With the upcoming Tomb Raider Original Remastered Trilogy coming out soon, I thought I’d return to Anniversary to get myself in the mood. I originally started playing this way back in 2018 and then shelved it a month later after getting stuck on a particular puzzle.
My favourite Tomb Raider games are when they’re exactly what they say they are on the tin; raiding tombs! Quiet, atmospheric with pure platforming and puzzle solving as the main crux of the gameplay. The only criticism I have is that half the boss battles are quick-time event cutscenes which felt so underwhelming to the point of being insulting.
Having never played the original, this is definitely the best way to experience it. Sort of tempted to revisit Legend and Underworld as I only briefly played the demo of each.
Overall, very good and I’m glad I returned to finish it.
My favourite Tomb Raider games are when they’re exactly what they say they are on the tin; raiding tombs! Quiet, atmospheric with pure platforming and puzzle solving as the main crux of the gameplay. The only criticism I have is that half the boss battles are quick-time event cutscenes which felt so underwhelming to the point of being insulting.
Having never played the original, this is definitely the best way to experience it. Sort of tempted to revisit Legend and Underworld as I only briefly played the demo of each.
Overall, very good and I’m glad I returned to finish it.