The Friday letters page isn’t convinced by the idea of an Xbox handheld console, as one reader tries to imagine legacy sequels in 2044. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected].
uk Two Laras I see the rumour is that Sophie Turner from Game of Thrones is going to be the new Lara Croft in a live action Tomb Raider TV show. Doesn’t seem a very good fit to me but what I want to know is which Lara is she going to be? Is the going to be the fun, quippy Lara from the early games or the whiny psycho killer from the newer ones? I think you can tell from that which one I’d rather she was but I’m really not sure they’ll go that route. In fact, I’m not sure how the reboot trilogy is really thought of nowadays.
I thought they were decent games but the older they get the less I want any new entry to be like them, in terms of gameplay or Lara. The problem is that the old games were mostly puzzle platform games and the action was kind of incidental. Obviously, they reversed that in the modern games but are people really going to be excited by the prospect of getting stuck in a puzzle room for two hours, not sure what they’re supposed to do? That’s what the original games were like and while I’d love to see more like that, I’m not sure that’s what we should really be expecting from the next game .
I guess it depends when it comes out. If it’s after the new show, and Lara in that is fun and devil may care, then maybe they’ll make the game mor.
