CORE DESIGN UNDERWAY
WITH AOD SEQUEL
Copyright 2002 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ March 23rd 2002 ]
Core
Design's Operations Director Adrian Smith has
confirmed a second team of programmers and designers
have already begun work on the next installment
of The Angel Of Darkness while team one continues
to finalise episode one ready for it's December
3rd commercial debut.
Lara
Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness is classic
Lara as both hunter and hunted relying on her
ingenuity, athleticism and a new edge that has
arisen from her dark inner demons. However, this
time she faces more evolved characters and situations,
calling for more involved decision-making. Lara
now has the ability to interact with characters
and the choice of which path to take. Upgrading
her trademark style and look and dropping her
into a bombshell scenario calls for a new resourcefulness
making her a stronger and more complex heroine.
"Our
vision is to take the player somewhere dark, a
place they might not necessarily wish to go, but
a place they will have to venture if they are
to bring Lara back." Adrian Smith says, "Lara
will have some tough moral choices to make. It's
no longer a clear-cut case of good versus evil
- this is a more complex tale, which will ask
more complex questions of the player. It will
be a new experience for people who have played
Tomb Raider in the past."
Smith
also confirmed during the official unveiling of
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness
that his Derbyshire based studios will have more
input in the 2003 release of Paramount Pictures
Lara Croft Tomb Raider sequel which retains the
acting services of Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie
and British Red Dwarf star Chris Barrie. The original
movie weathered the full force of a critical assault
last year and almost annihilated eight years of
character development with poor direction, a weak
script and transparent performances from some
of the cast.
Paramount
Pictures will once again distribute the Lara Croft
Tomb Raider movie sequel which begins principle
photography at Pinewood Studios after the Bond
20 camp conclude shooting special effects. Two
movie scripts have reportedly been written. The
Lara Croft Tomb Raider sequel will make it's silver-screen
debut Summer 2003 supported by an army of sponsors
and corporate partners all eager to cash in on
the Lara Croft phenomenon.
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