That's about 2 miles we are told confidently.

Like Elder Scrolls V, anything you see in the game you can get to with an incredibly open game play and feel. In the level we were shown the captain of the ship (turns out he is the dude that drops her in the pre E3 game trailer) was struggling to live and Ms Croft needed to climb to a high mountain to get some medical supplies. A reboot really means going back to the beginning and that means Lara just isn’t so sure of herself as she has perhaps been in the past. No she isn’t alone, but she is slightly weaker and not as confident as in previous games. Here we find out plenty more details to share with you. Through a series of puzzles and quick button presses she escapes and we can all breath a sigh of relief.Ī couple of ours later and we find ourselves in a our behind closed doors session which lasts around 20 minutes (sadly no photography). In the on stage walkthrough set near the start of the game, Lara Croft finds herself marooned on an island and hanging upside down presumably captured by some guy keen to eat her. We came to enjoy Tomb Raider twice at E3 this year, once in the Microsoft press conference, and a second time with the developers Crystal Dynamics in a behind closed doors briefing.īoth times we weren’t able to get our own hands on the controller, however both times key members of the development team had the reigns (we probably would have died anyway) showing us just some of the treats in store when the game eventually comes out in late 2012 barring any delays. Here begins the first adventure for a young and inexperienced Lara Croft in a story which charts the journey of an ordinary woman who finds out just how far she must go in order to stay alive. On her own but not alone she has only one goal, to survive.’ ‘After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was travelling on,Ī frightened young woman is left washed ashore on an unknown beach. “This is an origins story that creates Lara Croft and takes her on a character defining journey like no other.” “Forget everything you know about TOMB RAIDER, we are exploring things that have never been done before in this game,” said Darrell Gallagher, Head of Studio, Crystal Dynamics. Steelseries celebrates its 20th anniversary, a legacy of gloryĪny previous Tomb Raider game, Uncharted seriesĭoes it use any new tech like 3D, PlayStation Move, or Kinect for Xbox 360?

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