Tomb Raider reboot Mini-Review (spoiler-free)

I think one of the biggest things is really this “take yourself too serious”.
It’s still supposed to be a game no matter how “realistic” they’re trying to build it. But if you take yourself too serious and go down the realistic-line everything that seems even just a little unrealistic gets pointed out so strongly. Suspension of disbelief gets rather hard to uphold like this.

I enjoyed the old TombRaiders (I think I played I-IV) and I guess it was also because these weren’t that serious.
However I’m not saying that turning the reboot around is a bad thing, I think it was a good decision to change the core of the game. We had enough “old” TombRaider games.
Just the way the reboot presents itself makes the character progression and storytelling rather shallow too. I think this is what “Uncharted” is making a liiiittle better; every so often you get the feeling Uncharted is making fun of Drake and the situation itself. Without that the uber-action would seem even siller than it sometimes seems anyways.
Oh, about the half-tucked shirt: Tim Schafer wrote this charming and funny text about Drake’s shirt. I love it. If you like Tim Schafer, humour or/and Uncharted you should read it.

What I generally resent however is that the TombRaider reboot can feel like a shooter at times.

Maybe I’m starting to tend to be more of an indie-game person.

Uh yeah, to clarify. AGAIN: It is a good game.

Until I finished this comic-review the Tomb Raider reboot’s gonna be forgotten… These days to keep up with all the new games is really hard. There used to be a time where you were eagerly awaiting your new game to come out and played it as long as the new one would take to make. *old times blues*
I was late because I was sick… once again! I have such a bad immune system. I really try to live healthy but if you don’t sleep enough your immune system is just not going to make it. And I just don’t get sleep. 😛

Lara’s sister

This is a coloured version of my “Lara’s sister“–Sketch.

The sketch was rough and crooked but I liked her cheeky expression a lot better then here. *sigh*
I guess the moment I manage to realise an illustration that matches the “feeling” of the original sketch will mark the start of a new era of “me skillz”.

I know it is hard to believe but I did not look at reference game stills for this illustration. As I said in the previous post before; I didn’t even consider drawing Lara Croft at all!
When I finished it and compared it with the reboot-Lara I was startled how much I unconsciously copied!
What does that say about me? What does that say about marketing and brain-washing? What does that say about chocolate chip cookie ice cream?!!

(Yes, I cropped the pic. She has shoes. I spend hours on the shoes. HOURS. And then I decided that they looked crappy. I saved you, I spared your lives.)
(Aaaah, yes, this too. I wavered from the path of “flat colours”. Now you see how hard this is for me. I try… I try…)

Blue in yellow

A rather blue illu in yellow.

Again a woman with scepticism in her eyes.

Another one for my “learn-with-clear-flat-colours-project”.

I reckon you must have realised by now – although I already warned you –that I don’t have something like “my own style”.

(Besides lots of “” and women with sceptical glances.)

Cheers!