Work Side-by-Side with Lara Croft
Jeux sur un Plateau has posted info on Tomb Raider: Underworld, a new cooperative game from Tilsit in which 1-4 players try to advance Lara up particular tracks on the game board in order to improve her attributes, such as fighting and acrobatics, and uncover whatever archeological-type things she’s trying to uncover. JSP’s short take on the game, due out in November 2009 for €32, is that the game is far easier to win than Ghost Stories or Lord of the Rings with relatively simple game play that should appeal to younger audiences.
Somewhat random anecdote: A friend of mine illustrated a few cards for the Tomb Raider CCG that Precedence Publishing released a decade ago. What advice did the art director have to offer regarding the proper look for Lara Croft? “Just when you think you’ve made her breasts big enough, make them a tiny bit bigger.” Plus c’est change…
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Nov 17, 2009 at 02:30 PM in Game News, The Industry at Large / 902
