KURTIS TRENT -
A CHARACTER PROFILE
Copyright 2002 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ August 3rd 2002 ]
Lara
Croft has a partner in crime who joins the British
aristocrat in her latest adventure The Angel Of
Darkness. His name is Kurtis Trent, and he will
become Core Design's debut for a second playable
character in a Tomb Raider adventure. The last
remaining adept of an ancient and mystical order
called the Lux Lertatis, Kurtis Trent will marry
muscle and brawn with Lara's buoyant twin-pistolled
approach to dispensing anything or anyone that
stands in their way. Kurtis Trent will also carry
his own trademark weapon - The Glaive, a razor
sharp frisbee that can be thrown at enemies or
maneuvered in flight by telekinetic powers. If
this dual-character inclusion proves successful,
Core Design will entertain the idea of releasing
a spin-off videogame series starring Trent.
Their
paths will first meet when Lara executes the theft
of one of five Obscura paintings from the famous
Musée du Louvre in Paris; however Trent's character
won't become playable until the duo travel to
Prague, Eastern Europe for a showdown at the eerie
Strahov Complex. Although Core Design hasn't sown
an inseparable bond into the game play broth,
the pair will both advance their adventures together
in search of a mutually beneficial resolution.
Trent is bent on revenge after Eckhardt and his
army of mutants wiped out his family and members
of his Lux Vertatis order. Lara will seek to prove
her innocence after being framed for a series
of gruesome murders. Both want Eckhardt horizontal
and breathless.
Core
Design boss Adrian Smith has big plans for his
new epic scale adventure: "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.
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."
The Angel
Of Darkness has been billed to make its commercial
debut November 2002, although we suspect a December
launch is more likely. Core Design haven't unequivocally
ruled out future support for Microsoft Corps XBOX
games console, but initially the game will be
released for the Sony Playstation 2 and PC platforms.
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