tomb raider has been the only franchise.....

to my knowledge that has been rebooted twice. After angel of darkness killed it in 2003, legend in 2006 was considered the reboot. now 4 years after underworld "tomb raider 2013" is another reboot. why are they constatly trying to keep it relevant?

Because it's an awesome action/adventure game.

Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

Schreek

A new studio does not constitute a classification of reboot. Halo 4 is not being classified as a reboot by 343 Industries.

A new studio does not constitute a classification of reboot. Halo 4 is not being classified as a reboot by 343 Industries.

Schreek

Also, its not the only series to be rebooted twice. Castlevania has gone through multiple reboots for example. Sonic has gone through a couple and Crash Bandicoot has gone through a few.

I'm looking forward to this new reboot.

Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

Schreek

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Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

firefox59

It is important to keep up with the changing times. Yes I do recall that Lara croft Tomb Raider Legend was considered a Re-imaging of sorts. More of a refreashing of the series rather than a reboot of the series. Getting Laura back on track. This game was released in 2006 on Xbox 360, Playstation 2 and PSP. The developer interviews at the time wanted to return the series to it's original format. I cannot quite remember if it is a reboot in the sense that the game discards the timeline/cannon of the previous Tomb raider games.

But the 2013 is a reboot since it takes place before the 1996 original Tomb Raider.

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Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

Schreek

to my knowledge that has been rebooted twice. After angel of darkness killed it in 2003, legend in 2006 was considered the reboot. now 4 years after underworld "tomb raider 2013" is another reboot. why are they constatly trying to keep it relevant?

bloomberg23

[QUOTE="Schreek"]

Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

firefox59

I hate to be "that guy", but Metroid was one of the first IPs to have a woman as the player character.

Also, its not the only series to be rebooted twice. Castlevania has gone through multiple reboots for example. Sonic has gone through a couple and Crash Bandicoot has gone through a few.

Schreek

[QUOTE="firefox59"][QUOTE="Schreek"]

Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

cain19822004

I hate to be "that guy", but Metroid was one of the first IPs to have a woman as the player character.

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Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

firefox59

No it isn't. Lara Croft is admittedly a bigger icon, butYuko Ahso from Valis and Samus from Metroid are two female characters that come to mind that were around well before Tomb Raider. Also Ms Pacman...

[QUOTE="firefox59"][QUOTE="Schreek"]

Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

Blueresident87

No it isn't. Lara Croft is admittedly a bigger icon, butYuko Ahso from Valis and Samus from Metroid are two female characters that come to mind that were around well before Tomb Raider. Also Ms Pacman...

[QUOTE="firefox59"][QUOTE="Schreek"]

Because it is a well established series with a well established fan base. Also, Legends is not considered a reboot.

Blueresident87

No it isn't. Lara Croft is admittedly a bigger icon, butYuko Ahso from Valis and Samus from Metroid are two female characters that come to mind that were around well before Tomb Raider. Also Ms Pacman...

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[QUOTE="firefox59"] It's also the first major series starring a woman and because of that Lara Croft is kind of like a VG icon. It was also one of if not the first 3D action/adventure game and really helped out the Playstation in it's early days.firefox59

No it isn't. Lara Croft is admittedly a bigger icon, butYuko Ahso from Valis and Samus from Metroid are two female characters that come to mind that were around well before Tomb Raider. Also Ms Pacman...

Which is exactly why I said she was more of an icon, but you said "first major series starring a woman" and that isn't accurate, especially since Metroid is hugely successful. Croft was the first female character to become a true icon in video games, sure. But even with the way Samus was revealed, it had a huge impact because it was such a surprise and people expected the character to be male.

I would argue Samus being revealed to be a woman was far more important for female video game characters than Lara Croft clearly starring in one. Just because she was a '16 bit sprite' doesn't change the fact that the hero turned out to be a heroine

to my knowledge that has been rebooted twice. After angel of darkness killed it in 2003, legend in 2006 was considered the reboot. now 4 years after underworld "tomb raider 2013" is another reboot. why are they constatly trying to keep it relevant?

bloomberg23

You could technically call any game that redesigns the game from the ground up a reboot ( or refresh, etc ).This would be another reboot of the TR franchise but there are many franchises that have done this

For example Ghost Recon got a reboot with GR Advanced Warfighter, & then you could say another reboot with GR Future Solider. Rainbow6 got a reboot with Rainbow 6 Vegas, & now a another Rainbow 6 reboot is coming next year.

Besides that you could look at any sequel that is not the exact same & call it a reboot. Splinter Cell Conviction, Mario sunshine, Mario 64, & Super Mario Galalxy were all different so maybe you could call them reboots as well.

What about Resident Evil 4? Red Faction Guerilla? Red Dead Redemption? Deus EX HR? I dont know but there are alot of games you could classify as a reboot.

Franchises have fanbases, & alot of franchises are so good, have a great soul that people love & so should live forever, if the development team can keeping finding ways to keep them relevent. Just as i love to eat pizza, i think pizza should live forever.

[QUOTE="firefox59"]You should read the interaction between cain and me above. Samus did come first but like Schreek said Samus' reveal and appeal as a woman was so kept to a minimum and almost hidden. She was a 16 bit sprite. Croft had short shorts and was deemed a female adventurer with more force than Samus was for quite a while.Blueresident87

Which is exactly why I said she was more of an icon, but you said "first major series starring a woman" and that isn't accurate, especially since Metroid is hugely successful. Croft was the first female character to become a true icon in video games, sure. But even with the way Samus was revealed, it had a huge impact because it was such a surprise and people expected the character to be male.

I would argue Samus being revealed to be a woman was far more important for female video game characters than Lara Croft clearly starring in one. Just because she was a '16 bit sprite' doesn't change the fact that the hero turned out to be a heroine

I'm pretty sure Sonic and Mega Man have received a few reboots.vashkey