14-07-18, 18:33 | #31 | |
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The whole story of the game is pretty bad. Lara being a fugitive while being framed for Von Croy's murder... It's just a complete waste of both characters and very contradicting to the characters in The Last Revelation and Chronicles. I really didn't need more Von Croy after Chronicles. Just give me a new adventure, not this revenge, fugitive crap. To say that it's weird is an understatement. Core Design apparently lost both the ability to write a decent story and make a working gaming engine here. Eidos made sure this game would fail though, by not allowing Core to "complete" it.
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14-07-18, 19:53 | #32 |
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who doesn’t find AoD particularly well written. The premise itself doesn’t work for me; what tension is there in Lara Croft being framed for murder, of a man that was such a creeper when she was a teenager no less? Why would she take a brush with death so personally that she’d become so bratty and sensitive over it? Such a strange direction.
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14-07-18, 20:20 | #34 | |
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Classic Lara in her beginnings emerged from something serious a liberated, powerful person. AoD Lara in her prime (TR4) was reduced to sluggish movements and got her feelings hurt, which is...not very Lara-like. |
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14-07-18, 20:44 | #35 |
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*AoD fan comes into here and sees hate on the story*
In all seriousness and to answer the OP’s question, I think their relationship was incredibly messed up, especially in AoD. It made no sense for her to be upset with him. Heck, they could’ve had the same premise, but made Lara not be mad at Werner and instead, they were just catching up or talking about the Obscura Paintings. |
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A revenge plot is still out of charterer in my mind for Lara. Or at the very least that's not a part I need to see, the whole appeal of the series is adventure and a cool charterer. Lara is neither in AoD. |
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14-07-18, 23:54 | #37 | |
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Guess I start trends Anyway I assume part of the mess in AoD was due to how rushed things were. With how they had to rush the game out unfinished, certain things did have to be cropped out, which meant certain things got left unexplained. Maybe if they did have a bit more of a prologue, they could have explained why Lara was so angry at Werner and given a better explanation. |
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28-08-18, 10:30 | #38 |
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"Egypt, Jean-Yves. You left me there."
If you mentally replace Von Croy with Jean-Yves in AOD, it makes a bit more sense. |
28-08-18, 19:22 | #39 |
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He was upset with her even though she went back to save him in Cambodia. It's the same scenario with Egypt and makes perfect sense to me.
They were both irrational and it's just history repeating itself. Edit: We go through TR4 thinking the game is just another adventure and Lara's trying to save the world from Seth, when the game is actually about Lara's origins as a Tomb Raider and her complicated relationship with her mentor. Lara's adventures end exactly the way they started. They are both very alike, and that's why things are complicated. Lara and Werner relationship is often overlooked by the fans, I'm glad it was brought up for discussion. This is probably my 3rd time trying to write a reply. Last edited by SLAYER; 28-08-18 at 19:38. |
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