Originally Posted by Prezzie (Post 3972491)

I liked that she had more realistic limits in the newer games, it was fairly ridiculous in AOD when she could do that silly Matrix jump. Also you could only grab certain ledges in the old games, the only difference with the newer ones is that there's signifiers on the grab-able ledges now.

It is too early as we haven't seen any gameplay. It's like throwing out a book because you don't like what's on the cover.

The game is going to be based around SURVIVAL, there's nothing about horror mentioned anywhere except for the enemy pictures. I took it to mean that it's more about finding resources and surviving the natural perils of island life with some supernatural enemies in the mix rather then out and out survival horror. Also I remember in the earlier games that they mentioned that she was in a plane crash as a young adult where she was the only survivor. It sounds to me that's what they're focusing on instead of completely rewriting her. As for the look, I quite like it.

EDIT: I don't think I've seen it mentioned anywhere that it's going to be rated 18 and the rating of games only occurs when it's finished so nobody knows what it'll be rated in the end as we've seen very little that shines no light on anything gameplay wise.

Originally Posted by Frost Bite (Post 3972504)

Nope, you could grab any ledge that looked like you could grip onto it. In the newer games you can only grab those which the developer decides you can.

True.

Yeah Lara was in a plane crash, but they're now changing that to her research vessel being crashed. She's also not rich anymore. She has been re-written again. There's more info at http://www.tombraiderforums.com.

Go onto http://www.tombraider.com, at the bottom it says it's rated 18+.

Originally Posted by Prezzie (Post 3972537)

No, you could only grab hold of ledges that the designers wanted you to grab hold of. They weren't free plan at all since you still had to follow a path through the level. In the first level of Tomb Raider 2 you still had to make your way up the cliff in the path dictated to you by the game. The only difference with the new game is that some ledges lead nowhere and are just there for decoration.

I've read a few topics and they say she's 'ordinary' not anything about her not being rich. and so what if they've changed her? Why be so close minded about a project you know so little about? There's been plenty of times in other franchises when fans have thrown their toys out the pram because of a re-invention only to admit when they've actually played the game (shocking concept I know) that the fuss was for nothing.

It's not like they're gonna abandon the old style it's probably a deviation for the sake of versatility. Like that one off Prince of Persia they did.

Originally Posted by Frost Bite (Post 3973366)

In the first 6 TRs, you 100% could grab any ledge you wanted. And there were dead ends. The levels were proper complicated. In Legend onwards they've been pretty straight forward, and you could only hold onto specifically scripted edges.

What do you mean so what if they changed her? They redid her biography yet again. She was my ****ing icon for years and they've destroyed the original character I idolised. :(

I am still being open minded about this. I just need to mentally accept that the original style of TR and the original Lara Croft will never return, then I'll be able to enjoy the game.

Originally Posted by Father XcXmas (Post 3977398)

Sorry but this is not what I imagine Tomb Raider to be.

Originally Posted by Frost Bite (Post 3977404)

Like I had to, you'll have to accept these huge changes. They say that you must forget everything you knew about TR. This is a complete reboot.