Shadow of the Tomb Raider - General Chat - Page 2985

Portugalraider · 10-05-20, 22:11

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The subway photo? October 2016 around Halloween

Thank you. That does confirm Eidos Montreal was probably already chosen as the main developed at the time. So Ian Milham was probably hired for Avengers and not Tomb Raider.

FanosCroft · 11-05-20, 07:53

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Originally Posted by Portugalraider

Thank you. That does confirm Eidos Montreal was probably already chosen as the main developed at the time. So Ian Milham was probably hired for Avengers and not Tomb Raider.

well his page does say he worked on both games

Portugalraider · 11-05-20, 11:57

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Originally Posted by FanosCroft

well his page does say he worked on both games

Does it, now? Than it's a bit strange to not be credited at all.

Just checked is LinkedIn page, he says there that at Crystal Dynamics he worked on The Avengers and an project that was still not announced at the time. Maybe that was SotTR, since it was only announced in 2018... But again, at that time SotTR was already in the hands of Eidos Montreal, so maybe it was something else? Who knows, now...

Edit: checked his page, and he doesn't specify Shadow of the Tomb Raider, just "pre-production ideation for the long term future of the Tomb Raider franchise." Maybe he was actually working on the next era of Tomb Raider after the origin trilogy was over? Like how TR2013 and the whole reboot were being conceptualised during TRU's development?

FanosCroft · 11-05-20, 12:27

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Originally Posted by Portugalraider

Does it, now? Than it's a bit strange to not be credited at all.

Just checked is LinkedIn page, he says there that at Crystal Dynamics he worked on The Avengers and an project that was still not announced at the time. Maybe that was SotTR, since it was only announced in 2018... But again, at that time SotTR was already in the hands of Eidos Montreal, so maybe it was something else? Who knows, now...

Edit: checked his page, and he doesn't specify Shadow of the Tomb Raider, just "pre-production ideation for the long term future of the Tomb Raider franchise." Maybe he was actually working on the next era of Tomb Raider after the origin trilogy was over? Like how TR2013 and the whole reboot were being conceptualised during TRU's development?

Well yeah it doesn’t specify SOTTR, I just assumed it is. Maybe you’re right omg, CD gave SOTTR to EM so they can focus work AP and the a small team with Ian start pre production and come up with concepts/ideas for the next TR game. Kinda makes sense to me why he’s not credited in SOTTR, or either he did work on SOTTR but his ideas were scrapped after Chayer took over?

Chamayoo · 11-05-20, 14:43

Would be exciting if Ian already worked on the 4th game.

...At the same time he quitted the project very early so I don't know if it would mean bad or neutral news... Could be the same fate as Ascension again.

Portugalraider · 11-05-20, 15:03

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Originally Posted by Chamayoo

Would be exciting if Ian already worked on the 4th game.

...At the same time he quitted the project very early so I don't know if it would mean bad or neutral news... Could be the same fate as Ascension again.

Probably neutral. Better him leave during pre-planning stage because his vision doesn't go well with what the studio really wants to do, than have him compromise down the line. Or maybe he left because of The Avengers.

Also Ascension would be a terrible Tomb Raider game, but a great new IP, but that's a whole different topic.

Tomb Raidering · 11-05-20, 15:36

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Probably neutral. Better him leave during pre-planning stage because his vision doesn't go well with what the studio really wants to do, than have him compromise down the line. Or maybe he left because of The Avengers.

Also Ascension would be a terrible Tomb Raider game, but a great new IP, but that's a whole different topic.

Agreed. Everything about it must go to trash, and while we’re at it why not burn the trash?

Hopefully, they’ll never return to it since it’d be similar to TR2013. 😌
[Another reason I love TR2013, it prevented (and still prevents) that “thing” from becoming a real thing]

Chamayoo · 11-05-20, 15:40

It's indeed another topic.

Not everything should be put in the bin. Give me giant boss-fights (not necessarely collosseus) and flamethrowers please !!

Tomb Raidering · 11-05-20, 15:43

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It's indeed another topic.

Not everything should be put in the bin. Give me giant boss-fights (not necessarely collosseus) and flamethrowers please !!

No to the monsters and horror theme... then maybe. But, I’d still hate it.

Crystal Dynamics did the right thing with deciding to make TR2013 instead.

Chamayoo · 11-05-20, 15:56

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No to the monsters and horror theme... then maybe. But, I’d still hate it.

Crystal Dynamics did the right thing with deciding to make TR2013 instead.

I'll just say I disagree, because it's another topic as we said before.

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