Meet The New Lara Croft
The Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered collection launches this week on consoles and PC; it’s basically the intact classic version of Lara Croft’s first three adventures with some cosmetic upgrades. It’s not a full-on remake like FF7 is currently doing; all the environments are as charmingly blocky as they’ve always been, just with improved textures and a higher polygon count on Lara herself. The tank controls, which were a pain in 1996 and even worse to deal with now, are also gone (but you have the option of bringing them back). Thing is, this re-release is meant to bridge the gap during the long, long wait for whenever Lara’s next, never-before-seen adventure is revealed. Today we got one micro-step closer when developer Crystal Dynamics revealed a drawing on their website of what Lara Croft should look like when she reappears. The entire series was rebooted in 2013 and a lot of Lara’s most iconic visual elements were lost in the transition. Crystal D says their next set of games is meant