Tomb Raider Legend - PS2 Emulation Performance Review: PS5 vs PS4 vs PS3

[@Ballistic-vn6em]

"WHERE... IS... MY... MOTHER?!" This Tomb Raider has one of the best scenes in the franchise!

[@jovialnobody]

"from now on your every breath is a gift from me" Classic! Keeley Hawes absolutely killed it!

[@sandihermana4873]

Tomb raider legend should be get a remake version and the anniversary, underworld

[@riccardobutler9583]

Nah. Something new, but with the old feel.

[@Dr_Doomfans01]

Agree, her model design in this game looks fantastic than her older previous one.

[@tombplayer6911]

No no just port it with improved graphics

[@J0rdan912]

Just a fully stocked remasters like PS3 HD trilogy, but updated would be enough. Especially for PC with it's f'd, cut and downgraded versions of all three games.

[@kodemasterx]

Careful what you ask for, you may get a remake with a Lara which has big masculine jaw and a flat chest…

[@charmingpeasant9834]

Legend's still the best Tomb Raider game imo, and the best version of Lara. She's so stunning.

[@Lazlowzky]

💯💯💯 ❤

[@isidro2178]

no

[@Lazlowzky]

Tomb Raider Legend was the GOAT. My favorite Tomb Raider game.

[@mookal7900]

Me too buddy

[@MMAproAtGOLF]

Stop it 😂 it wasn’t even a TR game. No puzzles. Nothing. Tr1-3 best

[@SandwichGlitch]

​@@MMAproAtGOLFto be honest it was a Tomb Raider game... You walked around and raided tombs... It was better looking and more accessible.

[@majinbehr]

Give us the rest of ps2 games!

[@VariantAEC]

Only via native backward compatibility. Will this come to PS5 or future PS consoles? Who knows? Stay tuned.

[@lamerdvfb2721]

Bring back the old Lara

[@guibacana]

get over it

[@Ballistic-vn6em]

No

[@ntz752]

Cubic Lara? 😂

[@meric12131415]

So you want a blocky Laura?

[@Top-Lip]

They already did, the classic tomb raider remastered trilogy came out in February and has miles more effort put into it than this overpriced PS2 port.

[@zenicehero9154]

Still have The Tomb Raider Trilogy Remastered on the PS3 Its awesome

[@MonkeyDLuffy-kv5xr]

They ported the ps2 version lmao

[@Bad_Company225]

@@MonkeyDLuffy-kv5xr Whats So Funny 😂😂

[@SavageMugen]

Still no: Tekken 3, Need for speed most wanted,need for speed carbon, defjam fight for ny,midnight club dub edition,all tony hawk pro skaters

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

Don't expect any older Need For speed games to make a return. Car Licenses will remain an issue. As well as all the soundtracks that are being used.

[@terrenceharris5963]

Don't forget Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, Silent Hill, etc.

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

@@terrenceharris5963 These are already available on the PS3.

[@benmason7645]

Def Jam and Tony Hawk also given all the music and athlete licenses (the Tony Hawk 1+2 remaster is your best on that and couldn’t get all the old music). Tekken 3 is possible given T2 is already on the PS5.

[@Manic_Panic]

@@terrenceharris5963 Silent Hill trilogy (1, 2 and 3) work flawlessly on the jailbroken PS4 and upscalled. So if Konami wants to make it official, it should be easy.

[@TheSoldierBCS]

I've got the platinum on this gem last week ❤

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

Tomb Raider Legend has no shadow's for the PS4/PS5 version. But are present in the Original PS2 release. Its not an emulation issue, since they work fine on PCSX2 as well.

[@VariantAEC]

It is an emulation issue since it isn't appearing on PS4 and PS5. The game code includes the shadow geometry, and it isn't rendered properly in the PS Classics emulation on PS4/PS5 yet. This might be improved over time with the developer handling these backward compatible ports is Implicit Conversions, and they do update a lot of these titles over time.

[@WllKiedSnake]

Something they will likely patch.

[@ExodoPics]

Hope they release Japan only Ps2 games that we never got.😢

[@yobro6053]

Like?

[@leemooreStudio]

Bleach: Blade Battlers 2 and naruto shippuden accel 2

[@ExodoPics]

@@yobro6053 exactly...

[@spongebobfan78]

That's very unlikely. They will only bring the ones that were released. At most, maybe something like a PS2 game with English text but was never released on US being finally made available on US.

[@3DbeautyLove]

Im happy they put this game online because this was my childhood favorite game 2006

[@TonyStark-yj6iv]

How about Scarface on ps5

[@Pointman11111]

Insta buy Doesn't seem likely tho bc Actv owns it

[@Lazlowzky]

Tomb Raider Legend was on the PS2? Damn, that console was so powerful!

[@jorgegodoy6824]

It was not powerful enough, see RE4. Gamecube at the time was

[@maxwellsamuel3255]

@@jorgegodoy6824shadow of the colossus looks better than RE4

[@jorgegodoy6824]

@@maxwellsamuel3255 but it runs terrible

[@maxwellsamuel3255]

@@jorgegodoy6824 no it doesn’t I literally own the game lmao

[@syedhussain7270]

​@@jorgegodoy6824 bro either your DVD had scratches or you need to clean the dust from the console. Mine ran fine

[@ilovelbp8358]

Yes, the PS3 version eliminated the option to deactivate Next Generation content, but because it is based on the x360 version, both have it and cannot be deactivated, and in all but these versions, it is still in the game in the selection menu when you choose a suit, the winter one without a jacket shows you its version without Next gen model.

[@Dcrazy306]

Waiting for Victorious Boxers Ippo’s Road to Glory. The best underrated boxing game ever made.

[@itaycohen1264]

We need mortal kombat deception to be in the classic ps2 games

[@madmaxandrade]

Also, Shaolin Monks.

[@syedhussain7270]

And Armageddon and Deadly Alliance

[@itaycohen1264]

@@madmaxandrade true

[@itaycohen1264]

@@syedhussain7270 true

[@Sevent77]

4:11 On the lampy you can see a ghosting effect which is a result of the increased resolution, Legends bloom effects don't scale properly with higher than native rendering resolution even on PC emulators like PCSX2.

[@LeoArcie]

Best Tomb Raider ever.

[@Lazlowzky]

💯♥️

[@sevenheavenhavengaming]

Sony needs to just put the chips that allowed the original PS3 aka PlayStation 3 to emulate PS1 and PS2 games into the PS5. That way the PS5 can emulate PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games in addition to being able to play PS5 games!

[@H53.]

That wouldn't come for free, would it. Also, you're using the word 'emulate'. That's what the PS5 is doing, so what's the difference.

[@sevenheavenhavengaming]

@@H53. Well, it depends. There's the ability to emulate being able to load a disc and play the game which in that case are PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 discs in a PS5. The other kind of emulation is the ability to play digital games of PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 and PS5 games in the console. Physical vs Digital is where I'm going at. Of course, they might have to raise the price of the PS5 if they're gonna make the chip that enables the backwards compatible disc happen.

[@curryking1]

idk why df is so negative on this, it's a pretty solid enhancement, and ps2 is not easy to emulate regardless of platform, pcsx2 has been trying this for 20+ years now and even it doesn't have tomb raider legend perfect either

[@ashokathegreat4534]

The PS2 version still looks beautiful

[@AndyGilleand]

Honestly, just play the PC version

[@darkysqueaks9820]

Can we have a comparison between this and the backwards combatable xbox versions

[@LinoGermano]

Sony. Listen to me. Bring the whole BURNOUT serie for us. Please!!!

[@FILTHYKR3WFOREVER13]

Been playing PS2 emulation on Xbox One dev mode for like 5 years now Xbox Series has 98% compatibilty looks better then this and can go up 4k and can use crt shaders so you get a native look with 4k

[@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et]

It's the emulators that run the game. Don't give Microsoft credit for that, they didn't create them.

[@ryanjones358]

Are Anniversary and Underworld also going to be on PS5? Legend is on sale on the PlayStation Store right now but I don't know whether to buy it or not. If Anniversary and Underworld aren't going to be on PS5, I don't want to only have Legend but if they do release Anniversary and Underworld, I don't want to have missed out on my chance to get Legend at a cheaper price.

[@sup3rAVATARtlafAN]

Love Legends! Played it twice over on PC.

[@666rodnei]

LEGEND, UNDERWORLD & ANNIVERSARY STILL THE BEST TOMB RAIDER EVERR - THE TRUE UNIFED BADASS BOMBSHELL LARA ♥

[@GRGCompletionist]

This game still has problems with pcsx2 unfortunately

[@MithosDagon]

Ngl, the 480p resolution grew on me.

[@ZyliceLiddell]

Waiting for the Hitman and Spyro games!

[@NeoTechni]

this is a really impressive comparison, on the level of Digital Foundry

[@talcroft]

Uncharted 1 is this game’s spiritual successor

[@gerronlee84]

Here go " we need this and that" in the comment section. Knowing darn well if people had it they wont even play it.

[@dmcfail987]

Well emulation on the PS5 is part of the topic dummy

[@knuclear200x]

If it could run the actual disks too, that'd be somehting

[@sirpizo555]

My favourite Tomb Raider game, so much better than the survival trilogy

[@PeterSkaOi]

Play it in PC or Xbox series x.

[@ZyliceLiddell]

Lara and Amanda are awesome!

[@supremercommonder]

When will they have a ps3 emulator

[@dannyv5925]

Hopefully we get a NFS underground 1,2, most wanted and carbon port for the emulator ❤

[@dutchgamer842]

Why this version and not the PS3 version?

[@edge1000]

Because why not? Literally the same game

[@Mickey_Milos]

​@@edge1000 yeah but the PS3 version Is prettier and more advanced in graphics than the ps2's one.

[@MuhammadHaris-qy9gy]

@@Mickey_Milos it's emulated not ported. The game not run on native hardware. It's much easier than porting a game. It's either budged issue or being lazy.

[@benwilliamson2361]

Wow the ps3 version looks noticeably better than the ps5 version you can tell they literally just ported the ps2 version to ps5 and claimed it was the ps5 version just for sales !

[@BIGJONNN559]

Who's genuinely ready for this?

[@shaun7389]

Can you download the older game yet or do Sony still force you to stream them

[@Nobodyjbh14]

The only classic games that require steaming is PS3. PS1, PS2 and PSP can all be downloaded.

[@Alpha_1c]

Can the game be bought from the PS store, or is it Subscription base players that can download and play it?

[@whodisidk]

Both

[@edge1000]

People act like they never played a ps2 game before

[@jessekaakkomaki2747]

my one of the favorite games so gonna boy this once more twice if there is physical version

[@meric12131415]

Ah yes the scary ps2 boot up sound we all remember as kids

[@RodrigoSanchez-py3cp]

Fingers crossed to get Anniversary and Underworld soon 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@madlad4597]

Did he just call Sly Cooper 'Sky Raccoon'?

[@adhwaithrejithashakthi7038]

That's what the game was called in Europe.

[@madlad4597]

@@adhwaithrejithashakthi7038 Well that's a dumb name. Surely everyone knows it's original title

[@_Cetarial]

@@adhwaithrejithashakthi7038Sly Raccoon, yes, but not ’Sky’.

[@xNemesis_]

Well it's like Ratchet Deadlock for the US, for us EU it was Ratchet Gladiator

[@WllKiedSnake]

​@@madlad4597 Is he not a Racoon?

[@CoolstoryBrotech]

it runs amazing playing threw it right now

[@strangewayfaringstranger]

The older games get, the worse they will look. Capcom had the right idea with remaking Resident Evil games. And Nightdive has been doing AWESOME work with remaking and remastering games. Revisiting some games is just painful.

[@FlyJonat]

It would have been a better compaison to also see ps3 graphics of this game

[@zin360]

bring back the hot lara croft

[@zombiekiller9503]

Just played it on Steam Deck. Still holds up so well!

[@mauro2029]

PlayStation KZbinrs had these reviewed a full two weeks ago when these games were released. What gives IGN? LOL

[@x-lander1067]

the graphics on the ps5 is so bad 🤦🏽‍♂️ I delete it right away

[@Emulator_Crossing]

Pcsx2 win!

[@MedJayParis]

My PS3 HD version is way better than the PS5 emulation. Too bad for this legendary game (my fav tomb Raider) ❤

[@jackholson92]

You are competing with digital foundry? 😮 Are you playing against each other?

[@ralph9829]

we need a remaster not a ps2 emulation:(

[@conkerreloaded8686]

Xbox 360 version is better, also has Auto HDR.

[@Ballistic-vn6em]

You don't say

[@talcroft]

PS2 Lara model is so superior

[@Happygolucky10110]

Wait. Is this not the ps3 or 360 version?!?!

[@chad12345678]

Is this the digital Foundry guy?

[@sseemulator8568]

it sux , you should be able to increase emulated console clock (duckstation) and increase framerate of games which had framerate dips.

[@editingahmad]

Sony's doing a way better job at preserving older games than Nintendo.

[@edge1000]

Not really

[@editingahmad]

@@edge1000 Sony doesn't care if people are emulating their older games, while Nintendo is aggressively taking action against it.

[@miloshp7399]

​@@editingahmad Nintendo is like Spanish Inqusition.

[@ashokathegreat4534]

5:26 the PS5 version gets owned by the PS3 HD Remaster

[@Gamerhub733]

🎉

[@johng.4071]

The throwback PS2😢 I play Xbox😂

[@caradenino289]

Scarface and The Punisher please!

[@mikekanner2156]

The best version is the Xbox 360 version

[@charmingpeasant9834]

Nah. It suffers from the same 7th gen visual overhaul issues as PS3.

[@Suhadisgood]

@@charmingpeasant9834that’s sad you only play on PlayStation and not also on Xbox and PC Nintendo Sony has had problems for years starting with their first PSX console

[@Fea_240]

Multiplatform games are easy to emulate but the real deal is the exclusive ps2 games like sh2, gow2, mgs3, sotc those games used some unique graphical effects that can't be replicated in the ps5 due to the complex and custome ps2 hardware unlike the ps5 which is just a mid range pc disguised as a console , not to mention even a high end pc struggles with ps2 exclusives emulation and that says alot

[@VariantAEC]

Apparently, the acronym for PlayStation with certain numbers following it is like some kind of swear word on YT at this point?

[@MeekayUK]

sorry but compared to pc emulators, it looks blurry and quite frankly, horrable :D

[@tylerfuller1692]

Still waiting on 50 cent games to come to PlayStation

[@bilalkhichi6554]

When it will be available on ps5

[@mikegyver1967]

The only problems with this version is......the price. 20 bucks !?!? Analysing all along is waste of time. Theres no differences, honestly, maybe brighter or contrast, but all the videos who compare is useless and boring. Stip trying analysing 13 pixels there, 12 pixels and that, etc....

[@lecctron]

Love this game

[@NewCaprica35]

It still looks pretty much like crap.

[@miloshp7399]

Tomb Raider is a colorful platformer and exploration. No need for photorealism and crafting like the newest sequels.

[@DianeCooperTW]

Are they going to use the horrible PS2 graphics or the improved PS3 one ?

[@Doomguy666.-ob3vc]

Every single one of the tomb raider series are on xbox and run better because they are the 360 versions.

[@BUPMY1]

Was the PS3 version that bad?

[@charmingpeasant9834]

Yes. Cant believe people demanded it over PS2.

[@GhostGamer799]

Yeah even the Xbox 360 was bad because of the frames drop they should have released a patch or make sure it run constent 30 but no it dropped frame rate a lot

[@TiRanius100]

Resolution is still too low, Sony can't even make a proper emulator?

[@lordfury18]

now all sony needs to do is release all the rachet and clank games the other 3 sly coopers,

[@Sneaky_racoon_sly]

Why tomb Raider? Sly cooper deserves the attention more

[@nandain007]

lol, tell IGN to review JAK 1,2,3 on modern PS platform, it so much worst then the PS2

[@kacperzimowski4626]

12:19 - You mixed things up. PS3 version is on Right!

[@Marshmallow-ht8me]

This is embarrassing. PS2 game running at 30fps on PS5.

[@MiguelRodriguez-lp9et]

It's locked at the framerate, it's has nothing to do with the PS5. Sly Cooper isn't, and it runs at a solid 60fps.

[@candidosilva7755]

And ps3 emulating the ps2? Guess you guys forgot about that.😂

[@scott3805]

PCSX2 emulator for pc is best

[@theJovii100]

Please put underworld on there, please………

[@sagethemisfitt]

We need def jam

[@davidm4677]

Bad version ounce you will play 360 version you wouldn't want to play this one.

[@arireview4510]

tales of games, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Stocklaw]

IGN running interference for Sony (every gaming company) as usual. This remake is a joke and you give it a pat on the back for a money grab. Y’all are the worst.

[@attahsunday2096]

Tomb raider 2013 on ps3 still remain the best tomb raider game ever made

[@Tamikiry]

Still waiting on tr anniversary

[@markchristantaguiam819]

Hahahaha... PS2 emulation been kicking with Android for a very long time.