Square Enix Ltd. today announced that the English-born actress Camilla Luddington has been chosen to be the voice and performance actress of famous adventurer, Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider videogame. After an international talent search using scouts in Europe and the US, Luddington stood out as delivering both a depth of emotion and the youthful tone needed for Lara Croft in the upcoming reimagining of the Tomb Raider franchise.
Tomb Raider I, II, III Remastered is available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Lara Croft is back in a classic remaster of the original PlayStation 1 hit title. Is the remaster any good though?
We've gone on many adventures with Lara Croft. With another reboot in the making, Wealth of Geeks felt it was a good time to go down the nostalgia rabbit hole and remember the best of those tomb-raiding thrills.
For me, Legend should be alot higher (along with the other two ). Shadow, I enjoyed it, but has too much has fluff, as modern games tend to do. Playing the remastered series, and apart from the controls, is very good.
I really enjoyed the first 2 games, Legend and the first of the reboots and the rest I didn’t get into so I never finished.
Completely subjective list. I really liked Underworld, I preferred Lara's design. That said I loved the horror/uncharted feel of the reboot. I think all the TR games have strengths and weaknesses. None are objectively better in every way.
Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had
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She must be able to summon a decent English accent as she has lost her accent it seems.
So, she's a different voice than the one in the trailers and previews?
I have to admit I'm confused - Did they pick her at the beginning of development and just announce her name now, or are they replacing whatever voice Lara has now with Mrs. Luddington's? I'd guess the first, but the article doesn't really make it clear..
She looks ditsy as hell in that top right picture.