New Tomb Raider Game Details Leaked

I have a deep dislike of the Tomb Raider/Lara Croft series.

I played the very first one when it came out in ‘96 and hated it. I mean, I tried to like it. Really! I did. But, alas, Lara’s buxom bosom and tiny outfit did nothing for me and I thought that the game play was crap. When I attempted Tomb Raider II, I just wasn’t able to get into it and have a sneaking suspicion that my first experience had clouded the way that I would forever see the Tomb Raider series.

And, yet again, I have been proven wrong.

Well, maybe not totally wrong but a little wrong since what I found today has me more than just a bit excited. The reason I say that I’m a “little wrong” is that these leaked images of the new Lara Croft game look freakin’ sweet and the text that you can just barely make out in the images leaves me hoping that they [being Eidos] don’t screw this up.

I transcribed all of the text while I had the images blown-up in Photoshop but you don’t need it all. What you should pay attention to are the bullet points. I hate that I wasted the time to type out the story blurb but that’s my problem-not yours…you just have to hear me bitch about it.

• Hunt or be Hunted: Evade, outsmart, track and kill the mysterious enemies that hunt you as prey
• Survival Action: Brutally attack and defend yourself as you fight to survive through visceral one-one-one melee combat
• Strategic Weapons: Gain an advantage in combat by finding an array of different melee and ranged weapons including a variety of guns and the hunter’s ultimate weapon, the bow
• Creative survival: React and adapt to the island by using only that which you can salvage from the environment like climbing axes, rope and machetes that can be used to unlock new [???] and combat game options.
• Free Movement: Scramble up a vertical cliff wall, sprint and leap across a huge chasm, steer mid-air to land a misdirected jump. There is no right way to traverse, survive and explore the harsh environment of the island.
• One Cohesive World: The diverse multi-region island is an open playground alive with creatures, weather and natural events.
• Origin Story: this new Tomb raider concept reboots the franchise by exploring the origins of Lara Croft’s transformation into a hardened adventurer as you unravel the story behind the island’s mysterious past.

This all came from a mole of Fish’s at FourPlayerCoop.com who managed to snap these screens with his digital camera.

You gotta love modern technology.

Also, am I the only one who thinks the new [err...younger/past] Lara looks an awful lot like Halle Berry?

*Edit: I pulled the images since I don’t want to get sued.*

Images|Fish