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Tomb Raider has Been Inducted Into the World Video Game Hall of Fame, More Than 63M Copies Sold
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Tomb Raider enters along with the other finalists Final Fantasy VII, John Madden Football, and Spacewar! All of the games inducted in the past 4 years can be found on the museum's web page. It was a lot of fun getting to help out on the WVGHoF this year :)
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The best female protagonist in any game ever imo, she popularised the "female protagonist" in video games, which is still a thing people want in games to this day. Having said that, without her early days of all that girl power and sex symbol she wouldn't have pathed ways for future protagonists.
Just so it's noted, the selection criteria is:
- Icon-status: the game is widely recognized and remembered.
- Longevity: the game is more than a passing fad and has enjoyed popularity over time.
- Geographical reach: the game meets the above criteria across international boundaries.
- Influence: The game has exerted significant influence on the design and development of other games, on other forms of entertainment, or on popular culture and society in general. A game may be inducted on the basis of this criterion without necessarily having met all of the first three.]
So true, the current Lara Croft wouldn't even have made a tiny bump in the history of gaming.
But it's not just the "current" Lara that's being inducted. It's Lara Croft spanning from back to the original 90s games. The character Lara Croft has been around a long time now, current or classic, it's still Lara Croft. Stop shitting on her and her achievement.
I'm among those who've really appreciated (most of) the design changes in the current Tomb Raider games, but there's something to be said that I was able to go back and play Tomb Raider Underworld (which was recieved critically among the classic games) and still adore it for completely different reasons. This is a cool series, and I'm glad it's made so much progress growing past its more pandery roots.
I was checking the website and i'm kinda confused about something. The website lists certain games in a franchise ala Pokemon Red and Green as opposed to the franchise itself. So is it that only those games (listed) are the ones in the Hall of Fame or is it the franchise in general? And is it that only the first game in the franchise that can be inducted?
Congrats Tomb Raider, well deserved.
Congrats Tomb Raider, well deserved.
Love the thank you vid shows new Lara and dead center is the climbing pick.
Thanks Old Lara for being awesome.
Thanks Old Lara for being awesome.
Yeah, that official tweet is a bit misleading since it's only the first game that's been inducted, not the franchise as a whole but I'm assuming they worded it that way on purpose. In any case, it's well-deserved. Core's original Tomb Raider games were incredible and it's a real shame that there's nothing quite like them around anymore.
Uhh...that was his point I believe. Old Lara did all the heavy lifting (deserves all the credit) for the award.
I replied to this: "Having said that, without her early days of all that girl power and sex symbol she wouldn't have pathed ways for future protagonists."
I know all about her achievements, love the serie, I just highly doubt that the current Lara Croft would've made her into such an icon...
Congrats to Ms Croft, totally deserved.
Madden and Oregon Trail don't really fit into that criteria.
Are you sure on the 3rd point?
Madden and Oregon Trail don't really fit into that criteria.
This came up in a recent thread, in case folks are interested in some of the development history that led to some of the most distinctive qualities of those original Core Design games.
Also unfortunate that folks still fixate on the original character's admittedly crass sexualization to dismiss the original games/character entirely, but that's a long story (discussed a bit elsewhere: one / two).
I think it's for the whole franchise. You have to remember that the market for video games was considerably smaller in the 90s (which is when Tomb Raider had its heyday) than it is today so a hugely successful game back then would've sold a significantly lower number of units than a hugely successful game today. This is also why, for example, the 2013 reboot game has reportedly sold more than the 1996 original in absolute sales numbers even though its marketshare is way smaller.
It's franchise sales. This is a hall of fame for IP, not for individual entries.
From what I understand, only the original game from 1996 was inducted into the hall of fame. The franchise sales were only brought into it by the official Twitter account in an attempt to somehow include the current Tomb Raider games in the conversation even though they've got nothing to do with it, really.
