If you randomly ask a hundred people on the street which character from a video game comes to mind first, most of them will probably answer “Mario”. The busy Nintendo hero should be at the latest since the billion-dollar success of The Super Mario Bros. film in the cinema be known even to those who have zero interest in video games.
If you look for the most famous video game character in fantasy role-playing games, fans of Game of Thrones or The Lord of the Rings in particular will quickly settle on Geralt of Rivia. The hero from The Witcher also became a pop culture icon thanks to the Netflix series with ex-Superman Henry Cavill. But there is one video game character who overshadowed Mario, Sonic and Co., especially in the second half of the 1990s.
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How many parts are there of Lara Croft?
The game series about the “female Indiana Jones” now includes 12 parts, 2018 included Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the last and best game to date published. Lara Croft was on the Sega Saturn and the very first PlayStation in 1996 a sensation.
At that time, controlling a heroine was out of the question from the Nintendo masterpieces of the Metroid series not yet a given. From A completely exaggerated bust made up of just a few polygons the heroine, certainly contributed to the popularity of the pubescent target group. What happened next with Lara Croft?
Is there a new Tomb Raider game coming with Lara Croft?
It is official that another part of the series will appear – a first image of the new Lara Croft divides already the fans. However, concrete details about the next Tomb Raider game are few and far between. All information about the new one We have adventures from Lara Croft here for you summarized. However, you can now play one of the best parts “for free”.
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After the sensational success of the first part, which sold around 7 million copies, numerous sequels and a total of three films followed, among others starring Angelina Jolie. An Amazon series is also in the works. In 2013, the game series made an acclaimed new beginning. 2014 followed with Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (here is an overview of the ratings on Metacritic) a revised version for the then new generation of consoles. And you can now play this “for free”.
The ones back then Lara Croft's 60 euro “cosmetic surgery”. is available from May 2nd, 2024 in Game Pass for PC, cloud and console at no additional cost. Who Tomb Raider played in the 1990s, but then lost sight of the series a bit, so he can plunge into the adventure again with Lara Croft. How good is Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition? Our test tells you whether the new game in Game Pass worth it.