Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered

This collection compared to the previous one is honestly not the best, mainly because of tomb raider 5 and 6. Lets start with tomb raider 4 which is honestly my favorite out of the whole franchise specifically because of the story itself which stands out more than any other tomb raider game. this franchise is obviously known for its fun complex parkour and i did enjoy that a lot but what made me enjoy it even more was having a story that hooked me from beginning to end and tomb raider 4 absolutely nailed that. The story starts off with young lara and shows how she got her start under her mentor Werner Von Croy who is easily my favorite character in the whole franchise. Watching them train together and go on a journey to find their first artifact was great and it genuinely gets even more interesting after the first mission. The whole vibe in egypt was easily the most unsettling setting in the entire franchise for me. The only downside in tomb raider 4 was that there was less parkour and more exploration and puzzle solving, which honestly was not that bad but pulling off those insane jumps was just so satisfying that i missed it a little. Overall though it was a ton of fun and the story more than made up for whatever was lacking. Now tomb raider 5 and 6 are just not it. Tomb raider 5 is at least playable but the setting, the parkour, and the overall length of the game made it pretty forgettable. its the shortest game in the franchise and not the most memorable one but i can say it was the last game that actually felt like a tomb raider game, mainly because of the usual complex parkour we are all used to. The story in TR5 was very weird and confusing to me, it felt more like a halloween fck fest than an actual tomb raider story. TR6 on the other hand was the absolute worst in the whole franchise and is honestly unplayable. the camera is awkward, the graphics are rough, and everything feels downgraded from what the previous 5 games were known for. and dont even get me started on the controls. As i mentioned before the controls are where the learning curve really lives in this franchise, and in tomb raider 6 it feels like that learning curve turned into a sloppy mess that is more annoying than rewarding. To put it simply, when you first start tomb raider 1 you will definitly get frustrated because the controls are new and need patience and a few replays, but eventually you realize that is exactly how the game was meant to be so the parkour can shine, and once you learn the controls everything gets easier as you go. With tomb raider 6 though it feels like starting from zero all over again, except this time you have zero motivation to relearn anything because it just feels cheap and sloppy instead of building on everything you learned across the previous 5 games. Overall i can say this franchise is definitly worth playing, i would just recommend skipping 6 entirely and stopping at 5. that way you get the full classic experience start to finish. What a franchise!!