Hand down the shark repellent Batspray!

Vetterli

@homernoy: Oh I agree, but in all honesty, would you rather play as Nathan Drake, or Lara Croft?

Squamden

It's simply a complete lack of animation blending... has nothing to do with the generation of consoles, just the level of tech sophistication of their engineers and probably the deadlines of Eidos.

Idioteque

What bothers me is how stiff the animation is, the transitions from move to move in the acrobatics movie was stuttered. After the amazing animation (and graphics) in Uncharted you would think they would step up to the plate...
This looks like a pass to me...or at the least a year later used half price purchase...love me some bargains.

Jer1ch0

It looks like bad compression on the movie.

Sticking a grenade to a shark is a gaming first as far as I know. Go Lara!

BrainEater

@Squamden: "After thoroughly enjoying Uncharted, I was starting to wonder why I would ever go back to Tomb Raider"

Well Uncharted is Tomb Raider done right. Why would you?

homernoy

looks quite fun, but very cartoony? Whats up with the layer of plastic on lara? I also noticed how everything was in fast forward...

scuba2steve

Alright... Is it JUST me, or do her movements look horribly choppy? -___- Like seriously. Take a look at her dive off the boat into the water... Her body literally pivots in mid-air...

With the current generation of consoles, I just expect more...

BeyondAShadow

@snakepliskin: They want to be the ones to kill all the animals but they'll always blame it on you.

Morphie

The only thing looking worse than Lara's character model are the animations.

WTF was up with that shark in the beginning? and why does everything look like its in fast forward.

Spenze

After thoroughly enjoying Uncharted, I was starting to wonder why I would ever go back to Tomb Raider.

Then I watched these videos, and was reminded that Lara Croft is hot.

Squamden

God i hate peta so much. Im pretty sure they got youtube to take down the video of randy johnson hitting a bird. They'll come for you next kotaku, just you wait.

snakepliskin

@Lazlo: Yeah, it looked really dated. Its also really hard for me to play an "acrobatic platformer" without comparing it to the Prince of Persia SoT series, I know its not the same type of game but the platforming in that game was so fluid and smooth, this doesnt seem like it. Oh and I hates games with underwater levels (but thats just me).

RET_Ghost

@NorthernAvengeR: I thought it looked very mediocre. The underwater level looked like a poor 3D version of the Super Mario underwater levels and the second vid's cinematography when the bike pulled up reminded me of HeadHunter (DC) and then progressed into some kinda mix of Uncharted and Ninja Gaiden but without ninjas.

DreamcastRIP

I can't wait!

I love the newer Tomb Raider games!
The platforming is really fun.

@kylo4
"Tomb Raider fan*

*Starting at Legend and Anniversary."

Same here.

Ouren

I think this game looks great. I love it. Though I find it disturbing that a pole sticks out conveniently where Laura needs to swing around where there shouldn't even be a pole. I mean have you visit the ancient ruin where everything made of rocks and all of a sudden a horizontal pole sticks out so you can grab it?

pikpikjuice

Anyone else think the opening with her on the boat looked terrible?? Man, it looked like Riddick did on Xbox. We've evolved from that, right?? Right?

Lazlo

I'm anticipating this game as a Tomb Raider fan*. It looks to add quite a bit to the series' gameplay.

*Starting at Legend and Anniversary.

kylo4

Lara should know that the best way to fight a shark is to PUNCH IT IN THE NOSE!

CHW

Haha, obviously not the future of gaming.
Seems horrible dated in every aspect.

valero

@DreamcastRIP:

Ay see what yu did thar.

NorthernAvengeR

Hey, not too bad....although to be honest, the second clip reminded me of a scene from Uncharted. Maybe the student has become the master? [ominous pause]

Datheron

It looks great!

Priboi

Tomb Raider jumped the shark several years ago!

DreamcastRIP

I'd love to know how she swims so fast! lol

Anyway, it looks like it may be entertaining, but the animations didn't look particularly well-done. Look at her as she jumps off of the boat. It is very jagged and angular, instead of smooth and flowing. Bad animation can ruin a game.

Mobus

@Squamden: In third person games, I would have to go with the girl ;)

homernoy

@Mobus: Apparently Lara Croft is Michael Phelps post-op.

BlueGeek

@kylo4: At least I only paid $10 for Legend from K-Mart. I still haven't played it past the first board.

peacefuloutrage

Even though the game was never known for great animation, the physics and animation both are giving me a migraine.

Neer'mo

uncharted just was a better tomb raider. and these graphics are so dated its pathetic

33cbg2113

hmm...that explosion effect sucked for anyone else? Well i guess to a person whose been blowing up shit in games since he was 6 i gotta say i was dissapointed...I was expecting the shark to be hit by the force of that explosion, but he just...kinda died :(

last_dread

@DreamcastRIP: Now they're trying to blow them up to hide the evidence! Shenanigans!

TheMurderer

Not as bad looking as I'd thought...

TheMurderer

My crystal ball only shows me one word, "Mediocre".

Still I have high hopes for this game, I wouldn't mind another enjoyable Tomb Raider game. Haven't played one since TR2 lol...for either lack of interest/or qualities sake.

Valiant Goat

Wait... those sharks don't have FRIKKIN LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS!!!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

@Calavera302: Well, it depends how you look at it. With Uncharted, I liked not having to line up every jump perfectly, and the game's pacing was much better than Tomb Raider's. The characters were likable, and the game was good fun. Crystal Dynamics has without a doubt done a great job with the new Tomb Raider games, and I am definitely interested in Underworld, so hopefully it will turn out well.

Squamden

@homernoy: Yeah, I'm gunna have to disagree there. Uncharted was certainly prettier graphically, but the platforming animations were jerky, there was FAR too much gunplay, and the puzzles were... wait, there weren't any puzzles.

Uncharted was just Tomb Raider for people who liked Gears of War.

Calavera302

Hmm.. how much time until the nude mod? :P

CockroachMan

@CHW: Actually, the best way to fight a shark is by punching it in the gills. They are more sensitive and you are less likely to ram your arm into it's mouth.

Concretepiggy

Yes, it has a very uncharted feel to it but that is a good thing. TR needed a speed boost.

I like TR games and liked Uncharted. But I prefer the more puzzle element focus of the TR game over the shoot focus of Uncharted. Neither bad, just my prefs. So an Uncharted feeling game with TR puzzles sounds fun to me. :)

GPman

the amination is looking shaky,snd as somebody above said it was like the first vid was speeded up.

XCON

@DreamcastRIP: Sadly it did, Angel of Darkness killed it, and now it's Zombified corpes still roams the gaming world.

DontCrossMyanimals

@Lazlo: i agree, she looks stiff. i hope this was just an engine test and not gameplay

INDIGOVENOM

@Datheron: I THOUGHT THE SAME. but uncharted looks better.

INDIGOVENOM

...I was interested in why she blew up her house, but the new vids make me think, I def still done with TR...

aang001

@Squamden: Heh, exactly the same line of thought I had.

LastFace

+ Watch video

Crawl to China

@DontCrossMyanimals: Well, Angel of Darkness was (I think) the last game to use the old movement system and be developed by Core (or was it Chronicles?). So yeah, Angel of Darkness killed the old-style Tomb Raider games, but if you've played Legend or Anniversary you'll know they're very different beasts.

thejakechord

I'm just confused how a normal human being could, as easily as she did, grappling hook a giant freaking rock and be able to pull it off a column.

prelude97

Looks decent, Crystal Dynamics seems to be making the Tomb Raider games a lot more interesting for sure.

zigurat

@CHW: Punch it in the nose.. lmao. Such a HORRIBLE MOVIE!!

Black_Ops_19

I got so used to fluid animation in good games that I really didn't enjoy watching this. :(

HenryHSH

ya, sorry, that just doesn't cut it anymore.

joeloliol

Looking good, hopefully if this matches the quality of Legend and Anniversary it should be awesome.

photoboy

Okay I think it's time animation in games actually took a step up the fluidity ladder. Enough of these canned animations that stop dead when the next animation cycle is hit, how about bringing in a bit of subtle follow through over the top of whatever animation is playing, surely there is some sort of physics coding that can do that.

I create game animation for a living, along with other forms of animation and stop, start, stop, start nature of game animation really kills the believability, especially on humanoid characters.

robinhood_0

Until here breasts are utilize for puzzle-solving, this will just be "Another Tomb Raider Game" for me.

FatFrank

Her movements seem a bit rigid, I think there should be more of a struggle as she approaches these obstacles. But it still looks like quite a nice good, I'd probably pick this up after a while when it releases.

Fongsaiyuk

That was an endangered species dammit!

The shark too.

Treesus

@INDIGOVENOM:

I thought the same too but uncharted does NOT look better. The backgorunds were amazing but I wasn't too impressed with the graphics overall.

FullTimeGamer

@Datheron:

exactly what i thought. i actually think uncharted looks better too.

dh4645

obvious the videos are of poor quality and probably too much compression making the character models look horrible and the animation and movement look jerky, shaky and sped up.

pretty sure the final product will look and play much better.

kneehighspy

@thejakechord:

i agree, tomb raider is the only series (imo) that has died and come back to life looking and playing better than it did in its previous life.

looking forward to this title, as legend and anniversary did re-light the tomb raider fire once again.

kneehighspy

Wow, hypercritical whining on the Internet? Go figure. If this is as good as TR: Legend, I'm playing it. And yeah, I'd also play Uncharted 2.

MoreSandvich

@Calavera302: I definitely agree about the puzzles, just finished Legend (late to the party I know!) and enjoyed it immensely. You don't get enough puzzles in games these days.

For the record, I did also like Uncharted but it needed something a bit extra.

McGaveson

So much negativity? I can't wait for this game, so glad the series is back on track.

TearsandScreams

On the brightside, we got to see Lara's goodies in HD!

Vallen