Core Design Reunion with Cyrstal Dynamics...!?!?!?!

[excuse]

We all know we have spent some part of our lifes and time in what Core Design had given us earlier..But how many of u think crystal dynamics lacks tomb raiding experience....!!!!

They were the actual creators deep down from scratch..Ever since i played were i felt core's greatest skill sets and least reminded me of crystal Dnmcs.

Odds are every were but core shouldd have raised again

So CD's next move says it all...

CD lemme make it clear your next step for lara's fans will naturally underlines best of ur abilities ..

This wud be de thin line to stay in touch....

What if they both get united together will they give us best of there hand works to us..Is tat possible..!!!!!?????:hug

CD you might just need old wine in a new bottle...!!!!!

But i still love core

[Cochrane]

Given that Core was sold to another developer, and also that they sit in the UK while Crystal Dynamics sits in the US, it wouldn't be easy, and since both will have different management structures, technology and ideas how the game should be like, I'd expect this to be total chaos and create the worst TR game ever.

[NightWish]

Actually I think Crystal are doing very good. the only person who seems to lack tombraiding experiance (as iroically as it sounds) is Toby Gard. He is teh one who turned upside down everything that Core has been building by far.

[fondantcookie]

Even though the chance of a CORE-Crystal reunion is pretty much impossible due to CORE no longer existing.....

I do STRONGLY BELIEVE that Crystal/EIDOS would benefit GREATLY from listening to what some of the old TR developers have-to say...



To me, re-hiring Toby Gard wasn't the wisest of moves tobe honest. They hired him becuase he was Laras creator, and thus he 'knows her well'.... Though in reality, Toby only knows the Lara of TR1. He admitted in several interviews that he paid very little attention to any of the later TRs, and as such doesn't actually know lara at all... He knows Lara from ONE GAME, and selfishly fails to realise that she grew as a character over five later games... By him blatently ignoring these character developments, he has done nothing in regards to earning himself any respect...

In contrast, there are people at CORE who worked on many of the LATER TR games... The knew Lara at present, not PAST tense. They'd been with her from her early years and seen her evolve and develop over subsequent releases....

In my opinion, THESE people know MORE about Lara than Toby--Gard ever could....



I'm not saying re-hire the entire old team from CORE. Not at all. What i'm saying is that crystal would benefit GREATLY from the input of people in the know. People who helped create fantasticaly atmospheric levels. People who followed Lara over many years. People who understand what makes a TR level stand out from any old generic action game. And people who know the person lara has become, not was Lara used to be !!!

Get on it Crystal....!! Re-hiring old TR developers would REALLY benefit you. And it would DEFINITLY help bridge the gap between the two camps of fans (traditionalists vs newbies)...

Plus, cooperation with the old people and a little bit of creative writing could easily allow you to intertwine the two backstories.... Maintaining what happened in Laras past, whilst also allowing Crystal to develope her in whatever way they choose for the future !!!



DO IT !!!

[oculi]

i can see the meeting now, a load of core people on one side of the table and a load of CD people on the other.

here is what happens. something bad happens to the CD people and the core people make the next game.

[KurtisTrent90]

Originally Posted by oculi

i can see the meeting now, a load of core people on one side of the table and a load of CD people on the other.

here is what happens. something bad happens to the CD people and the core people make the next game.

That would be a great reason to celebrate this weekend.

[TRBeth]

I would hope for Eidos to reinstate Core Design, and then recruit as many of the old primary game developers as they possibly can, getting on their knees as need be and paying the big bucks to get them. Now whether any of the original Core developers would go for it, is another issue. After being treated like crap, I don't think I'd want to have anything more to do with Eidos.

Alternatively, perhaps Eidos can be sold off and the new owner will finally see the light and right a great wrong when Core Design was turned out to pasture.

[Sara Croft]

Core is over with Tomb Raider now, and they were sicne TR4. They wanted it to end, and they finally got their wish. Crystal Dynamics is doing a very good job now anyway IMO.

[Laras Backpack]

Originally Posted by fondantcookie

Even though the chance of a CORE-Crystal reunion is pretty much impossible due to CORE no longer existing.....

I do STRONGLY BELIEVE that Crystal/EIDOS would benefit GREATLY from listening to what some of the old TR developers have-to say...

My gut reaction to this thread question was to say 'no', but actually I now think that if some of Core's old employees want to help out CD with some friendly suggestions or even help out with some aspects of the design then this could be a great opportunity. Both parties could learn a lot from each other. This could work as long as things like resentment, territoriality and ego (*cough*TobyGard*cough*) were kept to a minimum.

Originally Posted by Sara Croft

Core is over with Tomb Raider now, and they were sicne TR4. They wanted it to end, and they finally got their wish. Crystal Dynamics is doing a very good job now anyway IMO.

I disagree. Though I'm sure many are still sick of Lara (such as the guys interviewed in the TRA documentary) we don't know how all of Core's old team feel about it. Plus it's been several years since TR4- the gaming world has changed and evolved. Much of Core's irritation with TR stemmed from the fact that Eidos were making them hammer out game after game every damn year which in turn stopped them from taking important breaks and developing a new engine. And we must also remember that early last year Core were working on their remake of TR1 and the fact that the video was leaked may indicate that some of its designers were upset that their work was being shelved and that the public would never get to see it.

Sure some will just not be interested and that's totally understandable and fine. But if they were given the chance to come back to Lara after years of separation, given enough time to work on the game and the opportunity to evolve the series in the way they many had wanted to do with AOD then I can't see every single one of them turning the offer down.

[rowanlim]

i jus wan the game to be improved, i don realy care who handles it, as long as the game is good & faithful to the fans, its all that matters...

i wan lara with more character, games with more depth, more exploring...