Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience - Page 49

**jackali** · 21-09-22, 15:42

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Originally Posted by VictorXD

^ And it was he right decision to ditch dates/years. I mean Lara would be 54 today, she'd be closer to 60 than 50 by the time the next game releases.

CD has said since 2011 that the reboot completely discards dates and has a floating timeline, precisely because they know TR is a franchise that is here to span decades, which it has so far and probably will continue to do in the future.

If they were to keep dates they'd either have to fixate the games being set in the 90's/00's and we'd never see Lara make use of recent tech to progress or they would have to end the franchise.

And why does something have to be set in the present day? Even in the reboot, set in this "floating" timeline is meant to be analogous to when it was released, none of the technology there wasn't widely available in the 90s.

Games do not have to be set in the present day to work, and since it's in a fictional world, there's nothing wrong with them putting anachronistic technology in an earlier time setting.

The notion of dates doesn't need to have any impact whatsoever on the settings, stories, and technologies available in the games.

In fact, I'd argue it gives them more freedom to keep to a timeline of sorts, because then they don't have to try to fit it in with the real world. Plenty of other media has to go to great lengths to write around or ignore widely available technology in service of the plot.

I wouldn't care if she was born in '68, and they gave us a game set in 2000, and I simply can't understand the criticism that the games have to be set in the present day. They don't.

Xenomrph · 22-09-22, 23:52

There's a subtle psychology behind setting it in the "present" day via a floating timeline, because unless you're explicitly trying to make a "period piece", the audience is going to automatically mentally "age" the character up to the present anyway, or question why it's set in a certain year if it's not trying to be a period piece. The audience watches Indiana Jones and understands that it's intentionally set in the 1930s, with 1930s technology and geopolitics, and internally has to say "Indiana Jones, were he real, is long dead and I could never go on adventures with him".

If you want Lara Croft to have a character trait that "she's always in her 30s, so her adventures never end and she never ages out of it" while also making it "she exists contemporaneously with the audience, so they can fantasize about going on adventures with her" then you have to go with a sliding timescale that always takes place in the present.

andre_costa · 31-10-22, 02:03

So I saw this on tiktok... the owner of this account pretends to be from another dimension and he can see our reality but without any of us in it.

This is a pretty cool video

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFADnQ7V/

Moon-Safari · 31-10-22, 04:52

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Originally Posted by andre_costa

So I saw this on tiktok... the owner of this account pretends to be from another dimension and he can see our reality but without any of us in it.

This is a pretty cool video

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFADnQ7V/

Whoa, is this why unified Lara is lonely? Did she get a glimpse of a timeline shift and must prepare a group of skilled tomb raiders to bring back with her to the mirror world to help bridge the worlds? Is unified Lara a hint at a story theme? Multiple Lara's from multiple timelines working together to figure out why humanity has disappeared? A mass timed vaccine die-off scenario? Will Tomb Raider finally get the feeling of isolation again? So many questions.

jeffrey van oort · 01-11-22, 00:00

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Originally Posted by amiro1989

Yeah to me that means au revoir Camilla. NO WAY IN HELL, CD IS GOING BACK WITH HER AFTER HAVING ALICIA RECORDING THE VOICE.

Would Alicia be interested in making voice recordings for the Tomb Raider games? I'm sure someone could modify the game sounds. I don't dislike Camilla. When Lara Croft opens the rolling door in shadow of the Tomb Raider, she said her bestest lines.

Amunet · 17-01-23, 17:21

Wellness Week at Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience: https://twitter.com/TRaiderLIVE/stat...55930979205122

I can't believe they actually dressed the yoga instructor in Lara's clothes! I can't stop laughting!

lance6439 · 17-01-23, 20:33

Was just going to post that. I thought it got closed down last summer.

Ellioft · 17-01-23, 21:45

They actually have won an award for the live experience

.snake. · 18-01-23, 01:43

Who were they competing against? Stale cheese?

lance6439 · 18-01-23, 13:47

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Originally Posted by .snake.

Who were they competing against? Stale cheese?

from the website:

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We've won an award!

Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience has been named as the Best Family Entertainment Centre of the Year 2022 at the Park World Excellence Awards.

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Tomb Raider beat other top attractions and experiences including the I'm a Celebrity Jungle Challenge in Manchester, LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Brussels, Belgium and Babylon Park in London.

I mean...congrats!

22-09-22, 23:52	#482
Xenomrph Historian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 274	There's a subtle psychology behind setting it in the "present" day via a floating timeline, because unless you're explicitly trying to make a "period piece", the audience is going to automatically mentally "age" the character up to the present anyway, or question why it's set in a certain year if it's not trying to be a period piece. The audience watches Indiana Jones and understands that it's intentionally set in the 1930s, with 1930s technology and geopolitics, and internally has to say "Indiana Jones, were he real, is long dead and I could never go on adventures with him". If you want Lara Croft to have a character trait that "she's always in her 30s, so her adventures never end and she never ages out of it" while also making it "she exists contemporaneously with the audience, so they can fantasize about going on adventures with her" then you have to go with a sliding timescale that always takes place in the present. Last edited by Xenomrph; 22-09-22 at 23:53.

17-01-23, 17:21	#486
Amunet Professor Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 2,534	Wellness Week at Tomb Raider: The LIVE Experience: https://twitter.com/TRaiderLIVE/stat...55930979205122 I can't believe they actually dressed the yoga instructor in Lara's clothes! I can't stop laughting! __________________ "If it's unique or exciting, I go after it." — Lara Croft

17-01-23, 20:33	#487
lance6439 Legend Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UTOPIA ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° ) Posts: 33,258	Was just going to post that. I thought it got closed down last summer. __________________ You'll never get away; I'm HOT on your trail

17-01-23, 21:45	#488
Ellioft Relic Hunter Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: France Posts: 5,015	They actually have won an award for the live experience __________________ Patience is a virtue (even If it's hard)

31-10-22, 02:03	#483
andre_costa Explorer Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Portugal Posts: 630	So I saw this on tiktok... the owner of this account pretends to be from another dimension and he can see our reality but without any of us in it. This is a pretty cool video https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFADnQ7V/

18-01-23, 01:43	#489
.snake. Professor Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York Posts: 3,677	Who were they competing against? Stale cheese?