Tomb Raider: Underworld Trailers Feature Wetsuits and Jungles

Publisher Eidos has released a few more gameplay trailers from Lara Croft's latest latest Crystal Dynamics-developed adventure, Tomb Raider: Underworld, which hits PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii on November 18.

Chris Faylor

September 25, 2008 11:24 AM

Check below for the other gamplay video, featuring a jungle environment.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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RomSteady

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September 25, 2008 11:34 AM

The jungle section looks great, but the water? Swimming has always been the bane of games, and I don't see this being any exception.
- Rice-Rocketeer
  
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  September 25, 2008 11:37 AM
  
  I agree with you wholeheartedly.
- Gwyndion
  
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  September 25, 2008 11:43 AM
  
  Really? I always felt that swimming was always handled fairly well in in the Tomb Raider series.. better than most other games with swimming.
  - Gwyndion
    
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    September 25, 2008 11:45 AM
    
    besides... she looks REALLY nice in that wetsuit... which is a nice by-product :)
  - megarust32
    
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    September 25, 2008 11:51 AM
    
    agreed
- dlr(2)
  
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  September 25, 2008 11:51 AM
  
  I wonder, do they use motion capture for swimming, or does it not work underwater?
  - pillzer
    
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    September 25, 2008 2:12 PM
    
    Theorically yes. Some motion capture system are purely optical, just using white balls on your actor/stunt and regular HD cameras. So in theory you could setup a large transparent basin setup your cameras around and capture the ation this way..
    In theory at least; I've got no clue whether it'd actually work or not.. Maybe the water would interfere too much with the lights on the markers.. No idea.
- GilesH
  
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  September 25, 2008 11:55 AM
  
  Poor execution previously doesn't prove that an idea itself is poor. Hopefully they did their prototypes and decided what they had was fun.
- [deleted] 1985820900
  
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  September 25, 2008 12:00 PM
  
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  - DewFuel
    
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    September 25, 2008 12:18 PM
    
    i think it adds "realism"
    - Vincent Grayson
      
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      September 25, 2008 12:59 PM
      
      But it doesn't add "fun", and in theory, that's why we play games about raiding tombs from the perspective of a ridiculously well-endowed British woman.
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- ElArabDeMagnifico
  
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  September 25, 2008 1:31 PM
  
  I agree with you that not many devs. have been good at making Water levels. Some parts look really cool (Fuck yeah, shark fighting!) and some just look like typical annoying Water level staples that need to be buried (DODGE THE JELLYFISH!).