#fmv lara

[psychedelicsaber]

Was checking my facebook feed and was bombarded with Overwatch event. Widowmaker always reminds me of that christmas highlight intro which reminds me of Lara, quite literally~

1996 and 2016 side by side

[luluvonv]

TOMB RAIDER III: THE ADVENTURES OF LARA CROFT FAN REMAKE

I am probably the last person on Earth that has found out about this but still…! Write down name Heckler because we’re going to hear a lot about him!

(Follow Heckler on Twitter and YouTube)

(all photos taken from Heckler’s official accounts or core-design.com)

Some people in this fandom are pure jewels, really. Not only we have Nicobass’ TR II: The Dagger of Xian remake going on but there is also another TR classic remade by a fan, and let me just say IT’S FUCKING AMAZING! This is probably the only time I regret not going to TRF regularly because to find out about these projects is just heartwarming. Heckler informed the TR fanbase about his project only recently, one month ago, despite having been working on this since 2014. Apart from classic features we are used to in classic TR games, there are new ones implemented: certain moves, abilities and …. riding a horse.

Moreover, at the start of the game we can select and then play with Lara of our own choice! There are 5 Lara models, three of them are classic ones, and each one of them has tailor made TR3 outfits. There are also unlockables and colour customization available. The best thing that makes me totally lose it is that one of those Laras is AOD Lara. LOOK AT HER!!!!! if only Kurtis could see her like that *heart eyes*

taken from Heckler’s twitter account

Last but not least, Heckler works as a sound engineer so he’s been remaking music and sounds for this game remake. And here’s a teaser:

In an interview with Core-Design.com he has stated that

‘‘…the basic game is finished. All that is left to do is the optimization, extra cutscenes, the extra modes and the flashback section which you’ll be playing as Stephen Barr. To put a number on it I’d say I’m 70-75% finished and still stand by my Christmas release date.’’

P.S. One of my big wishes has always been to see and play AoD Lara in classic Croft Manor. And Heckler, as it seems, has turned this wish into reality:

MY CLASSIC/AOD TOMB RAIDER ASS IS SINGING ODES!

LINKS:

Interview and article about the project:  http://core-design.com/article80.html

TRF thread: http://www.tombraiderforums.com/showthread.php?t=218115

[raidercast]

Tombs, Flairs and Spike Pits Such an awesome render. I wish we’d got to play an entire game in this style!

[psychedelicsaber]

As a fan of the classics, this makes me really sad :’(

I simply typed just ‘Tomb Raider‘ in hopes for levels like in tomb raider 2 or 3 to come up and the reboot just slipped my mind...then 2013 and the movie flooded the image search.

Was trying to find old tomb raider game models to make something for Lara’s upcoming birthday. Sadly most of the programs I found were either outdated or no longer available for download. Still learning how to use Xnalara but the rigging is just darn complicated.

The more I search for classic tomb raider, the more I yearn for old school 3rd person puzzle platformer, namely the ones made by Core. Oh how I miss Core Design. Crystal Dynamics did brought the game back to life but in their own interpretation, ‘Action!‘ ‘Adventure!‘ ‘Mystery of lost parent!‘ ‘More Action!!!‘ ‘Puzzles? Sure why not?’. I kinda miss the 90′s cheese of Lara’s clever insult rather than simply throwing profanity at someone you remotely have something against. And to be frank, the new tomb raider doesn’t look or act like Lara, THE Lara Croft. Let’s call her Ashley. Although Laura isn’t bad either. Sure, let’s go with that. Laura Cruise.

She’s basically living off of a legacy and made big buck over at CD. I wouldn’t mind it being a game called ‘Fem Bear Grylls: A Survivor Is Born‘ or ‘Uncharted: Available for PC but without all the charming characters‘ or just simply Tomb Raider but with a different character and story, and since CD loves to bring up family matters so much I wouldn’t even bet an eye if it’s Lara’s cousin who is the new protagonist.

The game’s is good don’t get me wrong but it wasn’t a Tomb Raider game, it’s an action adventure walking simulator with constant death lurking in every QTE. Another thing to note is how the game is pushing onto realism. I like stylized characters and that’s why I love the old Tomb Raider so much. I never wanted to be her or relate to her. I’m more mesmerize of the cool moves she does and the cartoony proportion of her model like Jessica Rabbit or Bayonetta. And the character itself, Lara was fun and charming. In the reboot, I was waiting for the witty, intelligent, elegant, posh lady to pop out of her but what I got was bratty girl with daddy issue and apparently suffering from asthma as well, and don’t give me the “She’s the inexperienced Lara. She’s fragile and afraid”. 16 y/o sassy Lara says ‘Hello, darling’.

Welp enough of that, time to go back to nostalgia hole and work on Lara Croft’s birthday. Mark that calender, it’s on 14th Feb!