#Core Design

[zevrans]

TOMB RAIDER: THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS ↓ Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered (2025) rem. by Aspyr, dev. by Core Design

[retrocgads]

UK 1998

[majisthelle]

Happy Birthday Lara! 🍫🐀

[sharksmirk]

Posting a little thread from bluesky 😁 ngl teenage me was not excited about some dude being playable in AoD thinking they'd just make him a self-insert for dudes who wanted to see Lara taken down a peg (shout out to Chase Carver, may he rest in pieces ✌️), but when I (finally) progressed through the game I was very pleasently surprised! Glad to see Kurtis finally get the praise he deserves ❤️‍🔥

P.s. images have alt text transcription

[mvfm-25]

" Five alive! The spirit of Lara lives on... Inside! " Power Gaming Magazine n57 - October, 2000.

[siihayaa]

I was doing some research on Murti’s notes because, surprise! My one shots has turned into a fanfic and I wanted to see if the ideas, the whole background I made for Malini aligns with what Murti had planned for the trilogy and…

TEN DOCUMENTS OF KURTIS AND THE LUX VERITATIS? oh this man love his creation. It’s saddens me how much effort he put into this character and his background to just be push to the border.

Damm you Eidos, I fucking despise you, I can’t believe how burnout you made them team and didn’t even have a second choice.

[quaddmgd]

[thecrofttomb]

Happy birthday, Lara!

It's her day! Congratulations to our adventurer Lara Croft, who's celebrating her birthday and a very special release today!

We can finally reveal that we have been playing the Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered games a bit early and we're having an absolute blast. Although we haven't had much time with it, here is a screenshot taken using the game's photo mode to celebrate.

Below you can also see a small comparison between the original and remastered young Lara model from Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation.

Our deepest thanks to Crystal Dynamics, as well as Aspyr, for providing us with an early copy of the new remasters.

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered is now available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4/5, and Xbox One/Series X|S.

[positivelyamazonian]

I never realized how much Crystal Dynamics stole content and ideas from Core! Is that even legal? It breaks my heart to learn how many things were stolen from AoD and put into the reboots!

Crystal's behaviour regarding the saga and the franchise have been, if not illegal, at least quite unprofessional from the beginning, spreading fake news and slanders concerning the previous developers of Tomb Raider and not taking professionally their new roles as developers of the franchise.

What anyone would expect from professionals would be, imho, to take what had been already produced and go on with the legacy trying to be quite loyal to the source and spirit of the games, completing what had been left unfinished (that is, TRAOD trilogy and the TR1 remake, at least) and then, go on with their own vision if they might - they were entitled, after all, to their own ideas concerning the franchise -. Instead, TRAOD was left unfinished, its remains and fandom dragged through the mud, some original ideas exploited to their credit and what was left simply canned. All to proceed with a first, then a second reboot that have barely stood to the quality and spirit of the original franchise.

As such, nowadays Tomb Raider is barely recognizable and there's nothing left of the character named Lara Croft, except her very name. It's a shame Crystal didn't live up the expectations of a studio inheriting a legend and an icon, instead, they thought they could be better and acted cockily and disrespectfully, and failed to provide a decent follow-up to the franchise.

Of course there's plenty of people that won't agree with this, but at this point I care little about it. The LAU trilogy or even the survivor reboot could've been nice games if they stood up alone as independent games, but as Tomb Raiders, they are simply not living up the original franchise and character. That strikes simply by the fact they've changed her biography or motivations so many times to the point it's a mess impossible to unify, as they claim to be doing.

For me, Tomb Raider died short after 2003 and it was Crystal Dynamics, and not Core Design, who killed it. Same with Lara Croft.

Well, not just Crystal. Eidos too have their fair share of guilt.

[prismcreative]

She only plays for sport.

[nick-picks]

Trying to get back to stuff, here’s another Tomb Raider piece for fun in anticipation of the remasters next month. One of my favorite moments in the 2nd game is when you first get the skidoo, anybody who’s played knows it’s very hype!

[retrocgads]

UK 1998

[majisthelle]

Idk if someone already did this

[sharksmirk]

My favourite Lara Croft model of all time! So excited to get another chance to play Tomb Raider angel of darkness (Pose inspired by the statue Aspyr have in their offices)

[mvfm-25]

" Climb to the top of the nearest hill, fill your lungs with air and shout for joy! Tomb Raider 2 has finally landed! " Official PlayStation Magazine (UK) n26 - December, 1997 - Pg. 86 -> Pg. 93

[callmeriver-art]

To celebrate the upcoming tomb raider IV-VI remaster coming out in just a weeks time, I made this piece for a game despite all it's flaws and criticisms holds a special place in my heart and memories angel of darkness was truly a game of its time period in a post Matrix early 2000s world with its design, darker setting and plot and Laras entire personality