Tomb Raider - the key game feature or where did the series go wrong? | Gaming NOreview
68Dear friends! Today we will talk about one of my favorite game series – Tomb Raider. We will compare different generations of games of this franchise and try to determine – what feature makes it so interesting.
Many fans of the old classic Tomb Raider games are not happy with the modern games of the series. Let's try to figure out – why. I will try not to touch on the hackneyed topics of the storyline, the image of Lara, etc., focusing exclusively on the gameplay features and mechanics.
A lot of time has passed since the release of the very first part of the Tomb Raider. The game series as a whole has come a very long path, several reboots – reinventing of the gameplay, and even the ideas of the main character herself.
Once Tomb Raider set the fashion and was an example to follow for all 3D adventure games, but recently from the leader of trends and the legislator of gaming fashion it has turned into a quite ordinary, unremarkable action and fell victim to trends.
Why did this happen? And how exactly did Lara Croft “raide the wrong tomb”? We’ll also talk about that in this video.
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Part 1 - Platforming in Tomb Raider & its origins
03:20 Part 2 - "Tankish" controls
06:01 Part 3 - Impact on the gaming industry
07:11 Part 4 - Lara Croft Raided a wrong tomb
08:57 Part 5 - Are modern TR games just movies?
11:24 Part 6 - Variety in classic Tomb Raider: what have we lost?
13:50 Results - Was the grass greener in the old days?
16:57 GMV by vasan eff - "from prince till raider"
Text version: https://stopgame.ru/blogs/topic/117232/tomb_raider_klyuchevaya_igrovaya_mehanika_ili_gde_seriya_svernula_ne_tuda
Filming: footages from various games - Tomb Raider 1, 2, 3 (Classic & Remastered), Tomb Raider: Legend, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider; Prince of Persia (1989 & The Sands of Time); Uncharted 4
Music: Nathan Mccree & RPO - The Tomb Raider Suite; Lucas King - Tomb Raider Main Theme (Piano Version)
Text: Eugene Gubanov aka Kivlov
Reader: Eugene Gubanov aka Kivlov
Editing: Eugene Gubanov aka Kivlov
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