In case you somehow missed it, Aspyr is working on another Tomb Raider trilogy focused on remastering three more of Lara Croft's adventures.
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered will also come loaded with plenty of features and one of these is the returning 'Photo Mode' (which also appeared in the first trilogy). This was recently discussed on the PlayStation Blog and once again allows you to freeze frame and capture the most memorable moments in the game.
This feature comes packed with new poses and outfits, customisable shots, dynamic expressions to bring Lara's character to life, and seamless integration with each game.
Developer Aspyr has also shared some new screenshots of two of Lara Croft's most formidable foes - the Bronze Bull and the Minotaur from The Last Revelation. Just keep in mind these screenshots are from the PlayStation version of the game.
When Tomb Raider I-III Remastered arrived on the Switch eShop earlier this year, we called it a "great" package:
"Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is one of Aspyr's most accomplished projects to date, successfully giving three of gaming's most iconic titles a much-needed lick of paint while upgrading the controls to give newcomers a welcome leg-up. Some of the lighting is a bit off with the new visuals, and the need to manually save your game is a big no-no in 2024, but if you're curious as to how Lara Croft got her start in gaming, then this is easily the best way to experience the original trilogy."
Tomb Raider will arrive early next year on Valentine's Day. Will you be adding it to your Switch library? Let us know.
[source blog.playstation.com, via gonintendo.com]
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So you can take a million photos of walking historical abuse allegation Kurtis Trent from The Angel of Darkness.
Probably another lazy remaster where they AI upscaled the textures so the game requires 10 times more space for the wrong reason.
Aspyr should take lessons from Nightdive.
Nice, looking forward also to this remastered even though the games included are overall weaker based on what I've heard - I should play the first remastered first and foremost, though (waiting for my discounted physical copy to arrive after my usual retailer mistakenly sent me a PS5 one instead)!
I recently realized you have to be online to be able to start the first tomb raider trilogy. Since this is a no go for a singleplayer game, I will not buy this new one
The first remaster was a step above, I believe the lead developer was the developer of OpenLara so it was a quality release even on Switch. Hope this one matches up.
It'll be nice to have angel of darkness in a slightly less glitchy state to be honest!😁
@jojobar Please clarify this. Because people have checked and see no such requirement.
So, doing the same thing as Splatoon 3 with Photo mode. Nice.
@Zealv2 If you play the game on Switch without an internet connection, it comes up with a message to connect to the internet or turn off airplane mode.
But the game loads as normal if you ignore the message so not really sure what's going on.
@Grumblevolcano Think they're confused. I think this is because the Switch wants to check if the game is compatible for cloud saves. I just tried it with a game I haven't ran before and it lets you run it anyway. So really, there is nothing wrong.
@Grumblevolcano Yes works offline for me too.
I was hoping for some news on restoring AoD content. There's a good game in there w unofficial patches.
@nessisonett it was a stretch, but you got there.
@LikelySatan I actually quite like portions of AoD. Full of early PS2 gripes though, the loading times, crowbarring of PS1 boxy concepts into a more naturally 3D space etc. Glad we never got the planned Kurtis Trent spinoff though, had disaster written all over it.
@nessisonett you are as odd as your avatar. But anyway, it will be pretty funny seeing all of the usual suspects tear Aspyr apart with comparisons to the work the AoD fan community has done on that game.
...yes, there is an Angel of Darkness fan community.
Only played IV and loved it at the time, but I've never played the other two. To be honest, I'm not sure if the point of this kind of collection is to discover new games when it comes to early 3D games, which tend to have bad controls
The first collection was really good. I'm really fond of TR I and II and had a blast replaying them after such a long time
@LikelySatan
I tried it early this year with fan patches, it has some good in it, but the combat was too awful.
I will pick up this Collection on Gog, lets see how they handled the Issues.
We'll see how this ends up selling. I always felt that the first couple of Tomb Raider games had this iconic timeless PS1 charm, in the same way as Metal Gear Solid and Tony Hawk. But while those other two just got better and better on the PS2, Tomb Raider just seemed to get lamer and lamer. But I'm not sure if that's just my own preferences talking or the general consensus.
@N64-ROX Not wrong. There's a drop-off in quality in different aspects with each game. It becomes more understandable if you look into the development of the series. There's a video on YT called "The Troubled Development of Tomb Raider" I recommend anyone to watch if they're interested.
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