An interesting thing I noticed

[Brigador Lemur]

Has anyone else seen that the symbol for Marco Bartoli's mafia family looks a lot like the symbol for Pharoh Kih-Oskh from the Tintin book "Cigars of the Pharoh"?.

[crashdown]

Funny I thought the same when i first saw the sign and your insight made me think some more (oh no!). The hydroplane scene in TR2 kind of reminded me of another of Tintin book "the crab with the golden claws" where Tintin take controll of a hydroplane from the bad guys in the middle of the sea. Notice that many Lara Croft adventures take place in many of the samme surroundings and countries than in Tintin. Peru for Tomb raider 1 and Temple of sun, Tibet for tomb raider 2 and Tintin in Tibet etc...

I think the creators of the game must have been inspirated at some level by Tintin adventures, al the two heroes have much in common.
They're both loners and we know next to nothing about their origine (for Lara Croft at least unntil the reboot). They're quite and don't talk much and seem to reveal in getting themselves in danger to uncover some plots or mystery for its sake only. Lara Croft is a wealthy heiress while Tintin has a career in journalism but they don't seem to care much about their social standing being too busy travelling around the world for the next adventure.

Maybe we should make this thread about the similarities between the characters, ironically enough , there have been made many computer games around Tintin while Lara Craft adventures have been printed many times in comics. Although in my mind They're best in their own original mediums.

[Brigador Lemur]

Originally posted by crashdown:

Funny I thought the same when i first saw the sign and your insight made me think some more (oh no!). The hydroplane scene in TR2 kind of reminded me of another of Tintin book "the crab with the golden claws" where Tintin take controll of a hydroplane from the bad guys in the middle of the sea. Notice that many Lara Croft adventures take place in many of the samme surroundings and countries than in Tintin. Peru for Tomb raider 1 and Temple of sun, Tibet for tomb raider 2 and Tintin in Tibet etc...

I think the creators of the game must have been inspirated at some level by Tintin adventures, al the two heroes have much in common.
They're both loners and we know next to nothing about their origine (for Lara Croft at least unntil the reboot). They're quite and don't talk much and seem to reveal in getting themselves in danger to uncover some plots or mystery for its sake only. Lara Croft is a wealthy heiress while Tintin has a career in journalism but they don't seem to care much about their social standing being too busy travelling around the world for the next adventure.

Maybe we should make this thread about the similarities between the characters, ironically enough , there have been made many computer games around Tintin while Lara Craft adventures have been printed many times in comics. Although in my mind They're best in their own original mediums.

Heey, you're right, the hydroplane is quite similar to that part in The Crab with the Golden Claws, which happens to be one of my favorite books and episodes of the Tintin cartoon show from the 90's as well.