Releasing in February 14th, 2024 - Tomb Raider I-III Remastered is heading to Steam thanks to Aspyr Media. The remasters were announced today for various consoles, with it also appearing for pre-order now on Steam. Time to replay a bit of history!
Direct Link
From the Steam page:
Discover Lara Croft’s Original Adventures, Lovingly Restored
Play the Original Three Tomb Raider Adventures: For the first time ever, play the complete experience with all expansions and secret levels on modern platforms in this definitive collection.
Included Game Titles
- Tomb Raider I + The Unfinished Business Expansion
- Tomb Raider II + The Gold Mask Expansion
- Tomb Raider III + The Lost Artifact Expansion
Key Features
Solve Ancient Mysteries: Uncover treasures of the ancient world by solving puzzles and unraveling mysteries lost to the ravages of time.
Globe-trotting Adventure: Follow Lara Croft around the world and face off against deadly foes and dangerous myths.
Lovingly Restored: Experience the classics boasting upgraded graphics, with the option to switch to the original polygon look at any time.
While they won't have a Native Linux version, no doubt they will run well in Proton. With full controller support, they could be great games for the Steam Deck too. Nice to see more classic games getting updated properly for modern platforms without completely remaking them.
You can pre-order on Steam. Together they will be £24.99 at release with a 10% discount if you pre-order.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
slaapliedje Sep 14, 2023
It's a bit uncanny, too, because I recently felt like revisiting the original Tomb Raider! (I could take or leave 2 and 3, personally - they put in too much combat that didn't play well for controls intended primarily for exploration. But it's still good that they're there!)
Great news, this one, and I'm hopeful that it will be handled faithfully; Care for the franchise has already been demonstrated with the choice of release-date - February 14th 1968 is the original Lara Croft's birthdate.
slaapliedje Sep 14, 2023
Quoting: tpauLooks a bit brighter but not visually pleasing. A remake would have been my choice here. I think people already demonstrated that as a sparetime projectThey already did a remake of Tomb Raider, but they made certain puzzles and such easier, and skipped a bunch of them (at least that's what my brother said, I never did beat the original 3, but I have beaten all of them (except the latest trilogy) from Anniversary onward.
Quoting: PenglingI just heard about this, but didn't expect to see it posted on GOL today due to no word yet about Proton support or Steam Deck Verified/Playable status!Well, I see no reason not to cover news about such things, especially remastered of absolute classics like this. We know by know there's a 90% chance anything will just run with Proton :). I would rather cover something I'm interested in myself, and potentially a whole bunch of others, than not cover it just because it doesn't have Native :)
Quoting: Liam DaweI would rather cover something I'm interested in myself, and potentially a whole bunch of others, than not cover it just because it doesn't have Native :)Oh, I never meant (or, indeed, said) native - you know my views on Proton from other threads, it's absolutely essential for what I do.
I had a game release just yesterday that was spot-on with Proton from the first minute of release (and the ensuing non-stop 9.5 hour first play-session...
), which was and is an absolute joy. But I'm waiting on it actually getting an official Steam Deck status before I submit anything to you guys, in that case - it's not quite as big of a title (at least these days) as the likes of Tomb Raider.
Quoting: PenglingOh, I never meant (or, indeed, said) native - you know my views on Proton from other threads, it's absolutely essential for what I do.Oh I know what you meant, just making sure my own stance is clear :)
- Lara, birds are our friends - please don't shoot... *blam blam blam*
- Look Lara, what a majestic canis lupus, they hardly ever attack people. If you just sneak around.... *blam blam blam*
- Wow, Lara! You found a dinosaur! Those were thought to be extinct.,,, *blam blam blam* - Nevermind, extinct it is.
Shooting digital people, no problemo. Shooting digital animals, big problemo!
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