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[George Oscar Bluth II]

Based on the gameplay from Tomb Raider: Legend/Anniversary (except for the grapple).

A work in progress with the first level being released towards the end of the year.

Images

Videos
First cave (final version)
Gameplay test
Great Wall WIP
Traps test
Underwater test
Pole test
Intro cinematic (YouTube)

Website

Why it might not be taken down:

He did get approval from the senior community manger at CD as long as there isn't monetizing and such (she even mentioned the remake at a TR Q&A at gamescom).

 

[Miker]

Looking at the gameplay test, those animations are 100% Tomb Raider (Anniversary). I'll be cautiously pessimistic about it actually reaching completion.

 

[Feep]

And this won't be DMCA'ed, why?

 

[MuddyDonut]

Damn looks great. Anniversary was pretty cool.

 

[GWX]

The gameplay test vid is actually very good, with nice animations and seemingly spot-on movement (hard to tell without actually playing, but still). I'm impressed.

 

[MuddyDonut]

The gameplay test vid is actually very good, with nice animations and seemingly spot-on movement (hard to tell without actually playing, but still). I'm impressed.

It looks lifted straight from Anniversary lol

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

neat!

 

[GWX]

It looks lifted straight from Anniversary lol

Well, there's a reason on why it looks spot-on

 

[Rellik]

Should have kept it secret until completion.

 

[Hoje0308]

Crystal Dynamics will be quite interested in this, I'm sure.

Edit: Looks like this may see a release after all. Good stuff.

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Looks great and more like what I want from a Tomb Raider game. Hope they manage to finish it.

 

[cj_iwakura]

The words Stealth Release exist for things like this.

 

[pretty done]

This actually looks great. Square should really do something like this instead of those tacky and dull Guardian top down games.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Looks better than the new games. About on par with Rod Lima's RE2 Remake.

 

[kewlbot]

really impressive stuff
very fluid animations for a fan game

 

[tuxfool]

If somebody *really* wants to release this there are ways to get it into people's hands without being subject to takedowns.

 

[soultron]

Well, it was nice they tried. C&D being baked fresh right now.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Is this the one with the upside down sunken ship? If so, I LOVED it.

 

[III-V]

great effort looks well done

 

[Barakov]

Unfortunate that this is going get DMCA'd pretty hard, real soon.

The words Stealth Release exist for things like this.

This should be the plan when anybody decides to do a project like this.

 

[Wanderer5]

Been keeping a eye on and off since he posted it at Tomb Raider Forums, and it been looking quite good so far.

And this won't be DMCA'ed, why?

He did get approval from the senior community manger at CD as long as there isn't monetizing and such (she even mentioned the remake at a TR Q&A at gamescom).

 

[BigBoss007]

Photorealistic enviroments + cartoonish character are always a wrong couple.

 

[Plesiades]

Just call it Tom Braider to avoid any problems.

 

[Venom Fox]

Didn't know the Great Wall of China was built in 2015?

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

He did get approval from the senior community manger at CD as long as there isn't monetizing and such (she even mentioned the remake at a TR Q&A at gamescom).

Putting this in the OP.

 

[tuxfool]

He did get approval from the senior community manger at CD as long as there isn't monetizing and such (she even mentioned the remake at a TR Q&A at gamescom).

Neat. It is great that they're cool with this. Then again, this could change at any time.

 

[sublimit]

I appreciate the effort but i hate Legend/Aniversary/Underworld controls.

He should have stayed faithful to the source material and made an improved version of the grid control system.Also hate that version of Lara as well.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Hot damn.

 

[BigEmil]

Make Tomb Raider great again!

Spoiler

Pre 2013 reboot

 

[Inuhanyou]

They are using the anniversary model touched up a bit. Still the best 'original' lara model. Could do without legends and underworld

 

[KingBroly]

I don't believe for one second Square Enix won't come in and DMCA it.

 

[7DollarHagane]

I don't believe for one second Square Enix won't come in and DMCA it.

Yeah, it's not Crystal Dynamics's call. Square enix will shut this down.

 

[sublimit]

They are using the anniversary model touched up a bit. Still the best 'original' lara model. Could do without legends and underworld

The most faithful version of classic Lara Croft in terms of facial features was the AoD model.After that i stopped recognizing Lara in Tomb Raider games.

 

[Masaki_]

Would've been perfect if it was based on the original series' gameplay.

 

[Inuhanyou]

The most faithful version of classic Lara Croft in terms of facial features was the AoD model.After that i stopped recognizing Lara in Tomb Raider games.

That always looked to me like a slightly higher res version of her PS1/Dreamcast model from TR4.

Outside of hating the game, the model as well felt out of the times.

 

[RagnarokX]

I dunno. Core released a free official Tomb Raider Level Editor as part of Tomb Raider Chronicles and there's a thriving community of Tomb Raider fan games to this day.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Would've been perfect if it was based on the original series' gameplay.

I agree. I really liked the grid based gameplay.

 

[Ferr986]

He did get approval from the senior community manger at CD as long as there isn't monetizing and such (she even mentioned the remake at a TR Q&A at gamescom).

Doesn't SE have the last word here? Would be very surprised if they let this happen (I hope so!)

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

That looks stunning, the animations are spot on.

The only bit can get annoying would be her screaming on every jump, aside from that, beautifull work.

 

[Googledotcom666]

Is there a mansion with an old guy following me and a boat? That's all I care about

 

[dreamfall]

Oh wow - I'd love to see this come out! It's nice to see a return to the CD approach of last gen after the Reboot.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Is there a mansion with an old guy following me and a boat? That's all I care about

I hope the manor is included. Locking the butler in the freezer is one of my favourite video game pastimes hahaha.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Intro cinematic (YouTube)

 

[MrCunningham]

Intro cinematic (YouTube)

Wow, that looks pretty good, to be honest.

Watching this video of the WIP video of Dagger Of Xian Great Wall, and the environments look fantastic in UE4 and the animation and controls look spot on.

 

[Wanderer5]

The project is in the 20 Years of Tomb Raider book with the section for fan-made projects and Tomb Raider Level Editor levels.

And yeah that intro is nicely done.

 

[Roo]

I miss this Lara so much.
This Tomb Raider in general.

 

[Timu]

I hope this gets completed!!!

 

[jelly]

That's really cool, looks quite fresh too and not out of place. Not enough people like puzzles for games like this though, maybe one day again.

 

[itchyass86]

Damn. I want this. One of my most played games on the PS1.

When it comes out, I hope the puzzles will be more difficult and expansive than the original TR2.

 

[Accoun]

New video. Still the same cave, but apparently in its final version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pPOEAXFO4