10 Baffling Changes Video Games Made AFTER Release

10. Removing The Jacqueline Natla Tease - Shadow Of The Tomb Raider

On the day of Shadow of the Tomb Raider's release, developer Eidos-Montréal dropped a day-one patch which, in addition to fixing various bugs and so forth, actually made a major change to the game's ending.

Those who were able to play a physical copy of the game ahead of release or played through it without downloading the patch were able to watch the different, original post-credits scene which teed up a distinct direction for Lara Croft's next adventure.

The original credits scene saw Lara sat in Croft Manor as she received a letter sent by Jacqueline Natla - the antagonist of the original Tomb Raider, implying that the next game in the reboot franchise would likely be a reimagining of the original game.

Except, the day-one patch removed the reference to Natla entirely, leaving the nature of Lara's future tomb-raiding very much up in the air.

Now, you can say that there's a clear point to this if the developers ditched the idea of going back to the first Tomb Raider, but given that Crystal Dynamics announced earlier this year that the next Tomb Raider will unify all three existing timelines, the Natla reference absolutely makes sense as a lead-in to the original game.