So we all kind-of-sort-of knew that Tomb Raider was going to get yet another reboot after the underrated Tomb Raider: Underworld didn't sell as well as Eidos had thought it would. However, if these leaked screens and descriptions are true it's a much bigger reboot then any of us expected. Reportedly from a mole inside Eidos, the screens show a much younger, harder and less sexified Lara doing battle on horseback and fighting off some very nasty looking creatures.
It's all concept art of course, but the details below the images describe the game as open world with a survival horror flare, which is a massive departure from what Tomb Raider games are right now. That may make a little sense since the description also says that the game will be a total reboot of the character, taking her back to square one much like the trend in Hollywood these days. Lara, young and inexperienced, will be stranded on an island where things with claws are going to attack her. The descriptions in the image seem to make the game sound far less puzzle adventure and far more action adventure.
As a fan of the recent Tomb Raiders and also a fan of the series' focus on puzzle solving gameplay, this is all very disturbing news for me. Not only is Tomb Raider in the middle of a story arc right now, they just rebooted her origin story and the games have been getting solid reviews, despite Conrad's not so decent take on the last one. Are others concerned about this or does everyone else think that Lara needs an overhall of epic proportions?
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5:30 PM on 07.11.2009
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....What? Am I actually supposed to care about Lara Croft's character now?
Anyway, as much as I'd like to say I'm done with the franchise... for some reason I always check out the new entries in it. I guess my fond memories of the old games keep my hope alive.
@Necro-bestial Anal Butt Sex: i kept thinking i had seen that face before, yes, Rona Mitra, and i have no complaints there.
If this will save this once popular franchise however... eh, let's wait for the final game and see what difference it can make.
And it seems she idled to get the Huntsman, silly cheat.
@ covah
She doesn't look like Lara Croft because this looks like a real person and not some nightmare woman with big tits and a weird face left over from a PS1-era character designer. She doesn't look the same, but given the choice, I'd pick her over any of the old renders.
Not anymore.. not anymore. :'(
Oh well. Hopefully this is just a concept that they won't go through with, and they'll give us back the classic Lara. Underworld was, I felt, a good game, just with issues that Conrad pointed out in his review. Fix those and they'll have a pretty good game.
That said, this is not Lara. THIS is Lara.
I'd love to see the Tomb Raider series get a new Lara. The current one is such a shallow character in my opinion, especially compared to Nathan Drake or Indiana Jones. I've never found her moon-sized ta-tas appealing, either. I'm more of a B cup guy.
This whole reboot thing is getting out of hand. Why fix what isn't broke?
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