I have been a Tomb Raider fan since 1996, and I DO love these remasters. My only real gripe is the "Modern Controls" actually make the game WORSE! They lack the basic necessary functions to navigate many of the puzzles and traps. And that could have been mitigated simply by making hop-backs, backflips, and walking backwards possible. As frustrating as "Tank Controls" can be, at least they were designed for this game's grid-structure. IDK why they bothered with the modern controls if they weren't even going to be compatible with the game's design. For that reason it gets a star off. Save yourself the hassle and just keep Tank Controls on.
Ignore people complaining about the price. I've seen the interviews with Nightdive. This game was VERY hard for them to remaster because of all the weird choices Lucasarts made while developing it, like creating their version of multi threading years before it became a thing. The fact that they were able to remake all the graphics, and get the game working natively modern systems, with modern controls is an impressive feat. Nightdive deserves to be fairly compensated for all their hard work, because this wasn't just some simple port! And the game plays beautifully! They managed to make the game look like my nostalgia-goggles remember it--better in fact! Because I played the original recently, and it really looked bad. Even The Force Engine couldn't improve it this much. So again, ignore the complaints. This Herculean achievement in remastering such a legendary game is worth every penny!
