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R E V E A L E V E N T — M O N T R É A L Finally, it‘s here, let‘s celebrate! The new installment in the Tomb Raider series was revealed at last. Thanks to the Community Team of Crystal Dynamics, Kronika Tomb Raider has this unique chance to be present at two of the reveal events for the game official revealing, for the official fansites, a few of the chosen Tomb Raider fans who did win the contest, and the gaming press, of course. Those events were held at London, Montréal, and Los Angeles; we had the chance to see the full announcement trailer as the very first fans worldwide, we were presented about what this game means for the Reboot trilogy and game timeline, and—the best at the end—we had our hands on the Shadow of the Tomb Raider massive demo version. This article is about to summarize the Montréal event and demo impressions, as seen by Andrej. But, first things first. The Canadian event was held, as we have mentioned already, in Montréal, where Eidos Montréal, the siste ster r studio of Crystal Dynamics, are located. Eidos Montréal is experienced a lot within Tomb Raider reboot, they have co-operated operated with CD on the development of both Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015). But now with Shadow, they are taking the lead in develo elop- ment, so they are the main responsible for the game, with Crystal Dynamics working „in collaboration“. The event was held in the New City Gas hall‘, which was changed to the part of the jungle, decorated with tons of plants, Mayan pyramids replicas, and Lara banners. The proper jingle feelings were all over the place, deep bow before the managers of the event! Event was held on: NEW CITY GAS 950 Rue Ottawa Montréal, QC H3C 1S4 Just as we entered the hall, our eyes were caught by all the game editions displayed with their complete descriptions, so my wallet is desperately empty... There is a separate article about the editions included, so choose yourself—certainly, there is something that will fit you! No need to mention the great free food and drinks provided to us, in Mexican style—but you are not probably reading the article because of this :-) But, I am pretty sure you will be interested in the announcement trailer, which is CGI made, as seen in teaser already. If you didn‘t watch it yet, do it right now! It is full of actions, emotions and showing us Lara full of the inner fire that wasn‘t here a looong time ago. Or, remembering the final words of Camilla Luddington at the end of that trailer, she may be more than full of this inside her. What will become from the innocent girl, who was playing with her fate to step out from the shadow of her father‘s name? What becomes from her, trying just to survive, save her friends and clean up her family‘s name? Those are the answers that Shadow is bringing to us. She has dealt with a real hell... And hell is what she‘s turning into.
R E V E A L E V E N T - M O N T R É A L P R E S E N T A T I O N According to what Morrigan (Community manager) said to us, this CGI trailer is representing many key aspects of the game itself. We‘we been convinced about this being truth right away, in the demo version— extended and improved combat and traversal options, and the ability to take the advantages from the jungle around Lara, exploring of the ancient ruins and caves underwater, even the mysterious shadow, which follows Lara in the tomb with the pyramid. After the trailer finished (with loud ovations and applause), we‘ve greet the Game Director on the stage—Daniel Bisson. He was working on Reboot and Rise, and now he is leading the Shadow of the Tomb Raider development. After a short reminder, what was the story of two previous titles (mainly for the press), he started to explain the place of the upcoming game in this trilogy. As we already know, it is meant to be the grand, the conclusion of Lara‘s story of how she becomes the character we all know and love. In those two previous titles, Lara was only reacting to what fate had for her. Now, in Shadow, she‘s the one to have all in her hands, controlling her situation; that doesn‘t mean all will go fast and soft. Lara is now about to face herself, what she becomes and what are the results of her actions. The latest comic adventures shows to us that, no matter how much we love Lara, she is certainly not all right mentally, No wonder, after all what she had facing, but, she somehow always did the right thing... Until now, Let‘s recall the Reboot sentence „you just can‘t save them all...“ - now it seems Lara has finally accepted this, and now it is her obsessions with the Trinity and the relic they‘re after what pushes her forward. There are more than significant changes, but not only on Lara—the second main character in the game has also evolved a lot. This character is... THE ENVIRONMENT. It represented Lara‘s enemy in Reboot, she finally mastered it in Rise, and now, they must unite and become one, in order for Lara to get the advantage before Trinity... And who knows before what or who else yet.
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