Rise of The Tomb Raider Shows A New Side of Lara Croft
Looks like the Xbox One is getting a new Tomb Raider—and in this one, Lara Croft seems haunted by her past experiences (the trailer shows Croft in what appears to be a therapy session). Interesting!
In a press release, Square Enix’s Darrell Gallagher said, “With the power of the new generation, and our proprietary Foundation engine, our high octane action moments will be even more epic. Multiple locations around the world will be filled with exploration spaces that are some of the most beautifully hostile places on earth and over three times larger than we could achieve before. Our digital actors will rival CG quality, and after hearing the cry from our fans loud and clear, we will put the tombs back into Tomb Raider, all in our gritty Survival-Action style.”
After seeing the trailer firsthand, I think that the therapist is only an introductory mechanic, but we will have to deal with Lara’s inability to deal with the traumatic events of the first game. While I appreciate the fact that they’re recognizing that the first game was incredibly brutal on the main character, I don’t want to have to continue to revisit that. Again, and this is as a fan of the franchise, I don’t want to have modern grittiness in my tomb raiding. I want adventure and exploration. However, it does certainly seem to have a grasp on the scope of Lara’s exploration, which gives me hope. I’ll be playing it with caution, as the reboot was essentially the video game version of Man of Steel: needlessly violent and missing the aspects of Tomb Raider that made it great.
