Tomb Raider: Legend

crystal dynamics is currently developing the next lara croft adventure, ent-tled tomb raider: legend.
category: action adventure > modern
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around a month ago, eidos interactive unveiled the first image of the new-and-improved tomb raider heroine, lara croft. looking nothing like angelina jolie, who played her in the tomb raider films, the new lara also sports redder hair and a more athletic–and less buxom–physique than previous incarnations.

today, eidos showed what the new lara can do when it released the first trailer for the current-generation console versions of tomb raider: legend. the trailer begins with the gun-toting adventuress performing some ground rolls in a darkened room, and it goes on to show a cutscene of her svelte figure as she walks in front of a setting sun.

then, in a series of quick cuts, lara is seen in an overgrown ruin, a modern office building, some rickety mines, and a medieval tomb. she performs several maneuvers, including ground slides, evasive dodges, and some cliff-hanging platform-jumping. later on, she can be seen climbing ropes against a neon cityscape, as well as eventually performing a daring stunt with a motorcycle.

the tomb raider: legend trailer also features several close-ups of the now-much-more-expressive ms. croft. her eyes can be seen giving cautious-but-somehow-furtive sidelong glances. it concludes with a montage of lara in combat, where she employs her trademark dual pistols, in addition to a rocket launcher.

tomb raider: legend is due out this fall on the pc, xbox, and playstation 2. it will also be released for the psp and xbox 360 at a later date. check out gamespot’s previous coverage for more on this make-or-break installment of the long-running franchise.

by tor thorsen, gamespot posted: 05/02/05 05:46 pm