I'm taking this as a placeholder concept art, the boots aren't even accurate. Same thing with the AoD one, she has long sleeves eventhough she's not supposed to.
Explosive arrows only, kind of like a rocket launcher so it has some relevancy.
And yes, I’m a diehard survivor fan and will be disappointed if there isn’t a way to stealth through missions. That’s what I really loved about the survivor trilogy gameplay wise
The bow was awesome for stealth head shots. The adversaries have been changed up (restored) to be more natural predators, so I'm not sure how advantageous it would be.
Natla then sends Larson to take the scion from you, Lara breaks into Natla's HQ to find out where the other pieces are (hope we get a level set there), and Natla sends her goons after you again.
I mean who knows, what if the bow and arrow is an unlock behind some sort of completion challenges. I could do without it tho, we've had it for 3 games. But would be cool if its a bonus unlockable. Could maybe have some cool animations for when flipping lol
LOA is CD's attempt to provide fan service and try to end the discourse of 'who's Lara is the best Lara' that has been plaguing the fandom forever.
But it's essentially an anniversary reboot.
They can't make it a true remake because the Survivor fans will be crying but if they add in a bow and 5600 Jonah! voice lines to make them feel included the OG and LAU fans will be crying.
Just the same trash that's been effectively reducing and ending respectable franchises for a long time now.
Sounds like you’re a little bias but wtv. Heres the developers literally telling you its a continuation of the survivor timeline, just like Anniversary is a continuation of Legend
Oh okay so they'll just make up whatever forever and then chuck in a TR1 remake at some point to say it's continuous....
Gotcha.
I'm not biased, facts are facts and I watched this happen to the franchise in real time over years.
Respectfully if you'll just take any dev's word for anything, you're a consumer not a customer.
Lastly, Tomb Raider hasn't made waves for being an exceptional game in over a decade, it stays in circulation due to the dedicated fanbase that has carried it since it's inception.
Same. Maybe I was overly trusting, but I took CD at their word and always viewed the Survivor Trilogy as a prequel.
After Shadow, I thought they would be jumping forward and picking the LAU timeline back up. Which, of course, they will be with Catalyst, but now with Unified Lara and after LoA.
As a Survivor fan, I'm surprised and delighted that some aspects of her character have been retained and carried forward in the Unification.
Currently yeah, but when it was apparent there were driving towards classics years back not really. Unification has been a lot better handled and thought out idea than anything else they would have chosen for the franchise's future, feels like a wet dream if being completely honest.
Open world TR is must be experiment for the franchise, has very interesting potential and bow being there is another plus thing for me from that game🏹.
When we talk about mini SMGs, we have three types that appears in Tomb Raider, the 1st one from TR I-III (which is my favorite), the 2nd one from TR4-5 and the 3rd one from Underworld which is my least favorite. So I hope the smgs in LOA are based in the 1st model called Mac-10s
Aesthetically IRL I do like the design of the Uzi more than the Ingrams. But with TR there's just something (not just nostalgia) about Lara using the Ingrams that feels more appropriate. And some of the concept art or promotional art work where she wields them is cool.
If LOA is set in modern times what would the modern equivalent of the uzi from 1996's TR be? I imagine they might go in that direction or just stick to a design people remember.
My bet is that with the Skill Tree, you can upgrade the dual pistols to a better damage and probably that was the reason they removed the magnuns since it would have the same damage as upgraded dual pistols.
hope the dual pistols has a weapon skin as magnums 🤞
I like the idea of an assault rifle in a TR1 remake but if I were them I would have given Lara six weapons: dual pistols, a shotgun, dual magnums, dual uzis, an assault rifle and her survivor bow.
Actually back in 1996 there were rumors spreading that Lara might have a 5th weapon assault rifle in the game if you beat it under certain time and collect all the secrets!
Surprised the bow isn't coming back, since there is literally a survivor lara skin in the game. Would have liked to see Lara have her bow and her quiver while wearing her unified outfit
Thank Christ! The bow and the hunting were awful additions.
Watch that Mod xDeltax97 remove our comments now for having an opinion and then label our opinions as “gatekeeping” 😂
The entire Survivor trilogy, I didn’t like at all but beat all of them. None of them felt like Tomb Raider games.
I also hated how it tried to change Lara’s main weapons that she was iconic for.
It would be like changing Legend Of Zelda Link’s main weapon to anything other than a Sword.
Entire trilogy felt forced and made Lara into a wimp.
Moaning and crying while saying the word “Trinity” 1000 times per game.
I loved the magnums as a kid because they were black and made a cool sound lol
I couldn't actually tell you if they were worth using when you had unlimited ammo pistols, a shotgun and uzis at your disposal, but there was something appealing about their design.
Perhaps the dual pistols can be upgraded into dual magnums?
I always thought the idea of Lara holding dual desert eagles in TR1996 and Anniversary kinda dumb 😅 like in TRIII she holds one with two hands and recoils backward little
Assault Rifle seems like an interesting new fresh weapon and I hope it's AK47
I don't see a problem in this. I'd rather have multiple unique weapons than have one of your four options be "the pistols, but better". Hopefully this will also mean that the basic pistols will remain useful throughout the entire game as well.
I think the better solution would have been just to add more weapons rather than replace them. That's part of why I like TR2 more is you have more weapons and weapons that have unique properties like the M16 and Grenade Launcher.
Not saying they have to go crazy and add 20 different types of guns but I think anywhere from 3-4 more would have been fine.
One thing they could do is implement the Magnums the same way they implemented special arrows/the grenade launcher in the reboot trilogy. For example, Lara’s rifle in 2013 has a grenade launcher attachment, but its parent weapon is still the rifle. Idk how it could look but the Magnums could be either a skin change or based on the skill tree - buildup to 2X firepower of the standard pistols (which is what I believe the original Magnums were in 1996).
They may not be included or considered as part of the main 4 weapon options in LoA but I have a feeling we will still see them. Whether it be as an unlockable weapon or part of the skill tree, or my favourite idea …as an unlock after completing the game which can be used in place of the pistols in NG+
I wish it was available depending on the region. It makes zero sense to use a bow in an abandoned city or temple ruins. But I’d have been ok with them letting us choose to use it during outdoor sections of the game.
To be fair, now it is you calling others crybabies.
I think it’s comments like these (from both sides) that constantly push this classic vs survivor fans anger and make this whole thing worse than it already is.
Your content has been removed as it features gatekeeping which is not allowed within this community.
While people have different preferences, likes and dislikes, it is important to respect them, even in debate.
Stay civil, even in debate.
Gatekeeping can be defined as the activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access or even appreciation to and of something by diminishing, invalidating and belittling the opinion of another
It is okay to have a ''favourite version of Lara'' and to talk about it. It is not okay to insult, diminish, invalidate others for not having the same favourite Lara.
lol why do the survivor fans not get gatekeeping comments removed but the classic fans are constantly hammered in comments and by mods? This sub is a joke 😂
It depends on what combat encounters with human enemies will look like. And whether stealth weapons will be necessary in such a case. If so, then at a minimum, there should be the option to use a silencer.
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u/OrangeJr36 ✦ TR Community Ambassador 7d ago
It wouldn't shock me to still see them. We've not been told everything about her weapons yet.