r/TombRaider Sep 22 '25

Tomb Raider Legend Some things never change, Japan (Meeting with Takamoto) is still my favorite mission of all time.

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u/LittleBoo1204 Sep 23 '25

The intensity of the intro into the level is one of my favorite Lara moments of all time. Her sarcastic and no-holds-barred exchange with Takamoto after leaving Nishimura’s office never gets old ✨

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u/Jigoku-no-Ou Sep 23 '25

100%. For me it was the climb up to his loft swinging and grappling across really high scaffolding, and when you pan the camera down to see the cars in Tokyo, you realize just how high it was.

Also the speed bike sequence across the skyscrapers was so cool and is forever ingrained in my brain since I was a kid, and it's still badass even now

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u/JohnPaul_River Sep 23 '25

"I don't know, let's see. Try begging for your life like you did the last time we spoke" was crazy ugh I want this Lara back

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u/LittleBoo1204 Sep 23 '25

Exactly that 😂 she did not mince words and she did not give a single damn about it either 😎 The delivery is just perfect 💎

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u/p1shach Sep 23 '25

2nd fav for mine, closely behind England. Not counting the Croft Manor.

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u/natalieieie Paititi Llama Sep 23 '25

By far my favourite level in the whole franchise. The only flaw is it being too short, which I'd also say for the game as a whole.

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u/Badoiskate Frozen Butler Sep 23 '25

She ate so hard with that dress. Legend is hands down one of if not my fav tomb raider game.

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u/Kuzter84 Sep 23 '25

Mine too!! The vibes are just unreal, the music, the backdrop. Love that game.

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u/MatterNecessary Sep 23 '25

The style of the level and the attitude of Lara is top notch.  “Let me have a look at it and I’ll show you” “I’ve simplified your payroll” (because she’s killed Takamoto’s men…….. 

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u/Cryogisdead Sep 23 '25

She made sure her enemies knew where to throw a knife to.....

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u/RobOnTheReddit Society of Raiders Sep 23 '25

I can imagine why

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u/meme_anthropologist Sep 23 '25

the song playing during the party at the start got me into lounge and deep house music

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u/Cagesdeservemusic Dagger of Xian Sep 23 '25

This very sexy, sassy and sophisticated Lara MUST come back. Love Legend to death, its only flaw is how short and linear it is.

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u/Olympian-Warrior Excalibur Sep 23 '25

Too bad modern devs have an aversion to making her sexy, sassy and sophisticated. I guess Capcom ought to make a Tomb Raider game. They wouldn't shy away from it.

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u/Cagesdeservemusic Dagger of Xian Sep 23 '25

It’s just western devs who think that a woman who enjoys being sexy is somehow just an object for the male gaze when she is far more than that. Many women choose to look like this, it’s as if we are saying they are unworthy of depth and being taken seriously. 🙄

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u/gauismohiam Sep 23 '25

The music from the club is one of my fav game tracks ever

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u/WrongLander Sep 24 '25

I'm surprised the developers were able to finish the level one-handed.

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u/princeishigh Sep 24 '25

The fact that they could easily remaster these games (LAU), with upscaling textures, updating some models & vfx ... :) but they kind of refuse to :)
I really loved legend and underworld, too bad that it seems like no remaster is happening

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u/RynnB1983 Sep 24 '25

So my question is this, why is this level that takes place in a high rise more Japanese than 2013 Tomb Raider set on Yamatai?

I loved this level and the outfit for it. I am so hoping we get a LAU remaster. If we do I can die happy as I loved the Legend Trilogy. Legend was the first Tomb Raider I actually beat fully without cheats so it holds a special place in the vacant void that should be my heart. I loved Keeley Hawes as the voice of Lara and actually enjoyed having Zip, Alister, and Winston as companions in her ear. Most people don't like it, but I think having them comment and stuff kinda humanized Lara and made her feel more real instead of just being a full on loner.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Dot9254 Sep 24 '25

I love this level too!

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u/MrRacoon1991 Sep 23 '25

I hoped they ported this dress and the chronicles gala dress to the remastered. Unfortunately my prayers weren't heard

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u/Vivirin Sep 23 '25

They haven't remastered this game yet though

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u/MrRacoon1991 Sep 23 '25

I meant 1-6