View Full Version : Wow! It's Beautiful!
Alive_and_Funky
25-08-06, 20:05
I am currently playing through the first Tomb Raider (on the Playstation) for the first time and I'm up to St. Francis' Folly. I've come up to the area where you find the first save crystal of the level and I glance around to find this amazing area with lots of platforms. I don't know about anybody else but from up high I found this area beautiful and detailed very well. The music also helps emphasize what an amazing part of the level this is.
Does anybody else find this part of the game as beautiful as I do?
I don't know about beautiful, but it's certainly one of my favourites. Are you playing it with enhanced graphics?
Alive_and_Funky
25-08-06, 20:13
Are you playing it with enhanced graphics?
Nope, just normally on the Playstation.
It looks fantastic with the enhanced graphics. But one thing I do like about playing TR1, on any level, is the silence, when all you can hear are Lara's footsteps padding about the place.
Alive_and_Funky
25-08-06, 20:24
It looks fantastic with the enhanced graphics. But one thing I do like about playing TR1, on any level, is the silence, when all you can hear are Lara's footsteps padding about the place.
I agree. It really makes you feel like you are in an abandoned tomb and not just playing a game IMO.
I also love it when the music just instantly starts to play when you encounter a massive puzzle or area.
It looks fantastic with the enhanced graphics. But one thing I do like about playing TR1, on any level, is the silence, when all you can hear are Lara's footsteps padding about the place.That is what i so like about the PC version. Many PS players said how they miss the PS music in the PC version, but imo that's making the atmosphere only much stronger!
That is what i so like about the PC version. Many PS players said how they miss the PS music in the PC version, but imo that's making the atmosphere only much stronger!
Yeah! Especially when the silence is broken up by the mutants screaming and swarming at you :D
Alive_and_Funky
25-08-06, 21:12
TR 1 IS beautiful. :)
What other beautiful/cool locations have I got to look forward to? :jmp:
*laralover*
25-08-06, 21:19
Sanctuary Of The Scion the underground lake :jmp:
it my fave level, but i wish how get the secret, down bottom mean, how i go in time after stand on that pressure pad the go down
You have to be VERY fast, and probely need a medikit (very hard without), if I'm correct there are different routes.
Kamrusepas
25-08-06, 22:02
I am currently playing through the first Tomb Raider (on the Playstation) for the first time and I'm up to St. Francis' Folly. I've come up to the area where you find the first save crystal of the level and I glance around to find this amazing area with lots of platforms. I don't know about anybody else but from up high I found this area beautiful and detailed very well. The music also helps emphasize what an amazing part of the level this is.
Does anybody else find this part of the game as beautiful as I do?
I do, I've always loved the place :tmb:
tweetygwee
25-08-06, 22:16
It looks fantastic with the enhanced graphics. But one thing I do like about playing TR1, on any level, is the silence, when all you can hear are Lara's footsteps padding about the place.
It is weird for me (having played in this order: TRLR, TR3, TR2, TR1, TRC, AOD, TRL.) but I do enjoy the general atmosphere of TR1. It doesn't hold the nostalgia for me, but I get the sense of how it was ahead of it's time and how much detail Core put into it. I think I prefer the background drone though, especially the unearthly moans and scuttles of odd creatures and howling wind. (I'm talking about the one in Temlple of Xian and the Earth area of Lost City of Tinnos. I must say, I fell in love with that part of St. Francis Folly (why is it called that? And oh dear: "fell in love". I sound like Legend Lara in Bolivia!)
What other beautiful/cool locations have I got to look forward to? :jmp:
Tomb of Tihocan, The Cistern, Obelisk of Kahmoon, Atlantis, actually quite a few :D
Tomb of Tihocan, The Cistern, Obelisk of Kahmoon, Atlantis, actually quite a few :D
What he said! :D
Especially The Cistern. Stunning!
it my fave level, but i wish how get the secret, down bottom mean, how i go in time after stand on that pressure pad the go downIt's a lot easier if you use one of Lara's "bug" moves. I made a video of some of them, including getting to the secret here. For the secret, you use Lara's drop back bug. Hop back with action, but release action before Lara grabs the ledge, and Lara moves forwards while falling so she lands on the next ledge or opening below. There is also a drop forwards bug, run Lara towards a hole, and after she starts dropping, press action and Lara will move forwards, landing in front of the perimeter of the hole she dropped down through.
Here is a link to the video, which demonstrates 3 of Lara's bug moves, all done at St Francis Folly:
1. Sidestep over collapsing tile for instant drop and zero damage.
2. Corner bug to get to top of tall column.
3. Drop back bug to get to secret.
trbug1.wmv (http://jeffareid.net/tr/trbug1.wmv)
EdwardElricsGirl
26-08-06, 02:56
i loved all of Tomb Raider.
whisperingdevil
28-08-06, 21:16
I think the whole game is beautiful (and the Unfinished Business levels too), the levels that I think are the most beautiful in TR1 are Obliesk of Khamoon, Collesseum and St. Francis' Folly.
I am currently playing through the first Tomb Raider (on the Playstation) for the first time and I'm up to St. Francis' Folly. I've come up to the area where you find the first save crystal of the level and I glance around to find this amazing area with lots of platforms. I don't know about anybody else but from up high I found this area beautiful and detailed very well. The music also helps emphasize what an amazing part of the level this is.
Does anybody else find this part of the game as beautiful as I do?
If you are playing it on a PS2 you could turn on Texture smoothing and up the disc speed to shorten load times.
There are lots of moments like this, funky! You enter an area and that special music just oozes out and you feel a chill run up your spine as you realize you found something special! :jmp: I get goosebumps just talking about the experience! :tmb:
I am currently playing through the first Tomb Raider (on the Playstation) for the first time and I'm up to St. Francis' Folly. I've come up to the area where you find the first save crystal of the level and I glance around to find this amazing area with lots of platforms. I don't know about anybody else but from up high I found this area beautiful and detailed very well. The music also helps emphasize what an amazing part of the level this is.
Does anybody else find this part of the game as beautiful as I do?I read in some gaming magazine somewhere, that St. Francis's Folly is considered to be one of the Seven Gaming Wonders of the World.... and I agree. It's construction and atmosphere are perfect.
When I first stood at the top of the folly, I was awed (literally) by the beauty and enormity of the structure... I looked down and felt nervous at the height. I get twinges of vertigo in real life and this simulated that feeling, lol, I kept feeling like I was going to fall off the edge. :D
The different rooms and puzzles based on mythology just added to the atmosphere.
I always feel that a really smart person designed this level with a lot of care.
rr_carroll
29-08-06, 18:46
The Thor's Hammer puzzle strikes me as very funny, as if Lara has suddenly assumed the Wile E. Coyote role in a Roadrunner cartoon (Look out, Lara! No, noooo...).
Alive_and_Funky
29-08-06, 21:13
I kept feeling like I was going to fall off the edge. :D
I didn't just feel like I was going to fall off of the edge, I did fall off of the edge. :D
LARA: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
:vlol:
The Thor's Hammer puzzle strikes me as very funny, as if Lara has suddenly assumed the Wile E. Coyote role in a Roadrunner cartoon (Look out, Lara! No, noooo...).
I agree. LOL
Thor's room was quite a 'shock', don't you think? :D
thepetemaster
29-08-06, 22:07
Well done Funky, on trying out the first game. I wish I could go back and play it with all previous knowledge erased. It really is the coolest game. You have many more beautiful and nasty surprises ahead.
Like Vman said - I still get shivers thinking about some parts of that game.
It is going to be hard to play Legend again after you finish though.
Keep us updated with your progress - glad your'e loving it.:tmb:
Tombreaper
29-08-06, 23:05
I am currently playing through the first Tomb Raider (on the Playstation) for the first time and I'm up to St. Francis' Folly. I've come up to the area where you find the first save crystal of the level and I glance around to find this amazing area with lots of platforms. I don't know about anybody else but from up high I found this area beautiful and detailed very well. The music also helps emphasize what an amazing part of the level this is.
Does anybody else find this part of the game as beautiful as I do?
Yep, I find this area in TR I also very beautiful, on my PS1.
I don't like the enhanced graphics at all, because it takes away the atmosphere, TR I wasn't designed for playing with higher end graphics.
KorbenDallas
30-08-06, 07:08
I also like to play on PS1, especially Last revelation
The Great Chi
30-08-06, 21:30
I always found it was hard to beat TR1 for always having an ingeneous death just around the corner, the type you just could not forsee :cln:
For instance the giant swords of Damaclese doing in poor Lara at St Francis Folly. Also the hand of Midas was a rather gruesome end.
He, He, I love it, what a game :D
TR1 has it's own unique beauty that even the later TR's couldn't match. The mixture of awe-inspiring locations and beautiful waves of classical music always brings a teeny lump to my throat. Oddly enough, custom levels using the TR1 textures do the same (when they're built well), so I know it's the atmosphere the textures and the way the environments are constructed that does it. There is just something about TR1 that really is special... it comes across as such a labour of love, right down to the tiny details. Others bemoan the graphics compared to today's standards... but I really do defy anyone to find a game that just oozes atmosphere and grandeur that this one does.
I was reading this thread and I felt tempted to loot at some TR1 material, in Chronicles.
Oh my...it looks so modern and detailed,and,as you all said, some levels are just gorgeous!Even in polygonal graphics,they do look astonishing,in a way they'll still look like that in 100 years,when probably we'll be able to play in virtual reality mode :D!
I think I'll try to get it,before the Anniversary Edition is released.No remake can match the classic!
I always found it was hard to beat TR1 for always having an ingeneous death just around the corner, the type you just could not forsee :cln:
For instance the giant swords of Damaclese doing in poor Lara at St Francis Folly. Also the hand of Midas was a rather gruesome end.
He, He, I love it, what a game :D
SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Don't give anything away! Let him be shocked and amazed as he finds things on his own... ;)
Alive_and_Funky
01-09-06, 20:44
Keep us updated with your progress - glad your'e loving it.:tmb:
I'll keep you all updated. :tmb:
For instance the giant swords of Damaclese doing in poor Lara at St Francis Folly.
When I went into that room I saw the swords and I thought I was just meant to dodge the shadows. On my way back when I got the thingamajig I walked through and the swords started to drop and I was quite surprised. I managed to dodge them all though. :D
Night_Heaven
01-09-06, 21:03
Tomb Raider 1 is a truly the most beautifull experience ever. You should also try Tomb Raider 3 and 4 after that. There are the most beautifull ever:)
Alive_and_Funky
01-09-06, 21:06
Tomb Raider 1 is a truly the most beautifull experience ever. You should also try Tomb Raider 3 and 4 after that. There are the most beautifull ever:)
I've already bought 2 and 4. I made sure nobody else bought them before I did. :D
I've not crossed paths with 3, but I'm sure I will eventually. I want to go to Area 51. :D
Night_Heaven
01-09-06, 21:21
I've already bought 2 and 4. I made sure nobody else bought them before I did. :D
I've not crossed paths with 3, but I'm sure I will eventually. I want to go to Area 51. :D
Aha...however Tr2 is not better than 1 you know.But that dosent matter.
In tomb Raider 3 ,South Pacific Islands are superb you will love that area more than Nevada desert.I guarantee for that game:)
I love the Egypt levels.
But that's because I love Ancient Egypt.
St. Francis Folly's I have to say, Is fantastic. You'll find lots of surprises in TR1!!! :tmb:
Tomb Raider 1 is a masterpiece and for those who don't know, St. Francis Folly is considered one of the seven wonders of the video game world...
KorbenDallas
02-09-06, 04:31
Azerutan, are you from Azerbaijan? :)
By the way, I started to play Tomb Raider 1 in there!
What other beautiful/cool locations have I got to look forward to? :jmp:
The Colosseum
The Cistern
They're my fave ones/// :D
fallenangle
02-09-06, 10:33
TR1 was the one of the first video games I ever played seriously and I knew immediately it was exactly the reason I had taken up gaming to enjoy. I found it tough going at first but the memory of the excitement and adrenaline rushes that first play gave me have always remained as a significant benchmark.
I enjoyed and still enjoy all the other TRs up to Chronicles. I actually think the series evolved into better games peaking at TR3 but nothing could and ever has matched that virgin experience TR1 gave me.
The Cistern has always been a real favourite with me. That sudden change in atmosphere created by going into a large, open, essentially free-roaming outdoor environment was just so refreshing. I've always loved TRs mix of 'indoor'and outdoor levels and how it is used to change the whole mood of the game. Along with the Lost Valley the Cistern is a prime example.
I am currently playing through the first Tomb Raider (on the Playstation) for the first time and I'm up to St. Francis' Folly. I've come up to the area where you find the first save crystal of the level and I glance around to find this amazing area with lots of platforms. I don't know about anybody else but from up high I found this area beautiful and detailed very well. The music also helps emphasize what an amazing part of the level this is.
Does anybody else find this part of the game as beautiful as I do?
Yes. I think that part is beautiful. I'm right with you.;)
Shark_Blade
02-09-06, 16:25
Aha...however Tr2 is not better than 1 you know.But that dosent matter.
In tomb Raider 3 ,South Pacific Islands are superb you will love that area more than Nevada desert.I guarantee for that game:)
Ahem...what did you said??:mad:
Don't listen to her, she's just plain tr3 fanatic. :ton:
Anyway, I admit tr1 is great despite the lack of any vehicle.
Night_Heaven
02-09-06, 22:48
Ahem...what did you said??:mad:
Don't listen to her, she's just plain tr3 fanatic. :ton:
Anyway, I admit tr1 is great despite the lack of any vehicle.
:ton:...I am not a tr3 fanatic.Just tell my opinion to a great game just that...
And one more thing about this thread.When you say Tomb Raider 1 is not necesary to say beautifull because beautifull means Tomb Raider 1:tea:
Azerutan, are you from Azerbaijan? :)
By the way, I started to play Tomb Raider 1 in there!
No, I'm not... Azerutan is not my real name, I just use it 'cause my real nick is already used then I thought anything else really cool... Why Azerutan is Azerbaijan name? Wow, I'm Portuguese, if you turn "Azerutan" back - "Natureza" - which means Nature in my language...
KorbenDallas
04-09-06, 04:30
Hi Azerutan! :)
In Azerbaijan language, Azerutan means Explorer. That's why I thought you are from Azerbaijan. Anyway, welcome and nice to meet you! :)
Hi Azerutan! :)
In Azerbaijan language, Azerutan means Explorer. That's why I thought you are from Azerbaijan. Anyway, welcome and nice to meet you! :)
Wow, "Azerutan" means explorer??? Then, I think I like the right game - Tomb Raider = explorer ans steal :D :D :D
does anybody knows how to enhance the graphics from tomb raider 1,.. by the way,.. that game is REALLY BEAUTIFULL from the first level till the end,.. is not perfect coz it ends,... :)
Yes, view the TR1 FAQ (http://www.tombraiderhub.com/faq/tr1.html) for details. :)
Alive_and_Funky
09-09-06, 13:14
Update: I've finally completed St. Francis' Folly. I've got the Colosseum level to do next.
Update: I've finally completed St. Francis' Folly. I've got the Colosseum level to do next.
And about another 10 levels after that! :D
You'll have good fun. :)
And now you know why traditional TR fans are complaining so very much about Legend. While the graphics was great....there is no beauty in the tombs, and certainly no "feel" of being in the tombs.
Enjoy.
Alive_and_Funky
11-09-06, 15:51
And now you know why traditional TR fans are complaining so very much about Legend. While the graphics was great....there is no beauty in the tombs, and certainly no "feel" of being in the tombs.
Enjoy.
I still like Legend a lot, but I do understand why people are annoyed with it. The tombs in Legend need more atmosphere and need to be more innovative. :)
That is what i so like about the PC version. Many PS players said how they miss the PS music in the PC version, but imo that's making the atmosphere only much stronger!
Nah, it's the silence that makes it stronger ;)
And that sudden, alarming music in Saturn/PS versions
originalfanatic
25-10-06, 21:30
Saint Francis Folly is indeed a beautiful and well detailed level. I adore it!
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