Tomb Raider Cinematic Trailer

DoctorFinger · 06-03-2011, 10:47 AM

Square Enix has released a cinematic trailer for the new, rebooted Tomb Raider, and it's pretty damn impressive considering it doesn't show a second of gameplay.

Look for the new Tomb Raider in 2012.

digitalErich · 06-03-2011, 10:48 AM

I caught this last night over at Joystiq...the end reveal of this trailer is very cool and is more interesting to me than any previous TR setting.

Xerxes · 06-03-2011, 11:11 AM

Survivor born? But but... what about the adventurer?

kyrieee · 06-03-2011, 11:22 AM

The trailer doesn't make much sense when you think about it a bit. Where did the guy who pulled her up go? How does she not get impaled by the metal sticking out of the ship when she grabs the arm after the jump? Why is one side of a ship split in half better than another?

I think it's a great premise for a TR game though because it suggest:
1) no human enemies
2) solitude!

I won't mind if they play up the survivalist aspect. For me the best parts of the TR games were when you were alone in a big abandoned place with and had to solve very involved environmental puzzles. I don't want a character driven story, I just want the story of whatever you have to do.

Hawkzombie · 06-03-2011, 11:49 AM

Am I the only one who finds her voice a bit...young?

I dunno, maybe I'm used to the voices used in the past, but this one sounds 15 or 16 at best.

Other than that? I'm sold. This looks like a solid reboot.

Squidbot · 06-03-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawkzombie

Am I the only one who finds her voice a bit...young?

I dunno, maybe I'm used to the voices used in the past, but this one sounds 15 or 16 at best.

Other than that? I'm sold. This looks like a solid reboot.

It's a reboot, right? She's young I guess.

Wake me up when the gameplay starts. I'm bored shitless of pretty pre rendered trailers. They do absolutely nothing to sell the game to me.

Hotcod · 06-03-2011, 12:19 PM

ya fuck story elements and getting across how the reboot of the ip is going to work!

Pale Ale · 06-03-2011, 12:20 PM

Wow she's pretty fucked up at the end, I'll bet she did even notice the recurve bow smashed into her back.

Stoke · 06-03-2011, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawkzombie

Am I the only one who finds her voice a bit...young?

I dunno, maybe I'm used to the voices used in the past, but this one sounds 15 or 16 at best.

Other than that? I'm sold. This looks like a solid reboot.

No way that voice was less than 20. I'd put the actor around 26 personally. You haven't spent enough time around teenagers lately.

I'm excited for this game. That's a first for Tomb Raider so I guess they're doing something right.

Hotcod · 06-03-2011, 12:30 PM

ya 'cus it's clear NO TIME HAS PASSED from the moment she fell in the water to the bit where she's on a beach dry and with a bow... nope... none at all...

(just presume all my posts in this thread are plum coloured)

(note 2: I know it's a joke but i've seen it everywhere today

)

Seika · 06-03-2011, 01:36 PM

Whoa, pretty nice CG trailer, these guys should make like a movie or something...

MagGnome · 06-03-2011, 03:19 PM

I loved the first two Tomb Raider games. I haven't played the Crystal Dynamic ones, but I'm looking forward to this.

kyrieee · 06-03-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by MagGnome

I loved the first two Tomb Raider games. I haven't played the Crystal Dynamic ones, but I'm looking forward to this.

You should play Anniversary.
Hell, I'll gift you it!

MagGnome · 06-03-2011, 03:28 PM

I appreciate the offer, but I have Anniversary, Legend, and Underworld on Steam. I just haven't played them.

Purple Santa · 06-03-2011, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by MagGnome

I appreciate the offer, but I have Anniversary, Legend, and Underworld on Steam. I just haven't played them.

So you will buy another game that you will not play?

You should try to play them, they are awesome games...says the TR shill.

That trailer was amazing. I have to wait until 2012? boo.

MagGnome · 06-03-2011, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Purple Santa

So you will buy another game that you will not play?

You should try to play them, they are awesome games...says the TR shill.

That trailer was amazing. I have to wait until 2012? boo.

I actually bought a wired 360 controller for my PC so that I could play the Tomb Raider games, among others. It's sitting around here...somewhere.

RandoM51 · 06-03-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kyrieee

The trailer doesn't make much sense when you think about it a bit. Where did the guy who pulled her up go?

He is unconscious, bumped his head when the ship ran aground. Your first quest will be to find him in the shipwreck.

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Originally Posted by kyrieee

How does she not get impaled by the metal sticking out of the ship when she grabs the arm after the jump?

The momentum of her jump swings her forward, under the deck he is on. When she swings back out their grip fails and she falls to the sea.

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Originally Posted by kyrieee

Why is one side of a ship split in half better than another?

When a ship founders if most of the water is contained on one end of the ship it will often snap the keel, effectively breaking the ship into one or more pieces. We already know she was in the part of the ship where the leak was, which is why her side is going down quickly.

I think a survival tomb raider game could be quite interesting, long as she doesn't run into Jacob or Hurley.

TrackZero · 06-03-2011, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawkzombie

Am I the only one who finds her voice a bit...young?

I dunno, maybe I'm used to the voices used in the past, but this one sounds 15 or 16 at best.

Other than that? I'm sold. This looks like a solid reboot.

I didn't like the narration, she sounds like a prat and doesn't jive with my perception of the character. But hey, they're trying new stuff and this wasn't gameplay so whatever, but I'm not impressed.

Zanzibar · 06-03-2011, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MagGnome

I appreciate the offer, but I have Anniversary, Legend, and Underworld on Steam. I just haven't played them.

I really enjoyed them. I had only played the demo of the original TR, so Anniversary was a treat.

I liked Legend the best, Anniversary was great, Underworld was simply very good. All 3 were, for me, well worth the time spent in them.

MagGnome · 06-03-2011, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Zanzibar

I really enjoyed them. I had only played the demo of the original TR, so Anniversary was a treat.

I liked Legend the best, Anniversary was great, Underworld was simply very good. All 3 were, for me, well worth the time spent in them.

I've heard good things about all three games. I've installed all of them, so I'll jump in soon.

06-03-2011, 10:47 AM	#1
DoctorFinger Editor in Chief Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New York City Posts: 14,040 Blog Entries: 10	Tomb Raider Cinematic Trailer Square Enix has released a cinematic trailer for the new, rebooted Tomb Raider, and it's pretty damn impressive considering it doesn't show a second of gameplay. Look for the new Tomb Raider in 2012.

06-03-2011, 10:48 AM	#2
digitalErich Mathematical! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: East Bay, CA Posts: 4,776	I caught this last night over at Joystiq...the end reveal of this trailer is very cool and is more interesting to me than any previous TR setting. __________________ Live: digitalErich / Wii U: tbd / PS3: digitalErich / Steam: digitalErich

06-03-2011, 11:11 AM	#3
Xerxes ONE FUCKING BOX Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: HTX Posts: 20,558 Blog Entries: 8	Survivor born? But but... what about the adventurer? __________________ 360: Xerxes PSN: ArmoredXerxes Bitch, please. I've gone through the alphabet with more girls than a kindergarten teacher. -Ox My life requires busting faggoty assed bitches like yourself in the fucking face. -Zeal the original Game Boy was the size of a VCR -pronounconnoun

06-03-2011, 11:49 AM	#5
Hawkzombie The Lord of Shadow Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 17,403 Blog Entries: 3	Am I the only one who finds her voice a bit...young? I dunno, maybe I'm used to the voices used in the past, but this one sounds 15 or 16 at best. Other than that? I'm sold. This looks like a solid reboot. __________________ I have a blog. Go read it! PSN/Steam ID - JaynesHat/Hawkzombie There is the crazy HZ and the well refined logic and reasoning HZ. Both are pretty entertaining -Purple Santa I love that Hawk exists to make every decision I make, no matter how self-destructive, look wise by comparison. -Ox I just realized that for the longest time I've been getting you and Karak mixed up. -fitbabits

06-03-2011, 12:20 PM	#8
Pale Ale of Blowupyourfacehiem Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Left Side of the Map, That Elbow Posts: 4,458 Blog Entries: 5	Wow she's pretty fucked up at the end, I'll bet she did even notice the recurve bow smashed into her back. __________________ I can not be held responsible for things I say unmedicated!!! Steam: stalecandy Filthy Live Tag: Stalecandy9 PSN: Stalecandy9

06-03-2011, 11:22 AM	#4
kyrieee RAWR Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,861	The trailer doesn't make much sense when you think about it a bit. Where did the guy who pulled her up go? How does she not get impaled by the metal sticking out of the ship when she grabs the arm after the jump? Why is one side of a ship split in half better than another? I think it's a great premise for a TR game though because it suggest: 1) no human enemies 2) solitude! I won't mind if they play up the survivalist aspect. For me the best parts of the TR games were when you were alone in a big abandoned place with and had to solve very involved environmental puzzles. I don't want a character driven story, I just want the story of whatever you have to do.

06-03-2011, 12:19 PM	#7
Hotcod Warm fish smells funny Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,062 Blog Entries: 2	ya fuck story elements and getting across how the reboot of the ip is going to work!

06-03-2011, 12:30 PM	#10
Hotcod Warm fish smells funny Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,062 Blog Entries: 2	ya 'cus it's clear NO TIME HAS PASSED from the moment she fell in the water to the bit where she's on a beach dry and with a bow... nope... none at all... (just presume all my posts in this thread are plum coloured) (note 2: I know it's a joke but i've seen it everywhere today )

06-03-2011, 01:36 PM	#11
Seika In Wonderland. Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,089	Whoa, pretty nice CG trailer, these guys should make like a movie or something...

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