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Retro Gaming Discussion Show · February 13, 2026

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So in case you haven't seen the poster or the advert for this, we are covering Tomb Raider IV, the last revelation. Now, we did, oh, a few year back,

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... (electronic music) - Well, hello everyone and welcome to the RGDS Podcast. And I'm your host, Kingie, and joining me is quite a multitude of friends of the show in this episode. So in case you haven't seen the poster or the advert for this, we are covering Tomb Raider IV, the last revelation. Now, we did, oh, a few year back, when we played that all through with our friends on Discord. We was playing it on the PlayStation 1 version instead of the Saturn, but it doesn't matter what you play it on as long as you play the game. So again, we are used to play it on PC version ...

17 more quotes about Tomb Raider from this episode

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... So in case you haven't seen the poster or the advert for this, we are covering Tomb Raider IV, the last revelation. ...

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... - Well, this sparked, it got me playing all the other games as well. Over Christmas, I played Rise of the Tomb Raider. I was playing that alongside this. ...

00:14:58 - 00:18:46

... And it let that world slowly open up in ways the series hadn't really attempted before. This was Tomb Raider at its most focused, probably at its most confident, had interconnected areas, long-form puzzles, and an atmosphere that trusted players to find their own way that really didn't hold your hand. ...

00:21:49 - 00:25:30

... Therefore, it's not the Tomb Raider I want. I love the exploration and the puzzles. ...

00:27:50 - 00:28:38

... They absolutely do. Because, especially in the Tomb Raider game, because there's very few new mechanics to learn, what's the chances? ...

01:01:03 - 01:01:37

... - I found them less scary to play against than the original Tomb Raider. There's a section in the original Tomb Raider where crocs appear, wasn't there? ...

01:35:18 - 01:36:55

... Can you remember the greenery that was everywhere? It was just like Tomb Raider 1. Just like that area where the gorillas were. ...

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... But on reflection, as I sort of thought about it afterwards, Tomb Raider's an exploration game. - Yeah. ...

01:31:00 - 01:31:31

... - Sometimes they lay pout at you and sometimes they're staring you in the face and you just don't see them. But that's Tomb Raider. - Yeah. ...

00:48:13 - 00:48:43

... I think the Skidoo thing was worse than the previous Tomb Raider game. I don't know how you guys felt for this. ...

01:24:45 - 01:25:16

... The increase in fidelity of graphics between Tomb Raider 1 and Tomb Raider 4 is a huge leap. ...

01:51:43 - 01:52:13

... For some reason, I really like the swim parts in any Tomb Raider going to be wise. Especially if it's in an hour of passageways. ...

01:47:30 - 01:48:00

... But at least with these dark skies, unlike the blue skies of other Tomb Raider games that have created an outside section, it does, because that suffocating low cloud level, it does more or less feel inside. ...

01:45:19 - 01:45:51

... - Yeah, I think they just bit off more than they could chew and didn't quite deliver. It's still Tomb Raider at the end of the day. - Let's get this level off. ...

00:40:55 - 00:41:28

... Just having that guy do what the music was playing in the atmosphere. And I had a huge impact as a yes, this is a Tomb Raider that I've been wanting to play for years again as back. ...

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... So I was quite impressed with how the game opens in that way, because as well, it can be a harsh part of Tomb Raider 1. It's not, you're not directly in the pyramid yet. ...

01:14:59 - 01:15:31

... And then moving forward, many of the levels, this is a requirement, you wanna have half the piece, and have to figure to combine them. - Is that not something we've had before in the then Tomb Raider? - Not to my knowledge, no. ...

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