child for the first time. Core really had a special thing for interesting colours and designs!

Getting major nostalgia feels from this video! 🤩

For thr life of me, I can't understand how a select minority dislikes the addition of skyboxes in TR1R. Even playing this game back in the 90s, it never made sense to me why the "sky" was a black void. I actually questioned if thr lost valley was still in a cave. Haha Obviously it was due to performance in rendering.

Cool idea! I was always disappointed with how TRA handled Palace Midas, especially as they did a good job with St. Francis' Folly, but the colours looked too washed out for most of the game. Would've been nice to try Core 's Anniversary edition.

Have always loved the original PS1 graphics. the ambiguity of what you’re looking at can be more unsettling and atmospheric.

I'm surprised that a lot of times Anniversary is actually... more faihful to the original! Still Remaster has my vote!

TRAE is so beautiful!! I love its environments!!

This video is proof of what I've been saying for a while: we never really needed any of the 2 games in the middle, especially TRA - we just needed the original, remastered, exactly as it got released recently. This just shows how much of an amazing job they did on it. More remasters, less remakes...

People shit on Anniversary but it's obvious that game had a degree of love and respect for it's source, might not be perfect but it's hardly the abomination certain people like to paint it as.

Geez, watching this really showcases how diluted and, dare I say, ugly TRA looks compared to. Really wish TRAE would've been released, it looks so pretty!!

Tomb Raider 1 Remastered FTW!

AE looks like a very dark game

Missed a trick not putting the Remastered graphics right next to TR1, sort of loses the impact when it’s separated by two completely different remakes.

TRAE's greece is so good

TRAE 👌

Anniversary looks so bland and colorless compared to the other versions. Been obsessed with the remasters 🤩

I finished 2013 yesterday. Pheonomanel. The final bosswas a cop out😑😑😑😑. And SHANTYTOWN🙉🙈🙊

How complete is that psp dump of trae? because ive never seen some of these images before

TRAE is 2007core in a good way but TRA is 2007core in a bad way

Only Remastered matters. It made everything else obsolete

13:18 wtf???? xD

The aqua-duct in Anniversary is borderline comical at 6:47 😅 such a downgrade on all versions

You can’t argue with TRAE colours, they are the best from the 4 but at the same time it’s unfinished state can’t put it up there. I think that if Anniversary was ever to be remastered, they would change the colour pallet to a more strong one and erase all the blurry on it, it would be the most beautiful looking TR Game (along with Underworld), but I have to Put the remaster up there. TR1R > TRA > TR1 > TRAE

The Original Is Still The Best For Me, The Colours & Brightness Look So Nice, They Just Pop, The Remasters Are Second, But The Other 2 Just Look Dull & Washed Out, Not A Fan Of Them At All 👍🏼

TRA < TRAE < TR1 < TR1R

Trae looks like someone was high when making those levels.

I know you ordered these in release order, but I think the comparison would be a little easier to...well...compare, if you placed the TR1 Remastered version immediately after the TR1 version.

Anniversary is terrible

Anniversary is such a bad game...everything is grey and empty..That "Remake" should never been released

Not going to lie but some ( just the Peru ) of the TRAE look horrible.

wow, TRAE had such a cool concepts! its such a shame this game never game to be. While I love Anniversary, TRAE had such a vibrant colours, with vegetation, this vulkano in lost valley... sooo cool...