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TR1 and 2 are my favorite from the original Core series. I have mixed feelings about 3, though. The difficulty hike is really absurd. Everything is dark and there aren't enough flares around, stages were padded out to ludicrous lengths and feature many tedious sections that use uncooperative vehicles, and the game brings back the unwelcome save crystal system (only for the console version) instead of retaining the ability to save anywhere as featured in TR2.

Last Revelation was a nice send off, but I didn't like some of the design choices in that game either. I think my biggest gripe is that you can't replay previous stages since the game uses something of an open-world approach. You'll sometimes backtrack to previous levels to collect items or open new routes, but once you advance beyond a certain point, there's no going back. In contrast, the original TR trilogy isolated every stage, which could be freely selected and replayed from the load menu.

Chronicles was basically a quick cash-in using the Last Revelation engine. Nothing particularly inspired about it. But it did have some unlockable bonus features unlike the previous games.