18: The Power-up of Celebrity
Are you ready for another fun-packed episode of the Sho & Joe Show? Sinan Kubba and Joe DeLia are joined by freelance games journalist Adam Standing and Julian Toseland from Cranky Gamers.net to discuss gaming celebrities within the industry and mainstream.
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In regards to Tomb Raider going open-world; I too was skeptical at first, but then remembered that Crystal Dynamics made the fantastic Soul Reaver, which was very much an open-world Tomb Raider albeit with a gothy makeover. It wasn’t that much different than how Tomb Raider has always been, only all the areas were connected and there was a lot of cool secret stuff to find.
Then again, the few hours I played of Soul Reaver 2 were borderline terrible, so they could still fuck it up. Still, it has been done well in the past and the potential is there.