Ms.Croft

Dev Walkthrough Part 1 Dev Walkthrough 2 River Crossing Gameplay Co-Op Gameplay Enjoy! Ms.Croft

Both! First playthrough, I'll hopefully be playing co-op. I kinda feel that co-op is slightly ruined if you've played it before as some of the fun is taken away from not knowing how to work out a puzzle together. Whereas, if one person knows how to do a puzzle, it becomes less 'co-op', and more 'Do this, do that'.

Only the release date of "Summer 2010". Also, there will be a demo, but there's no date for that yet, either.

Oh yeah! Only just noticed that...d'oh. Anyhow, yes looks good!

Yes, but for those in GMT, it'll be about 8:30am Saturday I think. And here ya go: Debut Trailer Looks much better in motion!

The debut trailer for Lara Croft's new adventure The Guardian of Light will be revealed this Friday the 12th of May on GTTV at 12:40am (So Saturday morning). Promo: GametrailersGTTVPromo SpikeTV: Spike If you miss the trailer, no worries, it'll be shown again on Gametrailers.com over the weekend. MsC EDIT: Here's the trailer: Guardian of Light Debut Trailer

7 Gigs?! My God, that's huge for a game like this! Anyhow, thanks for the information, Tom! Ah well, looks like I'll be stealing my brother's Steam account again! Or maybe he can get his sister a late birthday present... MsC *Added Platform Download location information*

Yes, it appears to be one of her lesser known works. I've seen it once a couple of years ago. It's one of the more 'risque' movies she's done. MsC

Keep in mind that this isn't Tomb Raider 9. This is one of TWO projects Crystal Dynamics is currently working on, so if you don't like it, don't worry. Tomb Raider will return with the camera angles we all know and love. Also, the only price revealed so far was 15 dollars. I would hope they'd use currency exchange to determine the price of the Guardian of Light in your currency. I don't know the actual Dollars to Euro exchange rate at the moment, but I'd imagine it'll be around the 10-12 euros area.

Hmm... I'm almost 100% certain RE: Afterlife isn't going to be good. Afterall, it's resulted in using 3D and Resident Evil 5 majini-monsters to sell itself. I still wish they'd never included Claire/Chris/Wesker...etc...etc in the first place. However, I'll still watch it, it is Resident Evil afterall.

Yeah, I've played a bit more and I'm enjoying it more than I did. There are a lot of FFX references I've found so far just in the story itself. Hope and his parent issues, the 'forbidden' love between Snow and Serah. Pretty sure I've seen Tidus's symbol as well. Lightning's growing on me a bit more now, as is her VA, but Vanille's still annoys me, and probably always will.

May I just say... WOW! That's all I can really say about it...just wow. A fantastic action-packed adventure from start to finish.

Got my copy...played through about 4 hours of it so far. At first, I didn't like it that much. I'm not too impressed with Lightning's VA, and Vanille's annoys the hell out of me, but Sazh and the other's voice acting is top-notch. But dubbed VA was never too fantastic in the FF series, so not a big surprise. It's a lot-lot-lot more linear than every previous FF I've ever played. There's no 'towns', no 'shops', etc, etc, and you're kinda stuck on one path, however, I've heard this branches later on in the game. The combat system for the first 5-or-so hours is deceptively dull and simple. However, as of recent play-time, I've begun to enjoy it a lot more. The enemies have become a lot tougher, and I now have to think a lot more about what paradigm I use, the skills, etc, etc, though I'm not fond of having no control over my party formation, but again, I'm sure that'll change as I get more into it. This is definitely a game that's becoming more complicated, more fun, and more involving the longer I'm playing it, so I'll stick it out. At the moment, however, I prefer 12 and 10.

I haven't had the chance to get it yet. Probably won't for another two or three weeks, as I've got a lot of stuff to do, however I'm almost certain Morph will have it It looks good, though. MsC

*Added price details and updated available platforms*

Name: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Developers: Crystal Dynamics Publishers: Square Enix, Eidos Interactive. Platforms: PC, PS3, XBox360. Price: $15 (Do not yet know prices for other currencies) Release Date: Exclusively purchased through digital download. PS3: Purchase via PSN, available 28th of September XBox360: Purchase via XBox Live, available 18th of August PC: Purchase via Steam [Download Here], available 28th of September Game Details: Camera fixed to an isometric view throughout. Co-Op Campaign: Players will work together to solve puzzles and explore the environment as one of two characters. Single Player: Players will take control of Lara Croft only and have extra abilities she wouldn't otherwise have in co-op mode to solve puzzles and traverse the environment. Totec will appear in cut-scenes only. Plot: British archaeologist Lara Croft, and Mayan tribesman Totec team up to discover the Mirror of Smoke, an ancient artefact capable of mysterious powers. The Mirror of Smoke unleashes an evil spirit known as Xoxolt who has the capability of controlling a wide variety of spirits to cause mayhem. The pair must work together to stop Xoxolt from unleashing havoc on the world. Playable Characters: Lara Croft; The British archaeologist comes equipped with her trusty dual pistols and grapple hook used to traverse the environment. She will help her partner cross deadly traps by creating tight ropes for them to cross booby traps. Totec; This Mayan tribesman and 'Guardian Of Light' fights using a deadly spear to hurl at foes, and a shield to defend himself. His spear can help Lara swing into unreachable areas, and it can be raised by Totec to provide Lara with a platform to jump onto ledges. Environment: The player(s) can expect to explore a number of heavily puzzle based tombs found in caverns, as well as fight foes amongst swaying vegetation and Mayan architecture. Additional Information: Xbox version will be available a month earlier than the PS3 and Steam version, however the game will only be available to play offline local co-op and single player. Online mode for the Xbox 360 version will activate when the Playstation 3 and Steam versions are released. There will also be 5 additional DLC packs released in December. These will add new areas, and new characters. Information will be updated as new updates become available ~.~ Sources: Gamespot Article

Of course I don't mind! That's part of the fun!

((Bite sized chunks at the moment, as I've got a lot to do and just deleted 4 chapters as I wasn't happy with them )) CHAPTER 7 Where There’s A Will There’s A Way Croft Manor, England “I’m stuck. For once, I’m stuck.” Lara said quietly sitting on the armrest of her sofa with a laptop on her legs. “Lady Croft, if I can offer a suggestion?” She nodded her head at Winston in response. “Talk to Zip and Alister, they may be able to help you. “It’s 3am, Winston, I cannot ask them for their help now, and they need their rest. There’s got to be something I’m missing. A small detail I’ve just forgotten about; something obvious!” “What about the text in Bolivia, Ms Croft?” “The one I can’t translate? Yes, that is interesting and the wall probably leads to one of the six swords.” Lara sighed and stood up walking towards the tech room. “But it can't be translated. Useless. I guess it is the only lead I have at this present moment in time, though. Perhaps I should try and learn of the writing’s history.” Winston followed as Lara typed furiously at the keyboard. Images flashed onto the monitors which were quickly discarded by her. As she went to close one window, Winston gasped in protest. “What? What is it, Winston?” “That picture, I have seen it before in your father’s records.” “This one?” Lara pointed to the monitor showing an oval black stone, etched with carvings too dark to be seen clearly. Winston nodded in response before walking briskly towards his bedroom. Moments later, he returned with the picture. It was annotated. Lara could recognize her father’s handwriting anywhere. She read aloud. “‘The Stone of Translation’. It’s hardly the most interesting of artefact names. Still though, it seems appropriate considering the circumstances. I might just give this some more research.” She looked towards her faithful butler and smiled. “Winston, retire to your bed, you deserve the rest.” “And you, lady Croft?” “I’ll be fine, don’t worry. I’ll talk to you later.” Winston simply nodded, and walked towards the grand staircase. “Yes...I’ll be fine.” She said quietly to herself, smiling.

Something in my brain wanted me to bring Yuna here, but I couldn't let it. It was addictive, like the need for water...I couldn't let him do anything to her. "What's taking so long?!" "I'm sorry, Master, I can't bring her here, something is blocking me." "Very well...we'll bring her here together." "Yes Master..." "Then get ready, my dear, and hold my hands." Seymour said locking his eyes to mine. I did what he asked unwillingly. All he did was stare at me. I could feel nothing change, but for a split second, I felt something. Then I took advantage of it. Seymour's flesh burned white and I was propelled backwards. "How did you...?" "Relinquish your control?!" I began, smiling. "You let your guard down for a split second. A split second is all I need!" I turned on my heel and ran away from him, just to get away. I had no idea where I was going, but it didn't matter. His face, and smell repelled me. It was then, thinking of his smell that I realised I wasn't moving. In my mind my feet were moving. "Yes...you're good, my dear, very good, but I'm better." His face materialised before me. "I didn't want to have to do this to you, Tetsuna, but now you won't join me willingly, I'll have to do this the hard way." "What do you mean!?" He said nothing. Seymour opened his arms before me, lifting his head towards the ceiling and began humming. I stared at his exposed chest and was horrified. It had began to split like an Earthquake ripping through his body. It got wider. Then it began to draw me to it. Was this a trick of the mind, or was I becoming a part of him? I didn't want to know the answer. All I could do...was scream.

Here ya go, guys: Article on The Guardian of Light (Click Me) So...who wants to be my co-op partner? MsC

I've read some responses from the official community representative at Eidos in This thread! Feel free to read it all, but I'll grab some essential info and post it here: This is ONE of two projects CrystalD are working on at the moment (The other, presumably, TR9). There's no definite platform release as of yet, it could be released on the PS3 and XBox market place, too. And, as Tom mentioned, a lot more about it will be revealed during next week.

Oh my God, it's Christmas again! But in all seriousness, I'm a tiny bit confused... It's only going to be released via digital download, so it's PC exclusive, and I assume not a fully next-gen video game? Not that that would bother me, to be honest; if it's of good quality, I'm all for it. And released in 2010!? Earlier than I thought the next game would be. Also interesting to note: They've dropped "Tomb Raider" from the title...this appears to be a fully fledged Lara Croft story related title this time...perhaps those screenshots released a long time ago were true. This adventure is before she became a 'Tomb Raider'.

Happy Birthday LCO! Love this place. Special thanks of course to Tom, Gia, and the rest of the people who made this place a welcome, warming and fun community. Also, can I please have a link to the Eidos twitter? 'cause that's cool! MsC

Our girl is definitely not out yet! From the buzz surrounding the gaming industry, we should be hearing some news about the next Tomb Raider game this year! No idea if that means we'll have it this year, but hey, news is good enough. MsC

Yeaaaaaahhhh..... Dunno what to think about this film. I don't generally like games into movies anyhow, but this one looks...ok. I don't really feel the substance from it, to be honest, just seems all flash and no content. I'll withold judgement until I see some proper reviews of it, though. Went to see Saw 6... I don't personally see Saw movies for the actual intelligent storyline anymore, to be honest, I'm just slightly messed up in the head and see it for the gore BUT, it actually wasn't too bad. It's a lot more like Saw 1 and 2, rather than the gore fests of the other 3. It wasn't excellent by any means, but it delivers to the classic Saw fans.