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Lara's Boss Resigns From Eidos Board

Posted by simoniker on from the wrong-place-at-wrong-time dept.

Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for their report that Jeremy Heath-Smith, managing director of Tomb Raider developers Core Design, has resigned from the board of both Core and parent company Eidos. According to the article, Heath-Smith "..was closely associated with the development of the hugely delayed Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness.. [which has] been widely criticized since its launch for showing signs of extremely poor quality control, with serious gameplay bugs abundant throughout the product." However, as the piece points out, "..it is of course possible that the departure is for personal reasons and was planned prior to the launch of the game.. [but] it's fair to speculate that he may well be the sacrificial lamb required by Eidos."

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  1. Game is terrible by moankey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Someone's head should roll for that thing.
    They took a good franchise and ruined it. I wonder what the studios are going to do since that new Tomb Raider movie is coming soon and Im sure the quality of Angel of Darkness will affect the popularity of the movie as well.

  2. Tomb Raider -- Good idea, poor execution by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I think Tomb Raider has always been a really good idea, both as far as game potential and sales potential. Tomb Raider is essentially a female Indiana Jones with big boobs - who wouldn't mind that? Seriously. Mixing adventure with FPS/action with sex appeal - a good formula for a game. Unfortuneately, the gameplay, graphics, storylines, etc. have always been sub-par.

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    Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden
  3. Tomb Raider: Does anyone care anymore? by Synic · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think by the 3rd title in the series everybody who didn't get turned off already was bored stiff by the monotonous and irritating puzzles and lack of anything new. I'm just curious to see if Tomb Raider 2 movie bombs because I'm thinking that the core audience of "fans" of the video games have all stopped caring about the series altogether. Personally, when news sites started carrying articles on Angel of Darkness I just thought, "too little, way way too late," (especially since the graphics look very dated when comparing with powerhouses like Half-Life 2).