The Tomb Raider Times (#1) - English version

REBOOT GOALS
The developers followed by explaining the major pillars of the reboot, illustrating how the game franchise had to shift in order to
accommodate the trends in the gaming industry.
The reboot is built on three crucial pillars:
LARA CROFT — understandably, the central character on which this franchise stands. In retrospective, we summed up who she was in
the Reboot and Rise. What is she going to become here?
She is definitely on her strongest yet, mature, experienced and determined not to give up. A welcomed chane is the fact that she won´t
have to re-learn her skills mastered in Rise. Some old gameplay elements are coming back (more on this in the gameplay review), Lara
can interact with the non-playable characters in the game, spare a word here and there. Lara feels more courageous and hardened than
ever before and the game itself will reflect this, being much darker...maybe the darkest in the series yet.
TOMB RAIDING - We all know by now that tomb raiding took the back seat in the reboot, being somehow a reward for exploring outside of
the main route. In Rise, it was represented by the return of the tombs to the main campaign, often with material and XP/skill rewards.
Shadow will bring back the tombs to the main campaign, making them scarier and fearful – as mentioned by the creators, the tombs in
Shadow are hiding various secrets and knowledge, which will be revealed only to the bravest and most skilled tomb raiders. The tombs
were built to protect these secrets and so they will be deadly, making every step potentially the last one. But we all know that Lara likes to
take these extra steps. :-)
SURVIVAL SURVIVAL – This time it won´t be only about hunting food or salvage (even though these do return). Lara is not trying to
simply survive the jungle, she is here to master her surroundings and become one with the jungle. As the developers said, the jungle will
be the second most important character in the game. Mastering all Lara´s skills and equipment will result in her being able to fully take
advantage of her environment. The enemies will eventually feel that they are facing Mother Nature and not a human being. Lara will be
able to sneak in tall grass, wall-lines, cover herself in mud and probably even more. Sounds terrific, right?