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to each leg, one of which is mangled and bleeding. Croft watches as he scares off the wolves with his guns and then comes to his aid, asking him if he’s heard from “any of the others.” When the man passes out, Croft panics momentarily, but then grabs hold of him and slowly drags him to a makeshift camp as she cries and pants. This later section of the demo shows us Croft with a bow worn over a shoulder, exploring an abandoned mountain village. A special view, a form of Croft’s natural survival instincts we’re told, allows Croft to see the trails the wolves took and a few other things. Croft quickly free runs through the village, making her way to a cavern. Lighting a touch she goes inside, apparently hunting for some sort of beacon. You can hear it beeping, the sound getting louder as she draws closer. We watch as Croft confronts a large wolf, killing it with a knife stab after the player controlling her taps a button in time with an icon flashing on the screen. “Sorry, it was me or you,” she says to herself. She returns to her mentor and uses the medicine she found with the beacon to revive him. winner55 ทางเข้า สล็อต

She knows she has to face the mountain if they are to survive, her mentor tells her so, even hands her a climbing axe. “You can do it Lara, afterall, you’re a Croft,” he says. “I don’t think I’m that kind of Croft,” she replies. “Sure you are. You just don’t know it yet.” “The game’s real emphasis is about survival,” Stewart tells us as the demo wraps up. “It’s about the making of her as a character. “You will see a massive character arc, one that will make her culturally relevant. When you get your hands on the controller you will think, ‘That’s the Lara Croft for my generation.'” Doe-eyed and unsure, trembling as she approaches a challenge, this isn’t the Lara Croft gamers may be used to seeing. After nearly 15 year of gun-toting exploration and archeology, Lara Croft has finally met her match Lara Croft Five minutes of gameplay made me care more about Lara Croft then 15 years of previous titles. 1996 Karl Stewart global brand manager of Crystal Dynamics

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