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[KyoZz]

Crystal Dynamics has released a new artwork for its upcoming Unreal Engine 5-powered Tomb Raider game

This image was a members-only, exclusive artwork wallpaper from the official TR site.
In 2022, Crystal Dynamics officially revealed this upcoming Tomb Raider game but sadly, we don’t know much about it. The game is using the Unreal Engine 5 and will most likely only target current-gen consoles and PC.

Here's your first look at Lara Croft from the new Unreal Engine 5-powered Tomb Raider game

Crystal Dynamics has released the first artwork for its upcoming Unreal Engine 5-powered Tomb Raider game.

www.dsogaming.com

 

[Hohenheim]

Looks cool. Retro-vibes and a throwback to the OG. Needs pointy breasts though!

 

[Maddoxswe]

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[FunkMiller]

I wonder how many hours were spent deciding on how big to make the titties. I'm going to guess at least 300.

 

[Trab-Pu-Kcip]

It seems a reboot/remake of the first game

 

[Mister Wolf]

Cool. Back to Lara being a charismatic overconfident super hero character.

I know I'm not the only one who used to read these comics.

 

[semiconscious]

I wonder how many hours were spent deciding on how big to make the titties. I'm going to guess at least 300.

per, or for both?...

 

[PonyStation4]

Image is AI generated, zoom in on the eyes

 

[Barakov]

Crystal Dynamics has released a new artwork for its upcoming Unreal Engine 5-powered Tomb Raider game

This image was a members-only, exclusive artwork wallpaper from the official TR site.
In 2022, Crystal Dynamics officially revealed this upcoming Tomb Raider game but sadly, we don’t know much about it. The game is using the Unreal Engine 5 and will most likely only target current-gen consoles and PC.

Here's your first look at Lara Croft from the new Unreal Engine 5-powered Tomb Raider game

Crystal Dynamics has released the first artwork for its upcoming Unreal Engine 5-powered Tomb Raider game.

www.dsogaming.com

She looks great BUT why the 'featuring Lara Croft' tag line? We know who she is. They better not pull any multiple character bs for this.

 

[Aces High]

Tits are too small.

But it's the right direction.

 

[bitbydeath]

I’m sold on the T-Rex!

 

[SlimySnake]

Too good to be true. Not buying it. Fake.

 

[Erebus]

Are they going back to her roots finally?

 

[Retro_Stew]

Something it wrong with her face... The eyes are wierd :/

 

[IAmRei]

her face is kinda looks like a man, i see dante face there, i don't know why. maybe just me...

 

[sertopico]

I wonder how many hours were spent deciding on how big to make the titties. I'm going to guess at least 300.

titties_size = (wokeness * hypersexualization) / volume

 

[Dr.D00p]

her face is kinda looks like a man, i see dante face there, i don't know why. maybe just me...

Trans Friendly Lara

 

[lh032]

They should add unlockable costume ,sexy ones like stellar blade

 

[IAmRei]

Trans Friendly Lara

i might be not fans of LC, but i see her design is peaked in a decade ago i think. imma even surprised Her design is cool back then.

 

[Senua]

her face is kinda looks like a man, i see dante face there, i don't know why. maybe just me...

You see what you wana see

 

[March Climber]

i might be not fans of LC, but i see her design is peaked in a decade ago i think. imma even surprised Her design is cool back then.

A decade ago was the reboot trilogy. You mean that design?

 

[Big Baller]

 

[Disco Dave]

Hopefully this new game does not contain references to cultures rooted in racial and ethnic prejudices. These stereotypes are deeply harmful, inexcusable, and do not align with the values at Crystal Dynamics.

 

[fersnake]

rule34 right now

 

[IAmRei]

A decade ago was the reboot trilogy. You mean that design?

i forgot which one, but i think it's under square?

 

[MagiusNecros]

Looks like Leon S Kennedy.

 

[Disco Dave]

Looks like Leon S Kennedy.

 

[SJRB]

- still hot
- still has boobs in tight shirt
- still wears short shorts
- still long dark hair in a ponytail
- still the classic akimbo pistol move
- no little trans flag or whatever on the backpack

Looks great! What's not to love?

 

[DenchDeckard]

She looks great. Is this 2024?

 

[CamHostage]

She looks great BUT why the 'featuring Lara Croft' tag line? We know who she is. They better not pull any multiple character bs for this.

There's a history of putting Lara Croft denotations on the box. It goes back to disagreements at developer Core of what this franchise would be; some thought "Tomb Raider" was the brand, with different ancient locales to raid in each new adventure; others thought that Lara Croft herself was the franchise, and the follow-up titles would have different names and maybe even be totally different genres and settings of games centered around this figure (like sort of a digital movie star acting in different roles). Somehow the franchise ended up with both and neither, with Lara skipping tombs more and more in later games but the brand still being Tomb Raider (or more specifically "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" in many title treatments).

20 years on, the Tomb Raider story told by the people who were there

In July 2010, Lara Croft Way opened in Derby. The name for part of a new ring road was chosen from a shortlist by publi…

www.eurogamer.net

I don't know if that's specifically the reason why the new game has that title, but "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" never took off (though I don't know if that ever mattered; the title has mostly been "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" since the PS2 games and Jolie movies, but pretty much nobody ever calls them that or files the products under "L" on their shelves,) and maybe there's some legal or logistical reason to brand it that way (the recent prequel/reimaging series just called itself "Tomb Raider" and then used subtitles or surrounding titles, but this is specifically a throwback'y way of treating the title even though TR1-5 on PS1 never had exactly this "...Featuring Lara Croft" subtitle.) It seems purposefully specific to Croft rather than a hint of alternative characters.

(*I believe only Angel of Darkness and then the 3/4 topdown multiplayer spinoffs had other playable characters? Would be surprising if this had somebody other than Croft, though I suppose it's possible?)

 

[Pejo]

Not bad for a western game honestly. Was there a disclaimer calling me sexist, racist and stupid when they revealed it?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Thats a bloke for fucks sake

 

[Business]

Impressive if they stick to this

 

[Lord Malachite]

She looks great BUT why the 'featuring Lara Croft' tag line? We know who she is. They better not pull any multiple character bs for this.

This is a nod to the titling of the OG games that were just rereleased, which may be lampshading that this game in development is a modern remake of the original title(s). This would also give them the wiggle room to decide if they want to reboot the franchise yet again, or if we're continuing on from after Shadow Of The Tomb Raider.

 

[M1chl]

New Lara >>> New new Lara

 

[March Climber]

i forgot which one, but i think it's under square?

Yeah that’s Lara from the reboot. Better fashion sense, less sex appeal.

Some people here didn’t like the character redesign due to her breasts being a smaller size. Her design grew on me after the first game, but my main issue with the reboot series was that it stood proudly in the shadow of Uncharted’s gameplay.

 

[FeralEcho]

Her face looks kinda manly but after Mary jawline watson I'll take what I can.

The rest looks good, I'm surprised they even gave her tits in this day and age given its Crystal Dynamics we're talking about here but I'm sure there's some hidden ethical message about not offending people with back problems or some shit remark about it being sexist somewhere on the artwork,we just have to find it.

 

[leizzra]

She looks great. Is this 2024?

 

[Perrott]

Meh, I like the 2013 reboot (not including the sequels) design better.

This one looks too stylized in the wrong way, like a Fortnite character.

 

[Revolutionary]

The "first look" was in Call of Duty last year. It's the same exact design.

Edit: forgot to include other pic

 

[Klosshufvud]

That is the face of a man. You can't convince me otherwise.

 

[RJMacready73]

I wonder how many hours were spent deciding on how big to make the titties. I'm going to guess at least 300.

can only imagine the scene around the crystal dynamics boardroom table, bunch of purple haired fucks that ticked all the diversity boxes sitting front and center debating jawline, muscle density, trans/nottrans, gender swapping, racial swapping... meanwhile at the back a bunch of dudes are just thinking make her titties bigger

 

[Pejo]

The "first look" was in Call of Duty last year. It's the same exact design.

In my opinion, this is significantly worse than the version in the OP.

 

[Lambhalf]

She looks terrible. Why is her neck like that? What's weird about the body? This was made by a professional?

 

[RJMacready73]

She looks terrible. Why is her neck like that? What's weird about the body? This was made by a professional?

was it fuck, thats an AI job

 

[March Climber]

Thats a bloke for fucks sake

Her face looks kinda manly but after Mary jawline watson I'll take what I can.

Looks like Leon S Kennedy.

Trans Friendly Lara

her face is kinda looks like a man, i see dante face there, i don't know why. maybe just me...

That is the face of a man. You can't convince me otherwise.

Alright, I can already predict where this thread is heading, just have to wait for those with opposing opinions to start appearing. I hope to see some funny debate points made about jawlines on women. Oh and I also expect to see pictures posted of Abby, Aloy, and Hayley Atwell.

Have fun gentlemen, and remember:

Edit:

There's also a touch from TLOU 2's Abby

First part of the bingo card complete.

 

[CamHostage]

...my main issue with the reboot series was that it stood proudly in the shadow of Uncharted’s gameplay.

It baffled me that the response to Indiana Jones The Great Circle was partly, "It should be like Uncharted because that's how jungle adventure games are made." Sure, first-person perspective in a character-centric action game is a curious choice (not unprecedented, but it'll take some getting used to even if it works,) but Uncharted did not invent the jungle adventurer game concept in any way.

Somehow Lara Croft stepped where Drake stepped (which made sense at the time, never my fave choice but Uncharted was exclusive to one platform and TR was on other platforms plus that gunplay system was becoming ubiquitous in 3rd-Person games,) but it's not like a slew of other jungle adventure games like Uncharted had come out to cement TPS/stop-and-pop/context-sensitive hero action as the one and only way to treat this setting. And meanwhile, there had previously been at least 20 Indy games which played pretty much nothing like Uncharted.

 

[Revolutionary]

In my opinion, this is significantly worse than the version in the OP.

???
It's literally the same exact design.

Not talking about the face because that's not going to look 1:1 with the artwork anyway.

 

[Lambhalf]

was it fuck, thats an AI job

I wouldn't demean AI in this case. I don't even think it could do this badly.