The question of every project lead or manager:
I don't see how anyone could not get it, though. It's essential to play the game, and after a couple times you have to jump from a suspended platform to grab onto the next one, I really don't know how it can fail to click. Literally every single jump-grab section in the game is about walking to the edge, jumping back, taking a running start and jumping from the edge. Not understanding this is like not understanding running jumps in Super Mario.
Someone already mentioned this on the thread, but don't you think Demon's Souls in 2009 had some of the original tomb raider magic, with the way levels looped themselves and how enigmatic the systems worked? Also, the atmosphere and constant traps.
It wasn't nearly as difficult as TR, and didn't have any platforming/puzzling to speak of.
Sure, totally different genres. I was talking about the general atitude of really not leading the players and let them figure things out on 3D levels that become more complex the further you go into them.
Both are difficult imo, just difficult in their own ways, TR was more on puzzles side while Souls were on the ennemies/bosses sides.
The reason is obvious. Gaming became mainstream after the end of the 90's and casual gamers or "normies" became the majority. Thus, anything that requires some effort from the player is considered bad design ever since.
Dunno, I'd just emulate the PlayStation version (the Dreamcast version has some bugs and severe frame drops here and there, contary to other straights ports like Soul Reaver that are 100% better thanks to the 60fps) and leave it at that rather than hunt down fan patches/fixes/mods for the PC.
Yeah, i think i'll just play the PS1 version on a good, accurate emulator.
Each subsequent Tomb Raider game became more and more story-focused. Chasing that Indiana Jones-inspired movie-like adventure game.
By that logic, Indiana Jones ripped off dozens of treasure hunting stories prior to it.
But... It did. That's no secret.
BS, Demons's Souls was much more difficult than TR, let's not have rose-tinted glasses. Especially with God move of every PC game aka quick save every 10 seconds.
The gameplay could have been modernised to be less rigid but still offer that feel as a single dude's work has demonstrated (first a video showing off how stuff works, then one showing it in a natural environment instead). After the first few Core games Crystal Dynamics failed in updating it is all. Granted Anniversary was basically like this but that game faltered elsewhere in terms of design, level design, polish, and once again they didn't stick with that scheme for long and the games that did use it had their own issues that had nothing to do with the basic controls, doing too little too late.
When I think of TR1, that is up there with killing myself by diving into the ground. Fun times.
The game is so unique that i'd like to see slight quality of life improvements but mainly a fresh coat of paint. Everything about TR1 is whats missing in most of today's games which have become so samey. I'd buy it.
