I'm a weirdo who loves the controls of tomb raider lol. The game is designed around those controls with exact jumps, most people dont know that if you walk to an edge, jump back once, run and jump, that will work every single time provided the jump can be made of course, the game can feel clunky today indeed but having played them all I have no problems at all with the controls going back ha, totally understand how alien they would feel to newcomers though. Really really wish the newer tomb raiders were more like the old ones, old ones were far more challenging too and no not simply because of controls, puzzles were far far harder in the old ones. secrets were far harder to find and hell even levers and switches and items were much harder to find. loved it :D
You got something wrong about the controls. The jump only lags when you start running, as she has a set ammount of distance she has to cover before the ability to jump activates, thus making it very consistent when you figure it out. Tapping Dpad down will aways set her on the perfect distance to make any jump from a ledge. Jumping while standing still has no such delay, so it goes off immediatelly.
People criticize the controls now compared to back then because they are limited in their mental capacity. The controls are actually perfect because you get complete control of Lara. I can pick this up after 20 years of not having played and pick up where I left off. These controls are ingrained in my veins.
Your "criticism" of the controls system is full of invalid generalizations the kind of players who are used to too much scripted,automatic controls like to always throw around. The grid-system and the tight,consistent controls were inseparable with the level design itself and actually made the Tomb Raider games (1-5) what they were. Their only "flaw" was that they were a bit slow but that was more due to the limitations of the hardware rather than anything else. But their precision was unrivalled and the satisfaction that came from navigating the environments (in the hands of someone who was willing to master them) was trully rewarding.
I never understand peoples complaints about this game no matter how minor. I really like the controls and the punishment for panicking should be frustration
I'm 11 of 15 missions through this game, playing for the first time. So I thought it best to revisit this video. Will do that for the rest of the series as I play them. Well won't be touching Chronicles nor Angel of Darkness. And already played the Ann trilogy. So far I really don't like the controls. I'm playing the remaster, but man they are something else. At best they seem serviceble but at times like percisions wimming they are awful. And the worst aspect of this game is the camera which seems to do whatever it wants. I am still glad I'm playing the game and I installed a few mods to help the experience, new pistol sounds and a couple texture upgrades and removed the intro stuff so booting the game is really quick.
The jump delay makes the platforming easier, not harder. It makes it so if you set the jump up right, she will
I'm a weirdo who loves the controls of tomb raider lol. The game is designed around those controls with exact jumps, most people dont know that if you walk to an edge, jump back once, run and jump, that will work every single time provided the jump can be made of course, the game can feel clunky today indeed but having played them all I have no problems at all with the controls going back ha, totally understand how alien they would feel to newcomers though. Really really wish the newer tomb raiders were more like the old ones, old ones were far more challenging too and no not simply because of controls, puzzles were far far harder in the old ones. secrets were far harder to find and hell even levers and switches and items were much harder to find. loved it :D
You got something wrong about the controls. The jump only lags when you start running, as she has a set ammount of distance she has to cover before the ability to jump activates, thus making it very consistent when you figure it out. Tapping Dpad down will aways set her on the perfect distance to make any jump from a ledge. Jumping while standing still has no such delay, so it goes off immediatelly.
People criticize the controls now compared to back then because they are limited in their mental capacity. The controls are actually perfect because you get complete control of Lara. I can pick this up after 20 years of not having played and pick up where I left off. These controls are ingrained in my veins.
Secret to tomb raider: standing jump = 2 squares, running jump = 3 squares
Lara was actually such a hilarious character. She needs that back.
Your "criticism" of the controls system is full of invalid generalizations the kind of players who are used to too much scripted,automatic controls like to always throw around. The grid-system and the tight,consistent controls were inseparable with the level design itself and actually made the Tomb Raider games (1-5) what they were. Their only "flaw" was that they were a bit slow but that was more due to the limitations of the hardware rather than anything else. But their precision was unrivalled and the satisfaction that came from navigating the environments (in the hands of someone who was willing to master them) was trully rewarding.
I love the games since 1996. But the new games are terrible (a survivor is born and rise of the tomb raider). I'm crying 😞!
I never understand peoples complaints about this game no matter how minor. I really like the controls and the punishment for panicking should be frustration
D-Pad stands for Directional pad, not digital.
I'm 11 of 15 missions through this game, playing for the first time. So I thought it best to revisit this video. Will do that for the rest of the series as I play them. Well won't be touching Chronicles nor Angel of Darkness. And already played the Ann trilogy. So far I really don't like the controls. I'm playing the remaster, but man they are something else. At best they seem serviceble but at times like percisions wimming they are awful. And the worst aspect of this game is the camera which seems to do whatever it wants. I am still glad I'm playing the game and I installed a few mods to help the experience, new pistol sounds and a couple texture upgrades and removed the intro stuff so booting the game is really quick.
Magnums were the best it's a crime they didn't make it to future games
i just played this for the first time in like 10 years still used to the controls
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Once you finish the remasters, maybye do a re-review love your commentary ❤😉
tomorrow night at midnight the remasters come out homie.
I hear the upcoming remaster will give players options for more modern controls. I'll be interested to see how that plays out.
Finally, a Tomb Raider Review that is not purely fueled by Nostalgia
I never solved that puzzle at