New Tomb Raider Reboot

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**Slarg232**

Hold on to your Lug Nuts, it's tiiiiiiime for an overhaul!

/Jim Carrey's The Mask

That's Lara, and it's surprising hard to find a good picture of New Lara, given how long she has been in the system.

New Tomb Raider is supposed to be a "Preboot", or rather, a prequel to a reboot. In this NTR, she is a college student on her first Tomb Raid, and I quote: "There will be no puzzles of a conventional sense. You will not be pulling levers to unlock doors that lock after a time. Instead, all the Puzzles will be trying to survive. You will be in a cave, with the only exit being a small hole. However, the cave is confined, and simply blowing up the barrels will result in death. Your job will be to figure out how to safely blow up the barrels without killing yourself."

When a sudden storm destroys her research vessel, a young and inexperienced Lara Croft finds herself stranded on a mysterious and remote island hidden off the shores of Japan. Despite several signs of various inhabitants the island is oddly deserted, and an uneasy feeling settles in as strange sounds emerge from the shadows. With only her determination, inner strength, and resourcefulness to help her, Lara must overcome the challenges of a harsh and unforgiving journey that will take her across a vast island wilderness and deep into the claustrophobic and menacing underground tombs from the island's past. As she struggles to prevail through brutal combat encounters and treacherous exploration, Lara will be pushed to her limits and forced to adapt to her situation in order to survive and escape from the lethal predators that stalk her every move

**BrookM**

Well, unlike Dante's reboot this looks fine by me. I just hope she doesn't get an increase in bust size every other game again.

**Slarg232**

Agreed. This may be the first Tomb Raider game I pick up in a long time.

**mstephen**

hello everybody, i come here first time.

**Sanctjud**

Hello there mstephen...
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It 'looks' ok...though too little info now.
I rather liked the first one, as blocky as it was

**djphranq**

I hope this isn't coming out in 2011... I still have a couple TR games to go through: Anniversary and Underworld...oh yeah and that other one... guardian of light or something?

**Slarg232**

djphranq wrote:I hope this isn't coming out in 2011... I still have a couple TR games to go through: Anniversary and Underworld...oh yeah and that other one... guardian of light or something?

LCatGoL isn't really a Tomb Raider game, its more of a game with Lara Croft in it

I also hope that it isn't coming out in 2011, too much to buy already with GoW3, Dead Space 2, Fear 3, and Marvel Vs Capcom 3.

**Melissia**

At least they gave her a breast reduction. Will have to see if they continue to sexualize her for young males, or if they actually develop her into something more than eye candy.

**Slarg232**

Melissia wrote:At least they gave her a breast reduction. Will have to see if they continue to sexualize her for young males, or if they actually develop her into something more than eye candy.

Actually, that is exactly what they are going for. They are trying to turn her into an actual female lead, not a busty female character you stare at while playing.

Apparantly, they did an Eye Tracking Test with a bunch of people with this new concept, and something like 80% of them stared into her eyes.

**Melissia**

That's definitely a good start. I'll be interested to see if they follow through successfully.

**Amaya**

Thank god. There need to be more positive female characters in video games.

**djphranq**

I like her more gritty look... that was the first thing I was drawn to when I saw that cover.

**Slarg232**

djphranq wrote:I like her more gritty look... that was the first thing I was drawn to when I saw that cover.

Indeed. If I could, I would scan some more photos, but my parents lost the box with all the programs in it (so no Microsoft Word, no Scan Program, no nothing

). The previous Lara was just some busty chick you got to play as for the Tomb Raider games. I would date this new Lara if I could find a gal like her (Driven, has a love of anything (history), Really good looks.

And when I saw really good looks, I mean that Old Lara walking down the street would have turned heads simply because of her bust size. New Lara would turn heads simply because she is that good looking).

**Lord Scythican**

Honestly, I thought the cover for Game Informer was of a new Final Fantasy game or a sequel to Lost Odyssey. When I found out it was Lara Croft I was like "Whaaaaaaat?" However the pictures with the article were much better. Here is a really large pic of her:

**BrookM**

Ah, gritty, more down to earth and all the while looking more real. Here's hoping she stays limey though.

**sillyboy**

I like this new Lara croft's grittier (correct spelling?) feel. Also she looks much hotter now

**Tyyr**

Ohhh, a bow? Nice. Getting sick of crossbows in games.

**WarOne**

Please don't tell me she will be fighting zombies...

I love the zombie genre, but let's not put Croft in a post apocalyptic setting too...

**Slarg232**

WarOne wrote:Please don't tell me she will be fighting zombies...

I love the zombie genre, but let's not put Croft in a post apocalyptic setting too...

No, from what I can tell, she doesn't. She crashs on an Island and has to survive and protect herself from the local plant and wildlife, alongside the Savages who live there.

In the magazine, there is this part where Lara falls a small distance, picks herself up, and then is grabbed from behind. All Lara (and you) hear is this voice saying "Don't worry, I helping, I helping" in a calm and trustworthy voice, and you are given the choice to struggle or not. If you struggle, you get free, but if you do not, you get thrown to the ground and a makeshift knife is stuck into Lara's chest.

**WarOne**

Slarg232 wrote: If you struggle, you get free, but if you do not, you get thrown to the ground and a makeshift knife is stuck into Lara's chest.

Will this be like Resident Evil 4 where there are a bajillion cutscenes of how your character dies?

**Slarg232**

WarOne wrote:
Slarg232 wrote: If you struggle, you get free, but if you do not, you get thrown to the ground and a makeshift knife is stuck into Lara's chest.

Will this be like Resident Evil 4 where there are a bajillion cutscenes of how your character dies?

Not a clue, that's the only example they give.

**BrookM**

It will be more of a puzzle game from what I've read so far. But with less Indy "use wand on hole and make ancient machine whirr" puzzle and more physics and thinking puzzles.

**BrookM**

Here's a twenty second slide show showing off some gritty and grimdark screens from the game: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/debut-slideshow-tomb-raider/709152