Tomb Raider was a trendsetter in a lot of ways in the video game world. IT featured a non-sci-fi female protagonist going on adventures that only men had been featured in before. It had lots of action, treasure hunting, and more. And because of it, Tomb Raider inspired a lot of games and character. This included the Uncharted series by Naughty Dog. But now, the team behind Shadow of the Tomb Raider have noted that the Uncharted series had an impact on the game.
Senior Brand Director Rich Biggs talked to GamesBeat and noted:
“One of the things that separates Lara is — partly her drive, partly that unique combination of skills I was talking about, the survival action lens we try to view everything through. We look at it as cinematic survival action. The tombs are also a big differentiation. We obviously draw inspiration from movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark. We have great respect for the Uncharted series. Those are games we love playing. I think that Lara has sort of defined this unique combination of being a brilliant archaeologist, having that fast-paced, movement-based combat, her ability to push beyond boundaries that would stop most people. Really, to me, it feels like a special combination. It makes her unique,” Briggs explained.
But another inspiration for Shadow of the Tomb Raider was to put Lara in a position to where she was truly making her own choices, and struggling with them.
We wanted to make her most difficult conflict an inner one. You raised this in your review, which I liked, talking about how Lara has to look inside and not become the monster that she’s facing. This was really important to us. Lara being at the height of her skills, being the most confident she’s ever been, gave us a lot of opportunity. It meant that Lara could now, instead of just being on this easy trajectory toward becoming the tomb raider, she has to decide what kind of tomb raider she’s going to become.”
The game is available now.
