
The other two games, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider, left me a little irritated from the disappointment, but there are still some bits there I enjoy. Akira Yamaoka Shares Stories From His Work With Silent Hill Director Keiichiro Toyama.

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And while that’s all wonderful and good, I’m just taking this as a chance to beg everyone I know to please at least play the first game in that series. The Game of the Year Tomb Raider (2013) edition, Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, and Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration bundles come with bonus tombs, outfits, weapons, and other goodies for the PC versions. In a deal lasting until January 6, the definitive editions of all three games from Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal are up for grabs in a package that includes tons of DLC. Good fun although not as good because it's slower and poorer graphics.The rebooted Tomb Raider trilogy is free for now on the Epic Games Store. How many old game players does it take to change a light-bulb? I don't know but the original was the best.īlast from the past.

But maybe I'm kidding myself but feel there's something not quite as fresh, innovative, quirky and lacking in the wit of the original? I recently picked up free versions of the latest iterations on Steam and they are fun too. It's still a classic and the following episodes are good too. In 2004 I moved to a small village in Oxfordshire and over a garden wall encountered one of the original team who created the game (Hi Nathan if you read this!) and became friends. Playing it here has reminded me how good the original game was (I can't currently play the original CD 'cos it's not compatible with Win10 or even XP which I still have a working laptop of). I have nearly all of the subsequent adventures and the first one I bought in a collectors edition with a t shirt, deck of cards (still unopened), Mouse mat and a second CD with extra levels and a level builder (I think).
