Well, you can still trap the butler in the freezer. That's all you need to know.

You can still lock the butler in the freezer and you also get an achievement for it.

Thank you Aspyr for a proper remaster.

I hope "The Last Revelation", "Chronicles" and "Angel of Darkness" get a remaster as well.

Well, you have my total attention now.

☑️ Raises the bar higher than ever, showcasing what a proper remaster can achieve
☑️ Top-notch, lore-friendly world and character retexturing/modeling
☑️ Instantly switch between the original and new graphics
☑️ Choose between classic or modern controls
☑️ Vast imposing environments, clever puzzle and level design
☑️ Intense exploration and atmosphere, no handholding
☑️ Runs perfectly in 4K, interactive in-game photo mode
☑️ Cutscene subtitles, health bars for bosses
☑️ Mesmerizing, timeless soundtracks
☑️ Three lengthy games, generous price tag
☑️ 269 achievements, many contributing to replayability rather than being mere fluff

Classic Lara has been sorely missed, and her legacy truly stands the test of time — a breath of fresh air in today's gaming industry. This remaster is one for the history books.

better than gta definitive edition

Just as janky as I remember. If you are under 30 you will hate this.

So far, the game is excellent, and overwhelmingly untouched in terms of any censorship. I'd recommend it to anyone who wishes to play the classic trilogy. HOWEVER, please keep the following three things that greatly need attention in mind:

1. The camera angles sometimes in the Remastered graphics mode go absolutely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. I mean totally whacked out, to the point where you're forced to switch over to Classic graphics by hitting the start button. That really needs fixed.

2. Some items, when you're in the remastered mode, become very difficult to see. Yes, the remastered modes' lighting looks pretty, but it's fairly obvious, when switching between the modes, that the lighting style of the classic game was often built around highlighting objects.

3. The Modern controls, while very beneficial 95% of the time, occasionally cripple the player. I spent 20 damn minutes on a jump in St. Francis' Folly, smacking against the pillar like a jackass, until I had looked up a video of someone doing it seamlessly, and switched back to Tank Controls. After switching over, I achieved the jump on my second try. Again, 95% of the time it's a good improvement, but that only makes the crippling 5% of the time more frustrating, if you don't know why it's happening.

All in all, I've really enjoyed this release. The Remastered graphics are well done, but more importantly, they always feel like they were trying to bring them to a higher resolution, rather than leave their own mark on the game. So many times with texture packs in modded projects, you get the feeling that the author of the pack plain didn't like some original choices, and decided to simply change it with no understanding of how it would gel with the rest of the environment; not here. Yes, that leads to some animals looking rather derpy in the face, but I'd have that any day over some passionless generic asset being put in place of the original models.

Just a little more time in the oven, and this will be a wonderful product. But, even despite the current issues, it's a great excuse to go back to one of the landmark titles in Action Adventure games.

I'm a proud member of the Tank Controls Gang.

Can't thank Aspyr enough for forfulling my dream to have a remaster of the first three games. If the universe might hear me again: There are 3 more classic games everyone wants to play 🤭

My younger sis is actually named Lara after the protagonist because my whole family enjoyed the games so much.
I've just played the first 3 levels with my older bro (who's a super fan and a pro at this game) and all 3 of us are very happy with the remaster.
And I look forward to exploiting my older brother's nostalgia and memory for 100% achievements! :)

Things I Like:
+++ GRAPHICAL IMPROVEMENT: The remastered graphics look so good. My brother, who said he's only going to use classic, was blown away by it and has been using them too. I still turn back to PS1 graphics on the fly just to relive those days and check out each room in a new view. It's superb and funny to remember how the PS1 looked.
+++ ON THE FLY: It's literally press one key or press START on a playstation controller to change between the graphics. It's as fantastic and eye-opening as when Halo did it. Here you can even do it in the main menu, loading screens and cutscenes!
+++ CLASSICS: They really didn't change much at all. My brother blitzed the first level like the good old days. Knew where all the enemies where, collected all the secrets and performed some stunts they don't tell you about as memory served. I was super impressed! And it still has that spooky feeling while playing. It's such a special feeling and they have maintained it flawlessly.
++ 3 EXTRA LEVELS: If all 3 games wasn't enough, they have 1 extra level per game that not everyone got to play. You can start them whenever you want on the main menu. We didn't get to play these levels back in the day and my brother is super excited to conquer them.
+ CONTROLS: They give you the choice between the classic "Tank" controls (using 4 directional movement) or "Modern" using free movement/the analogue stick. Beware though, every other button is very different and you still need to hold to grab ledges! My brother says TR1 has a move it didn't have back in the day, so I suppose they just created 2 solid movesets with everything included instead of including the quirks of each game.
+ ACHIEVEMENTS: I usually don't care for them, I did my part of platinum trophy hunting on PS3/PS4 and it's thankless, but it's cool to have stuff to do in a game as old as this. And there's a ton: 269 achievements across the 3 games!
+ STICKING OLD MEN IN FREEZERS: Put that old King Charles mf on ice babyyyy!

Things I Dislike:
- MUSIC: These games have good tunes for both tense and relaxing moments, so I thought for a remaster, they would at least make the music continuous but instead they didn't touch this area at all for the remaster and left it so a track triggers when you first enter a specific area and just ends, leaving you to play in the quiet. We've resorted to opening up a playlist in the background while we play.
- CONTROLS: Modern controls could've been improved, they're awful. There's not enough control on the camera. In fact, it fights against the scripted static camera angles and you will get all turned around. The all-in-one button for equipping gun/locking onto nearest enemy is annoying and not modern at all. When an enemy dies, you'll stay locked on forever if you keep shooting, so encounters with multiple enemies are a bit awkward feeling. Traversal is messed up because you cant hop backwards for run and jump moments, you just have to gun it or slowly turn all the way around while walking. I haven't figured out a way to safely lower myself off a ledge either. And the same button for walking is also for swan-diving so I often find myself smashing head-first into a wall when I want to walk to a ledge and jump from it. And you also don't auto-grab far ledges. How many modern games restrict you that much? Zero! Not even the MODERN Tomb Raider games!
- GRAPHICS OPTIONS: There aren't any. Seriously, no changing resolution in-game or anything like that. It's just stock.