![]() Forza has done well being an xBox exclusive brand, but its one of a few. Very few games in the market can survive an xBox exclusive launch. While the 'timed exclusivity' may not be news, the fact that the game has finally gotten a release date on the other platforms is. A full year to be on the clear favorite platform. ![]() The Steam/PC version would be out 'Early 2016' with no exact date or quarter given, while the PS4 version would come out during holiday 2016. However, in a new press release by Square Enix, the company announced that the console exclusivity of Rise of the Tomb Raider would last just a single year. That's a lot of an audience to leave out in the cold. There are over 75 million steam users, and over 23 million PS4's sold since its release, however, Microsoft has just just over 15 million xBox Ones. This was problematic, seeing as the vast majority of the market use one of those two systems. The Survivor Timeline is the second reboot of the Tomb Raider video game franchise, featuring a new incarnation of Lara Croft and a much more grounded setting. This, of course, had many worried about various games that are currently in the works and if these titles may be delayed or canceled outright Tomb Raider being at the. There was no mention of a PS4 or PC release. Embracer Group recently tweeted an open letter on a restructuring program that is currently underway within the company. However, there was one major factor that stood out. How can you not love Lara Croft jumping onto a swinging obelisk to smash a glass eye that holds the key to time, or sledding thru an ice cave being pulled by dogs? Or the scene where the villains jump through her castle windows as she rappels around the walls, smashing chandeliers and pistol-whipping bad guys? What's a girl to do but hop on her motorbike, take a guy out sideways, and race off at 100 miles an hour? Excellent.The game looked astounding, and the studio once again returned to lots of motion capture in order to bring the game, and the characters, to life. Okay, maybe the parts with her father (real-life papa Jon Voight) were a little over the top, but since the whole movie is just eye-candy anyway they seemed to fit. She seemed smart, brave, and composed as well as full of emotion. Angelina Jolie made the perfect Lara Croft her facial expressions and sly smirks added a personality to the flick that I can only imagine the video game is missing. We learn that it's a creation of Bryce, used to keep Croft on her toes. Instead of outrunning a giant boulder, Croft squares off against a mechanical monster, a robotic menace that seems to come out of nowhere. The film opens like "Raiders of the Lost Ark," with Lara Croft deep inside one of those musty, dusty tombs. She's guided by the spirit (both literally and figuratively) of her late adventurer father, Lord Croft (Jon Voight), and assisted by an archaeologist Alex West (Daniel Craig) and cyber-geek creator Bryce (Noah Taylor). There's enough conviction in her performance to make you want to believe in Lara Croft, the spunky heiress is who is equally at home in her spacious mansion or within the catacombs of a lost tomb. At least Jolie understands the limitations of the script. The script jumps from one expected moment to the next, never apologizing for its lack of originality. It's controlled chaos, utterly lacking in surprise. It deals with end of the world stuff, but it never feels apocalyptic. The script is a patchwork of ideas that plays like a Greatest Hits collection of other films. Home Gaming A Brief History of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Games in Order Tracking the journey of the Tomb Raider franchise in chronological order. Taking its cue from the video game, the film's screenplay is more of a puzzle than a plot. With her mock British accent, Jolie is a lot of fun as the adventurer-archaeologist who is equal parts Bruce Wayne and Indiana Jones, but with a much better body. I watched an interview with Jolie in which she said that she really "became Lara Croft". Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Watch The Movie Trailer Details Release Date: JGenre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller Runtime: 100 minutes Rating: PG-13 Director: Simon West Ratings Must Watch Endless Popcorn 20 Rotten Tomatoes 5. I loved the performance of Angelina Jolie, who brings the computer game heroine Lara Croft to life. Fleabag creator and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge confirmed in an interview with IGN that she is indeed working on a Tomb Raider. "Tomb Raider" is a harmless diversion that should please its core audience.
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