Recent reviews by Ayiluy

The remaster is quite good. I've completed SR1 so far, and I’m impressed. The controls are fluid and responsive, especially compared to the PS1 version. The character models, surrounding objects (like the figures in cocoons in the Cathedral or the dead bodies scattered around), weapons, and statues near the glyphs are all incredibly detailed—10/10. The addition of cut content is a nice touch too.

I didn’t notice many changes in the environment, aside from some AI textures towards the end of the game. The Dumah room features the same statues as the original, but the statue you rotate outside is now highly detailed. It’s possible that future patches may improve this, similar to the Tomb Raider 1-3 remasters (it seems like the developers were in a bit of a rush here too).

I didn’t encounter any bugs, although I did fall out of bounds once by mistake, which caused me to lose some progress since saving while out of bounds corrupts the save file.

The compass felt somewhat useless, and the map was only helpful for checking if I had collected everything. When it came to navigation, it didn’t really assist with figuring out where to go next.

Overall, I’m happy with the remaster. It’s great to finally play the game on modern hardware and software.

My biggest complaint so far is the day/night cycle—it’s just too dark. I expected the restored cycle to be a cool addition, but at night, it’s pitch black, and I could barely see anything in the game.

Other minor complaints include some AI textures in the late game and a lack of environmental upgrades, like the Dumah statues (though these may be patched in the future).

I hope that Blood Omen 1 and Defiance will also receive some love and attention in the future. (oke BO2 too)

Solid 9.5/10 (-0.5 for lack of single button for sidestep like it was in og tr1-2 Kapp)
Visuals are great, new small additions in environment are great (extra holes in ceiling, extra lamps, torn off paper from wall, puddles, reflective and foggy windows etc), lighting is incredible, sounds are balanced and dont blast ears like in og, photo mode is great (but i wanna more poses :D), you can change any time to og game and compare.
Game looks exactly how you imagine it in your brain as a kid
And what is more important they let people from community who know engine and did decompilation games to work on remasters. Big respect for that move
Imo companies who want to do remasters of their games must take this remaster as an example
Thats our Lara that we wanted, reboot can go in trash bin
Definitely recommend to play it