17-05-19, 05:34 | #71 | |
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So the intro FMVs before staring a new game... TR: Explosion that releases a powerful flying something TR2: Ancient battle with a dragon that ends with a chilling door slam TR3: Meteor crash + bumbling contemporary dig in Antarctica TR4: nuthin' TR5: Lara's funeral and friends chatting in a limo/lead in to the game's concept TRAoD: Narrated introduction with Lara creeping into Von Croy's apartment TRL: Lookit how sexy Lara is!! TRA: TR redux TRU: -drawing a blank- |
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17-05-19, 19:29 | #72 | |
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18-05-19, 19:35 | #74 |
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22-05-19, 02:33 | #76 |
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Well tbh I always loved that intro lmao. Idk why it looks cheesy or cringy. I was very young when I played the game though, so nostalgia might be clouding my vision
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22-05-19, 16:57 | #77 |
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I always thought that the intro kinda feels weirdly detached from the rest of the game. It's this weird mixture of concept artworks and scenes from the game. The latter is the weirdest part since this isn't a TV show where it's normal to show scenes from the whole show/season, but it's a single game and you're about to see all of these scenes while playing the game, anyway. The only other game that I know of which shows in-game scenes that prominently in the intro is Halo Anniversary and there it makes sense since it's a remaster and the intro video shows off the difference between the original and the new graphics instead of regular cutscenes or gameplay. Overall the Legend intro gives off kind of a fanmade vibe since it has no original animations that were made specifically for this video. Overall I can't say that it's "bad" per se, just weird and certainly the weakest intro of the whole TR series.
As for the James Bond comparisons: It kinda feels like Crystal tried to copy the James Bond intros, but again: Since the Legend intro consists of concept artworks and scenes from the game, it feels more like the intro of a TV show than a blockbuster movie. The James Bond intros don't consist of scenes that you're about to see anyway (at least the ones that I've seen; I'm not a James Bond fan, so I haven't seen all of them), but they're always made separately. Perfect Dark Zero did a better job at copying the James Bond intros. https://youtu.be/-T9mCezRsfw?t=25 It consists mostly of original animations that were made specifically for this video. Also, I think that Joanna Dark isn't animated but an actress. And it has an intro song with lyrics, which is more akin to a James Bond intro than a purely intrumental song, which, once again, feels more like something out of a TV show. In the end there's a few glimpses of gameplay, but the in-game scenes are very brief and in the background. Last edited by Wooxman; 22-05-19 at 16:59. |
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23-05-19, 23:20 | #79 |
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I remember it made me both cringe and excited at the same time It was like an intro to a kids TV show and kinda stuck out compared to the rest of the game, I guess they felt the need to make it flashy for some reason... I don't have a problem with it though.
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