I always found the original TR games quite tough and too hard to never have gotten very far into them. The ability to save your game at any time in the remastered version allows people such as myself without the patience of a saint to enjoy more of Lara's adventures. All of these games improves the graphics (that helps the game be ever to navigate around too), however, there are lighting effects from the original that haven't been added to this. There are dark rooms from the original, that are lit up here, meaning some of the atmosphere is lost. It's easy to track this, as you can switch between the new and old graphics at the click of a button. Some of the detail, such as the art work on walls or doors is a vast improvement though.
Tomb Raider I - The jumping is still this game's biggest issue. You can either jump off no steps, or 3 steps, but try jumping off 1 or 2 steps and Lara just falls to her death. Another annoyance is the camera in tight enclosed spaces. While it's great that the remastered version stay true to the original, these could have been fixed. And the third is the shooting. The best method to kill something is usually to aim straight at it and then jump backwards, but this is too inconsistent. The final bosses are disappoiting as well. The second last, Giant Atlantean, is so easy. You just run around in circles, keeping your distance and it doesn't even touch you. The average demons in the levels are more of a challenge.
Tomb Raider II - This one is better in lots of areas. The opening level with one trap after another is amazing. The enemies are much harder than the first, with armed humans being the main foes. The main problem with this is that a lot of the time it doesn't seem like you can avoid being shot.
Tomb Raider III - This one has improved more graphically, with lots more foliage added. However, at times there is too much that items can be hidden and it's too dark. Key hold are still too hard to see as well. The camera at times changes and is then incredibly confusing to control Lara.
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