Idea for Lara's home

[VladOS]

The game really lacks various bonus content as it was in the Legacy of Kain remaster. Imagine that you could open it not in the menus, but literally in Lara's mansion! For example, we go to the piano, press, and a list of compositions opens that you can listen to all. We go to the library, click on the bookshelf, and a list of articles about the development of the game appears, as well as the lore of the game. We go to the gallery, click on the picture, and we can see concept art, illustrations and all sorts of early screenshots of the game. Approaching the conditional TV, you could watch videos from the game, trailers and developer diaries. You could also repeat the level there. It would also be possible to change Lara's clothes not in the menu, but in the wardrobe. In general, it would be cool and creative, so Lara's house would really become the home of any Tomb Raider fan.

[Alex M]

Yeah it's a shame that no 'extras' as such were added to the collection... I think they intentionally decided to not alter any of the levels from the original games, but maybe there could have been a menu in the opening selection screen to view concept art, play the music tracks et cetera... really a missed opportunity

[shadowgravy]

I lean toward keeping the games faithful to the originals but I actually like this idea. Perhaps this would fit into the TR Remasters IV-VI bundle as a unified bonus feature, since those three games never had a Croft Manor to explore. Did Core's unfinished Tomb Raider 10th-year anniversary remake have a Croft Manor? If so, using it would be an interesting way to frame the history of the Core Design years.

[Nightmare]

Great ideas, but right now definitely a "nice to have".

Also, perhaps it would be enough to include that in just one Tomb Raider game.

Btw is Lara's home available in TR4 til TR6?

Cheers!

[VladOS]

Originally posted by Alex M:

Yeah it's a shame that no 'extras' as such were added to the collection... I think they intentionally decided to not alter any of the levels from the original games, but maybe there could have been a menu in the opening selection screen to view concept art, play the music tracks et cetera... really a missed opportunity

This would not break the game itself in any way, only one button would be needed to interact with the object, and if you really want to, then this could only be done in the new graphics mode))

I would also like it to be possible to make a choice in the game settings for the Start button on the gamepad, either it switches the graphics, or pauses like in the PS1 version. Otherwise, quickly switching graphics spoils the feeling of the game a little, and for new players it looks rather strange.

Well, I would also like the game to have a level editor and a Steam Workshop

[shadowgravy]

Originally posted by Nightmare:

Btw is Lara's home available in TR4 til TR6?

We see Croft Manor in TR5 Chronicles but only in the FMVs. Since Chronicles is told as a gathering of friends memorializing Lara Croft and her adventures, I think a 'museum' dedicated to her would be appropriate here.

[VladOS]

It would also be possible to make not only a repeat of the level, but also a choice of completing the level for a while, or a mode with cheats where we have access to all items and no enemies, there you could also choose fan levels or levels that were not included in the game

[GamerXT]

Make it happen Vlad.

[Nightmare]

Level Editor > Lara's (modified) home 😉😉

I hope we can all agree here.

[VladOS]

Originally posted by Nightmare:

Level Editor > Lara's (modified) home 😉😉

I hope we can all agree here.

You can make a new Tomb Raider in Skyrim with mods, but it's a completely different thing

[CZBGR Icepick]

That would make it more of a remake than a remaster.

Originally posted by Nightmare:

Btw is Lara's home available in TR4 til TR6?

Not at all.

TR4-6 go straight to gameplay. TR4 starts off at teen Lara's life, which consists of all the "training" you need to know about. TR5 is a nonlinear storyline that are a part of the FMVs telling one story after another, and it fills in the ending to TR4. The FMVs mainly take place in one of the Croft manors.

TR6 is a completely different game and is a follow-up to TR4. Plot-wise, Lara did not return home, so there is no place to really explore. It was also a rushed production at the time, so the area that may have intended to be for training was closed off, and put in a similar way to TR4. All the events take place in different countries, so Lara was far from home.

Lara only makes a return to one of the manors by Legend.