Lara isn’t going down like a bitch though. Wouldn’t you know it, they double cross her, taking the money and the artifact for themselves. She’s got a suitcase full of money for an artifact called the Mercury Stone. She’s looking to complete a deal with Larson and Pierre DuPont (regulars of the Tomb Raider franchise will recognize those names from Lara’s very first game). Like the game, let’s start with the Philosopher’s Stone.Ī cutscene begins with Lara at the opera. We see Lara going after the Philosopher’s Stone, the Spear of Destiny, exorcising a violet spirit, and stealing the Iris (the artifact from the beginning of Tomb Raider IV ) from Von Croy. The game then has you take over as Lara to play the flashback/memory sections. Her earlier pursuits are told as those gathered reminisce about the past. And if we learned anything from Tomb Raider IV, it’s that Von Croy loves when things go Von Croy’s way.Īfter the rather depressing turnout at Lara’s memorial service (there’s like, four people tops), Winston, Charles Kane, and Father Patrick Dunston (all close confidants of Lara) return to Croft Manor to chat about her exploits in the study. It’s a lose-lose situation for everyone involved. And if she isn’t, Von Croy is digging for her, and him finding her alive might result in her death anyway. The cutscene shows Lara’s butler Winston talking about how he fears she really is dead. And how do they mourn for dear Lara Croft? With a huge, imposing, and frankly gaudy, headstone of course! I’m left to wonder who in the hell would ever approve such a thing! So those that knew her are just thinking she’s dead. She’s only been missing for three days, but if you remember the end of Tomb Raider IV, our girl Lara brought down a big ol’ stone structure on the head of the god Set and then ended up trapped in the kafuffle herself because she didn’t trust Von Croy enough to take his hand. Let’s launch into Tomb Raider V with our hopes very much lowered, shall we? Story:īefore even beginning the game, we open on a cutscene that shows Lara Croft is dead. īut for now we’re a world away from the timeline reboot that will make these games fun again. In other words, I’m eagerly awaiting my replay of Tomb Raider Legend. That I won’t need to pep talk my way through a game and I’ll want to just play it for fun. That I’ll love Lara again like I did when I first discovered her. I’m honestly finding it necessary to tell myself over and over again that this franchise will get good again someday. Where games are unoriginal, clunky, or both.īetween Tomb Raider V and Lara’s first foray into PS2 territory with Angel of Darkness coming up next, it’s not a good time to be a Lara Croft fan. I feel like we’ve entered Tomb Raider ’s darkest, dreariest time.
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