Hey, anybody remember PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale? Anybody?
A lot of discussions have been had on the game’s
roster, which is completely fair. Not
all of the choices made in/for that game were what I’d call good, and the lack of some key faces is
proof of that. Chief among them? I’m pretty sure there were some people
calling for Lara Croft (with Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon pretty much
locked away in Activision’s dungeon), but were passionately denied the
chance. Why? Who knows?
I mean, I’m not an expert on the franchise, but I thought that Tomb Raider was a mainstay of the
PlayStation family until semi-recently.
Granted I’m guessing some installments and ports made it to the PC, but
even if Lara’s jumped to other consoles, it’s a moot point when she would’ve
shared a game with a Big Daddy and Isaac Clarke.
Anyway, Tomb
Raider. Thanks to the 2013 reboot
and the recent game, the name’s seen a lot of traction. Like plenty of properties these days, what’s
old is new again; there’s a new Lara Croft and not one, but two brand new
adventures, with a whole new style and the horsepower to make each new game the
most extensive to date. That’s not to
undermine the successes and legacy of the earlier games, of course, but it’s a
safe bet that the new stuff -- spearheaded by Crystal Dynamics -- is here to
stay.
But is that a good thing? Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…