Part 1: Excavating Tomb Raider: Core Design's 10th Anniversary Edition Peru - Reaction Video

[@ASMRinGames]

Playing unreleased games kind of feels like... tomb raiding

[@Raidercast]

100% - I felt like I was raiding unexplored ruins for the very first time. Or, returning with Lara all this time later to see what these old locations look like these days. A real nostalgia tour.

[@rafaelsantosx]

I really miss the classics atmosphere that Crystal Dynamics versions never achieved.

[@lionocyborg6030]

What I love about Vilcabamba in TRAE is that like Crystal’s version, it tries to make the fact it’s a village more clear than the original but unlike Crystal it keeps the original feel and makes sure to emphasise that the houses and other buildings are carved directly from the walls, which TRA Lara also points out in Lost Valley in her notebook. I wonder if the plan for the wolves in the Lost Valley’s stream would have been instead of finding them sleeping in that area like the original (they couldn’t this time due to all the water), they change the animation for those specific wolves to show them drinking from the stream.

[@livashlin]

This is the video game equivalent of: "if you could sit on a park bench with someone who is no longer alive, who would it be". The absolute nostalgia, the flood of good memories and euphoria I've been feeling these last 2 days seeing all this content - this really is such a emotional thing ❤️❤️

[@rartombraider]

I can’t help but get so emotional about this, especially when you read the message referring to Core Design 2006! I legit cried. It made me think about what could have been, and how we were all feeling around that time. Thank you for taking us on this journey.

[@Raidercast]

I felt super emotional playing it. Guaranteed will continue to feel this way when I record more levels tomorrow! :*-)

[@ClassicalMusician02]

omg, I'm crying happy tears, this is soo awesome that the community brings this project alive!

[@TheItsGab]

I think I love you. Thank you for giving the fandom a voice. This is just outstanding and feels amazing to see this after YEARS of knowing about its existence

[@Raidercast]

Thanks for this comment ❤️

[@letarowena]

That's why TR fandom is amazing!

[@Raidercast]

PREACH

[@thinkingscottish]

Although I know people have already been working on it, what surprises me looking at the footage and screenshots is how much of this game had already been built by the time the project was shelved. I had always assumed very little progress would have been made and that even fewer parts of the game would have survived all these years later, I think we have all been very lucky. It's also fascinating to see the differences between what Core intended and what Crystal did with Anniversary in re-imagining the first game. Like everyone else, I'm amazed at how quickly people have managed to make this playable. It's really incredible and just shows the talent and dedication of Tomb Raider fans all these years after the series began. I'm sure this is far beyond what anyone would have expected already and I'd like to thank everyone involved for letting us see this 'lost' game!

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

What a 25th Anniversary discovery!

[@ReluctantWarrior]

Well that was fast...and here I thought it would have been a long, arduous process to get it in a playable state.

[@Raidercast]

I'm in absolute disbelief! I thought it would be months!

[@joshtool]

Literally gasped when I saw the volcano in the Lost Valley. This was incredible. Watching your reactions was exactly like playing through myself. Literal tears.

[@k.nielsen5589]

man TRAE playable this is unbelievable :O huge thx to all people who has made this possible.

[@Anradak]

i never thought this was going to happen. from being almost a myth to being in a playable state. that's just amazing!!

[@Raidercast]

I thought it would take months to reach this state! 🤯

[@lionocyborg6030]

You can even decipher ancient languages Rise and Shadow style using the X button (A button on Xbox controllers?) according to FreakRaider's video, like the calendar after the darts: this one says "He who passes this seal will die" if I remember correctly. It makes the world feel that much more alive, like the TR0 style documents that were added to Dagger of Xian.

[@lance694]

9:51 I gasped and then grinned ear to ear right along with you. Fanboying vicariously through you right now and loving every second of it. Thanks for doing these videos!

[@Raidercast]

I feel like a kid in a sweet shop! It's so exciting!

[@hyunchimi]

I like how you're so happy through out the video. I can practically fell your happy mood. Also my favorite room was that with 2 bridges. I love the viking ship frozen in water add-on.

[@bkrage85]

I still remember the day that mysterious trailer came out. And over a decade later, here we are. It's impossible not to be moved by this, I never thought it'd happen. It's like watching your life go by before your eyes in a very weird and specific way. Also, this year is gonna be amazing for the community, all the level designers are gonna go nuts and I CAN'T WAIT to see what they do with this.

[@howlingmina166]

This is such a treasure to see, Tomb Raider has been with me since I was a teen ( a long time ago). thank you for uploading this,.

[@Raidercast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Sara-hz9sj]

Oh this looks amazing, I'm so grateful for this community. I felt every emotion with you as you played through this, thank you for sharing.

[@Ferro2155]

A tomb raider game just exploring beautiful hidden tombs and solving puzzles would be so peaceful

[@agatha9071]

Seeing someone get so excited about this game it’s heart warming.

[@davidalvarado2622]

I love how you can definitely see what Crystal used as inspiration for Legend (that is if this was made before Legend was of course, I have little to no knowledge of the entire thing)

[@Raidercast]

I think this was made during the final year of Legend's development, and it's likely Eidos provided Core with some assets from Crystal, trying to get them to make her look more like Legend to tie it in with the new look.

[@nanoua27]

Hold on to your backpack this is gonna be an awesome series of video !!

[@Raidercast]

Hold on to your bottomless backpack!

[@BASEnutter2105]

Thank you for playing and showing this. I don’t have enough time to spend on this myself but I definitely enjoy watching you play it and show the highlights. Core really did a much darker lighting than crystal. I’ll be interested to see what the Egypt (my favorite) levels look like in this one.

[@Raidercast]

Egypt - at least the part that works - is beautiful and vibrant! Going to get the Greece video out today and then Egypt / Mines tomorrow.

[@boneladders]

as someone who can't play it myself yet, i love that you take the time to really look around and let us soak in all the details!

[@Steevee129]

It's like revisiting a place where you've been to as a child and where you have the best time ever. That emotion can be very powerfull so cry away dude! I feel ya! It reminds me of a time where everything felt fresh and new. Now I feel I've seen it all and it's hard to get impressed and excited in life. That feeling of playing Tomb Raider, which was one of my first PS1-games...it was pure magic! It was my very first adventure/exploring game. It was a new form of gaming for me. That's where it all started for me. I really think that 1996 is my most memorable year in my life. And a huge part is because of Tomb Raider.I still love adventure games. But I feel I'm losing my excitement to game. Can you outgrow gaming? I mean, I didn't even finish the last Tomb Raider game :( You made me realise I miss the old Tomb Raider.

[@Potkanka]

I love how excited you're about this, I love watching all the TR:AE videos coming out! I'll probably wait to play it myself until people make it more playable (such as, on a keyboard, I heard it's quite a problem), so for now I'll just look and be amazed. Oh but yes the colours! I'm a bit disappointed ToQ isn't as colourful as the original, but with the rest of the levels it's like Core went "What if we made a TR1 remake but made it MORE colourful?" Also imagine if we had some notes about the plans for it, because the caved in entrance to the tomb itself is quite surprising. Maybe there was another, smaller entrance that had to be opened from the dart hallway? After all, opening the three gates can't be for nothing! Maybe there was... a switch that would open the main gate from where the boulder falls? Oh, this is all so exciting! Haha and getting back the voice actors... ah, hmmm... if only there were any who'd love to return to their roles... :D

[@SethMcKenzieTV]

I think the throne room blockage is there pre-emptively from when you'd have picked up the scion, that pathway THEN becomes blocked.

[@Raidercast]

Yep! You're right. Someone on twitter saw something in the coding about part of the environment that exist in two different states, a before and an after. That obstruction is the after - all that rubble would fall in and block the corridor after Lara picked up the scion, no doubt forcing the player to go down the deadly boulder route!

[@lionocyborg6030]

AzraelKhan I saw in the design doc before Ash released the files that it was planned to have flip maps like the 5 Tomb Engine games. It's especially hilarious because in the commentary for TRA's Palace Midas' sand pillar room, Toby and Jason say Crystal wasn't allowed to use flip maps themselves. It appears to be missing flip effects however (like the quake and sound of the TNT going off in Natla's mines for example, even though the switch triggers the flip).

[@WolfenTrek]

Wow this is like getting a new core design game suddenly. This just keeps getting better and better doesn't it :)

[@Raidercast]

It’s getting better all the time! Even since making this people have found a free cam fly tool and a way to scale it up to 1080 full screen!

[@MarkoJelicic]

Thank you for humanizing this historic moment. Can't think of a better way to experience it for the first time ❤️

[@Raidercast]

That's a lovely thing to say, thank you

[@Mitsu2040]

I can tell that you really love TR

[@zackaryabbotts5972]

Completely understandable emotions here, to think how long this 10th Anniversary Edition has been locked away and to see it in this unfinished state brings nothing but pure nostalgia, such wonderful memories of this game being unleashed whilst watching your reaction video, fantastic.

[@dorianstanojevic9904]

Cant believe how lucky we are!! FINALLY

[@Raidercast]

What a wonderful time to be a TR fan!

[@xlegendgamerpro]

Hi, I just subscribed. I’ve been on a nostalgia train recently watching lots of Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider 1996. TRA is my favourite, I’d love to see what it originally was going to be!

[@Raidercast]

Hope you enjoy the vids!

[@xlegendgamerpro]

@@Raidercast I have been bro

[@JaredJonesAZ]

"I want to explore everything." What a mood. TR fandom is amazing, we deserve this.

[@hsantana128]

your feeling in the beginning of the video is so cute, i had the same reaction lol

[@Raidercast]

I'm so pleased I had that feeling too! I never expected I'd feel it from playing TRAE, I always thought it would be so far away from completion that I wouldn't enjoy it anywhere near as much as I am enjoying it!

[@_athora__]

Imagine Shelley re-voicing this! 😍😍😍

[@Raidercast]

Dreaming of that day!

[@lionocyborg6030]

@@Raidercast Same! Though I personally think Jonell would be better going by how she was supposed to voice Lara in the game originally, but she never got a chance to record anything before the project was canned.

[@Matt-it8su]

I wish my girlfriend would look at me the way Chris looks at his screen whilst playing this.

[@CarloruggeroAnastasio]

I had to stop watching after the 1st level, I don't want too many spoilers. But I got really emotional, even more while seeing you giggling and trying not to cry. Too sweet : P It's amazing that we're having this opportunity and we owe to thank so many people, and you too! It's a nice community

[@AlessaNitara]

I get teary-eyed. For so many reasons. But your reactions are the main cause. Wow, just wow.

[@Pencliff]

I barely have words, it's so amazing. I cannot wait to see what the community manages to do in addition to what they've done in like 2 days.

[@ErikUnrated]

You and your reactions are so adorable. Makes watching these videos all the more enjoyable !

[@larasbackpack7612]

We've waited YEARS just to see a glimpse or something new about this game and now we're able to play it. Think about a good couple of months from now, I can see the community working on making it PC controls and totally polishing the game together to create the full vision Core was going for. 2021 so far is amazing.

[@Raidercast]

It's going to be a good year!

[@Shmoonify]

I’m like crushing on you BAD 😍 lol your enthusiasm is contagious I loved this thank you for sharing

[@Raidercast]

😂🙏

[@LuisHernandez-yq4so]

Omg! I was smiling the whole video! This game is so pretty and amazing, the animations, the atmosphere ❤️ can't wait for the more polished version with enemies and sound effects! Definitely a truly Tomb Raider experience

[@DeanKopri]

This is so good :D I didn't have time to try it out myself so this should do for now :D Thanks for sharing, Chris! ...and yeah, 20:27 killed me hahaha

[@Potkanka]

Oh by the way the calendar at the beginning of Caves can also be deciphered! :)

[@Raidercast]

I saw, on twitter!

[@lighters3137]

I love how you react to the beta version. I have to agree, it kinda feels like playing the first tomb raider all over again. Let's hope they put in sound asap so that we can enjoy that masterpiece in all it's glory :)

[@Raidercast]

Hear hear! ♥️

[@lighters3137]

@@Raidercast looking forward to the greece part, especially the waterfall in st. francis folly!

[@jtvp323]

If triangle is jump, that means that all four buttons on the PlayStation controller have been used as jump at one point in the tomb raider universe 😌✌️

[@Raidercast]

Well spotted!

[@lionocyborg6030]

Can confirm: I only recently started the PS2 version of AOD recently and I noticed only the PC game, it swaps the jump and roll buttons around, meaning that Square/X (on Xbox) is now roll and Circle/B to jump. As someone used to the PS1, Saturn & Dreamcast controls when playing Tomb Raider Classic on console, it gets a little confusing.

[@emanueleporcelluzzi278]

TRAE: decifring inscriptions ten years before Rise of The Tomb Raider...

[@cheekybun]

I didn't mind the anniversary version that eventually became the one we know but that one felt more like taking a story and telling it somewhat the same yet different whereas this just feels like the same story with a few more shinier elements and all the nostalgia that a game anniversary remake could have had and i genuinely think it would have been so wonderful to see this version in all its glory one day cause it truly does feel like someone gave the original new life.

[@DinosaurBytes]

Your enthusiasm for this stuff is as infectious as always. I'm so glad that this is able to be preserved like it is too, what a treat!

[@Raidercast]

I'm so happy it's finally playable!

[@DinosaurBytes]

@@Raidercast ​ @AzraelKhan You and me both! Looking forward to seeing what you make of Greece too!

[@JJewlz420]

Makes me excited to see you so excited about being able to play this version of AE by core!! Sadly I don’t have a computer to play it on and se worn for myself for now I’ll be looking forward to your videos and hopefully this can get a polished released one day by the fans!

[@Raidercast]

I hope you get to play it someday, and hopefully it’ll be super polished too!

[@GroundPunch2]

Dude this was so incredibly jolly. MY HEART.

[@urbanmusiq]

You’re reactions are soo darn cute!! Awesome vid btw! ☺️☺️

[@CLF211]

I totally didn't expect this but here we are... Thanks for the video!!

[@gabriellafield8978]

oh my gosh this is just so exciting

[@anthonywyattStylist]

Also if someone speed runs this with glitches id be terribly upset because that would be a terrible injustice of this its worth taking time and absorb all of it the colors the look the feel exct:

[@MadoliaSteel]

13:14 That's... So... Touching. It was a beautiful project. Let's hope the Fandom can bring it to life, fully.

[@JMTM]

I can't get it working. After copying the file to the Artbase folder and then copying any level to the folder, when I run the bat file cmd opens but there's endless error codes.

[@Raidercast]

Oh no :( Have a browse on twitter / tombraiderforums, hopefully someone has the answer! Good luck!

[@JMTM]

@@Raidercast Thanks!

[@matthewcohare]

This is all so overwhelming. I joined the TRFs in 2006 and I don't think any of us thought this would ever actually happen. I'm so glad it did.

[@Raidercast]

Wood! Shoutout to the class of 06!

[@lionocyborg6030]

AzraelKhan One of my favourite years and not just because of Legend and TRAE's planned release: I had a lot of Shadow the Hedgehog to play, All Grown Up (the Rugrats spin off) was still on the telly, I went to Turkey for the first time and I first saw The Raccoons.

[@simonjamesconstable]

Man I wish people would do this for Fear Effect Inferno

[@samsparks3863]

I felt the same emotion as you looking the first trap on the level, thank you so much for bring this. 💕✨

[@razu_gif]

I really wonder they include the deleted 360 camera from aod ?

[@razu_gif]

Also lighting looks so similar to TR:legend braided beta version i hope that version gets leaked one day 😭

[@me1701-A]

Waited so damm long for this. Cant wait for fans completing all the missing things.

[@oscarf.9166]

Thank you so much for sharing! Finally we have it 😍 can't believe! And your reactions are awesome hahaha so cute ❤️ can't wait to play it too!

[@Raidercast]

Glad you enjoyed! :)

[@slfanta]

It's a humiliaion for CORE that this anniversary game with such level of completion was cancelled.

[@slfanta]

But glad we can see what the TR Anniversary game would have been like in the parallel universe where CORE continued the franchise,,,

[@MyssRPD]

Love so much the actual TRA, but is nice to see this version. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year! 😄😄

[@jvanjake]

Such a great video! Thank you for sharing!

[@lionocyborg6030]

How do I look up and down? On my Hyperkin Duke controller for Xbox One, the two triggers look left/right and the right thumbstick seems to either not do anything or it recentres the camera behind Lara. I also don't know how to bring that pause menu at the start back. The game also crashes when I enter the iced over loading dock.

[@Raidercast]

Not sure how the controls differ on an Xbox controller, but just using the left stick moves her, the right stick looks all around, the left trigger walks, the right trigger turns her. Hopefully someone can help you!

[@lionocyborg6030]

AzraelKhan Hopefully. I don't have a PlayStation controller, you see. :) Looking forward to part 2!

[@angelvxx5200]

Aw bless you!! You express the emotion i think we all feel.

[@RelicRaider]

I feel there's more stories behind this on how they started making this. That sounds like another podcast idea for you.

[@fwwryh7862]

It looks stunning.

[@Elizopoulo]

Where can I find it? I love Core Design!

[@oldnewpixel]

Man, you love Tomb Raider even more than I do!

[@ClassicalMusician02]

2021 is already off to a great start!

[@disapearingboi]

That's not a viking ship - it's a type of boat built from totora reeds' still found in Peru, Bolivia & Ecuador today. Viking ships were made from wooden planks - those textures clearly resemble reeds if you look carefully. The face on the boat resembles the animal heads used on South American boats. Core Design did their research it seems.

[@katesykesUK]

You were making me emotional too! This looks amazing! I wonder why she looks like Legend Lara. Had that game already come out or was it being made by then?

[@Raidercast]

Sending hugs! This was being made during the final year of legend’s development, and I think Core based it on Legend assets, and likely made her look the same at Eidos’s request for the sake of continuity, I guess.

[@zolkofarkas]

I could listen to your voice all day. Very relaxing

[@Raidercast]

I really do need to try and do a soft-spoken TR ASMR video one of these days!

[@zolkofarkas]

@@Raidercast I'm in for that!

[@jules0519]

About a year ago I used to be a huge part of the TR community on Instagram. I had like 2000 followers (yes that’s huge for me) and I used to be so active and I actually played tomb raider games every day and I don’t know what happened I just.. I quit. I didn’t feel motivated to continue (it was probably because of my depression and school) and the fact that there was no news on a new tomb raider game didn’t make it easier too. So I deleted the account and I didn’t play a single TR game since then. I’m a HUGE Tomb Raider fan and I was introduced to the franchise when I was like 6. Tomb Raider is still my most favourite video game franchise and if I had to list my favourite games then TR would be at number one. Even during the time I didn’t play the game and wasn’t in the community I still loved (and I still do love) Lara Croft and I followed some of the bigger accounts and artists but with a private account. Not a while ago I discovered your channel and I started watching your videos and they make me wanna get back to the community, I mean get back to my Twitter, instagram and YT account and I feel like I will. But there’s a BIG but and I know some people will think it’s stupid but I don’t know if I’m still welcome on this community. I mean I just left and I feel like I betrayed them even tho I didn’t do anything wrong. Well if you actually read this, thank you

[@iNINJAgamer]

How to get the textures mapping to load in? Do I need a gaming graphics card?

[@Raidercast]

Everything we know so far can be found here: www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=225511 Unfortunately it seems the people with texture issues haven't found a fix yet, and haven't been able to play.

[@iNINJAgamer]

@@Raidercast ok thanks for letting me know.

[@iNINJAgamer]

Latest update so far, I can now see the textures. 😁

[@PupRiku]

This looks like true continuation of Tomb Raider. I do like the Crystal Dynamics trilogy don't get me wrong, but this has the right mix of nostalgic movement and gameplay with updated graphics. Also. You're cute AF.

[@joefrost1988]

So cool to see you get so excited

[@Raidercast]

Can’t help myself! 🥰

[@starchild1595]

This made me so emotional.

[@elenavaleria9943]

Aaaah I'm happy already. the edges blend nicely in the background making you actually have to explore to find were to go, like an actual explorer. Crystal's TRA's borders and edges are so bright that it completely removes this key aspect from the experience. And it only got worse now, since in the reboot the edges are literally painted WHITE -_- Once my computer gets fixed in soo downloading this

[@Raidercast]

Hope you have fun with it!

[@miguelin285]

Tomb Raider had a very dark an intriguing atmosphere, a game full of mysteries, puzzles, keys of all kinds to open new paths, a lonely exploration that makes you feel disolated, abandoned, and besides, everything you see were real places, because core always visited countries like Egypt, London, many South american countries, and tons more, and took pictures to design each level in the game, that's why no other designer like crystal dynamics or even worse, square could ever do, but the preasure of TR Fans, and mistakes from core, mainly because of not explaining what happened to Lara after the incident of the great pyramid, and her "assumed" death, all that ended in Core's getting fired, a great failure from eidos if you asked me, and the only ones that truly lost with this decision were us... the real TRfans that coul have experienced more real magical moments, we have to be more comprehensive, forgive when needed, core claimed that they were making 2 more TR games to explain what happened to Lara, and the explosive pseudo-fans didn't let core amend their mistakes, maybe one of those games was this one. TR: As a fan of TR and legacy of Kain series, I feel like eidos decisions killed both games at once. Hope you Understood my english, I didd my best 😃

[@lionocyborg6030]

Would Ash himself do a stream of this game build with the original developers like he did with TR3 & TR4? I'd love to see it live if he does.

[@Raidercast]

I think there’s a good chance of that happening one day!

[@goskag2196]

I would rather play this version instead of Crystal Dynamic TR:Anniversary. 🥺

[@LED_Lightbulb]

how exactly do i get this working? i follow the guide in the patch download but once i put the files in and run it says the file doesnt exist (in sources/globalscripts etc)

[@Raidercast]

I've just added every bit of instructional help that I've come across under this video, hopefully it helps!

[@kamerynhaynes7076]

How amazing was this😭 I wonder if they made a few of the rooms in Peru "warmer" to make up for the fact/explain why she is in shorts ? Also maybe the torch was going to be "off" as in just a stick and you would have to light the other torches as you go along so you can use them to light the way ? Or use the lit torches to ignite your own so you can have light in a certain room? Just a thought. Could just be a leftover from the Indy Build because he uses torches like that. 😂

[@Raidercast]

I love that torch idea! It crossed my mind a few times while playing that perhaps Lara can light the others, but I've yet to try it.

[@owenjolley351]

I honestly had no idea this even existed until you made that first video on it.

[@Raidercast]

Glad to be giving updates!

[@Leuo123]

I'm curious about the Atlantis level. I Used to have nightmares with the monsters and the meat walls, now I'm wondering how they would look like in this version.

[@Raidercast]

I don't think it'll be too long before Atlantis becomes playable, and I'll make a new video! As for what it's going to look like... Someone found out in the files... :o twitter.com/RaidercastPod/status/1345812097234399232?s=20

[@Leuo123]

​@@Raidercast I'll be waiting for the vids! :D My Gosh, look at that! Torso deffinitly would be more gore. X-X

[@lionocyborg6030]

Leo Rodrigues It's playable now. :) it's buggy in places, especially higher up the main shaft but it's still the best part of the level.

[@andrewhe8854]

This is unbelievably amazing 🌹💖

[@yohnnyjames]

i like the moment you called angel of darkness your second life, damn that game is so powerful !

[@michaellennon13]

God that Core's note at the end of the Caves was emotional. I felt like reading an unsent note from Titanic 😭

[@Raidercast]

Oh god, yes.

[@CrystalMaiden28]

This is amazing! I had the same reactions as you!

[@zsizzles4002]

When I saw this I gasped and cried so hard that my mom came into my room and I had to explain everything. I'm still crying. This truly is the best thing ever.💙🤎 (I chose blue and brown hearts because they're Lara's colors)

[@skyfitsheaven7393]

It's so nice to see someone having the same feeling about this. I am one one those who actually dislike TRA (the released one), mostly because of the controls but ot only, the TR spirit was missing from it and I was always angry that TRA was released and not this one. So glad to have at least a peak into how it could have been and hope fan will do amazing job making this playable (just like one of them already did with the TR2 remake)

[@nv4142]

Amazing I have shivers