![]() ![]() (In fact, she gets sick after her first violent encounter.) Clever choices with the camera work and cut scenes encourage you to identify closely with young Lara. Lara is no longer the cool, competent killer of previous games she's a scared college kid in way over her head. The designers have clearly put an emphasis on characterization and story this time around. Shipwrecked on a mysterious and menacing island, she must fend off hostile natives - wolves, cultists, mercenary soldiers - while piecing together the usual archaeological mysteries. The story: Lara Croft is a young assistant researcher on her first expedition. But I like to think I played the game the way it should be played: obsessively, late at night, overcaffeinated, thumbs aching. Bear in mind that 1998 was two kids and a mortgage ago for me - I'm really no longer in shape for this stuff. In the spirit of gaming circa 1998, I spent a recent weekend tearing through an advance copy of the new Tomb Raider. I suspect it will be making all the Top 10 lists at the end of the year. It's a genuine reboot, with an origin story designed to reinvent Lara Croft as a modern hero, and a hybrid style of game play that mashes up the best elements of several genres. In stores Tuesday for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, the new Tomb Raider really is a terrific game. Lara Croft is back in Tomb Raider, an ambitious update to the venerable franchise and a kind of rearguard action for that traditional, sit-on-the-couch, lose-track-of-time style of gaming. Advance word is that the PS4 will integrate certain mobile and social media functions, and some are speculating whether this is the end for standalone, full-featured console systems.īut lo! Next week a familiar champion returns to fight the good fight for old-school console gaming. Sales of games on the PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360 have dropped precipitously in recent years as mobile gaming - on smartphones and tablets - has become more popular. When Sony recently announced details on the upcoming release of the PlayStation 4, it prompted a new round of hand-wringing about the future of console gaming. The latest version of the game starring Lara Croft (a character played by Angelina Jolie in film adaptations) is being released Tuesday. The Tomb Raider video game franchise started in 1996. ![]()
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