New Lara Croft Title is Not Tomb Raider

[Dorian Cornelius Jasper]

I hope this is a shameless cash-in and not the new direction of the franchise

They had finally gotten it just right with Underworld by scaling back the combat and focusing on platforming and puzzle solving, and now they're going to abandon it for something that looks like it belongs on a bad hand-held platform from 15 yrs ago? bad Crystal Dynamics bad.

At least they admit it's not a proper Tomb Raider game, so consider it an offshoot.

But the analogy you've given is absurd. If this were on a handheld 15 years ago it'd probably be sprite-based and visually appealing by pure dint of cartoony stylization. And it'd probably age better than the original Tomb Raider, graphically. In other words, don't go around presuming that being on a portable platform is an insult or ought to be treated that way.

Even unpopular portables like the WonderSwan had their charm, too.

 

[Tharwen]

Lara Croft: Diablo Clone Raider 1: Isometric Titties.

Why did Eidos give up Tomb Raider?

Don't worry, we didn't. Crystal are working on two games right now, this one is something different, new and also full of win. We'll be releasing more info at GDC.

That was unexpected...

But are you really an Eidos employee? Hmmm... I shall expect a hand-written letter of confirmation from Eidos Interactive Ltd. on my desk tomorrow morning.

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

I wonder if it will be like Res Evil 5, where in order to have a chance at winning you had to go co-op, the AI for the other character annoyed the living piss out of me. Would prefer solo, or atleast being able to give the AI orders, "Park it in that corner and shut the hell up" comes to mind.

 

[Erana]

Lara Croft: Diablo Clone Raider 1: Isometric Titties.

Why did Eidos give up Tomb Raider?

Don't worry, we didn't. Crystal are working on two games right now, this one is something different, new and also full of win. We'll be releasing more info at GDC.

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