Tomb Raider starring Lara Croft?!

[Kurikuo]

No way, thats crazy! I always thought the protagonist is Rico Rodriguez. This Lara Croft must be very unknown to be highlighted in the games title like this. Thanks publisher, would have never known otherwise.

[Mr.Fish]

the very first tomb raider was tomb raider: featuring lara croft.
always was, why would they change it now...

[Kurikuo]

I just find it really funny that they have to point out the most obvious thing. Everyone knows

[Dexter]

Tomb Raider - featuring Lara Croft
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Tomb_Raider_%281996%29.png

Tomb Raider II - starring Lara Croft
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Tomb_Raider_II.png

Tomb Raider III - Adventures of Lara Croft
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider_III#/media/File:Tomb_Raider_III.png

are simply the original titles, so no shame in calling it that in the remaster

[Kurikuo]

The Steam releases for 1-3 dont include that actually. Interesting. Now it makes some sense. Still dumb imo

[Mac]

Now I want a mod with Rico Rodriguez. You have to create his art design.

[Wyrtt]

Originally posted by Kurikuo:

The Steam releases for 1-3 dont include that actually. Interesting. Now it makes some sense. Still dumb imo

I know Im talking with a weeb and not human but still. Educate yourself and google about digital actors. Japanese really liked that concept as well.

[Dexter]

Originally posted by Kurikuo:

The Steam releases for 1-3 dont include that actually.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/225300/Tomb_Raider_II_1997/

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/225300/header.jpg

but you can see it in the picture on the store page

[Butcher]

Featuring Dante from Devil May Cry series & Knuckles

[Kurikuo]

Originally posted by Dexter:

Originally posted by Kurikuo:

The Steam releases for 1-3 dont include that actually.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/225300/Tomb_Raider_II_1997/

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/225300/header.jpg

but you can see it in the picture on the store page

That is true

[Kurikuo]

Originally posted by Wyrtt:

Originally posted by Kurikuo:

The Steam releases for 1-3 dont include that actually. Interesting. Now it makes some sense. Still dumb imo

I know Im talking with a weeb and not human but still. Educate yourself and google about digital actors. Japanese really liked that concept as well.

Thats like if every Yakuza game would say "featuring Kiryu Kazuma." "Death Stranding featuring Norman Reedus." You see where this is going?

[Dexter]

Originally posted by Kurikuo:

You see where this is going?

Where is it supposed to go? they didn't do it with the newer tomb raider titles either, it was just a marketing campaign almost 30 years ago. And today they used it again in the remaster, i don't see a trend now if something is used every 30 years.

Above all, Lara Croft was simply promoted as a character "alongside" the "Tomb Raider" game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Croft#Promotion_and_merchandising

Simple example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=404oPn6tudE

How many of the "protagonists" you mentioned have as much hype as Lara Croft did back then?

[Kurikuo]

My point is that it would be ridiculous if other franchises did that as well. Either way, this whole post was mocking sarcasm. Be it a past marketing campaign or not, doesnt change anything. Thanks for the info tho

[Solyaris]

It is merely a matter of what we call today "brand recognition" relatively to popular culture.

Everyone had heard the name "Lara Croft", back in the day. So, it made perfect sense to try and include it in the title.

It's the same thing that went on with Indiana Jones, funnily enough (funnily, since it's one of Lara's inspirations). Most people knew the name "Indiana Jones", even without having seen the first movie (as opposed to "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which is the actual title). Hence why it was easier (from a marketing standpoint) and made sense to put the name in the title in the second film and beyond.

ie. "Lara Croft" is the actual "brand" in the public eye, not "Tomb Raider" (or even more specifically, was, since the character has lost some value nowadays, whereas literally everyone and their grandma knew Lara Croft 20 years ago). Just as "Indiana Jones" was the actual brand for the public, not "Raiders".

Which ultimately means that those are specifically character driven properties. The whole property, the whole appeal of the property, is the character.

[[GOD] DIFUNTO666]

Originally posted by Dexter:

Originally posted by Kurikuo:

The Steam releases for 1-3 dont include that actually.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/225300/Tomb_Raider_II_1997/

https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/225300/header.jpg

but you can see it in the picture on the store page

not the cover on steam but the original cover disk on playstation was for the 3 first games, featuring, starring and adventures because that time they wanted to make Lara as a real person like an actress acting in a videogame even on playboy she had her magazine, the first and maybe only 3D character on playboy lol

[[GOD] DIFUNTO666]

Originally posted by Kurikuo:

No way, thats crazy! I always thought the protagonist is Rico Rodriguez. This Lara Croft must be very unknown to be highlighted in the games title like this. Thanks publisher, would have never known otherwise.

The original cover disk on playstation was for the 3 first games, featuring, starring and adventures because that time they wanted to make Lara as a real person like an actress acting in a videogame even on playboy she had her magazine, the first and maybe only 3D character on playboy. This is way they added this, it is just a title like a movie title promoting the main character, nothing more.