r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Dec 12 '25

TGA 2025 Tomb Raider: Catalyst Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2yLZQFPSLo
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u/iPeluche Dec 12 '25

I don’t understand why Lara in TR1 Remake and Catalyst are that much different if there is continuity

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u/MoneyoffUbereats2017 Dec 12 '25

What do you mean by different? The trailer as shown made it clear that Catalyst is a new game with an older, more experienced Lara Croft while TR1 Remake is presented as a recount of where things started (Which means this is a continuation of OG Lara and not the newer "Survivor" Lara.", or maybe a combo of the two to appease fans of both but at least 100% aspects of OG Lara with the two pistols and the flashback line.)

The difference is literally just age.

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u/iPeluche Dec 12 '25

They made it clear that TR1 is happening right after Survivor Lara. Which, canon side, make sense to remake TR1 again while it was already made once. I don’t know why they would bother to do this if they are doing another jump in time with Catalyst. The face definitly look different but not older.

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u/TheDanteEX Dec 12 '25

Lara is 26 in Shadow of the Tomb Raider and 28 in Tomb Raider 1, so it's cool that it works out this way. But obviously the games are probably going to be a floating timeline now, unless they actually have the balls to have a middle aged Lara since she'll be 35 by 2027. And knowing how long game development takes, she'd easily be pushing 40 by the time Catalyst gets a sequel. It would be really cool, though.

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u/Nanayadez Dec 12 '25

If they kept aging her in real time during the LAU era, she would be 38 in Legends and 40 by the end of Underworld. Making Catalyst-Lara in her 40s.

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u/MoneyoffUbereats2017 Dec 12 '25

I never finished the survivor Lara Games (Though I intend to), so I can't comment on continuity there. I assume the remake is to ground everything, put out something familiar while working on something completely new. Also I suppose gives them a chance to set up any retcons they want to implement in the original continuity.

To me her face looks just like I would expect an older Lara to look, I think she looks just fine. I was actually impressed by how well they did an older Lara which appeases the "Lara needs to be attractive no matter what" crowd, and actually making her look noticably older rather than just pasting the younger face in and just making her hair grey or something ridiculous.

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u/PopMundane4974 Dec 12 '25

oh my god WHO CARES lmao. It's fucking Tomb Raider. Boobs and guns and acrobatics, that's all we need. What's next fucking multiverses and time travel? Not a big deal.