Legacy Of Atlantis, The Big Remake Of Lara’s Very First Adventure

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, the subsequent main installment within the long-running franchise, is about to reach early subsequent 12 months and supply a brand new manner for followers and newcomers to expertise Lara Croft’s authentic journey.

However you might need some questions on how this remake connects to previous Tomb Raider video games, the presence of AI belongings, and the way the subsequent Tomb Raider recreation, Catalyst, suits into all this.

What’s Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis?

Legacy of Atlantis is a full-blown remake of the unique 1996 Tomb Raider recreation, rebuilt from the bottom up utilizing Unreal Engine 5. It’s being developed by Flying Wild Hog with help and steerage from longtime Tomb Raider growth studio Crystal Dynamics. Whereas it’s a remake of that first recreation, it’s going to additionally make some adjustments to puzzles, fight, platforming, and extra, so don’t anticipate a one-to-one recreation of what got here earlier than.

When is Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis releasing?

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is about to launch on February 12, 2027. It was initially scheduled to reach someday in 2026.

What platforms will Legacy of Atlantis be out there on?

The following large Tomb Raider recreation will launch on PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Change 2, and PC.

Wait, didn’t they already remake the unique Tomb Raider?

Sure. 2007’s Tomb Raider: Anniversary, developed by Crystal Dynamics, was additionally developed as a remake of the unique recreation. After which you’ve Tomb Raider I-III, which comprises a remastered model of the unique Tomb Raider. Evidently, this can be a story that has been instructed a number of occasions at this level.

Is Legacy of Atlantis set in the identical timeline because the Survivor Trilogy?

Sure. Over the previous few years, the folks in command of Tomb Raider have been attempting to unify the franchise’s various timelines.

So Legacy of Atlantis is a sequel to the Survivor trilogy, which reveals Lara’s origins, and bumps the unique recreation (and Anniversary, the previous remake) from this singular timeline. This additionally implies that whenever you play Tomb Raider 2, it’s a sequel to Legacy of Atlantis now, canonically talking. Bit bizarre, however fortunately, you’ll be able to largely simply ignore all that and benefit from the video games as standalone adventures.

However that’s a brand new actress taking part in Lara Croft…

That’s right. Whereas this new recreation is related to the previous video games, Lara Croft has been recast. Alix Wilton Regan is the brand new actress taking up the function of Lara. She replaces Camilla Luddington, who performed Lara within the Survivor Trilogy. Regan can even star because the well-known tomb raiding adventurer in 2027’s upcoming Tomb Raider: Catalyst. 

Yeah, what about that different recreation, Tomb Raider: Catalyst?

What about it?

Properly, when is it set? How does it connect with Legacy of Atlantis?

First off, that was two questions, so chill. Secondly, Catalyst is about additional into the way forward for Lara Croft’s timeline. In reality, it’s set after the occasions of Tomb Raider: Underworld, which was a part of the identical trilogy of video games that contained Anniversary, which is able to not be a part of the timeline anymore. It’s a bit complicated, however the brief model is that, sure, Catalyst is related to the upcoming remake, however the two video games present Lara at two totally different factors in her life. However it’s the identical Lara, therefore the shared actress in Regan.

Does Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis include AI-generated belongings?

Sadly, yeah, it seems like it, according to the game’s Steam page. The devs say AI-generated belongings have been utilized in growth after which both “changed or refined by people,” however that also isn’t nice, and I anticipate folks will discover some odd-looking ins and outs inside Legacy of Atlantis as soon as it launches in early 2027.