About classic Tomb Raider games

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LegitHyperbole said:

Thinking on it now, the most thing that has stuck in my memory with Tomb Raider was looking the butler in the freezer but I can see people in this thread who never fully understood the games and there grid nature and the rules of the game. The controls are by all means really frustrating but they are perfect for the system that is in place, it really is incredibly intelligent level design. Remember the devs didn't just set up parlour on the fly, no, they crafted a system which is so bloody obvious after you make a few jumps of each varying distance, pretty sure the mansion gym course teaches you everything really concisely. I do understand that there are gamers who never figured it out but to complete ignore it and call the game trash because you never understood the basics of the game is BS.

They didn't sell tens of millions of copies with the old system cause they were the first 3d platformer, no they sold because underneath the frustration is a really solid gained system wheter all those millions noticed it or not, it does not matter, it is legitimately fun to work your way through these games, rip out all the combat and story and that core is fun. Crash Bandicoot is frustrating, it's still fun. Not everything has to be easy, the whole point of the games if to figure out the puzzling level design and finally make it through something you spent much time attempting trial and error.

Going back to basics like this with no hints would be welcome. Something severely lacking from current games is the idea that getting stuck is a bad thing, Getting pretty sick of the auto parlour with no need for inputs. Stellar Blade brings back to agency but unfortunately it's mostly confined to finding the collectible cans.

Well, now you've brought up Crash Bandicoot. I never liked that either. Another terribly bad series. I appreciate your passion for those games, good for you. Keep it that way. However, I think I could waste my time a lot better. I'm gonna shelf Tomb Raider for now and play something else instead. Still, I will get back to it one day, when I should be very bored and desperate. I have it, so I will finish it, even if it might take a few years.