More Tomb Raider Trilogy Info Promised 'Soon' As Fans Question Lack Of Gameplay

'fans question lack of gameplay'. what, do people doubt the games are going to be there when they release lol?

I'm starting to get GTA Trilogy vibes from this. Might be best to wait for the reviews before buying.

@JohnnyMind But if I wait for reviews before buying, how many Internet Points am I going to miss out on by not being able to boast about pre-ordering 9 months ahead, getting my copy 2 weeks before the street date, and 100 per centing the NG+++ before breakfast?

It is scary, what with so many botched games coming out as of late, unfinished or in a rough state. Standards have dropped, with developers selling broken, unfinished products, then patching them months down the track

I’d have rather had a remaster of the last remaster collection they did. The controls update felt decent enough in that. This “same original game with pretty graphics overlay” doesn’t appeal to me. Unless of course reports that the controls are unchanged are mistaken. Then I’m excited again. Lol.

I'd imagine we'll get more detail for this in PlayStation's first State Of Play for the year. It'll then get shown again in Nintendo's February Direct.

I am interested, but definitely waiting for reviews first

@AG_Awesome I'm fairly sure there was confirmation that multiple control schemes would be incorporated.

I’m curious if there is actually going to be a physical edition. PlayAsia lists physical editions for multiple regions, including a USA release, but I haven’t seen it for sale anywhere else.

@gcunit Hopefully they matched the gameplay with the remastered versions and not just control as well. 🤞

@BulkSlash I got GTA Trilogy vibes from the original trailer - the updated graphics had a similar smooth and shiny "sweet capsule" look to them. I'm remaining cautiously optimistic though, although I'm certainly not going to be preordering it or anything.

The biggest thing I want to know is how they improve the controls.

I replayed a good chunk of Tomb Raider 1 last year (up to around the point where the difficulty started getting way too high) and those controls are the biggest barrier to enjoying the game.

@AG_Awesome This all I can tell you for now:

https://twitter.com/SandboxStrat/status/1743052202653241756?t=vgAJ4-oaHGXtM3jktQgsHg&s=19

They need to build up hype, the first trailer did that but it's died down. And I have no way of knowing if it will run well. A small preorder discount isn't going to sway me.

I'm sure I can skip it, or it will be on sale before the end of the year. The bar is low.

Is it getting a physical release? Or digital only?

The biggest concern is the controls, if that can get updated than it’s instant buy from me.

Fair enough if you are excited for this, but i can't get past the fact that this low level remake essentially pushes back the possibility of a full on high level remake, that Tomb Raider surely deserves, by at least 15-20 years.

Also... where is a new Tomb Raider game? Seriously. Are Tomb Raider and Donkey Kong locked in some kind of staring contest as to who can go the longest without a new game, or what?

I'm fine with the gameplay not being changed, but they have already stated that there will be options for updated controls, though I don't know how comprehensive those options will be.

I'm more interested in what they'll do to the pre-rendered cutscenes and the menus, and various other details like that, like her voice as they changed her voice between games back then.

It looks so far like they're using a unified model (at least for her face/hair) in the updated graphics mode, which is interesting as in the original graphics she looks a bit different in each game.

There's still many questions to be answered.

as long as I can drive around on a quad in Croft Manor I'm happy

I did actually pre order it for the discount as it's highly likely I'll enjoy this. The first three TR games are a huge part of my childhood so I have no concerns if the controls are similar to what it was back then. My only wish is that it runs smooth and well.

I'm looking forward to this. I hope the port is decent. Some of the tombs in those early games are epic.

And often not at all. Scarlet/Violet is still chuggy as hell and has crashed on me repeatedly (though it's been a while since I've finished it, so, I cannot attest to the current build). And GTA Trilogy has crashed on me more times than I can count.

And customers rewarding poor products certainly isn't helping the situation.

Digital only, it seems. Play-Asia are taking pre-orders for USA, European, and Japanese physical releases, but they sometimes jump the gun in that regard, and I wouldn't take that as official confirmation.

For what it's worth though, only the Japanese version has a release date for its "will-it-or-won't-it" physical release, being the 14th of February, but even if such a release were to materialise, I cannot confirm if it will support English at this stage as it is not currently listed in the Japanese eShop, and the Western release does not list Japanese as one of the supported languages.

So it's all still up in the air at the moment, unfortunately. If nothing else, LRG might step in (though I am not aware of them ever having collaborated with Square Enix... yet...).

There will be a DRM-free release for PC via GOG though.

I feel like The Last Revelation and Chronicles should have been included.

@nocdaes Well Donkey Kong has Tomb Raider beat by 4 years