If you’re a fan of the classics, this is pretty much an essential purchase. It is currently the best possible way to play the original games. For new players… it’s a harder sell, but if you want some of the best and immersive level design from the 90’s, give it a try - the games have so much love poured into them. It just might take a little while to get used to!

It’s easier for me to say what I don’t like than what I do, so here goes.
- Modern controls are frankly awful. I wouldn’t have used these regardless, but for new players, my suggestion would be to get accustomed to the tank controls instead. You will have a horrible time playing these games on modern settings.
- Some of the improvements in the various levels (usually gaps in ceilings to let in artificial light) somewhat ruin the feeling of total isolation you got in the original game. It’s a different experience as a result. Particularly bad in Egypt.
- Old graphics have a frame rate cap of 30 FPS. This seems like a conscious decision rather than a technical limitation, and I can’t imagine why. Making a toggle for the cap, regardless of graphics mode, is surely an easy solution.
- Similar to above, no graphics settings at all is... an odd choice.
- On modern graphics, at least in Tomb Raider I, seeing various items such as keys is much more difficult. I have pretty poor eyesight and to me some keys were basically invisible. A particularly egregious example is the key on the top platform in the main room of The Cistern. Not a problem on classic graphics due to the sprites being oversized.
- Use of AI to upscale textures. I’m somewhat on the fence about the ethics of AI in general, but to me it feels lazy and the results are mixed. Textures often do not tile well.
- FMVs are the same as old ones. It's a bit jarring going from the beautiful modern graphics to 1996 renders!

Overall though it seems like a great remaster and I’m eternally thankful that it even happened at all.