Tomb Raider - Legend, finally a good Lara Croft game?

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 24 Mar 2006, 10:13

Next month the new Tomb Raider game is going to be released.
I think this is finally going to be a good Tomb Raider game again.
The only previous good Tomb Raider game was the second game, the rest sucked.
What do you guys think.
If you don't know what it looks like check these movies.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/tombraidervii/media.html

I think the new Lara looks ass spanking hot. :P

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 24 Mar 2006, 10:28

I just hope they have sorted out the controls ... they say they have.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 24 Mar 2006, 10:35

correct, in previous games you had to be in exactly the right spot to make a jump for example.
Now that's not the case anymore, you have a lot more freedom.
The only thing i hope they have sorted out is the lag in the controls.
Especially in Angel of Darkness there was some sort of slow motion effect when you started to run.
It was kind of like she shit herself and was running with here pants full of doedoe. :mrgreen:
I hope the controls are a lot more tight now.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 24 Mar 2006, 10:41

Looks like they are making some good use of current graphical powers.
I think it looks really good. Okay, it's not Fear like but it will do. :D

fugaz · Post by **fugaz** » 24 Mar 2006, 17:01

Doesn't look bad at all The 1st TR was also the first game evah I saw running on a Monster Voodoo1 card, and the first time: biliniear texture filtering :shock: !! Freaked me out completely and I must have played that game for 20+ hours nonstop on the first run, Lara gives me nostalgic feelings :mrgreen: Didn't like anything after part 1 but this time it looks like it has some more potential, looking forward to the game.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 24 Mar 2006, 17:11

Exactly, and it's the first Lara game not developed by Eidos. (or was that the publisher :?). Anyway, it's made by another studio. :mrgreen:

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 24 Mar 2006, 17:25

*tries to overcome urge to make cynical comment*

*fails*

OK... so Lara's back for another outing... if this one sucks as much as the last two, will they learn? ;)

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 24 Mar 2006, 22:25

The first game was a classic, but none of them really grabbed me since then, i got bored half way through the second one...

I wonder if the PC version will look as good as the 360 one? I heared thats meant to be maxed out visually!

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 25 Mar 2006, 01:31

I played the first version on the playstation and havenÃ‚Â´t played any version since. The first was ok back then but now.......To put it nice, it is not for me :D

Gabbo · Post by **Gabbo** » 25 Mar 2006, 04:33

Doesn't look bad at all The 1st TR was also the first game evah I saw running on a Monster Voodoo1 card, and the first time: biliniear texture filtering :shock: !! Freaked me out completely and I must have played that game for 20+ hours nonstop on the first run, Lara gives me nostalgic feelings :mrgreen: Didn't like anything after part 1 but this time it looks like it has some more potential, looking forward to the game.

Yup... I remember those days. GLQuake and Tomb Raider were THE reason to buy a 3DFX Monster Voodoo card. I still have mine in the closet.

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 25 Mar 2006, 14:30

I loved the first two Tomb Raider games. I think I had the first one on PC, the second on the PlayStation, and the third on PC again. The 3rd was alright, but not as good as the first two. I never checked the other ones out because they apparently sucked bigtime. :(

Anyway, I'm really looking foward to this. I hope they do a good job this time. And I hope they'll not make the PC release a gimpy console port.

The first Tomb Raider games were developed by some developer called "Core", if I remember correctly. I don't know who made the last (bad) ones.

Anyone got a high res version of the trailer btw? I know GameSpot do, but it's not free. (LAME).

pubjoe · Post by **pubjoe** » 25 Mar 2006, 16:46

Yes, this does look potentially good, I'm very much hoping for Lara's return to form.

Loved the first game - the small amount of time I spent on the rest bored me shitless.

I hope this game has that grand sense of exploration of the first game.

it was archaelogical heaven, a game that lived up to the "tomb raider" title.

I remember the feeling of standing atop a huuuge cliff and stopping to look around at the beautiful, scenic & dangerous achitecture that I'd worked so hard and long (hours even) to travel through.

What an amazing sence of acheivment it was.

and of course then there's the 1 second slip that leads to Lara's high pitched squeel as she falls to her doom and wastes the last two hours of your life (and probably the next two aswell!).

Eerie caves, interesting architecture, slow & gradual yet engrossing exploration.

That's what I loved about the first game - the "tombs", the intimidating level design, the sense of achievement of scaling huge cliffs, it was slow paced - even very lonely (I loved the deep echoes of every tiny sound - it gave the whole game feeling), it was another world - tomb raider at it's purist.

The design was so good imo that the very ground you walked on was alive. the sculptured walls and huge statues. The magical level design's are the tomb's hidden treasures .

...

The sequals needent even wear the title "tomb raider". Every game since seems to be a case of "giving-the-fans-what-they-want" gone wrong.

speedboats, wetsuits, mammories....

The desperation for more action has completely railed the sequals, they have lost there identity - they have become "tits with guns".

Lara jumped the shark long ago.

Bring back the lonely freedom and intimidation of the first game, and we finally have our true sequal.

The first game was a bit rough around the edges and could certainly do with a graphical spit-shine. The blueprint is there, yet it has been ignored ever since.

I've seen a couple of exciting screenshots of this game, one's that remind me of the original, while looking so much more graphically refined.

But wait... what's that in that screenshot?... a motorbike stunt?

Oh well!

Witkin · Post by **Witkin** » 26 Mar 2006, 01:23

Exactly, and it's the first Lara game not developed by Eidos. (or was that the publisher :?). Anyway, it's made by another studio. :mrgreen:

The new Tomb Raider game is being developed by Crystal Dynamics, I believe. They're resume (for better or worse) includes the Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver series and Gex: Enter the Gekko. I loved the first Soul Reaver (not Legacy of Kain) game, but since then the games went downhill. the second one in particular was a real snoozer. The third was actually the sequel to the original Legacy of Kain title, and while it supported widescreen, it wasn't particularly interesting IMO.

I've played a LOT of games but outside the first demo, Ive never played a TR game. Ever. My biggest gripe: the character models stand as cartoon cutouts in comparison to the detailed backgrounds, kind of like Perfect Dark Zero (ugh).

Still, I'm trying to keep an open mind about this one....

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 26 Mar 2006, 10:11

The cool thing of the new one is that they made Lara a lot more realistic (honey, they shrunk her boobs).
Also, they finally left the "find a switch ten kilometer away and run back before it closes" concept.
All the puzzles are now in the same room and are a lot more action oriented.
I really think this game is going to be a good one.

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 26 Mar 2006, 13:24

The cool thing of the new one is that they made Lara a lot more realistic (honey, they shrunk her boobs).
Also, they finally left the "find a switch ten kilometer away and run back before it closes" concept.
All the puzzles are now in the same room and are a lot more action oriented.
I really think this game is going to be a good one.

I always loved the find a switch and run like hell concept :) It was awesome performing rolls and jumps to find the quickest path through :)

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 26 Mar 2006, 13:27

True, but for my taste it was a little too much of the same thing.
I hope they have some of the old gameplay with a lot of new gameplay in Legend.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 26 Mar 2006, 13:34

The cool thing of the new one is that they made Lara a lot more realistic (honey, they shrunk her boobs).

Thank. Gawd.

Maybe there won't be as many adolescents buying it for the 'sex'... :roll:

Also, they finally left the "find a switch ten kilometer away and run back before it closes" concept.

Finally. Took 'em long enough...

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 26 Mar 2006, 13:36

Gheghe, indeed. They are really slow understanding. It took them 6 games before they realized the concept was aged. :lol:

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 26 Mar 2006, 20:40

In one of the trailors of this game, Lara's in a very revealing dress, and her boobs aren't shrunk at all - they're as big as ever.

Personally, I'd prefer her without breast implants. If I want to look at big ones, I'll watch pr0n.

Post by **Paradigm Shifter** » 26 Mar 2006, 21:33

There were a lot of jokes floating around when the new real life actress playing Lara Croft was announced... the computer media seemed to take great delight in the 'new Lara'...

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/02/15/new_lara_croft_revealed/

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