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[Stafford]

Looks better but ffs can they give a woman tits holy shit…

Yeah, they seem quite against it, even reboot, Rise and iirc Shadow was better in that regard. Ah well, glad she at least looks like a female.

 

[Saber]

Looks ok, I definitivelly expected the worst.
Now the only thing that is missing is the actual plot. Pray the gods is totally about a rich sexy girl raiding tombs and not stupid drama.

 

[Sephimoth]

The OG is in my top 5 GOATS.

I doubt this will be faithful to that game's tone, since this is the same team who's only contribution to the excellent remaster pack was the driveby disclaimer calling the original devs racist

But I'd love to be surprised.

 

[xenosys]

Compared to the model used over the last few years, it's a marked improvement.

I might actually play a proper TR1 remake, but they really need to nail the tone and and I don't trust CD to do that without them worrying about offending groups of people, as the poster above demonstrates.

 

[Loboxxx]

If that's the concept, I think it's perfect. Back to the original Lara and burying the toxic Kardashian of Rise and Shadows.

 

[Mister Wolf]

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Rise? Isn't that the one that Xbox payed 100 million for it to be exclusive and flopped harder than penguin?

It sold 11.8 million copies

It was only a timed exclusive

Tomb Raider Chronicles - SALES FIGURES FOR TOMB RAIDER SERIES PUBLISHED

A new edition of Treasure Hunters has been published on the official Tomb Raider blog that provides insight into the financials behind Shadow of the Tomb Raider. The Lara Croft-helmed adventure game cost 135 million dollars to produce (including promotion) and has sold 8.9 million units to date.

www.tombraiderchronicles.com

 

[RafterXL]

I'm going to say these are fake until I see it otherwise confirmed. The first image doesn't even look like the in game Lara, it's like from two different games. Plus the chances of us getting a LC that looks as good as that second and third image are slim to none. It would be great to be proven wrong, but I won't hold my breath.

Personally I'm a big fan of the new design.


1. Character face is beautiful, especially compared to the retarded funny eyebrow look of prequel trilogy Lara. Her face has more of a Mediterranean like classic Lara too, thicker lips. Breasts are smaller than classic Lara, but I still love it.

2013 Lara looked every bit as good as this, and if they wouldn't have kept fucking with her face it would have been fine. There is no "prequel Lara" because they changed her face a half dozen times between the first games launch and Shadows.

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[Karim]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Karim]

Looks better but ffs can they give a woman tits holy shit…

I....don't think a woman "technically" athletic can have enormous tits, guess it's about mainly for the sake of the more "realistic" look?

 

[Hayabusabruh]

She's cute.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Looks fine. I'm just curious what they're going to update about her for the "modern audience"

 

[Cakeboxer]

Looks better but ffs can they give a woman tits holy shit…

I'm not very good with words, but luckily I'm a Paint expert. Let me explain why having large boobs isn't good for Lara's job:

 

[Gripsx]

Why are they so scared to make her a bad bitch again with aura like the original?

 

[zaga]

Looks a bit flat to me

 

[KyoZz]

Gymnastic is back?! That's cool.

 

[amigastar]

I think they were going to give her more, but there was a rounding error.

Ok, but why didn't they fix the rounding error?

 

[Traxtech]

As long as that booty bangin, I'm happy

 

[corgiix3]

yea im sure some people will be mad but she still looks hot and i love these games

 

[StueyDuck]

Its crystal dynamics... theres not a world where this game isnt just activist shit

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Looks quite good IMO. Let's hope it's true.

Looks more Indian than English. Not a fan of the perma scowl or the peck boobs. Old school for me.

Same thing at this point.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Rise? Isn't that the one that Xbox payed 100 million for it to be exclusive and flopped harder than penguin?

I would bet that game's development is close to the amount Xbox paid for. The game literally had a sequel afterwards. And even after Xbox paid 100 million the game still sold over 10M copies WW. Hardly a flop.

 

[Ellis]

Leading into the first game with an experienced Lara after Shadow makes sense, and something I expected them to do. Glad that's what this seems to be. They can ignore most of the new trilogy bullshit story, and just have the occasional reference if needed.

Definitely replace Camila Luddington VO though. Bring back Keeley Hawes.

 

[Ishma3L]

The pendulum swings back

 

[Punished Miku]

I don't particularly care how she looks. I liked the old look. I liked the Reboot look. This is fine too, but looks a little cartoonish honestly.

Really just waiting to see what the gameplay design is like. That's all that has ever mattered in Tomb Raider. She's virtually a blank slate avatar and barely matters aside from some polygonal eye candy for 13 year olds on PS1.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

I don't particularly care how she looks. I liked the old look. I liked the Reboot look. This is fine too, but looks a little cartoonish honestly.

Really just waiting to see what the gameplay design is like. That's all that has ever mattered in Tomb Raider. She's virtually a blank slate avatar and barely matters aside from some polygonal eye candy for 13 year olds.

Are you referring to the box art or screenshots?

 

[blastprocessor]

Looks good will buy.

 

[Hypereides]

Hmm. Not as bad as I expected, but still not sold on it fully.

I'm doubly not sold on it since its supposed to be a retelling of the original. That's just a tone deaf decision of modern CD imo. They're trying to rewrite the original which is just going to stir more controversy since the original is good on its own.

 

[The_Mike]

People just have no idea how big this character was back then. Once the second game released you literally had the sentence "featuring Lara Croft" below Tomb Raider II like she was a famous actress:

The woman was the cover of magazines that had nothing to do with videogames:

She transcended the videogame industry and was the first woman to do so.

Ban this guy for reminding me that I am a living fossil

 

[Punished Miku]

Are you referring to the box art or screenshots?

Both I guess. It looks fine. Just reminds me a bit of the mobile game, Relic Run. Her iconic outfit is so carefully adhered to it looks a little cartoonish and unrealistic to me. But it's fine. Looks pretty good.

 

[Geometric-Crusher]

Looks more Indian than English. Not a fan of the perma scowl or the peck boobs. Old school for me.

She looks Italian to me, 100% sure.

 

[Ellis]

I don't particularly care how she looks. I liked the old look. I liked the Reboot look. This is fine too, but looks a little cartoonish honestly.

Really just waiting to see what the gameplay design is like. That's all that has ever mattered in Tomb Raider. She's virtually a blank slate avatar and barely matters aside from some polygonal eye candy for 13 year olds on PS1.

I was a sucker for that back in the day, but all I see today when looking at some of those old renders is Michael Jackson.

 

[Sethbacca]

Given the dearth of Uncharted like adventure games these days, this will probably end up being a day one for me which is odd because I never really cared for the OG games and didn't get into them until the more recent entries.

 

[Phobos Base]

An actual female jawline and bone structure, seems too good to be true.

 

[Punished Miku]

I was a sucker for that back in the day, but all I see today when looking at some of those old renders is Michael Jackson.

It was a big deal at the time. That handstand animation turned boys into men.

 

[Hudo]

What I really appreciate about the PS1 Tomb Raider games is the focus on spatial navigation. Combat is solid, for a PS1 game at least, sure. But to me, Tomb Raider was a "navigation problem" first. And I feel the last games strongly went away from this and were more like Uncharted. And Uncharted is a third-person game with some very light navigation in-between. Even the most non-linear Uncharted, The Lost Legacy, is still pretty "hand-holdy". I hope Crystal Dynamics go a bit back to the original Tomb Raider in that regard.

 

[amigastar]

What I really appreciate about the PS1 Tomb Raider games is the focus on spatial navigation. Yes, combat is solid, for a PS1 game, as well, sure. But to me, Tomb Raider was a "navigation problem" first. And I feel the last games strongl went away from this and were more like Uncharted. And Uncharted is a third-person game with some very light navigation in-between. Even the most non-linear Uncharted, The Lost Legacy, is still pretty "hand-holdy". I hope Crystal Dynamics go a bit back to the original Tomb Raider in that regard.

That's a fair point and you're right, Tomb Raider 1 was more of an exploration game, I have never played Tomb Raider series but i have TR 1-3 Remastered installed to check it out.

 

[deriks]

Could be better, but

 

[RoboFu]

it looks okay.. stop being so dramatic.

 

[damidu]

bring it, i actually like the new trilogy.
these games play and animate well, one of the few tps that can hold its own against naughty dogs animation-control balance.

 

[chromatic9]

Looks good. There must be a catch.

 

[Hudo]

That's a fair point and you're right, Tomb Raider 1 was more of an exploration game, I have never played Tomb Raider series but i have TR 1-3 Remastered installed to check it out.

Maybe it's just me, though. I dunno. But I can at least report that I regularly had thoughts like "Ok. How the fuck do I get up there? Wait... could I make this gap? That seems wide as fuck. Ah but there's a wall at the end there that will block me. Fuck. Well, I guess I will just try it anyway." while playing the old Tomb Raider games. And I never once had thoughts like these when I played any of the new ones (or Uncharted games). And I kinda miss this, tbh.

 

[Fake]

Looks OK, nothing special or really good.

 

[struggler_guts]

Wow one of the rare cases where the art looks worse than the in game model

 

[RCX]

Proper tits and short-shorts.

Good start.

Now dont make her gay.

 

[damidu]

Maybe it's just me, though. I dunno. But I can at least report that I regularly had thoughts like "Ok. How the fuck do I get up there? Wait... could I make this gap? That seems wide as fuck. Ah but there's a wall at the end there that will block me. Fuck. Well, I guess I will just try it anyway." while playing the old Tomb Raider games. And I never once had thoughts like these when I played any of the new ones (or Uncharted games). And I kinda miss this, tbh.

agreed but thats never coming back in focus-tested aaa world i fear, there are probably 20 frustrated testers against 1 that likes that sort of trial-error probably.

 

[lh032]

please have cosstume unlocks like legends

 

[Moses85]

 

[Hudo]

agreed but thats never coming back in focus-tested aaa world i fear, there are probably 20 frustrated testers against 1 that likes that sort of trial-error probably.

Well, fuck. That makes sense.