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The controls are great. The Grid system was fantastic because it means the entire game is peak skill. If you fuck up a jump, YOU fucked it up.

Later games off the grid in full 3D and automatically grabbing ledges for you had to guess what you were trying to do and what part of the enviroment around you to clip you on. Which was super frustrating because it added RNG or mastery of the awkward game system to platform. Underworld and the 2nd reboot were awful for this.

There's some dated game design in there with unclear level progression/explanation of game mechanics, segments were you're forced to take damage and unforgiving beginners traps.

But on the whole the games hold up really well aside from early 3D graphics. They were and are incredible platform games.

About the only thing I'd say has "bad controls" are the vehicles in TR2.