Tomb Raider

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Let me start this off by saying that I have been a Tomb Raider fan for years and when word reached me that they were working on re-envisioning the series, I was a little miffed. Why? Because a good percentage of the time, when someone decides to do a re-envisioning of something, it sucks. Aside from being a bit miffed, I was also excited and hopeful. Could this be the start of something amazing? There was only one way to find out... I pre-ordered. On Tuesday evening, I picked up my copy and brought it home where it promptly sat on the shelf waiting ever so patiently for me to finish Borderlands. Tonight was the night. I finished Borderlands and did my dance of joy over it. Then I turned to the unopened game case daring me to breach it's shiny plastic wrapped armor.

 

Slicing through to the game inside with my trusty kitchen knife, I opened the case and cautiously sat the disc in the cradle of my precious Xbox. I gingerly pushed the tray shut, leaped back onto the couch, grabbing my controller as a I somersaulted into position. Anxiously, I awaited as the disc loaded up... only to be confronted by the horrible message of "Update required: Press A to begin update or B to cancel"

 

With a heavy sigh, I pressed A, went into the kitchen, and made a sandwich (no I won't make you one, go do it yourself!).

As I ate my sandwich, I stared forlornly at the update bar as it slowly trudged it's way through. I even had time to throw my paper plate away! 

 

As I sat back on the couch with the controller in my lap, the update completed! I waited (not so patiently) as the screen before me transformed into another place in the world... the world of Lara Croft. I began my journey through her eyes and was amazed at the graphics and detail they managed to trap inside the pixels. 

 

I'm only about an hour into the game so far and am blown away by this re-envisioning. It's a new aspect of Lara. A simpler, innocent version before she became the bad ass we all know her as. What say you, the people of the the gamers? What are your thoughts and opinions of the new Lara Croft? I must say that I kind of miss the hot little shorts she wore in the games of old.