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Well, if it is by the team who ported Darksiders, then that is a good thing.
I've been playing through the Survival trilogy recently. The first two were fine. Nothing great, but they were decent. Except the writing, which was terrible. I'm not super far into Shadow, but so far it's been a big improvement in like every way.
So, if it's still of that quality, I wouldn't be against them adding some stuff from the trilogy.
So, if it's still of that quality, I wouldn't be against them adding some stuff from the trilogy.
The idea of adding the new trilogy mechs to anniversary is really weird. Tbh though main one I want remade is legends. I dunno what rep the game has as either good or bad but o also don't care it was by far my favorite. That and anniversary then underworld, followed by original trilogy. Sucks because the new games feel like they have nothing in common with them
Thinking about the context I'm leaning towards either fake, or it being so theoretical that calling it a "cancelled game" is generous; if it was just a remaster I could see that, but actually adding modern Tomb Raider elements would require it to be more than that, and when Anniversary was one of the worst selling entries I don't see a major remake being greenlit, plus "Tomb Raider: Anniversary: Anniversary" is just so ??? as a concept.
Yeah... TRA failed hard. It missed the actual anniversary, sold very poorly, and it being given to Crystal Dynamics meant that it was rushed and disrupted plans for Underworld (it wasn't their project initially).
Plus, a lot of old school TR fans hated it for dumbing down the source material.
I cannot see a "remake" of Anniversary, especially with Survivor Trilogy mechanics. I could maybe see them Remaking the first game again from the ground up with Survivor mechanics.
And I say this as a guy who thinks the Legend trilogy is my favorite era of Tomb Raider.
Fans are weird. Imagine thinking Anniversary dumbed down anything.
Personally if no one dismiss the info I tend to believe it's correct. Like the recent rumors with the next Tomb Raider, I don't think anyone dismissed those. But with Deus Ex rumors a few insider were talking about it.
Anniversary is my favorite TR game of all time. But I also totally understand why some think it "dumbed down" the original. It cut like half the puzzles, simplified a lot of the remaining ones, and kind of rushed through a lot of segments. They also turned some locations into set-pieces. I think it works really well but if someone's definition of "what TR should be" is specifically puzzles then I get it.
That's fair. I think it's a bit like REmake 2. The overall experience was kept intact and improved upon, but if might miss specific parts and moments. I played TR1 only recently and it was much better than I expected, but I think Anniversary improves on it on a global level.
Eh, it did dumb down the actual challenge of the platforming and removed all of the human enemy boss fights. I adore Anniversary, and it does utilize some clever and tightly designed obstacle courses that do somewhat offset the magnetic ledge grabbing/lack of jump planning (like ascending the Great Pyramid with the timed swinging poles, or St. Francis Folly by just vastly increasing the scale of the central room), but there's so much general tension and player positioning that that hasn't been in the series at all since it was grid based.
I could see the merit in this sentiment, but I could also see the evolution/player-friendliness in games. Personally like the original entries and this game for different reasons. Though I must say that the latter does capture the essence of the original game.
In general, it ditched Core's grid system, which a lot of old school fans prefer for encouraging a much more deliberate, almost mathematical style of platforming. Certain segments were reworked (I think the Poseidon room in 1996 was a big swimming maze, when it was a block pushing puzzle in Anniversary, IIRC the later half got more extensive reworks or outright cuts), all the human bosses were now QTEs instead of fights when there were some fun boss fights in Legend (and the centaur, Rex, and Torso beast fights were pretty good)--notably, Pierre, a rival who you fought like ninety times in Greece, has two cutscenes and is trampled by the Centaurs.
Plus it added Crystal D's mommy/daddy issues character traits to Lara when in1996, she was just in it for the thrill of it.
Doesn't help that Core Design had also proposed a more faithful remake (complete with the grid system) and even prototyped it before Square killed them.
And again, I say this as a guy who finds the PS1 TR's borderline unplayable nowadays. I think most of the complaints go right over my head. But... still doesn't change the fact that it bombed super hard.
What gave this random Twitter fansite posting about some random "Chinese sources" enough merit to even be posted here?
Just typing RUMOR in caps isn't the out that means every random piece of shit deserves a thread.
Just typing RUMOR in caps isn't the out that means every random piece of shit deserves a thread.
It bombed because we live in a unfair, unjust world. In terms of quality it is better than Legend and Underworld combined.
And ditching Core's grid system was a necessity. It's like REmake 2 ditching the fixed camera angles.
That's not what they said. The "survival trilogy" is what the last trilogy is called.
So welcome to being very sad now.
On rttr engine with added gameplay elements, sounds like a full on remake tbh, wouldve been cool.
Also wasnt this already remastered on the ps3? Or was that just a port?
Also wasnt this already remastered on the ps3? Or was that just a port?
Not sure how you can even make an argument that it didn't lol. And I'm saying this as someone who loved Anniversary until I've actually played TR1 recently. I still like it but it did a lot of things like simplifying platforming with the magnetic jumping and constant ledge hanging, simplified levels, simplified or cut puzzles, QTE bosses, etc.
Anniversary dumbed down A LOT of the original game, it's a very good Tomb Raider game but it's not even close to the original in terms of difficulty and atmosphere.
I don't think neither of those are dumbed down. The platforming was enhanced, not simplified. Same with level design and puzzles. You have some QTE bosses but the other bosses that you do fight are better than those in TR1. Playing Anniversary with the dev commentary, which include Toby Gard, really helps you appreciate how much it improved in some many areas of the original.
a straight remaster of anniversary for modern consoles would be nice, though it runs fine on PC already and the 360 version is BC. if that's what they were planning, seems weird to cancel what would be a pretty easy lift. if it was more ambitious, though, then yeah why call it anniversary at all?
i dunno. i feel like anniversary is what it is. it's not inaccessible and kind of the whole point of it is that it's a product of its time. but i would've been down for a modern TR remake with a different name, for sure
I don't really know what mechanics they could port over though. Cover shooting makes no sense in a game where you don't even start having ranged enemies until halfway through. The dodging was already a thing in Anniversary--to a degree, that was the big combat mechanic--shoot the enemy until they charge, then nail them with the dodge instant kill.
And like... I really, really, really don't want upgrade mechanics from the survivor trilogy. I don't want to hunt seven lions to get an upgrade for the pistols. I think the survivor trilogy just had awful bloat when it came to the crafting mechanics, gaining nothing of actual value.