It's long been known that the original Tomb Raider devs were sick of making new games by the time they got to the fourth one. So, it's no wonder that Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation ended by implying that Lara Croft was dead.
Now, almost three decades later, the original devs from Core Design reflect on that move to kill Lara off, at least temporarily. It turns out that this major decision was made far more chaotically than you might have expected, with different accounts of how it all went down - but one fact remains the same: the devs were sick of making new Tomb Raider games.
This comes from the upcoming book, The Making of Tomb Raider: 1997-2000. Ahead of its release, Radio Times has shared some of the interviews with devs, where they discuss the decision to kill off Lara.
"We were sick of Lara and wanted to kill her," says designer and writer Andy Sandham. "I wrote it up and gave the initial story outline doc to Adrian [Smith, producer] and Jez [Jeremy Heath-Smith, producer], fairly certain that they would get bored and not read the end bit. I’m guessing this is what happened. I...
