Tomb Raider: Lara Croft Reborn Latest News

A re-designed Lara looking pretty pee'd off

Lara Croft is the latest gaming character of days gone by to make a block buster return to our consoles. Development team Crystal Dynamics are the brains behind the new Tomb Raider game. It wont be as linear as other Tomb Raider games. Previously we were given a route to follow and had to jump, climb and clamber over various obstacles to continue on our path. This time around we can go off the beaten track as any good explorer would. The developers want to try something new so it will be a change from the old style Tomb Raider franchise but hopefully a change for the better. This time you wont be led down a pre-set track full of annoying obstacles. You can roam around and explore the beautifully designed levels. The development team keep referring to this as "Dynamic Traversal". The paths you can roam are based around campfire hubs. You can revisit the hubs at any time, but you need to use the XP system in the game to gain abilities and skills to access some of these paths. Lara learns abilities, skills and finds tools as you go so you learn with her. To start with, she can barely look after herself and this can clearly be seen in the game but soon she becomes a killing machine to be wary of.

At one point in the latest gameplay preview Lara can be seen launching arrows into a deer from her newly acquired bow and arrow and this clearly shows us how low her skill level of shooting is to start with. Its pretty bad i'm certain id do better myself ! This part of the game play at its core is training both Lara and yourself throughout the course of the game. The world in this game is deadly convincing. There is a more mature feel to this game than previous Tomb Raiders and even Lara herself is designed to be more of a heroin than eye candy for teenage boys. The game is being hailed as a survival action game as opposed to a platformer as before. There is an air of Uncharted 3 with this game but the developers are quick to discourage this kind of talk stating that it's a different experience and not at all like Uncharted 3. Its a survival action game with elements of psychological survival more than the type of survival that would entail rationing your pee to drink later. The story tries to wear Lara down and she has to find the strength to cling to life. This game looks like one to watch for sure.

Set for release on PC, XBOX 360, PS3

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