![]() We were effectively just doing that for a paycheck because no other team wanted to take it on. “ Tomb Raider 5 was effectively a load of old shit. Was the game any good? Well here is what Andy Sandham, a designer for the game stated years after it was made… The game wraps up with an expedition in Egypt where an excavation of the collapsed temple Lara (supposedly) died in from the last game reveals Lara’s iconic backpack and the game ends presuming that Lara has been found alive. In the final yarn – Lara infiltrates Von Croy Industries HQ in New York to gain possession of the Iris, the artefact that began the events of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. Story three is set during Lara’s childhood where a 16 year old Lara is exploring the Black Isle of Ireland. The second tale has Lara exploring the Pacific Ocean for the Spear of Destiny. The first story has Lara in Rome searching for the fabled Philosopher’s Stone. Set just a few days after Lara’s (supposed) death, a memorial service is held at Croft Manor as friends of Lara gather to reminisce on some of her past adventures… and this is where you get to play as Lara once more. Oh and Lara is (supposedly) killed off at the end too.īut Lara didn’t stay dead for long as the release of Tomb Raider: Chronicles in 2000 proved. Aside from an opening prequel where you get to play as Lara when she was 16 years old set in Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Gone is the globetrotting element of the first three games as this one takes place solely in Egypt. A handful of new features and cosmetics were all that was on offer. ![]() The games were hardly evolving and were little more than just Lara ‘wearing a new hat’. To be honest, by the time this game was released – the whole Tomb Raider/Lara Croft thing was wearing a little thin. So Lara sets out to entrap the god back into its resting place. She accidentally releases the god who threatens to unleash an apocalypse on Earth. While in Egypt, Lara uncovers an ancient tomb where an Egyptian God was once imprisoned. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation was the fourth entry in the series, the start of the numberless sequels and was released in 1999. This marked the end of the original numbered trilogy, but there was plenty more Lara to come. This time, Lara’s globetrotting takes her to India, the South Pacific, Nevada, London and Antarctica as she searches for meteorite stones. ![]() Lara’s move set had yet again been improved as she could now sprint and even ‘monkey swing’ on overhead bars and vines. The last game in the original trilogy, Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft was released in 1998. She could also use two vehicles in the game a snowmobile while in Tibet and a motorboat in Venice.īy 1997, Lara Croft had become a pop culture icon as she turned up on the cover of magazines often not associated with games as well as appearing in TV adverts for SEAT cars, Lucozade energy drink and even showing up at U2’s Popmart live tour in 1997. Lara’s travels took her to Venice, Tibet and China. Lara was as nimble as before and was packing even more weapons too like a speargun, grenade launcher and an M16 rifle to kill even more animals around the globe. It was pretty much more of the same with a bit more polish. This time, Lara investigates the legend of the Dagger of Xian a mythical weapon which was said to be used by an Emperor of China. The game was a huge success and the inevitable sequel, Tomb Raider II was released in 1997. There is even a T-Rex battle because… why not? Lara would spend most of her gun skills killing a variety of animals like wolves, bats, bears and gorillas. Pistols, uzis, shotguns and even a magnum. ![]() Lara was a nimble character as she could run, jump, flip, climb, dive, swim and she also had a small arsenal of weapons too. Lara is then send around the globe to seek out the rest of the Scion in locations such as Greece Egypt and the lost city of Atlantis. The first part of which she finds in the lost tomb of Qualopec in Peru. You play as Lara Croft who sets out to recover a mysterious artefact called the Scion. Borrowing gameplay elements from the 1989 classic Prince of Persia. Tomb Raider was a melding of action, platforming, puzzles and exploration. Developed by Core Design while being published by Eidos Interactive. Tomb Raider was the game that started it all. So I’m going to spend some time looking back at the main games in the franchise and its ups and downs as well as Lara herself over the last 20 years. Back in October of 1996, the world was first introduced to now gaming icon legend – Lara Croft with the release of the original Tomb Raider. ![]()
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