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I saw Tomb Raider on the last day of E3 in the two hours of free time I had to wander the show floor. I had already heard that this was a reboot with a more realistic portrayal of Lara Croft, but I didn't care much about it until I saw the trailer for Tomb Raider on the giant screen at the Square-Enix booth. Though I'm not exactly the kind of guy to care about Lara Croft, I was transfixed on her for a full three minutes.

However, even in Anthony's first impressions of the title, we didn't know how much of a reboot this was. Sure, it's a never-told origins story, but is this an homage to the history of Tomb Raider titles or a completely new timeline? Noah Hughes, Creative Director at Crystal Dynamics, reveals the answer on the Playstation blog:

It starts a whole different timeline. There’s not necessarily an assumption it will connect directly to past events. We are projecting our own Lara, taking this origins story, recreating and her launching her off into a new adventure. We love catering to some of the fan favourites, but we’re not beholden to all of the story points within the series. We like playing with the signature Tomb Raider themes from this new angle.

I'm glad that this refreshing take on Lara Croft will get a fair shot at reinvigorating the entire series. Because if any franchise needs it, it's Tomb Raider.

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  • quiknkold
    quiknkold
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 9:18 am
    I like gritty Lara alot, but I dont really think the name "Tomb Raider" really fits anymore. She's surviving, not raiding any tombs from what I see. then again I'm thinking of Tomb in the literal sence like the insides of a pyramid, as opposed to a dark dank place filled with dead and their personal effects. and the Bermuda Triangle(I mean, what else could it be?) is a dark dank place
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  • nihm
    nihm
    Joined: Jan 2011
    Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 9:56 am
    They can't really call it anything else and expect it to sell. If the game ends up being as great as the previews sound and sells well they might start calling the series something else, but they need the brand recognition right now. It's kinda like how Infinity Ward wanted to drop Call of Duty from Modern Warfare 2's title, but test studies showed less people recognized the name without the CoD part so they kept it in (and broke all sorts of sales records).
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  • JunkyArd
    JunkyArd
    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 12:44 pm
    I'd sure like to raid HER tomb...if you know what I mean
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Jun 24th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
    "Tombs" are probably all the action you're going to get with an attitude like that.
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