Okay, I haven't been a Tomb Raider fan since I was 12, and in my opinion (and most rational people's as well) we've seen way too many re-imaginings of the series, and each one was a successful jump of the shark.
Buuuuuuut... check out the trailer from E3 of the newest Tomb Raider.
Now, it's against my nature to get excited about a trailer that doesn't show any gameplay... however, I'm somewhat interested in where their gonna take the survival theme... also Squenix?... Well, it will be interesting regardless!
Make sure you read the review of the gameplay footage, which goes on about how it looks to be a very cinematic and fluid game. As you may know by now, that's what I'm all about (at least on this blog)! So, I have to say... I'm interested, but very, very skeptical.
After all these years, I still have dim hopes of Lara Croft being a feminist gaming icon. But like the vast majority of game girls, she suffers from male appeasement syndrome, which negates a legitimate empowering message that her dialogue and kick-assery would otherwise suggest.
You know what I would like to see? Call me a nutter, but I would love if instead of another retcon of the series, they instead featured a game starring a more mature and wise Lara. Maybe somewhere between the age of thirty and forty, with a more intellectual focus on archaeology, history and culture. The game could still be centered around action-oriented and dynamic gameplay, but with a (dare I say) educational twist.
Man... I must seem really fucking old.
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