Just making fun of their "check back soon" statement.

The first game was pulled for quite nebulous reasons, but better be safe than sorry.

As for remaster/remake, it depends. There was a ton of cut/unused content in the games that restoring and implementing it in the game might have been worthy of a full remake instead of just remaster.

And given that it's Aspyr making it and the Tomb Raider remasters are here, it's pretty safe to assume it'll appear here too.

The game has a pretty generous glide system (not to mention that you are immortal) so missing a jump by accident is pretty hard, compared to other games of its era the platforming is actually very easy and very forgiving. Of course it's also a game that is much harder to play without a controller so maybe that was your issue.

Sounds like someone needs to "git good" :P. But you're right in one aspect, or at least I agree with you that the console-designed save system is a pain in this day and age. If they "remastered" anything, I hope they did away with that. In all other respects I think the game is more or less fine, though the second game in the series is what I'd call a true gem.

I wouldn't say harder. Just requires a skillset (playing old games keyboard only), that is all but gone from the vast majority of players these days. I am one of those that has no issues with keyboard only controls and finished all the games in the series that way without any issues.

The best control type for any game is what the user is comfortable with, not what anyone else says. Always roll my eyes when I see disclaimers like" best played with a controller" or similar. No, you don't know what control scheme I prefer, don't waste my time with this useless, unskippable message and implement proper customizable controls for as many devices as possible instead.