Tuesday, August 20, 2013

What I'd Like To See In The Next Tomb Raider Title

I honestly haven't been paying attention to Tomb Raider news as much as I used to, so I may be a little late on saying this. But I was looking online last night and saw a post about a new Tomb Raider title being in the works on next-gen consoles. I was overly excited, but I am hoping they change some things that were placed into the 2013 reboot of Tomb Raider. 1) NO MULTIPLAYER. I know a lot of people, including myself, didn't thoroughly enjoy the Tomb Raider multiplayer experience. Personally, I felt as if it was 'added onto the game for the sake of adding it on'. Yes, I know the developers were trying to add something new to the game, but in my opinion, Tomb Raider has never been and never will be meant for multiplayer. Most games that have never had multiplayer before and suddenly include it suck. I believe multiplayer in Tomb Raider killed the game. The modes weren't even that fun, the characters were boring and the level design was linear and small. 2) MORE GLOBE TROTTING. Being a long time Tomb Raider fan, I've always been a huge fan of the globe trotting element in the Tomb Raider games. My favorite example of this would be in Tomb Raider Legend. Each location was diverse and fun to explore. In the reboot, when it was taken away, it seemed very dull. Besides, the island in my opinion was cool, but at the same time a pain to explore at times. 3) BRING BACK THE CROFT MANOR. The Croft Manor was my favorite aspect of the Tomb Raider games. Lara's home was always a joy to explore and each part of the mansion was very unique. Tomb Raider Anniversary and Legend were good examples of this. They're both the same in design, including a library, pool, outside area and maze (which wasn't accessible in Legend unfortunately), private gym and bedroom. The great thing about Anniversary is that they added more to the house. Some examples include Zip's tech room being replaced with moving crates, the pool being drained of water, the shrub maze, music room, etc. I'm just hoping they bring the Croft Manor back, and if they do, have a similar or different design. 4) BRING BACK THE DUAL PISTOLS, BUT KEEP THE BOW. Both of Lara's signature weapons are my favorites, I'm just hoping they make a return in this new installment in the series. Seeing the pistols not appear in the game was upsetting, but seeing her new bow was satisfying. If they incorporate both of them into the sequel, then I'll be pleased. 5) FOCUS MORE ON SECONDARY CHARACTERS. The 2013 reboot had MANY characters, but most of them you either forgot about, didn't care about or had no interest in. I just hope they shed more light on secondary characters and their backgrounds. Personally, the only secondary characters I cared about were Alex and Roth. The rest I had little to no interest in. So those are just a few! I MAY do a part 2 to this, but we'll see. ^-^