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作者 TombCrow, 2005 六月 17, 15:42:53

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Page 1: Tarnished Legend - Intro

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Can Lara Croft win back the hearts of disenchanted gamers?

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haracters are the heart and soul of gaming. All but a handful of the most popular series are the ones with a memorable face attached. Be it the harmless goofiness of Mario\'s posse or the stoic blankness of http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2005814\">Halo\'s Master Chief, a carefully-crafted icon is often the key to a game\'s success.

It\'s this truism that glutted the 16-bit gaming industry with second-rate Sonic wannabes; this philosophy that leads Sony Online Entertainment to place scantily-clad elf girls on the cover of every EverQuest product. Yet only a tiny handful of characters have truly made it to the point of true pop-culture celebrity: The point at which even non-gamers recognize their names and faces. Pac-Man, Mario, possibly Sonic in happier times. And one other, born at the dawn of the 32-bit era -- http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2018084\">Tomb Raider heroine Lara Croft.

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The sun has set on Lara\'s empire of superstardom.
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The fame commanded by Lara is only partly the result of the games she\'s starred in; equally vital has been clever (if sometimes controversial) marketing by her corporate owners, Eidos Interactive, and the fact that Lara has put in two silver screen appearances courtesy of Angelina Jolie. Rock superstars U2 splashed her image across larger-than-life Jumbotrons as part of their Popmart tour; Generation X scribe Douglas Coupland wrote a book about her. She\'s been seen on countless magazine covers -- but unlike most game characters, those publications include Entertainment Weekly and The Face. Mention Lara Croft to anyone and they\'ll immediately know who you mean. A self-confident, buxom adventurer who\'s more likely to solve a problem with her wits than with the twin pistols that serve as her trademark.

Strange, then, that to most gamers she might as well be nobody.

Ask gamers about her upcoming adventure, http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=2018084\">Tomb Raider: Legend, and you\'ll find mostly apathy. Search for Tomb Raider fansites and you\'ll be hard-pressed to find many that weren\'t abandoned years ago. The shine is well and truly off Lara\'s star, and Eidos has gone from being one of the powerful companies of the 32-bit era to a nearly-bankrupt venture that was shopped around until SCi Entertainment finally http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3140706&did=1\">nibbled.

How did it come to this? How have two former powerhouses fallen so far? And more importantly, what is Eidos doing to make its former superstar attractive to its audience again?

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The Tomb Raider timeline to date encompasses six console and PC games; while none have been truly bad, a look at their GameRankings averages reveals a great deal about the franchise\'s fortunes... and how gamers have responded.

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GameRankings Avg.: 89.6
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The first game in the series, and unquestionably the most important (at least in terms of positive impact). Few gamers went away from Lara\'s debut unimpressed, if not with the stunning gameplay than at least with the appealing heroine.

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