Games Inbox: Rebooting and remaking Soul Reaver, the future of Tomb Raider, and Elden Ring DLC

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A new hope I almost got excited when I saw Legacy Of Kain being talked about by Crystal Dynamics, then GC laid out what they’re working on right now and it quickly became obvious that there’s little chance of them ever making a new game. Maybe in five years or more, but by that point less and less people will remember or care about it.

Perhaps the obvious answer then might be a remake? You wouldn’t necessarily need Crystal Dynamics for that, and it would be a good test of whether people are still interested. I’d recommend remaking Soul Reaver, as I feel that’s everyone’s favourite, but I guess they could try and turn the first one, which was top-down, into a modern 3D game. Although that sounds like a lot of work to me.

I do think there is hope, as I don’t feel Crystal Dynamics would’ve highlighted the series above everything except Tomb Raider if there wasn’t some thought of doing a new one. How and when is a different matter entirely though and if anything does happen I don’t imagine it will be anytime soon.Copal

Crossing the timelines So Tomb Raider is officially under new management, eh? I don’t suppose it’s going to make much of a difference for a while but since Square Enix clearly didn’t want anything to do with it anymore it’s good to have it in the hands of someone that does.

I already liked the idea of the new game trying to combine the timelines of the classic and reboot timelines, as I feel the sweet spot for Tomb Raider is somewhere in between. Hopefully we can go back to Lara being a wisecracking badass too,