5 Epic Tomb Raider Moments - The Gist

The Tomb Raider series has played host to some epic adventure moments over the past decade. Here's are our five favourites.

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I just noticed Lara sarted looking so much like Jennifer Lawrence in Hunger Games :-o

On the topic:

There were just sooo many wow moments in the history of this game...

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I'm not sure what is epic about these moments !!!

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My greatest memory of Tomb Raider is probably the first time you meet the bear in Tomb Raider 1. I was looking around in the hut near a pool of water only to turn around and see the bear rearing up at me. That scared the life out of me at the time!

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And handing the controller back to her dad after dying in Tomb Raider 2. Yeah, I was old enough to drink when that game came out and yes, I remember the dinosaurs and T-Rex from the original Tomb Raider 1. I guess I'm just that old.

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@Byshop: Me too, although I don't remember the footage of Tomb Raider (1) looking so good. Must have been the anniversary edition I guess. I played the PS 1 version and the original game when they were released.

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@gotrekfabian: The original game supported the first gen 3DFX Voodoo cards, which made a night and day difference in resolution and frame rate.

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@Byshop: I didn't get to experience that pleasure, I was way too hard up to own a PC back then. I played the original on the Saturn (okay, my friends Saturn!) and enjoyed it so much I bought when I invested in a PlayStation.

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Jess, you never even played Tomb Raider Anniversary when it came out? That would have caught you up on the T-Rex.

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Xbox spawnserd ?

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Jess as Buffy. Y'know, I'm actually OK with that.

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Please a remake of tomb raider last revelation and chronicles would be super duper great.

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"Here are our five favourites".

Not "Here's are our five favourites"

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Nothing will ever top seeing that T-Rex charging at me, well at Lara, in the first Tomb Raider, I nearly dropped the controller. Unfortunately, he wasn't much of a fight as I accidentally found a spot to shoot at it without it being able to touch me. Oh well, it was still the best.

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@ahpuck: I too found that spot. As I recall it was at the front of the valley somewhere on an elevated platform in the rock face. Mother and children were despatched with ease thanks to that!

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Jess was only 5 years old when the first Tomb Raider came out,,,,

Now I feel old,,,Thanks.

PS,I still have the original game and the original "The Official Strategy Guide" book for the first game.

I was looking so forward to the game coming out and spent lots of hours playing.

So yes,I do remember the dinosaur and may have to revisit it now.

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@homerpyle: It's cool to still have stuff like that of your own, moreso than just having purchased it later as a collectable.

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Yeah I was impressed how lara picked up both pistols at the end of the rebooted first game. Made me smile to see the future games.

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@sebbysebbseb: That wasn't the first reboot, it was from the latest release: Rise of the Tomb Raider.

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TOP moments are all in the very 1st Tomb Raider back in 1997.Any1 remember ATLANTIS LARA?

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@Lazerbeak2125: Yes. Do you mean the Doppelganger?

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I've never played through the reboot but that last moment was definitely top of the top 5. Even with me playing at least 5-6 Tomb Raider games--including 2 and 3 and 4--all the way through.

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I swear like a sailor casually so it's not like I have some moral stance against it, but I don't see why this video needs so much of it. "...fucking t-rex", "...you're fucking lara croft", plus plenty more. Just comes off as sophmoric and unprofessional.

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@kooch664: Sophomoric? Get the **** out of here!

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@kooch664: So not a moral stance just a professional one? Get off that horse sir!!!

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@kooch664: agree

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@kooch664: Just fucking deal with it lol. Jess is great

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@shiss27: If you're a big fan of the swearing methodology of Jess McDonnell, you should definitely check out the old Gamespot House of Horrors episodes on Youtube :)

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I would have to include any of the underwater levels from Tomb Raider 2... especially when you're swimming in a tunnel and a giant eel snaps out and kills you in one bite. Totally scares the crap out of you if you're not expecting it! Also, the epic battle against a dragon at the end of Tomb Raider 2.

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If I were to list 5 epic Tomb Raider moments, none of them would involve the reboots. Not even top 20 moments.

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@bfa1509: Shush you grumpy guts!

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