'The Tomb Raider Trilogy' hits PS3 in March

@MLC

And I'll just keep my fingers crossed for a Metal Gear Solid 2&3 announcement.

@MLC
Doesn't anyone want a new game instead of the same old thing rehashed with a few more pixels?

@mspiels
There's plenty of new games releasing this year. These collections are basically icing on a cake to me.

I've never played GoW or Sly til now. So these collections are great for me. I don't see an issue w/ these collections.

@mspiels

If the old thing was good? Not really.

Personally, I never had a chance to play most of the things in these HD collections, so I'm glad to get the chance. I do have BC on my PS3, but extra pixels, trophies, and the ease of not having to search for a good deal on each of the games makes them really nice for me.

@MLC

Not that this makes it official but Gamefly has a listing for the Splinter Cell compilation for March. I'm crossing my fingers that means it'll be a disc release. Even if I have to import it from the UK like POP I'll take that over digital release.

@mspiels

You do realize this is joystiq.com right? More pixels = better gaming experience. Just look at all the Wii bashing that takes place around here.

While some may call the original gameplay clumsy, I find the new gameplay much too... automatic. Like in the PoP games, you just kinda stick to surfaces like a magnet, and everything becomes a simon-says thing, where all you do is press the right button for the right type of ledge. Like one long quicktime event.

Not to mention the ones that I finished, Legend and Anniversary, are way more linear and restricted (only played the demo of Underworld so I can't judge it too well). Legend especially, the first tomb is almost literally one long hallway. But even anniversary doesn't entirely escape this fate despite being a remake. Many areas are simplified or even missing completely, they even mention this in the developer commentary track ("In this level we just removed all the rooms" is something I heard at least twice).

Despite this, I still enjoyed both games, and would recommend them. Legend just doesn't feel like Tomb Raider at all, but the fact that I could appreciate it for what it was says something about the quality of the game (I loved the atmosphere, and Lara's story especially, then again I'm a Lara fanboy). Just gotta avoid comparing it to the early installments.

With Anniversary avoiding a comparison is kinda hard (remake and all) but I feel it was much more complex than Legend, and added a lot of new puzzles and new interpretations of old areas that were a lot of fun for me as a TR1 fan, and made up for the slight linearization of the game world.

If you liked the original Tomb Raider, listening to the commentary track in anniversary is highly recommended. Toby Gard offers some really fun insights into the development of the original, and the producer of the new game (forget his name) talks about how they reinterpreted everything.

I typed too much. Sorry. D:

@TheMichaelJackson

I played all three. They are good games, and I enjoyed them.

They're really fun, but for a trilogy the story sucks. One of the worse endings to a trilogy ever.

@66jzmstr

I too wish for an SSX remix HD pdate. But... alas, we know it won't happen, SSX was too much of a niche game for people, and not as popular as the big boobed archeologist.

@thisredengine Definitely the one in Egypt had the best vibe.

@Shadow Hog

http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mk-pop-trilogy.jpg

@HardBoiled2009

I agree. I hope this and the Splinter Cell Compilation are on disc.

@doubtingthomas

agreed. A demo exclusive to the trilogy would of been an epic win.

If you find that machine, do please give me a call... :(

@ch3burashka
The answer is simple: Blu-ray

@ch3burashka My guess is that Sony has developed some tools that make it easier (cheap) to port high res versions of PS2 games to PS3 and some publishers are taking advantage of this for an easy cash in. The sales of God of War collection shows that there is demand for this kind of thing.

Blu-ray may be a factor as well. Although that wouldn't explain why the PoP games didn't show up on XBLA, but maybe that had to do with the XBLA size limit.

@ch3burashka Legend and Anniversary are PS2 ports. Underworld is the PS3 version.

All three are already available on the 360. This is the first time Legend and Anniversary have been out on the PS3.

This collection also doesn't include the DLC, which was 360 exclusive.

Marketing.

"Now in HD!"

They were always in HD before on their respective systems.

I bought Tomb Raider: Anniversary on the pc 3 years ago, and I can tell you, it was in HD then.

@dvdjunkie32 As long as the Chaos Theory port is based on the Xbox version (PC version too?), I'm down with Splinter Cell HD.

But I hate to admit I paid the $15 a pop for Sands and Warrior Within.

Well, Anniversary is a re-do of the first TR... quite a nice one, too.