Story

[Andrew R]

I'm not expecting a Persona level story but what should I expect from cutscenes ect?

Which game has the best story? ( Trilogy )

[webcider]

I never think of the story when i think about tomb raider, so there is that, they get the job done and well they are not in your face during gameplay. as for best story thats a toss up between third and second one. for nostalgic reasons i prefer Tomb raider III story xD

[theCannonBallZ]

The original games are more about puzzles and the adventure of environment traversal. The stories aren't' necessarily bad, so much as just being background noise to move the game-play along.

[shadowgravy]

Originally posted by Andrew R:

I'm not expecting a Persona level story but what should I expect from cutscenes ect?

I don't think sharing the original three game intros from the late 1990s is a 'spoiler' so here they are:
https://youtu.be/vNelRsAldPg?si=DBcLKNDmWBv1h0_i
https://youtu.be/HejbV0ogPXg?si=-nNUvUjqh_Mt7r8-
https://youtu.be/5Ma-qrUGbwg?si=9DKGNjsBidozraXK

Many of the cutscenes are of this style -- and by that I mean they are pre-rendered animations that really don't match the in-game models or the gameplay very closely. There are also short scenes between levels that use the game's scenery and assets like a puppet show. I expect the Remasters collection will use this same combination. I don't know if it will use the original videos; but I doubt the final presentation will have any drastic creative changes.

Originally posted by Andrew R:

Which game has the best story? ( Trilogy )

The three games basically tell the same story but with unique supernatural artifacts to collect and different villains to defeat. I personally think the first Tomb Raider has the best human enemies though, because in TR1 they're singular archetype characters that serve the story as minor bosses. In the later games, most human enemies are uniformed henchmen that materialize throughout the levels to sap your health.

[T. K. Bold]

Originally posted by theCannonBallZ:

The original games are more about puzzles and the adventure of environment traversal. The stories aren't' necessarily bad, so much as just being background noise to move the game-play along. :emofdr:

I'm on this box when it comes to the story of the 1-2-3 Trilogy. You could largely skip most of the stuff between the intro and the ending and still be pretty on top of what it is you're doing.

But 2 has a fun story, for me.

[DogMeat]

I always prefer how the original trilogy handled their stories. Serialized adventures that you didn't need any background on. I feel the series suffers every time they try and make a story that spans multiple games and especially when they try and force her parents into the mix.

Lara is a cool character we get to experience adventures through, we don't need family drama to make her interesting. If anything it just makes her less likable.

[Cú/Moon]

Originally posted by Andrew R:

I'm not expecting a Persona level story

what does this even mean? A schoolkid that saves the world from a god?
Well saves the world from mystical horror is accurate.

Originally posted by Andrew R:

Which game has the best story? ( Trilogy )

2 though they're all good.