New Tomb RaiderLet’s be honest.

The news of yet another Tomb Raider reinvention sparked a stuffy yawn from the majority of the gaming community.

Guardian of Light aside (which wasn’t a conventional Croft adventure in the strictest sense), the current gen crop of adventure action games have shown her up to me the Grandma of the gaming world, albeit the most disturbingly big boobed Freudian grandma of our nightmares.

But these brand new images released from her forthcoming reboot stopped us in our tracks. Not only is she back to doing what she does best, but it’s so pretty. So beautifully, beautifully pretty.

We knew that this new game will take Lara back to her roots, as an inexperienced 21-year-old left stranded on an island after a brutal sea storm, but new details have been released.

Crystal Dynamics revealed that there will be “brutal” death traps, including a boulder trap that will crush her head (which gives us warm, fuzzy and bloodthirsy PS1 flashbacks), and a deranged man who’s a little stab-happy.

Aiming is now completely free and not locked onto targets and linear paths are now completely gone, and you’ll need water and food to survive.

Sure, it’s not exactly groundbreaking news, but with a few interesting ideas and these stunning images to keep us going, we’re now officially excited about Lara’s return.

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