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Tomb Raider moves over 4M, Square to develop more persistent online games

Darrell Gallagher, Square Enix’s newly appointed head of studios in North America and Europe, has said the firm will change the way it approaches games development by creating more persistent online games. Oh – and Tomb Raider has sold over 4 million copies worldwide since its March release.

ArchangelMike3889d ago

I bet this talk of "more persistent" games simply means that they're going to shoe-horn multiplayer into all their games. Good to hear that next gen Tomb Raider is still on its way though.

Anthotis3889d ago

"More Persistent Online Games" is code for "Always Online DRM".

They'll add half assed multiplayer to games just as an excuse for sneaky DRM.

starchild3889d ago

This is good news. The recent Tomb Raider was excellent and deserves to sell very well.

I can't wait to see what they do with the next game.

windblowsagain3889d ago

Like WTF.

4million are excellent sales.

Tombraider had it's day/ with games and movies. I think this game did well for a comeback and i enjoyed it.

Will get the next one. Loved the original playstation games.

sarcastoid3889d ago

4 million... what a failure. Better start doing mobile games. /s

Aleithian3889d ago

Loved this remake. Hated the originals. Will definitely buy the sequel to this.

starchild3889d ago

Well, I loved the recent Tomb Raider as well. It was one of the best games I have played in the past few years. But I can't agree with you about the past games. They were great games for their time. It WAS time for a refresh though.

Aleithian3889d ago

I don't dispute that the old games were "good." I just said that I "hated" them. There are plenty of good games that I hate. Final Fantasy IX for instance.

Software_Lover3889d ago

I didn't buy Tomb Raider for online. I still haven't touched the online component. It was a decent game. A game that many Tomb Raider fans from the ps1 days have been waiting for.

Too bad they didn't make the puzzles a little bit harder.

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Tomb Raider I, II, III Remastered Review – To The Freezer ⏐ Nerdy Bird Games

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?

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The Best Tomb Raider Games Ranked

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.

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Sonic188153d ago (Edited 53d ago )

I do agree that Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness was the worse one 😂 I remember playing some of it and I took it back. That game was just awful in every way. I bought it used at gamestop and glad they had that 7 day return policy for used games 😂

Pyrofire9553d ago

Would it be worth saying why?

ZeekQuattro53d ago

Simple. He's been hating on the Tomb Raider reboots for years. I can't imagine seeing them at the top of a best TR game list let alone being on the list in general sitting well with him because of it.

-Foxtrot53d ago

Zeek

“Hating”

No no, just pointing out how TR mutated into a generic action adventure game losing the appeal of what it once was when it was more about puzzles and platforming over going Rambo, slaughtering waves of enemies

But hey, continue being a dick and speaking about me like I’m not going to see the comment.

MeatyUrologist52d ago

Foxtrot, I'm curious if you have played the most recent games. Sure the 2013 reboot was hugely focused on combat, but each follow up became less and less about combat to the point where outside of a few large scale story missions I don't even remember combat being a part of shadow of the tomb raider. Shadow was so puzzle focused it actually was a bit much for me and I love the TR puzzles.

I still feel like Rise was the best of the series and I was a huge fan of the originals. To me it struck the perfect balance of exploration, platforming, puzzles, and combat. Not saying your opinion is wrong I'm just curious what you think they should have done different. Games do need to evolve somewhat to stay relevant. Would you prefer small linear jumping platform levels like the original?

RavenWolfx53d ago

I would agree Rise for 1 and the reboot as 2. Shadow is a bit high, though.

Sonic188153d ago (Edited 53d ago )

I think Shadow wasn't even develop by crystal dynamics. I thought it was the worse in the new trilogy

Pyrofire9553d ago

That's right. Shadow was developed by Eidos Montreal who who went and made Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy next. (Great game)
Meanwhile after Rise of the Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics made Marvels Avengers. (bad game)

MeatyUrologist53d ago

Agrees. First two are correct but Shadow should be around 5-6.

terstomp53d ago

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.

jznrpg53d ago

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.

robtion53d ago

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.

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