TR Retrospective | Tomb Raider 5: Chronicles (2000) - SteveOfWarr

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Been waiting for so long, and it happened! Yes! So what have we learned about this game? A statue with a literal golden valley, a well endowed minor, and a bullshit last level. Can't wait for Angel of Darkness!

[@SteveOfWarr]

Ngl "well endowed minor" had me laughing a lot 🤣🤣

[@CreativeWM_Personal]

@@SteveOfWarr Well she is British so in the UK at least she's legal unless the law was changed

[@DaniloFernandezDJFL]

Please do TRAOD!😆

[@TheGameStatistic]

Lol you're everywhere!

[@SteveOfWarr]

I was gonna say the same about you my good man lol

[@mja2317]

"The tragic family backstory we all know and love....." Yeah I don't know how much we love that when the basis of every Crystal Dynamics game is LARA MISSES HER MUMMY AND/OR DADDY. WE GET IT. COME UP WITH A NEW PLOT HOOK PLEASE. SEND LARA AFTER A SHINY THING BECAUSE SHE WANTS IT. NOT BECAUSE DADDY WENT AFTER IT FIRST.

[@SteveOfWarr]

/s be strong here =P (deserved to a degree)

[@Blarglesnarfe]

@@MrPonpokono Well...How could Lara be a strong, interesting female character unless she tomb raids due to her Daddy issues?!

[@APEABOUTSIMS]

Honestly, it worked really well in the LAU trilogy. It made sense and was executed well. Lara wanted to figure out what happened to her mother and that is completely fair IMO. In the reboot however, no ma’am. Like grow up already.

[@EnhancedNightmare]

"Lara Croft, daughter of Lord Henshingly Croft, was raised to be an aristocrat from birth. After attending finishing school at the age of 21, Lara's marriage into wealth had seemed assured, but on her way home from a skiing trip her chartered plane had crashed deep in the heart of the Himalayas. The only survivor, Lara learned how to depend on her wits to stay alive in hostile conditions a world away from her sheltered upbringing. 2 weeks later when she walked into the village of Tokakeriby her experiences had had a profound effect on her. Unable to stand the claustrophobic suffocating atmosphere of upper-class British society, she realised that she was only truly alive when she was travelling alone. Over the 8 following years she acquired an intimate knowledge of ancient civilisations across the globe. Her family soon disowned their prodigal daughter, and she turned to writing to fund her trips. Famed for discovering several ancient sites of profound archaeological interest she made a name for herself by publishing travel books and detailed journals of her exploits. " From the manual of the first tr. To be honest I assumed her family died there when I read it back in 1997 lol.

[@shiannafoxx]

@@APEABOUTSIMS I agree

[@AliceOfSherwood]

The Rome levels must have taken place in 2020 seeing as the streets are so deserted.

[@SteveOfWarr]

Bazinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

[@kacperciesowski3344]

@Alice Of Sherwood Actually, it takes place in 1995

[@crash-testproductions9341]

At least Venice took place in a small district you could suppose was in the hands of the Fiama Nera's gang. Here's Lara is just fighting with monster statues and 2 killers during the day while people are watching from their windows like "hello police ? what do you mean you can't arrest her ?"

[@bergonath8851]

I imagine the weird shit in Chronicles is just Winston and the gang filling the blanks or outright making stuff up to make it more cool. Things make more sense that way.

[@Zedek]

I genuinely laughed.

[@lmonk9517]

To be fair there is plenty of weird stuff in the other games as well.

[@mikehawk8984]

This is my exact headcannon for why Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes is so over the top. I just imagine it's Otacon retelling the story but embellishing it to make it cooler 😂

[@renno0301]

I found that third chapter spooky as heck when I was a kid. Those little monsters remind me of the small enemies from the school in the original Silent Hill.

[@instrumentaldude8349]

Indeed same here, the whole Island section was scary as hell, even now when I play those levels it still is scary 😃 but this section is my favorite as well. I love me some scary shit 😀

[@kuuttinen]

Same. It's definitely a favorite still. Then again I also loved the submarine and the part with the Iris. Amazing game❤

[@Mr.Pallanza]

10:47 Lara: _"You want to try the back pockets?"_ Me: Uh... Wow Lara, what are yo- *_*Lara does a point blank NUT SHOT*_* Announcer: *_G A M E_* My sides are in orbit now. The editing is IMPECCABLE. I am loving these series man! Amazing job!

[@rachdiva]

That kick was awesome though 😉

[@jamiecloughgaming25387]

It wasn't a kick it was a knee!

[@samz8691]

As a real Irish person, I am heavily upset that Lara dodges no angry drunks with beer bottles in the Ireland sections.

[@yohnnyjames]

hahahaha gewd one lad

[@videogamenostalgia]

God I wish Ireland was real

[@damenwhelan3236]

@videogamenostalgia Shyt have they discovered the truth?

[@damenwhelan3236]

​@@videogamenostalgia Do we need to hide the potatoes?

[@Ag3nt0fCha0s]

A real Irish person? Are there counterfeits? What constitutes being genuinely Irish?

[@the____rat1702]

"He bit me in the fanny" had me dying for 10 minutes

[@rachdiva]

Lmao 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

[@raffaelm6558]

I almost ruined my desk with my coffee when the "How old is Lara again?" moment happened. That was glorious!

[@yigilantis]

"Don't ask questions, just accept" We all are waiting for your Angel of Darkness review at the moment. It is gonna be your magnum opus, for sure. Meanwhile, did you consider reviewing TR2: Golden Mask and TR3: Lost Artifact expansion packs? I know there is a very extraordinary Las-Vegas level in Golden Mask that is weird as shit.

[@thinkingscottish]

I agree that this game clearly did not have the passion or effort put into it that the other classics did. You can tell by its length and lack of details for example no connections between levels. I also noticed the lack of soundtrack for this game, which is essentially music from the Last Revelation played over and over. You are also right in that this game has many good ideas though which were sadly not implemented properly or well. I do still enjoy it though as a huge classic Tomb Raider fan even though it is very short. What I will say at least is that the glitches in Red Alert are associated with the PC version as far as I know. I have played through my PS copy many times and never had any problems with bugs in this game at all.This has been a really enjoyable series, especially coming from a new player. Thanks and I'm looking forward to see how you cope with Angel of Darkness!

[@dudidogg2868]

Well I know people usually don't like Chronicles very much but to me it is still my favourite and most nostalgic Tomb Raider game. And I think it is arguably the most visually appealing of the classic games.

[@ChicaArgentina48]

I've watched this video twice because... Reasons By the way, so good to see Monsieur Baguette Aux Chocolat Sur La Table is back

[@SteveOfWarr]

Haha the one and only 🤣 Glad to hear you enjoyed the video enough to watch it twice 😊😊

[@tomspence8506]

"Come let's get out of here and i will buy you a milkshake🥛" LOL! That line from Pierre always used to make me crack up with laughter!

[@Iruparazzo]

Chronicles is essentially a goodish quality TRLE game with fancy FMVs and voice acting

[@ablake900]

I was actually embarrassed watching this for the developers. There have been some errors in the past but this is ridiculous. I can't understand how this was even allowed to be released. So glad I stuck to just the first 4 games for my childhood. Fantastic videos though. Appreciate all the effort you put into them.

[@CreativeWM_Personal]

Eidos happened thats what

[@Tom-tg4ib]

Chronicles actually is my favorite out of the original series.

[@IlNamelessKinglI]

4, cronicles and angel of darkness are all very unfair, broken, bugged and far too long.

[@tomspence8506]

​@@CreativeWM_PersonalI see what you mean. Eidos Interactive wanted Core Design to produce a new Tomb Raider game year in, year out, but Core were not able to keep up with the demands Eidos placed on them. Somehow from my perspective Eidos seemed to care more about financial solvency rather that the quality of the Tomb Raider titles released yearly on the original PlayStation. No wonder Angel of darkness was rushed before its release date. I personally think Eidos destroyed the series with with their own greed and I resent the fact they stole the franchise from Core Design and gave it to Crystal Dynamics !

[@Principalofthething889]

@@tomspence8506 I see what you mean. I don't know what they were expecting when they rushed core to get Angel of darkness out to coincide with the second Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movie.

[@ShinyQuasarDragon]

Fun fact: In the Chronicles "new generation" artwork for Angel of Darkness, many locations can be seen that were cut like a Turkey and Germany sections. Places that are only mentioned by codenames in AoD data. Just throwing it out there, amazing video as always!! Can't wait for AoD next

[@kacperciesowski3344]

Also in the PS1 Version, there is a exclusive teaser trailer for angel of darkness as Next gen

[@Potkanka]

On one hand this really felt like a fair assessment, on the other hand I remember enjoying this game much more than I feel like I should have after this video :D But to be fair, I have only ever played the Ireland and VCI levels once (and Russia is still my fave TR5 section when it comes to gameplay), and I played Red Alert with Stella's walkthrough opened at all times - not to check what to do (although it sometimes got to that too, such as luring the cyborg), but to check when NOT TO SAVE. It made it more difficult because I had to pass longer passages without dying, but it also avoided all bugs save (ha!) for the pits already being there on my way to the cyborg, just like you had. I also saved ammo meticuously throughout all the levels, knowing it's finite. I would literally reload for wasting one bullet more that necessary :D I appreciate that you acknowledged all the weird stuff (the creatures in the Ireland section, for example, and VCI having a functional teleporter...) and also the stuff like Larson and Pierre not actually dying because they have to be alive for TR1. Btw Werner's "associate" is actually his father. Also Zip's additional line in the PS version??? Damn! Honestly I wonder how people fiinshed the game without any walkthrough, especially with the new moves. I have heard plenty about TR5 before playing it, hell I had TRLE levels behind me before I finished TR5, so I had an advantage, but how did people play it and finished it at the time it came out? As fun as it would've been for that to be the same opera as in TR2, this one is in Rome and TR2 took place in Venice so... ah, sadly, probably a different one :D Okay but I think one thing we can acknowledge about TR5 is how much worldbuilding it gave us. New characters, locations, artefacts... would people even see Larson and Pierre as a duo without TR5? They're never even at one place at the same time in TR1! Right, I'll cut it short. There was some really funny editing, the background plot thickens too... It was definitely worth the wait, it was clearly pretty thought out. I'm very curious about your approach to AoD...

[@POLE7645]

Well, good news from the future of 2022. There’s a fan patch (called the Tomb Raider Chronicles decompilation project) which makes the game more stable. And from what I’ve read, it fixes the glitches in the Red Alert level.

[@skornie123]

Dude the opening alone got a hard like from me. Compositing, 3D animation and editing is so on point. Its also nice that the objects like the box are like 2D which reminds me of the items in TR 1. Havent even watched the whole review yet but I am already so happy right now^^

[@greytheloveabledragon8514]

The Winston impression you did at about 4:00, cracks me up every time I watch this.

[@anakinsky4380]

This game felt like an expansion pack, and not whole new title. It offers nothing new to the table (except few moves), and is the first title which graphically doesn't advance from previous one (at least in my eyes). Can' t wait for AOD review!

[@1r0zz]

It is especially noticeable in the PC version, that didn't implemented/miss-implemented bump mapping in the game, something that was present in last revelation...

[@dorotanoga9024]

Those two people who disliked are called Henshingly. Cannot wait for AOD!

[@SteveOfWarr]

haha totally stealing that

[@ZiggyKitty]

The Game Statistic’s drunk ramblings on this game is some of my favorite assessments

[@binnocorp]

Please never stop creating Steve! Your content is entertaining and insightful. You sir, are a very good man!! 💪🏼

[@SteveOfWarr]

❤❤❤

[@pavitraa9720]

The MGS3 time paradox completely caught me off guard hahaha. Awesome video.

[@alexsm3882]

Pierre obviously got into the colosseum by the power of being french.

[@theharlequin7280]

22:25 Comrade Pat: Tell my story... *5 minute monologue* Lara: No

[@k3rryrose]

This series is amazing! I have enjoyed it SO much. Best thing I’ve watch in a longggg time so thank you!

[@SteveOfWarr]

Thank you I'm glad you enjoy it!

[@lionocyborg6030]

The Robotnik theme for Larson & Pierre is solid gold! It just fits with so many cartoon villain types like Cyril Sneer and the AOSTH's version of Doc Eggman himself. Sorry Chris from Raidercast, Milkshake now has some competition for those two's main theme.

[@lionocyborg6030]

6:33 Lara in Jackie Chan’s voice, “I’m sorry I’ll bring this back thank youuuuuu!”

[@must_tash4195]

i found your channel when looking for context on why AOD is so bad and ended up watching the whole TR retrospective, this was fucking great, I love this series so much and thoroughly enjoyed it. Target audience reached

[@-CHEEZA]

I like how the thumbnails are him reanacting the title screens

[@ibvvjiug]

Watched all your TR retrospective videos...Now i cant wait to see your thoughts about AOD Greetings from Germany :)

[@SteveOfWarr]

Ah, excellent! Looking forward to reading your thoughts on AoD 😊

[@SteveOfWarr]

@Forsaken Pumpkin I work a full time job around this. Fuck off

[@nonsense909]

Just finished my playthrough for this one and I, again, 100% agree with you, espacially on your opinion on red alert. Gosh, this was sooo unpleasant! I want to add one more thing I found really annoying: In TR4 when you load a save and Lara die, you will get back to the main menu and the selection of the main menu entries will be "Load Game". This made it easier for me to directly get back into action. In TR5 when you load a save and Lara die, you also get back to the main menu BUT the selection will be on "New Game", which - if you got used to it in TR4 with "Load Game" - will start the intro cutscene and the flying camera scene. This isn't bad if it happen to you 1-2 times, but - if you are a bad gamer like me - this will happen A LOT. ARGH! Thank you so much for your review!! Really enjoyed it! Looking forward to TR6 after I finished it :)

[@Lavender_Web]

I finished watching all your Tomb Raider retrospectives late last night. These videos are so much fun! No joke, I am totally replaying these games now, because so many happy (and frustrating) memories came flooding back. Both my 9 and 7 year old are giving the original tomb raider a go too! I can't wait for the next video!... Poor ol' Angel Of Darkness. :D

[@laurabeddis1339]

This and your previous videos made me laugh out loud many, many times. You are indeed a comic genius sir.

[@SebLeCaribou]

Just wanted to say, you are pretty damn good. Like, your reviews are super entertaining and you are one of the people I can watch even when I disagree. Great video again. And I genuinely can't wait for the Angel of Darkness review. On the subject of the game, I realise that's the one I never finished. But I actually have a clear memory of the level where Lara is young; I found it super intimidating as a kid.

[@Willowpeytonx]

I love your Tomb Raider retrospectives, it’s clear you put so much effort into them, thank you for entertaining me for a while👌

[@ceasargra10]

This is SO GOOOOOOOD had me laughing the whole way through 🤣

[@hanak2798]

I'm late, but I'm so glad I found these videos to binge in one night. Not enough people are talking about classic TR, your videos are so detailed and dedicated! ♥️ The early videos Winston skits had me holding in really loud late night laughter 😭

[@KoasterKid95]

Steve, well done! Yet another excellent Retrospective. AoD will be one for the books haha

[@SteveOfWarr]

Thank you! It certainly will be haha!

[@SebLeCaribou]

@@SteveOfWarr I replayed it recently and I found it to still be appalling in places but super charming in others (and that even though I'm french and the parisian levels are top cringy fun festival for me). I guess you'll play the vanilla version but on PC there's a cool mod that changes the control a bit; that makes them less annoying in close environnement (but less precise for the classic TR plateforming sections). You sould give it a try for the second run. 🙂

[@thermalegoogle]

I watched all the episodes you made on the previous games and had to stop myself from jumping straight to that one, I have such fond memories of it. And I ran into pretty much the exact same problem as you in the last level, which is still somehow one of my favorite Tomb Raider levels of all time (aesthetically that is). Know that however much you may make fun of us, you have a fan of your work in France. Keep it up, this is youtube gold.

[@UltraMelancholia]

I'm currently on a TR Retrospective binge watch and dAMN, I played this game first when I was about 7 years old and I encountered the exact bug of the cyborg never being able to follow me because he kept falling into the gaps and I never knew what I did wrong. Years later I replayed the game and I encountered the same problem again. I never knew my habit of oversaving messed up the Cyborg's AI.....I love how hilarious and educational this was for me at the same time

[@Chronoteeth]

aw, you should of mentioned there was one good thing about this game that changed a lot: the pc version came bundled with the tomb raider level editor, tools to make your own tomb raider levels! something so wildly loved that the modding community for tomb raider is still super strong to this day!

[@suzannetheraider]

I’ve been binge watching these retrospectives 😍 They are so good! Love your humour! I almost died laughing at the pusheen! 😂 I too have a pusheen, no gift receipt would be needed with me 😂 Thanks so much for all the work you put into these! They’ve been providing me with so much entertainment and joy the past couple of days ☺️

[@Ag3nt0fCha0s]

Same bro

[@KasumiRINA]

33:55 The first time they play intro theme randomly is in the first Tomb Raider once you enter the building in City of Vilcabamba. They have tons of places where they randomly play the theme there. In Tomb Raider 2, the short version is usually playing to show you're on the right track after pulling some random level. I dunno why you're so negative about TR5 doing the same thing.

[@Pulverdings]

Just finished playing all classic TR games. In the start I really enjoyed playing Chronicles after the slogfest that TR4 became in the end. I enjoyed having smaller and easier levels after the long interconnected levels of TR4 and knowing that it only has 13 levels (instead of 35) made me enjoy it even more. But then the last 2 levels happened and it killed the game completely for me. I fully agree with your opinion on that part of the game.

[@ar2014]

Regarding 5:20, when i got my own TR chronicles copy, it turned out that it was a beta version, that had Jean Yves included in the FMV sequences instead of the bald guy. There were no voice acting, just a background music. Of course i was too young to realise that it was an unfinished version of the game (and i think there were no differences at all with gameplay)

[@alessiocataldi2434]

Even for bugs and mistake, this game is still iconic imo

[@a.n.n7307]

Im in the middle of my finals and this channel helped me survive studying and other bad shit that happened in my life , thank u man👉🏼🥺👈🏼

[@RuusRoom]

Wow, you put so much work into this! I loved it. Can't wait for Tomb Raider AOD 😍

[@VicViper]

I've come across that channel as I was trying to help someone through Tomb Raider IV, binged all 6 of your videos on TR and I can't wait to see more (despite our divergence of opinion, especially on IV). As for Chronicles, I always considered it fun when I was young and playing it on the PS1, although now I DEFINITELY see how shrunkened the level design has gotten; none of the levels ever display anything as large, ambitious, memorable, or even as cohesive as what you'd expect from the rest of the series. It's kind of like the "Direct-to-DVD Disney Sequel" of the series... which I guess the fact that it has several stories of no importance like Cinderella 2 or Beauty & The Beast 3 makes that comparison spot-on. IT'S EVEN STRUCTURED THE SAME! To be fair, the bite-sized/compact level design makes it less labyrinthian and reliant on your sense of observation, so it does kinda give it a "pop-corn" quality at least for the first two zones, and with how hard the rest of the series is by comparison, I think it's by far the easiest 'of the sequels' to get into for a noob (emphasis on 'of the sequels', TR 1's first level is forgiving and pretty good as an "invisible tutorial level" and the rest of the game is sound). That said, the last part of the game is something I NEVER managed to finish as a kid on the PS1, and watching you there... yeah, it looks pretty bad and I'm starting to know why it was a roadblock. That's where I am right now btw on the PC version and I'll check if it's as bad as you've said, pray for me. The Spear of Destiny storyline had by far the best combination of narrative & level design I believe, the Island part I liked the atmosphere and most of the story but the levels could've used some more work, and Rome is mostly bland on all fronts. It's the complete opposite of TR IV in many ways: levels are very small and linear (and sometimes don't even connect well with each other), there's a clear lack of ambition, focus and passion, not even an attempt to execute potentially interesting concepts, by far the shortest classic TR game, despite having a few good stories they're completely pointless while TR IV has hands down the best one and the most influential, barely much thought put into most of the puzzle solving... It just feels half-assed, but I could imagine people who disliked how difficult/obtuse TR IV was would prefer this more straightforward approach. If I hadn't known what was happening behind the scenes, I would've totally thought that Core was ashamed of TR IV and tried to make its antithesis as a sequel. PS: Yup, the skyboxes look terrible on PC, in a way the game looks better on PS1 because the PS1 flaws kind of hides the cheapness of the game, it's more homogenised. I'd say the difference between PS1 & PC version of TR V is like a less extreme case of Sonic Adventure (DC) VS Sonic Adventure DX (GC & HD). As for the DC version? They removed the dynamic shadows from the DC version of TR IV. And all character shadows altogether actually. Yup, that lazy of a port. PS2: I hate how you gotta mod some of the games to have them work at all, it was a hurdle to get TR V working without crashing before the first FMV. All the games listed on Steam before Legends don't even have a language option, so I gotta download a separate install that's almost the size of the games to have a full French version (I love Lara's French voice btw despite her rocky beginnings, it always stayed the same from TR1 to Underworld, and even did Guardian of Light & Temple of Osiris).

[@Savannah_Media]

Man really enjoyed your reviews of these games. I loved them as a kid and still cherish them but you were able to cut through the rose-tinted view I have and make perfectly valid criticisms. It's amazing how much I accepted (or didn't notice) as a kid but you really revealed how flawed these games were without being deliberately provocative or mean spirited. Balanced, kind and above all, you are right! Well done. With such a beloved series, not an easy thing to do at all!

[@1r0zz]

That said, to be fair, he seems somewhat critical on things that was just how games were at the time... Poor "tutorial" communication and a certain meanness in the level design were common in ps1 games and are still common in any situation not "default" in gameplay... I could say the same in "shadow of the tomb raider" swimming sections and non linear stealth sections...

[@uros.u.novakovic]

Been watching this for a long time. Only just noticed Chronicles was uploaded. Can't wait to sit down and go through this gem!

[@-batman-1328]

I have watched a shit ton of retrospectives and reviews of old games I grew up with and today I discovered your channel and your retrospective of tomb raider and it’s the best I’ve seen and as someone currently in quarantine it brought me a lot of joy thank you 🙏

[@SteveOfWarr]

You honor me with such high praise! Thank you my dude 😊

[@Lunariant]

These retrospective videos are so much fun to watch. Chronicles was my first Tomb Raider game but I never played past Rome. I'm now thanking myself for stopping where I did!

[@kavouromamouna2084]

At last! I`ve been waiting for so long for this. Thank you.

[@simondelisle9310]

Man ! The level of quality for these videos are insane, i have been binge watching your videos for the past few days and they are insane. I have found you by accident after starting playing the first tomb raider for the first time this week, one of my best discoveries on KZbin.

[@lionocyborg6030]

The stealth thing existed in Tomb Raider as early as TR3 with the only difference being they didn’t have any stealth takedown animations/cutscenes then, such as sneaking past certain guards in the two Area 51 levels or looping around a guard and frogman/scuba diver to get Lud’s Gate’s last secret and steal a second UPV. Walking to avoid being heard (despite the thunderous footsteps) was nothing new, but they still didn’t explain you could do KOs with the crowbar and chloroform. The last guard you can use chloroform on (the one you spy on to get a keypad code) really chaffs my scrot with how hard it is to line Lara up to use it without being seen. Also, Lara was taking her top off in Ireland’s FMV because she was getting ready for bed and was changing into her jammies when Father Patrick turned up. It’s also worth mentioning that 16 is the age of consent here in the UK so Core were safe, but you’d have no way of knowing Lara was that old without looking it up and it’s still frowned upon if one side of such a relationship or hookup is much older than that as it implies they were an actual pedo all along and were just waiting for their partner to hit that age to get off on a technicality. See Randy Pitchford and his “medieval times Magic Trick on a USB drive” bullshit for such an example.

[@Croft_Ed]

This is absolutely interest for TR5 Retrospective. I remember I've always play TR4 and TR5, because they're always my favorite TR games series and here's my though and some theory/analyzing of TR5. As you said about Level 2: Trajan's Market how she is arrived without cutscene or anything else. According to development, at the beginning level 2 has extended room where suppose Lara's arrived but the idea is scrapped or deleted. After finished Level 3 and moved to Russian level, Lara's weapons is gone because this is not sequel, it's just a story telling which I'm so confused when I was very, very young, If I can remake TR5 as Sequel but same story, same level but longer, more location level and more story, rather Winston and other just telling Lara's Past. (Also, weapons should be stay). In VCI, her dual pistols is just vanish while on FMV cutscene, her Dual Pistols is 100% there but I understand why CD decided to stay only HK Gun for challenge. (Maybe) I remember those horrible nightmare bug of Red Alert! level and I can't beat the level, because Core didn't notice there's bug and rush up to released rather to double check before released. And last thing is collecting Golden Rose, my idea is what if they add unlock outfits or playing Bonus Level just like TR3, or TR5 Gold but nope, nope, nope........ Only Galleries and TR6: Next Gen Trailer (Only PS1) and that's all. (BTW, I liked the trailer of TR6: Next Gen before change to AoD).

[@ShaakTisElectricKoolAid]

While I do like this game (probably only due to nostalgia), one mechanic that bothered me was the trapdoor at the end of Trajan's Markets. It felt like they were pulling the old Temple-of-Xian trick again.

[@Watch-Yisus]

Yup, Chronicles is a tough one. You sure it's a Chronicles retrospective? It felt more like a Red Alert retrospective xp Jokes aside you can tell they didn't give this title manpower, time nor effort and it shows hard. I'm glad it exists anyway since I actually enjoy the Rome levels and it contains one of my favourite cutscenes, Lara letting Pierre fall, there Lara straight up dives into villanous protagonist territory and I love it. I love how Lara can be both heroic and villanous and it's a shame that the next games throw that away. I look forward to Angel of Darkness. In fact, I recently replayed it, I'm on Crimes of the Monstrum now (not that it means anything to you yet), I'd say it's not *completely* as broken as Red Alert, but... make multiple saves. It's got lots of mistakes but also lots of good things, so I'm curious to your reaction. Production was hellish and you'll be able to tell, oh boy. Don't be afraid of asking in Discord or looking at a guide because the game can get retarded sometimes. ...doesn't sound like a good game when I talk like this, right? It's a good game, I swear! Wait, who are you? When did you get into my house? I'M NOT CRAZY! IT'S A GOOD GAME, I SWEA-- Edit: I forgot to mention I'm surprised to see that PC lacked Zip dialogue. It seems to be common that the PC versions of Tomb Raider are way more buggy. You'll find out playing Angel of Darkness...

[@strain42]

The amount of effort that went into this is truly awe-inspiring...and by that I mean playing as much of Chronicles as you did. I mean I'm sure the video took a lot of hard work...but wow, playing THAT much of Chronicles, huh? I tip my hat to you, good sir. ...also I'm with ya, I actually really liked the creepy level. It did seem a bit odd for Tomb Raider, but I still really dug that overall aesthetic.

[@jonnamaria3948]

Great video again! I love how much time and effort you put on your videos. Can't wait for the next one!

[@jackofalltraits2145]

Brilliant final moments with the Breaking News. Love your channel and how you can go from dramatic to funny in a matter of seconds.

[@infernukeorreka9351]

I loved the for whom the bell tolls part, got me laughing for a straight minute! lol Been binge watching this series and you seriously deserve more subs, everything is perfect.

[@kelvinp.coleman563]

Enjoyed the Sir Digby Chicken Caesar reference more than I care to admit. You are truly a man of culture!

[@mackdee911h3]

"Roman gladiators... did we travel back in tine here?" I mean.... what about all the dinosaurs she faced? 🤣

[@SteveOfWarr]

Good point 🤣

[@antoine31]

Discovered you one week ago. Binged watched all your TR videos, you're awesome ! Keep up the quality content, you deserve so much more subscribers !!!

[@SteveOfWarr]

Thank you! ^_^

[@antoine31]

@@SteveOfWarr And, as a french, I love your accent ^^ Can't wait for you to revisit all the remaining Tomb Raider game !

[@ertxz18]

I played this game when it first came out, beat it and never really replayed it or watched any playthroughs until today. And I'm left wondering, how in the world did I figure out this game back then? I cant imagine doing that now

[@sgs3054]

Dude how is your channel not popular yet, great humor and editing.

[@thenomad4123]

Just found the channel and was thinking the same thing.

[@damon_von_volger]

Absolute king drops yet another underrated video, ugh!! 🥺 Loving it dude, hyped for AOD.

[@SteveOfWarr]

I think the King here is you my friend 👑

[@Gilnead]

6:02 Excuses acceptées, Monsieur De Guerre :) Damn, I didn't know you could exit crawl spaces that way ! Merci !

[@jacksonmcnuggets7488]

wtf i have been seating here binged watching all you videos thinking you already have millions of subs and views. then i go and see u only have 3k subs wtfffffffffff, why is everyone not subscribe to you yet!!!??? you deserve all the subs and views for ur great awesome fun interesting and funny videos super love ur humor and editing!!!! cant wait for the next tomb raider retrospective

[@anmanarrative]

Goddammit, I laughed way too hard at the cillit bang reference. Another absolutely fantastic video, I look forward to rewatching it over and over and over again with the other TR retrospective videos. Seriously you put so much work into these videos, the quality is always consistently high and even in this one where you clearly had the most issues with the game you do still make such an effort to be balanced. Thank you for making such amazing content. Tomb Raider Chronicles is one of those games I always knew existed but didn't really know what it was about, never got around to playing it and never knew anyone who had it. And now I do know, I actually really like the idea of making an anthology game for someone like Lara Croft. It's a shame there were so many problems and Core were clearly burnt out by the series, with some more passion and polish I think this could have been a great experience. So yeah, amazing video, entertaining as always, eagerly awaiting Angel of Darkness, and on a final note... your cat is very cute :D

[@SteveOfWarr]

Hahaha thank you, he's one of two cats that we have 😜 Also that Cilit Bang joke... Totally an outtake I decided to leave in 🤣

[@SynthLizard8]

With the rotating pillar where you picked up the beastiary, I lucked out by pulling the first one and running past the 2nd one, picking up the book and jumping to the exit.

[@samsmith9315]

Excellent use of the Sir Digby Chicken Caesar theme!

[@MoonlightStrider]

Feels weird watching these cutscenes fully voiced when the copy I had as a child had the TR:TLR Jeep Chase music dubbed over them.

[@JogoBelIa]

I enjoyed this spooky weird level with those little creatures the most. To this day it is one of my favourite locations in all of TR

[@infinitepotential5167]

You do the BEST tomb raider videos HANDS DOWN! I've watched them all and to be honest... I'll be sad when you've finished reviewing them.

[@Cakepiecookies]

I often come back to this video for 4:13. It never fails to make me laugh.

[@jeffshephard]

This is fantastic. It's a huge amount of work but it's funny, intelligent and keeps you watching. You must make more!

[@fatelyre245]

Aside from being able to exit crawl spaces without spinning around, you can also do a forward roll whilst crouched to traverse crawl spaces faster.

[@kelvinp.coleman563]

Wait, WHAT?

[@Ferrinas1]

Love your Tomb raider videos , you have a new subscriber my friend :)

[@stephenjacewicz4594]

TR: Chronicles is a fun one with it's interesting variety of levels. I love the line "Time to turn the tables." TR3 is my most favorite TR game. I am on Tomb Raider: Underworld right now. I am enjoying it and it's beauty. Along tine ago I played the demo and enjoyed that.

[@laurelradcliffe9611]

thank you so much for finishing the game! I really like your Tomb Raider retrospectives! I can’t wait to see your review of Angel of Darkness. Binge watching your other videos on TR spoiled me. Are you going to do Legend, Anniversary, and Underworld as well?

[@SteveOfWarr]

Yep! This is but part 5 of an ongoing series that's covering all main series games up to Shadow of the Tomb Raider

[@nathanielturgeman5821]

This series is incredible, as a long time TR fan it's been a great experience. Loved hearing a true and honest opinion on my favourite franchise 👌🏼 Hope you do a TR Retrospective on Tomb Raider Golden Mask expansion for TR2

[@TheRooster881]

Your videos are excellent, keep up the great work! Tomb Raider forever!

[@Inhuman0]

Tomb Raider Legend deserves one of your retrospestive. :)

[@SteveOfWarr]

They all will eventually 👌

[@Sevent77]

I'm one of those people who remember fondly Revelation and Chronicles, and I think I know why, because as a kid I never gotten far into them in Revelation I only ever gotten too the first actual level of the game, in Chronicles I only got to the spooky island level. And as a kid I didn't mind playing same levels over just having fun.

[@Ccjjade97]

I’m so excited for AOD😂 discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago and I really appreciate your down to earth analysis of the tomb raider franchise, and being so fair to it. I’ve found other reviews that just don’t appreciate how legendary the games are and just crap on them. Even more excited for when the Legend timeline starts🙈 can’t believe you don’t have more subs. Think it helps that these games, particularly TR3, shaped my childhood, even if it made my head explode sometimes.

[@torontoclarinetist]

11:18 I'm so glad you pointed this out. I've always wondered how to hell she ended up there!

[@TheyCallMePhilip]

How have I not stumbled upon this series before? I love it!

[@ConMan-ye4ou]

“Come, let’s get off this roof, and… I will buy you a milkshake.” 😂😂😂

[@roger1724]

This was the only Tomb Raider I had as a kid. I couldn't get past the Streets of Rome INITIAL areas, and for some reason it all creeped me out like it was Resident Evil. But maybe it was a blessing in disguise that I could barely play it then

[@spiraltawa6320]

Congrats on completing the PS1 Pentalogy ! I've been a fan since mid-2019 and all I can say is that you've done an amazing job on reviewing these games, I especially liked your own cutscenes at the start and end of each video, really good stuff. Here's a little advice before starting with Angel of Darkness : If you get really desperate during the final levels in the game, don't hesitate to look up for a walkthrough and good luck in "Boaz Returns" level...GOOD GOD I hate that boss battle. This game will be almost as big as The Last Revelation, so take your time.

[@SteveOfWarr]

Fuuuuuck o_0

[@spiraltawa6320]

@@SteveOfWarr Well, at least the game is not as cryptic. The real challenge is the controls.

[@kacperciesowski3344]

@@SteveOfWarr Next it will be PS2 Quadrilogy

[@kacperciesowski3344]

Also you did Tomb Raider The Angel Of Darkness Review months ago

[@Txp91]

I forgot to mention in your Angel of darkness video how entertaining you are. Great editing and a joy to watch you sir definitely have a new fan :)

[@SteveOfWarr]

Thank you! 😊

[@Txp91]

@@SteveOfWarr My pleasure Sir :)

[@Rockwars10]

Oh, such a pleasure to come here and share my thoughts with whom I regard the best and most funny TR reviewer. I don't know what else I can say about Chronicles that hasn't been stated before. I do can affirm this game will always have a special place in my heart for being the entry that allowed me to get to know this saga: being 5yo in the beginning of the aughts, the demo for TR 5 was one of the first videogames I played. Didn't know a word of English, didn't know who this lady's backstory was or what were her games about. But the mere fact of sliding down the dirty ramp from a dark spot and into an underground roman scenery, noting each of its nooks and crannies were shrouded in a mystical atmosphere loaded with a characteristic fog, and that the constant feeling of loliness was exuded by a deafening silence (occasionally cut by distant sounds) was interestingly enough to captivate my young me. In the intervening years, I'd get down to Tomb Raider by trying some titles intermittently, but with no real awareness of the chronology when the story was set or the major events from previous instalments. I was simply out of the loop. However, it's only now, in this atypical year, that I could travel back in time and live a fleshed out experience with that game which demo was all I knew about. Just in time for the 20th anniversary, just like I've been doing since 2016 with each instalment. It was just fun playing the whole thing and unraveling the mystery of what was the rest of the game about, which came evident when I stared nostalgically at the screen the exact moment Lara slided down the ramp after failing to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone the first time. The trip down nostalgia lane paid off in that second. It was like the circle was, at last, complete. Ok, as I don't want this to prolong any further, I've got to say the stories might've been a bit uneventful, its purpose of existence being to serve as visual representations of what linked Lara to the characters who reminisce about her life, in the FMV sequences. Just a snack to whet our appetites. They've got merit for introducing new objects like the grappling gun or trying to toy with new mechanics, though. If anything, this retro experience gets a little bit better now that the can own "The Dark Angel Symphony", with plenty of reworked tracks and new extended ones recorded by live orchestras. And yes, I heeded your words about "Red Alert!", and decided to play it by following Stella's guide from time to time. Of course, not even that would prevent me from triggering one of those savegame bugs, in which case I was forced to replay parts in order to check which zones or areas would cause them. What could've been a thrilling experience turns out to be a baffling series of repetitions of the final sections, all for the sake of making it to the end (an instance every TR fan wants to get to) and see how it all played out. That's it for now, I believe. So I wish you Happy New Year Steve!! Eagerly looking forward to your review of AOD next year :D Cheers from Argentina P.S.: almost forgot to add that I played "TR4 The Times" too, and considered it to be the fifth story of Chronicles. It makes some sense because it's yet another story of Lara's past, plus if you play it with that mindset, you get to enjoy five short stories in TR 5 (see why I did it that way?).

[@jayoneta]

I love your retrospectives soooooo much. It's really great hearing new perspectives on games I've grown up playing my whole life and your commentary on them is really funny lmao. Can't wait for AOD! And stay safe and healthy!