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#tombraiderremastered

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Ladycroft

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dona 🌿

Guiding the player with light is one of the most basic level design tricks. TR4 utilizes it very well, drawing interest to where it should be, whether it's a part of the main quest or a subtly hidden secret room.

This example leads to a secret room and encourages the player to learn to use the rope to get there. It's simple, it's not cheating if you see it, and it's all about guiding the gameplay without being too in your face. But it shouldn't be pitch dark.

Lara facing a distant doorway. In the original, the doorway is bright and we can see a piece of rope hanging from the ceiling. Neither is terribly visible in the remaster.
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dona 🌿

I am deeply disappointed in the new Tomb Raider Remastered. A lot of players are complaining about the game being "too dark", but the problem is deeper than that.

They ignored the original art direction. Tomb Raider 4 is one of the most beautiful games, with its warm gold and shining emerald hues, and clever contrasts. Most areas combine the two and it looks beautiful.

The Remaster, however, flattens it with the dull "realistic lighting".

Comparison of the graphics in Tomb Raider 4, with the new one being on top. This is an important moment: young Lara finds her iconic backpack on a fallen warrior. In the original, the warrior's skeleton is lit up with bright golden light, heightening its importance. In the remake, the room looks dull with barely any light in it.
Comparison of an Egyptian tomb interior with two statues facing each other. In the original, the gate we need to go through is bright in colour. It is unremarkable in the remaster.
At the start of the game, we are in a dark cave. However, it is less dark in the original, and there's some green lighting coming from the side to highlight Lara and provide a more visually interesting picture.
A room in the tomb. Ahmed, our guide, is holding a torch. In the Remaster, the lighting from the torch hits him in a more realistic way and he is lit up. However, the rest of the room is dark. In the original version, Ahmed is in the dark, but the room itself has more light and Lara's figure is contrasted better.
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dona 🌿

It interferes with gameplay, too. Here, I have no idea where this tunnel leads to! It's one thing if the game designers decided it should be too dark for tension reasons, but obviously they wanted us to see that this hallway curves downward! So why hide it now?

Tomb Raider 3 was too dark by design, in part to show off the flare mechanic. Annoying, but understandable. TR4 is not like that, however.

Lara facing a narrow hallway that is pitch dark in the Remaster. In the original, we can clearly see that it curves downward.
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dona 🌿

The focus on "realistic lighting" has been an issue with modern media for a long time. Yes, the Remaster is "realistic" - but it also makes for a rather poor video game. Tomb Raider is *meant* to be a little magical and mysterious!

When I played TR4 more than 20 years ago, I was enchanted by the jewel-like water. I still think it's so pretty. Take this room with the pool for example: is glowing water realistic? No. But it makes Lara's silhouette stand out!

Lara standing in a pool of emerald water. In the original, the water is bright and shining, making Lara's silhouette stand out in the dark. In the original, the entire room is very dark and we can barely see Lara.
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dona 🌿

I was having too much fun, didn't save for a long time... died... lol. Enough gaming for now!

I forgot that you kill animals in this level. :( Not only do you fight tigers, you fight WHITE TIGERS. Thanks, Eidos.

There's some developer humour in the monkey cage being chock full of grenade launcher ammo.

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Lara sitting on the floor of a jungle-like area, with a head of a white tiger poking through the foliage next to her.
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dona 🌿

Here we go! My all-time favourite level - It's a Madhouse! Welcome to Paris, let's visit the zoo! 🐅🦜

(Before I forget, a small complaint about TR1-3 in general: some of the sound effects are GODAWFUL yet repetitive! I really wish they'd fixed that. They made the main artifact in this DLC visible (in the OG you need to light a flare to see it) so why not fix a far worse problem...?)

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Lara in her leather catsuit, winking in front of the zoo cafe in Paris
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