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I've been playing the old TR games on PS1 and they're so much fun to play when you get used to the old controls.

The ambient atmosphere and isolation still sends chills down my spine even today. The exotic locations and old tombs are fun to explore and the level design is masterfully crafted. The levels are open and huge so it's fun to explore and solve the level puzzles. The music is also great. The very little music there is helps give the areas this feeling of awe and mysticism. I love how the platforming is and how everything requires player input. Not like games of today where most platforming actions are automated. It made the games feel much more intense and you had to calculate jumps correctly and take your time and levels truly dangerous as a result.

The Tomb Raider games on PS1 and the Legend Trilogy were like this.

This is what the new Tomb Raider fails at. Is capturing this feeling. Combat, story and graphics are really the only thing that is does better. Controls as well perhaps but I much prefer how the old games played.
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