I want an explanation for why they ended TR2013 with dual pistols then ignored that for the next two games.
The direction of the next game seems obvious to me. I've said it before and I'll say it again.
I agree. Furthermore the stealth gameplay mechanics seems 'forced' and unappealing to me.
Oh god no. New direction is a must, and I enjoyed all of the recent trilogy.
Like holy shit was this stuff jarring. After every piece of interesting and mature character development the game went two steps back to the cardboard Lara and the old ills were forgotten. The game should have really hammered down on the "dark side." I know that the word "immersion" is kind of a meme at this point, but this is probably the only game where I literally lost all immersion because it honestly feels like there are two distinct teams writing two different Tr games and they just ended up being stitched together.
I mean if they are gonna stray from this new "more human" Lara to the old one, im not gonna buy a single TR game.
They wouldn't get it right. Crystal seem to have always looked down on Core's games. Most of the time when someone from Crystal talks about the old games, there seems to be this "oh, those outdated old things, we don't want anything to do with those but who would, amirite" kinda attitude (there are exceptions, of course, like their community manager) and the mere notion that maybe Core's games did certain things better than Crystal's games seems to be utterly inconceivable to the people in charge of the franchise now. If they remade TR2 it would probably be even more of a shitshow than Anniversary was. They don't understand what made the original games special and they don't want to understand.
If the general consensus is that they suck maybe that's because huuuuh idk they suck? If you find redeeming qualities in that ocean of mediocrity then good for you tho
I understand where you're coming from but I think it's a bit much calling Anniversary a shit show and the truth is the last time a Tomb Raider game got remade it turned out to be by far their best effort. I believe Anniversary is still the best Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider game. It had its issues. The modern automated platforming style was there, they ruined a number of iconic moments with quick time events such as the T-Rex fight, some levels were seriously gutted or straight up removed. But there were lots of positives to come out of Anniversary especially following Legend. It was a very good game and you could tell the original was respected when they made it.
Metroidvania is where this franchise needs to stray away from. We need to return to the linear level to level structure. Each level should be one big puzzle in itself. Exploration isn't optional. It's mandatory to figure the level out. Where Tomb Raider has gone wrong is making the exploration an optional side act where the purpose is mainly for finding optional content and getting more XP.
I respect your opinion as what may be best for the series but disagree on a personal level. My selfish wish is a continuation of this style because I was never an Uncharted guy so these games scratch that certain 'adventure' itch for me. I love the mix between combat and puzzles, although there could be more exploration. Heck, even the collectibles are fun to hunt down and I normally hate doing that in games.
I don't quite agree with Anniversary being their best effort. Challenging 3D platforming was the core of the original game and with that being gone in Anniversary, it was mostly just boring and tedious. (The fact that the one thing they faithfully copied from the original was its bland colour palette which was mostly caused by technical limitations didn't help.) Legend may have been less of a Tomb Raider game but it was at least a fun game in its own right.
I swear to God, there's always at least one person doing this. At this point it must be on purpose lol
