Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
When it was first announced that Crystal Dynamics were going to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise, there was a mixture of scepticism and excitement. Lara Croft’s origin story is one that hasn’t really been explored and the character’s development from a vulnerable young woman into a hardened survivor would have been a welcoming experience.
However, the term ‘reboot’ made a lot of people anxious.Where it is one thing to make a prequel, it is another entirely to restart a franchise, potentially configuring the classical characteristics of one of the gaming’s most iconic heroines. Yet I am thrilled to report back that Crystal Dynamics have achieved something that looks gorgeous, plays brilliantly and has a story that redefines Lara while retaining what makes her Croft.
Right from the off, Lara is instantly thrust into danger. Suspended, upside down in some underground cavern,...
When it was first announced that Crystal Dynamics were going to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise, there was a mixture of scepticism and excitement. Lara Croft’s origin story is one that hasn’t really been explored and the character’s development from a vulnerable young woman into a hardened survivor would have been a welcoming experience.
However, the term ‘reboot’ made a lot of people anxious.Where it is one thing to make a prequel, it is another entirely to restart a franchise, potentially configuring the classical characteristics of one of the gaming’s most iconic heroines. Yet I am thrilled to report back that Crystal Dynamics have achieved something that looks gorgeous, plays brilliantly and has a story that redefines Lara while retaining what makes her Croft.
Right from the off, Lara is instantly thrust into danger. Suspended, upside down in some underground cavern,...
- 4/6/2013
- by James Moore
- Obsessed with Film
Today, players get to dive into Crystal Daynamics' "Tomb Raider" prequel but even more news surfaces about the rumored silver screen reboot.
Following in the steps of many rebooted franchises, the Lara's next movie adaptation is focusing on a grittier more realistic version of the first lady of exploration. Tentatively title "Tomb Raider," the movie will move along with the video game counterpart, focusing on a younger, up and coming adventurer.
Talking to Variety, studio head of Crystal Dynamics, Darrell Gallagher, says talks about how the new game will affect the movie.
“It was important for both of us to have a cohesive version of the franchise,” Gallagher said. “We didn’t want to see a film version that was a continuation of the old ‘Tomb Raider’ films.”
Additionally, Noah Hughes, creative director at Crystal Dynamics chimes in about cementing Lara's character for the series.
“Looking at Lara as a character,...
Following in the steps of many rebooted franchises, the Lara's next movie adaptation is focusing on a grittier more realistic version of the first lady of exploration. Tentatively title "Tomb Raider," the movie will move along with the video game counterpart, focusing on a younger, up and coming adventurer.
Talking to Variety, studio head of Crystal Dynamics, Darrell Gallagher, says talks about how the new game will affect the movie.
“It was important for both of us to have a cohesive version of the franchise,” Gallagher said. “We didn’t want to see a film version that was a continuation of the old ‘Tomb Raider’ films.”
Additionally, Noah Hughes, creative director at Crystal Dynamics chimes in about cementing Lara's character for the series.
“Looking at Lara as a character,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Clint Mize
- MTV Multiplayer
The new Tomb Raider launches on consoles and PCs tomorrow, and it’s a bold reboot of the hit franchise (see this week’s issue of EW for Keith Staskiewicz’ story on reimagining gaming’s most famous heroine, Lara Croft). After 2008’s Tomb Raider: Underworld underperformed, developer Crystal Dynamics sought to reinvent a Lara Croft who could compete with Uncharted’s Nathan Drake and reinstate her to her prior glory. They succeeded spectacularly. But getting there wasn’t easy, as documented by veteran games journalist Geoff Keighley in The Final Hours of Tomb Raider, an app launching today that chronicles the long,...
- 3/4/2013
- by Aaron Morales
- EW.com - PopWatch
First of all, thanks to Square Enix for stopping at MTV HQ to show off Lara's new adventure. Also, thanks to Patty Tenicela who helped me keep me cool through the whole process that otherwise would have been sorta embarassing for me (I'm not such a great public speaker '~'). Ok, so with that out of the way, we're taking a few shakey baby steps with a (hopefully) recurring video series about the latest big game releases. First up is 'Tomb Raider.'
All in all, we had about an hour and change to run through the violent and mysterious island, solve a few puzzles, eat a deer or two, threaten a rat, and tear our way through several psychotic bad guys. I'll let the video speak for itself but there's a quick mini-impression after the break. Hope you enjoy!
As you can see, Crystal Dynamics' "Tomb Raider" reboot is shaping up pretty nicely.
All in all, we had about an hour and change to run through the violent and mysterious island, solve a few puzzles, eat a deer or two, threaten a rat, and tear our way through several psychotic bad guys. I'll let the video speak for itself but there's a quick mini-impression after the break. Hope you enjoy!
As you can see, Crystal Dynamics' "Tomb Raider" reboot is shaping up pretty nicely.
- 3/1/2013
- by Clint Mize
- MTV Multiplayer
Lara Croft had approximately 0.6 seconds as the adventurous, crypt-crawling Indiana Jane she was intended to be before she was immediately burdened with absurd physical proportions and tasked with propping up the half-formed sexual fantasies of millions of teenage boys. It’s a fact that mars her achievement as one of the first popular female protagonists in gaming—after all, Mario never had to look like Fabio — and shows that just because you’re polygonal, doesn’t mean you’re three-dimensional. But developer Crystal Dynamics is hoping to change all that with Tomb Raider, their upcoming reboot that hits stores March...
- 2/26/2013
- by Keith Staskiewicz
- EW.com - PopWatch
“I hate tombs,” Lara Croft sighs as she enters a musty crypt in Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics’ bold reboot of the long-running series. The franchise had grown a bit musty in recent iterations, bogged down in clumsy shooting and silly supernatural elements like an evil Lara doppelgänger, and distancing itself from the core experience of, you know, raiding tombs. Despite a string of solid if unspectacular efforts, Lara’s star had faded considerably, and Uncharted’s Nathan Drake largely supplanted her as gaming’s top adventurer, in gameplay and graphics –until now. This new Lara has taken a page from...
- 2/26/2013
- by Aaron Morales
- EW.com - PopWatch
Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix interactive entertainment products in Europe and other Pal territories, today announced that the English-born actress Camilla Luddington has been chosen to be the voice and performance actress of famous video game adventurer, Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider® game. After an international talent search using scouts in Europe and the Us, Luddington stood out as delivering both a depth of emotion and the youthful tone needed for Lara Croft in the upcoming reimagining of the Tomb Raider franchise, due for release on March 5, 2013. "This has been one of the most important jobs for us to get right," said Darrell Gallagher, head of studio at Crystal Dynamics "This Tomb Raider game is very different to any other and we are demanding far more from the voice and performance acting than ever before as we take the franchise in a new direction." This...
- 6/26/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
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