Square Enix President Celebrates Tomb Raider’s 20th Anniversary: “Tomb Raider Will Evolve More”

Tomb Raider celebrates its 20th anniversary this year (on October 25th), and Square Enix President Yosuke Matsuda appeared in a video message to wish the series happy birthday.

[ShadowKnight]

Well deserved! Enjoyed playing the rise of the TR in 4K

[starchild]

Yeah, it was a really great experience for me. I played it at 1440p and it is a beautiful and truly fun game, imo.

[miyamoto]

meh, Tomb Raider should have remained true to itself instead of trying hard to be a mix of Uncharted and TLOU.
Lara should have stayed true to her original herself with none of that identity crisis stuff.

The real Lara would take any hard times and difficulty into an opportunity.

[-Foxtrot]

The franchise didn't really evolve though did it? More like just turned into a different game by copying another....Uncharted. The game could have been called "The Island" and you would have never have known it was Tomb Raider.

I'd kill for a remake of the first one...not like the Anniversary game but more in line with the original just updated graphics.

Least then the fear, suspense and survival element would be there...which is part of Tomb Raider not found in the new ones. I mean you don't get hazards and close moments like these

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[BlackTar187]

O man it looked so much better back then lol. OG tomb raider was awesome. New tomb raider is awesome but they aren't the same game. Jumping the boats in #2 the sliding to jump off an edge to barely grab a ledge that has viable wolf's waiting for you. Great games

[Imalwaysright]

So you want tank controls to be back in 2016? TR annyversary is a great TR remake with satisfying platforming (no tank controls) a level design that rivals Ico and fully encapsulates that atmosphere of loneliness of the 1st TR which imo has yet to be matched by any other game. Toby Gard, Tomb Raider creator, was part of the team that developed Annyversary so if he can't deliver what you consider to be a true TR game no one will.

Also, I still don't understand how you say that TR is just an Uncharted copy when Uncharted was heavily inspired by TR. I don't think you know how important the 1st TR and its sequels were to the action adventure genre to say something like that.

[ninsigma]

Come one dude. Those gigs look nothing like uncharted. They are so different. The reboot though plays just like the uncharted series.

[Imalwaysright]

TR Legend, PS2 game.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Does it look like it plays like in those gifs to you?

No more tank controls and you can already see the platforming and climbing that we saw on the TR2013 as well as the level design to "accommodate" this type of platforming and if you watch the whole video you will also see QTEs. You could say that TR took the cover system from Uncharted but then I look at sandbox games like GTA or RPGs like Mass Effect... I look at how pretty much every third person game with shooting mechanics has a cover system and over the shoulder view so why should TR be any different? I call that the Chris Esaki effect.

What I see from Uncharted in TR 2013 are over the top setpieces and the cinematic flair.

[Imalwaysright]

@ bruce755

Did you watch the video I posted? TR 2013 has TR legend vertical platforming and climbing. What do you mean by rudimentary? It's the same exact thing. Movement? You mean moving with left analog stick and controling the camera with the right analog stick? Present in TR legend as well. No more tank controls in TR since TR legend.

TR was inspired by Indiana Jones as well. I believe it was the 1st 3D action adventure inspired by Indiana Jones so when I play Uncharted I see things from TR in Uncharted but like I stated above I also see things from Uncharted when I play TR reboots.

Edit:

Do it well? No, TR legend platforming is extremely satisfying and fun. Did you play the game to know how the platforming in that game feels?

[-Foxtrot]

Here we go...the guy who thinks the new games play EXACTLY the same as the originals

Yeah sure ok man

[MasterCornholio]

Never finished any of the old TR games but I agree that it doesn't look like Uncharted.

[Hold_It]

Actually it just improved upon the Tomb Raider Legend formula. Maybe if you actually went back and played those games, you'd see that those were out long before Uncharted was ever thought of and had very similar mechanics that the Reboot and Rise have.. Tomb Raider games aren't super linear with a big cinematic approach, so Tomb Raider is NOTHING like Uncharted.

[freshslicepizza]

the exploring and platforming were good back then but the controls were awful. nothing wrong with making it more action oriented in the sense of uncharted and far cry because you dont have to cater to the original gamer from back then. that's why they call it a fresh reboot. problem is some people are so wrapped up in nostalgia they cannot accept change. look what happened to devil may cry, it was actually a fun game to play.

[mochachino]

No mainstream audience is going to accept those tank controls.

Best thing for Square to do is remake the old ones with new graphics and keep the current series going.

[-Foxtrot]

Woah I didn't say tank controls. They can still update the controls just make it TR

[Imalwaysright]

"Here we go...the guy who thinks the new games play EXACTLY the same as the originals

Yeah sure ok man"

Is that what you got from my comments?

No, TR doesn't play exactly like the original like GTA V doesn't play like GTA3, like Doom doesn't play like the original, like FIFA doesn't play like the original like GT doesn't play like the original... It's called evolution and despite these games not playing exactly like the originals, they still have all the elements and concepts that were present in the games that started these franchises.

[Inzo]

Lets hope it evolves into Tomb Raider.

[Automatic79]

Loved Rise of the TombRaider played on my Xbox One. Can't way for the next installment.

[Hold_It]

Can you just give me a date for the ROTR sequel? Thank you.

[mochachino]

Both of the last Tomb Raider's were amazing games. I can't wait for the next one. Some of the best PC games I've purchased.

[guyjean]

hope they stop the timed exclusive bs.

[DafunkyRebel]

The best way to show Square Enix its not okay to pull this exclusivity BS is to not buy the game, and to do this we must spoil the plot for the game. JACOB IS THE PROPHET LARA WAS LOOKING FOR, there the end now you don't have to play it. Thank Me later

[FreddyFazbear]

Yeah talking about this game which is a multiplat and yet they decided to put it in ONE system. Not counting W10. This is a console multiplat and it should remain that way. I do hope they reveal the rise of the tomb raider release date on PS4. All I knoe is Q4 2016