Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis

I am not a Tomb Raider expert - my memories go about as far back as playing the bulk of the original and its sequel at a friend's house, aged something like seven to 10 years old, and attempting to break free of the same demo disc level for a few too many hours on end. But what I've always taken from my fuzzy recollections of late-90s Lara is that one of classic Tomb Raider's defining traits is its precision. Jump exactly here. Land exactly there. Manually press a button to grab the ledge. If you miss you die - or at least get very frustrated. Read more

At its core, the design of Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, the remake or "reimagining" of the 1996 original, attempts to blend the classic feel of Lara Croft’s movement with a more modern approach to combat and exploration.

Generative AI has been a very contentious issue over the last few years in the game industry, and as more and more developers make use of the technology, it's becoming more difficult to know just what was created by a human being. Next year's Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will indeed make use of generative AI, but Crystal Dynamics wants players to know there is one area it was not used: the design of Lara Croft herself. Speaking to GameSpot at Summer Game Fest, experience director Jeff Adams clarified if generative AI was used in the creation of Lara. "No. Lara is 100% human-crafted," Adams

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Alex Wilton Regan plays Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, and she's aiming to bring back the classic version of the icon.