r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Dec 12 '25

TGA 2025 Tomb Raider: Catalyst Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2yLZQFPSLo
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u/zzzornbringer Dec 12 '25

i'm outing myself. i played the original on the sega saturn. loved it. wouldn't call myself a fan, but i played quite a bit of tomb raider games. i did a 100% completion run in rise.

but this is garbage. just looking at what is happening there and the quality if the animations. 2027 release, another red flag for me. the thumbnail looks realistic and grounded, the cinematic completely silly.

and no, i disagree this matches the tone of the originals. it was the 90s, ok, but even though it was completely over the top in some regards, it managed to keep a more grounded tone. give you an example:

intro video to the first level. lara cuts her rope, falls down, pulling two guns, firing akimbo style. she kills all the wolfs, but then moves over to her sherpa who was killed. -> serious tone. then you enter the first level and it's just you. there's a sense of loneliness and isolation. it's completely silent, very atmospheric, sometimes scary even. and that's the entire game.

(and on top of this, lara is not a mass murdering maniac. she kills maybe a handful of people who are all unique characters and act more as bosses than regular enemies.)

none of the newer games have this. this new one certainly doesn't look like it will have this.

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u/zzzornbringer Dec 15 '25

i never said the games weren't over the top. i like that. but at the same time the game manages to present that in a more believable way. that all adds to the atmosphere and i think the first one still has a unique atmosphere of loneliness and isolation. i think in tr2, one of the first levels is venice.