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"Tomb Raider - A milked Franchise?"

I dont know about you, but im not sure its a good thing for more of these games to come out. Im getting the feeling that this franchise has been milked for too long now, and maybe its best if Eidos concentrated on similar games, but start with something new and refreshing.

Dont get me wrong. I love the first game and the second game more than anything. At the time they were something new that had not really been done before. The games just seemed huge with really large levels, the graphics were stunning and lara was a truly unique person in her own right. These first two were stunnas.

Then the third game went slightly off the rails, and i found the plot boring and dull, the gameplay was wildly too hard, and there wasnt enough different in the game to keep you hooked to it. It suffered badly.

Thats where i thought things would end. But no. Out came the film. It wasnt all that bad and was slightly enjoyable, but nothing special, and it just seemed that the franchise was being over used once again. Then the 4th game came out, and suffered many of the problems the same as the game before, only the plot got worse and this carried on with the game that followed that.

So if this trend continues, what can we expect from the new PS2 game? More of the same with better graphics? I hope not, i hope something new to bring the series back to the top is in place, i loved the first games and its sad to see this series seemingly die out. I really want Eidos to pull out all the stops with this next game, and not see any more rubbish come from them.

i didnt realise

A milked franchise? Really?

D'uh.

There are some nice ideas there FantasyMeister, i do suppose that the ability to be able to play from either a 3rd person view of First person would add some new perspective to the game, and give it that little bit of life that its needed. There is no doubt that the graphical advancment that the game will have will be on a really high scale from the last game, its just a matter of hoping that Eidos dont feel that this will be enough to sell the game, and i hope they do something and give us something special this time around.

I have seen some more clips on an old DVD from one of the magazines where she is snooping around an office, then a police officer turns up and arrests her. Maybe there will be a whole new AI system, once again breathing new life into the game.

Its a possibility.

http://special.reserve.co.uk/news/story.php?id=2264

Some new screenshots.

Dont look half bad actually.