@jackal888: When a particular individual in Crystal Dynamics witnessed the profit margin generated by the GOW series and decided to roll with it for kicks and in hopes it'll drive some sales.

B33

@jackal888:

if you followed the storyline i think lara wants to kill natla....who in the end of tra became a god...am i close?

lonesn1per

@goddessakasha:

you got that right!

i for one am getting this game, hopefully they are true to the mythology. people need to stop advertising what they WONT get even though in the end it will be bought.....for them to make this big they need sales and apparently there is a huge fan base out there just the fact they totally reimagined the concept of tombraider.

lonesn1per

@Devmani: Actually, Norse mythology has been used quite a bit already. The Valkyrie Profile series is completely influenced by Norse mythology. More recent games have been Odin Sphere, Viking: Battle for Asgard, and of course, Too Human.

I love studying Norse mythology, and the fact that this Tomb Raider uses it in their story makes me even more excited for this game!

BlueWizard422

So Lara wants to "...kill a god". Where have we heard that before? How did God of War and Tomb Raider merge?

jackal888

@goddessakasha: I've really enjoyed the last two tomb raider games. I think they've got the formula down.

Methusalah

Not a big TR fan but just finished Anniversary 360 ( I know a little late to the party) and I did enjoy it. May give this one a shot. And yeah, let this be the last Norse... whatever, until the next Silicon Knights horror show. Mr. Dyack you probably shouldn't have defended your game so vehemently, it wasn't that good. At all.

Saliu

Funny how I always read comments about people not being interested in a Lara game, yet the games end up all selling really well.

I guess the true Lara fans don't spend much time posting on gaming blogs and forums.

goddessakasha

Ack so many other games to look forward too....poor Lara

excel_excel

Intriguing... Though the Tomb Raider series has never really interested me mainly because of the controls, story, and overall tone have little appeal to my own interests. It's just not my type of game, in the end...

B33

@Devmani: Yeah, you never really see Roman mythology used anymore. Although I think the original Tomb Raider had some mythological mishaps, where you were raiding "Neptune's" temple in ancient *Greece*...

BelmontHeir

I highly enjoyed TR:L, so I will pick this game up, but it won't be until sometime in 09 or after a price drop.

Too many other games to worry about before I have my way with Lara.

Teamwork Takedown

Tomb Raider with shades of God of War... interesting enough to get on my GameFly queue, but that's about it.

ChaoticInfinityX

Woah, Lara really has come a long way since her old days.

The facial animation was a bit stiff, but everything else looks very pretty.

Ryumeka

Great more Norse mythology, is this the new "brown" of game design first Too Human and now this. (you can include WoW in that as well if you really think about it.) Don't get me wrong I love mythology but it seems like Norse style is popping up frequently this year.

Devmani

@Xuchilbara: sadly, this is the only thing that got me interested in picking it up. Hopefully it won't disappoint too badly.

~19

Black_Ops_19

Reminds me of every other Tomb Raider plot line where the developers seem compelled to force a connection between their random game locations by rationalizing a hokey amalgam of Chinese/Norse/Mayan/Egyptian myths.

RaptureScientist

I dunno if I am gonna hop on this boat or not :-\

Xuchilbara

@jackal888: God of War invented god killing. Makes sense to me!

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

whoa, Toby Gard is back?

dogcow

@Saliu: Funny, I played through the demo twice, almost forcing myself, never completed it either, and yet I highly enjoyed the full retail release.

Teamwork Takedown

@Madeira: Thanks for understanding. I wanted that game since they first announced it. I even played through the demo 6 times, but then when I got the retail home... well. They should've made Eternal Darkness 2.

Saliu

I haven't played Tomb Raider: Legend yet, but I played Anniversary on the Wii. I can't say I really enjoyed it. It felt like Prince of Persia minus the frustration-easing "Rewind" feature and the compelling story, with these empty and lonely levels that were just too vast for their own good. I felt pretty bummed while I was playing it, actually.

That said, I love games where you jump and climb all over stuff, so I would like a really good Tomb Raider game.

BelmontHeir

@jackal888: If it worked for Spock...

[A reference to Star Trek V]

*shrugs shoulders*

Soldier_CLE

What about the sharks like in the cool TR wallpaper found on PSN? I wish I could find one without Lara and the TR logo to grace on the screen.

Snappywave

@Saliu: lol, 'horror show'. It's actually in the running for my GOTY. But I can appreciate the need to use a TR post to hate on TH, opportunities to speak your mind about that game have been few and far between on the internet.

Anniversary is pretty good, it's the only 360 game I actually attempted to get 1000/1000 gamerpoints. Why I cared to do that I have no idea.

Madeira

@Xuchilbara:
I'm with you, it seems like the same old crap. All the animations, character design, etc.

DigitalHero

@Ryumeka:
facial animations mightve been a little stiff, but her overall movement is actually extremely impressive.

aKed

Just to clarify, I was being sarcastic.

B33

I don't play a Tomb Raider game since Tomb Raider II..

I liked those.. might try this one

CockroachMan

@BelmontHeir: I didn't care for Anniversary or any of the older Tomb Raider games, but Legend is surprisingly good. If Underworld builds on Legend without bringing back the boredom of Anniversary, it ought to be a worthwhile game.

emag

I've really enjoyed the reboot of the franchise since Crystal Dynamics took over the reigns.

I'm looking forward to this one.

Vault69

Norse mythology; probably about the only mythology in gaming that hasn't been covered a thousand times yet. Eventually they'll have to make up a new mythology and put Lara on Mars or in another solar system.

Mmmm, Lara... Barack Obama should have picked her as his potential veep. An attractive woman who likes guns, running for Vice President of the United States?

Eh, couldn't happen.

Xiatter

@Xiatter:

Norse mythology is well tread.
Lost vikings, Odin Sphere, Valkrie Profile, Too Human, bits of starcraft (protoss tribe names), FF series has many norse inspired elements, Ragnarok online, bits of Halo, and Rune.

Not as well tread as the tolkienesque settings, midevil europe, feudal Japan, feudal China, or Greece/roman but still pretty well tread.

Whats not well tread is games using native north or South American mythologies, African mythologies, Russian mythologies, or Indian mythologies.

kingmanic

Pretty exciting to see Toby back and involved in a big way.

hagridore

@Combichristoffersen:
Scandinavia, that is.

Combichristoffersen

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under):
God of War invented Nietzsche, who then went on to invent deicide.

Anyway, I'm from cnadinavia myself, so I'm not saying no thanks to more Norse mythology (i can haz Lara vs. Midgard serpent or Fenris wolf?).

Combichristoffersen

Nice! People don't know jack about the story and are already crapping on the game! :D How about if you want to crap on a story, you experience it first, (hopefully) understand it, and THEN pass judgment? Oh wait... I forgot where I was posting for a moment. LOL.

Color me interested. Very interested.

GlibGamer

@kingmanic: Ooooh Russian Mythologies. I'd go for that.

Xiatter

Man soooooo much hate for this game. As a big Tomb Raider fan I find that to be offensive, especially considering the series' recent return to form. The puzzles in Tomb Raider have always been some of the most compelling in video games and this sounds to more of the great formula. Now if they can keep the crappy driving sequences from Legend out of this, it should be an awesome game. I also think the fact that Lara gets dirty and will show wear and tear from her environment is a very unique thing. It will draw the player in since their actions have a visual effect on the character. Also the plot looks pretty cool. Sure it may have the same mythos used in previous games, but it ties them together with a new underlying theme we haven't seen before. Not to mention this is Lara's first true step into the Next Gen.

nitromic

@nitromic: I can't wait, this is one of the games I'm looking forward to the most actually. The plot isn't meant to be deep as such anyway, it's a B-Movie plot at best. But it's fun = most important of all.

TearsandScreams

@GlibGamer: well said sir!!!

KristenBal

@GlibGamer: here here don't dis the Croft

holybarbie

YAY norse mythology plus you get to follow a hot babe

tomb raider ROXOR

holybarbie

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Basically.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

So, they basically spoiled the hype on the "some doors are better left unopened" teaser?
Basically, they are playing it safe and using the same cliche of other adventure titles. Ok.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Go ahead and judge me for my "horrible taste" in video games but TR:U just shot past Fallout 3 to nestle itself neatly behind LBP on my TOP 5.

Ira Lazerburg

"I need the HAMMAH..."

Oh well, maybe this one will be good.

artofwar420

Last 2 TR's on Xbox360 were pretty good.
This one seems even better.

Herbal23

A lot of those locations in the video are very similar to Angkorwat and other Cambodia temples.

Caterwaul

Worst facial animation, EVER!

opt2not

i think facial animation is pretty cool.. They dont aim very realistic human renders. Lara's face and animations are quite deformed and stylized.

GimmeCat