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Thoughts on the announced Tomb Raider Trilogy remaster?

>> No.10243936

>>10243916
Her tits aren't sharp enough to poke my eyes out. 0/10.

>> No.10243937

>>10243916
Breasts not big enough.
As long as they leave the gameplay untouched it's fine.

>> No.10243946

>>10243936
>>10243937
You can switch to original graphics apparently.

I hope it gets a PC release, so it works flawlessly out of the box, had trouble with the old versions on steam.

>> No.10243950

>>10243916
It looks sort of like a dreamcast game, I like it

>> No.10243951

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2478970/Tomb_Raider_IIII_Remastered/

>> No.10243962

>>10243951
Sweet, hope it plays well on Steam Deck.

>> No.10244001

>>10243916
Kind of weird thing to do, to remake the graphics but not make them exactly modern. Not sure who is it for. Are they targeting mobile?
Will it have VR support at least? Then I might consider.

>> No.10244031

>>10244001
Back to /v/ please.

>> No.10244046

>>10243916
I have zero faith in any remaster.

>> No.10244054

>>10243916
>remaster
please stop this doing these remasters/remakes for games that don't need it

>> No.10244064

>>10243916
How many times have they rereleased/remade these fucking games by now?

>> No.10244074

>>10244064
They're not on the modern platforms that people actually play on these days, other than PC. You can still use the original graphics even, so there's no downsides unless they fuck up the gameplay somehow.

>> No.10244090
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>>10243916
>high res textures on low poly world

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>>10243951
Holy shit this is the biggest case of Lookin' Good I have ever seen

I actually laughed out loud seeing those screenshots

>> No.10244108

>>10243916

I don't want a remaster to alter character models.
I don't want it to alter game-play mechanics.
I don't want it to remove players ability to apply mods.
I don't want it to log into a remote server to perform any functions whatsoever.

Running easily on a new OS is fine, and is a given.
I don't mind if they want to slightly sharpen textures, as long as they don't overdo it or ruin the mood. If you've gone more than x2, you've gotten greedy.
Some of those textures don't tile, and I would be fine if they want to remedy that, if they can do it in a way that doesn't create some new weirdness.
There are some in-game scenery objects that are floating sprites that always face you. I would be fine if they made some simple models for some of those.

>> No.10244110
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HAHAHAHAHA

>> No.10244115
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zoomers be like hell yeah, finally I can raid some tombs!!!

>> No.10244117

>>10244110
reminds me of that castlevania HD joke image

>> No.10244118

I am a humongous faggot so I'll pay for it day one just to hunt the PS4 trophies.

>> No.10244121
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>>10244117

>> No.10244125

>>10243916
The rounding of her head is creeping me out.

>> No.10244134

>>10243916
>>10244090
>>10244110
>>10244115
I kinda dig it honestly. I like how it looks sort of like a Dreamcast or OG Xbox game. Feels like a remake you would’ve seen on early 360 or something. It’s a bit odd but I think a good look in its own way. As long as the gameplay is mostly preserved I have zero complaints really

>> No.10244135

>>10244106
>>10244110
It's okay for the price, considering original graphics are still available as well.

It's a quick and dirty higher res texture job slapped on so zoomies buy it too.
Honestly can't complain.

They don't call it a remake, they call it a remaster.
For 20 bucks thats fair imo.

>> No.10244148

>>10244134
It worked for Max Payne after all.
Maybe Aspyr is the next Remedy.

>> No.10244152

>>10244135
>considering original graphics are still available
neat
so i dont have to buy it AT ALL

>> No.10244157

>>10244121
this is a SOUL horseshoe unironically

>> No.10244159

People seem to not know or have forgotten what mastering/remastering means.

"Mastering" is the process of converting source material (eg. 35mm film) to a widely used format (eg. dvd). The dvd that was obtained from this process is the "master record" and all other dvds produced would be copies of it. If you wanted to change it in some way you would have to remaster it from the original source.

The term "remastered" became a huge marketing term for selling blurays and the like because people heard it was "remastered", ie. so better than the dvd, sometimes this worked even for tv shows that were shot in high quality film. However apparently the vast majority of them didn't even know what the term remastered means if they see nothing strange about calling these games "remastered". Remastered from what? The real Lara Croft?

>> No.10244168

>>10244159
They probably called it a remaster cuz calling it a remake would result in people giving them shit for it.

>> No.10244169

>>10244110
>Those ground texture seams
This can't be real.

>> No.10244178

>>10244169
The original game has seams everywhere.

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>>10244110
>no blood
So which country do we blame for this?

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>>10243916
>>10244110
The flat textures don't even bother me since the whole trilogy is like a synthetic cubist death trap, thank goodness that it still has colour.

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>>10244159
>Remastered from what?
The textures and sounds back then usually were stock assets from freely available cds.

>> No.10244212

>>10244208
*buyable
I love the stock sounds from the ps1 era.

>> No.10244213

>>10244178
Least a remaster could do was fix them if they expect people to buy the same game again, don't you fucking think?

>> No.10244217

>>10244213
>fix
There's nothing to "fix"

>> No.10244221

>>10244213
I disagree. All they need to do is make the game run properly on a new system, and walk away.

>> No.10244223

>>10244217
Yes there is. That's why it's a fucking remaster, not a straight port you imbecile.

>> No.10244225

>>10244223
Fix your potty mouth instead.

>> No.10244234

I agree >>10244221

I don't want remakes, they always suck.
Make the shit run smooth and don't change shit and I would call it a good job.

>> No.10244241

>>10244121
Castlevania if he real

>> No.10244252

>>10244183
>>10244110
Maybe thats supposed to be dried blood?
Dunno, I think no cunt censors something like this these days.

The skelly is there.

>> No.10244273

soulless/10

>> No.10244278

>>10244178
they're more integrated. and you dont notice them on 240p crt

>> No.10244281

How dense are you guys?

It's not a remake of the game, all they are doing is updating the visuals with the textures and more polygons. That's it.

You can toggle back to the original visuals if you choose. It's literally what /vr/ should approve of the most. Some of you obviously just want something to whine about.

>> No.10244292

>>10244281
>all they are doing is updating the visuals with the textures and more polygons.
so they also ripped off OpenLara project too? nice
will they also file dmca on it like rockstar did?

>> No.10244312

>>10243916
They should have used the old promotional art model.

>> No.10244402

>>10244278
Consoles were/are never the standard of any comparison. They are always the worst way to play anything.

>> No.10244406

>>10244402
>I was born after the year 2000.

>> No.10244412

>>10243916
It's nice that it's getting attention, but if I had to choose among the many available ways to play it, this just isn't what I would pick. I already own the game on CD. I'm more likely to either run OpenLara on my Windows system or run the Voodoo version of the game on my old DOS system.

>> No.10244419

>>10244412
Openlara only covers the first game and no fmvs

>> No.10244427

>>10244152
You never had to.

>> No.10244472

>>10244402
That's not entirely true, they're perfectly fine solutions options for the present. Emulation is a great option, but you also have to remember that it took time for emulators to the point where they are now.
Plus even though PC ports are typically far better in terms of delivering visuals and resolutions far above than what can be achieved on a console, there's also the risk of them becoming depreciated over time, either due to OS incompatibility or there just not being a dedicated group of modders to fix the game. And not everyone had the hardware to play them maxed out when they came out, either due to poor optimization and being a bad conversion, or because there just isn't hardware that can run it above of what you can get on console.

>> No.10244639

>>10244110
That's rough

>> No.10244671

>>10244110
I unironically see nothing wrong with this
Explain

>> No.10244690

>>10244671
Lara looks like she's from a much later game, the walls are way too detailed, and the skeleton on the floor looks like a fallen ragdoll
It looks weird when you look at how blocky everything is and how its clearly not meant to look like that at all, looks like some modder's first attempt at a HD mod

Either they go through the game and really take some time to make everything look good by adjusting it to the new look, or it's just going to look fucking awful

>> No.10244701

>>10244671
>>10244134
>>10244135
>>10244178
>>10244217
>>10244221
>>10244234
>>10244225
>>10244427
outsiders

>> No.10244705

Being able to turn the "upgrades" off is nice, but I kinda wish it was more of a slider than a switch.

It's nice if they "based" her new model on the higher poly model that they had used in old promotional material, but I would really prefer the actual model from the promotional material, even if it has less polygons than the new one.

Having higher detail textures is nice, but when you go too far, you're just kinda standing on wrapped Christmas presents.

I want an in-between game.

>> No.10244713

>>10244701
well i can't stop you from buying it
have fun i guess

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>>10244701
How did you know those were me?

>> No.10245164

This thread reeks of /v/

>> No.10245236

>>10244725
I made this post

>> No.10245407

>>10244701
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/2478970/Tomb_Raider_IIII_Remastered/
>>10244713
>>10244725
>>10245236
I don't like this place anymore.

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>>10244115
Christ, this is just a texture pack being repackaged as a remaster and makes the game look more dated than need be.
They didn't even bother with adding a more polygons to the sand to make it LOOK like collapsed sand for fuck sake. They could've shaped it like Minecraft's water/lava if they're that lazy.
Something like the fucking Halo Anniversary Collection is more of a remaster than this.