Lara Croft Not Raiding Tombs?
This morning, Eidos & Crystal Dynamics announced a new adventure featuring everyone’s favorite spelunking heroine, Lara Croft. Unfortunately, that’s all they did. No details beyond the fact that it’s planned to be released digitally sometime in 2010 & it would be shown behind closed doors at GDC (not even a list of platforms it’ll release on). One change you will notice is in the game’s title: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The Tomb Raider franchise has been re-surging lately with the new coat of paint & improved play mechanics over the last 2 titles. Now, it looks like that evolution is still progressing with Eidos dropping the Tomb Raider name altogether & going with the more protagonist-focused Lara Croft. Personally, I like it. The series has always been about Lara so dropping the Tomb Raider title just makes sense. Thoughts?
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I think it’s a good thing. I’ve always enjoyed the Tomb Raider games, and i’ve always considered Lara as a star. Kind of like the Indy movies always star Indy, his subtitle is secondary. “and the Temple of Doom”, “and the Last Crusade”. it opens her character up to star in different types of games, too. Eidos tweeted me that they’re currently making 2 games starring her, so I can’t wait to see what they have in store.
I agree with you totally! Lara has always been the focus of the franchise for me, so seeing her take lead on the marquee makes total sense to me. I’m curious about the other game too, as their press release didn’t saying anything at all really. It was a title, a distribution method & a release ear. Nothing else. No platforms, no screens, no nothing…