5/26/2023 0 Comments Rhianna pratchett tomb raider![]() ![]() You ask for a suspension of disbelief as dictated by the demands of interactivity, but you also take care to never forget the path you’ve carved in getting to that place. The combat is a necessary component in an action game, but the controlled burn is vital, according to Pratchett. In the case of Tomb Raider, it’s the time taken to really drive home the significance of Lara’s first kill. The key is to always be mindful of what you’re saying and how you’re saying it. How can you not appreciate Drake’s wisecracking charm? Or Lara’s free-spirited thrill-seeking? You can’t. ![]() Why is that? What makes her, or someone like Uncharted‘s Nathan Drake or dozens of others, so likable in the face of all of that murder? It’s the writing, of course these are characters that spring off the screen once they’ve holstered their weapons. The new vision of the character, conceived for Crystal Dynamics by writer Rhianna Pratchett, suffers from the same disconnect that other action game heroes do: We love Lara in spite of her killer instinct, not because of it. In the freshly rebooted Tomb Raider, Lara Croft is one part wide-eyed post-grad and one part mass-murderer. ![]()
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