Tomb Raider I-III Remastered was graphically different from Epic

Today we are faced with interesting news, namely that Tomb Raider I-III Updatean updated version of the original game, offers different visual aspects depending where did you buy the game. That’s right, it’s logical to expect graphical differences between platforms or between the same platform when thinking about a previous generation console and a new one. Until now, there have never been any graphical differences between the same game. depending on the launcher it is running in.

In particular, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered looked different in its version for Epic Games Store compared to its counterpart in Steam and GOG. That is, they really existed two updated versions the same game. However, the version from Epic Games had an improved appearance.. And what’s interesting is that after this “problem” went viral, the version improved. The Epic Games Store has been replaced for the worst version that appeared on Steam and GOG.

Here’s how Tomb Raider I-III Remastered looked on the Epic Games Store compared to its Steam version

As soon as we start the video, we see that Tomb Raider I-III Remastered on the Epic Games Store offers much more realistic lighting and shadow system, even showing rays of light. We can also see how entire sets that change the designnot to mention that the Epic Games version offers more textures in very specific cases.

This video doesn’t show what the Epic Games version includes photo mode with 21 types of poses. There are improved textures, better quality snowflakes, and even an improved appearance of the water.

As if that weren’t enough, on the game’s official Discord, users were showing the differences between Tomb Raider I-III Remastered between its Epic Games and Steam versions. Between both versions there were points on the map where entire objects disappeared. Now, despite better visual quality and more detail, Aspyr and Crystal Dynamics have decided remove improved version. Thus, they combined the same version of the game in three stores. At the official level, this was only mentioned through an update on Steam.

“A development build with incomplete assets was made available for download on the Epic Games Store. The contents of this Epic Games Store build contained some unfinished content that did not meet our final quality expectations. We fixed the assembly this way. matches the Steam version.”

Seeing this and seeing that remasters like this are a joke. It’s nice to see how NVIDIA its RTX Remix technology, You can quickly and easily remake any old game. On a visual level, it’s much better, although of course you’ll need beefy GeForce RTX graphics to move it, as ray tracing is even implemented to offer a noticeable jump on the visual level.

Moreover, if you follow the previous link, you can see some examples of how amazing this technology is. With its help, you can very easily see remasters of old games based on the DirectX 9 and DirectX 8 APIs.