Roughly four months shy before Lara Croft and the "Rise of the Tomb Raider" game hits Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles, game director Brian Horton made fans more thrilled to get the game confirming that the game will be more epic and will provide a seamless experience without the burden of loading screens.
After the release of the first gameplay footage of the "Rise of the Tomb Raider" which featured Lara Croft in an intense and exhilarating adventure escaping avalanches, climbing mountains of ice and battling against vicious beasts, the Director promised the gamers a bigger world to explore.
In a report by Gaming Bolt, Horton said they did not only make the tombs larger but the exploration space is now three times bigger than the first Tomb raider. He also cited that the game will integrate what they call "A Nested Puzzle Approach" wherein there are multiple puzzles that need to be solved to determine a one big puzzle that connects them all.
"We also introduced new traversal mechanics, like Lara can climb trees and can swim underwater and can use that not only for traversal but as a way too subtly approach an enemy and take them out from above or from below," Horton told GamingBolt.
He also emphasized a major improvement in the game which is the elimination of loading screens that is expected to boost the players seamless experience throughout the game with the exceptions of the character's death or if the player quits the game.
"We want to immerse the player into the world as soon as possible and flow from mission to mission in a very seamless way," Horton furthered in the interview.
Although the game is highly awaited, it has also been subject to a little controversy over its title exclusivity deal with Microsoft as reported by Game Rant. Given that it is a deal that will ease the Marketing and distribution duties of the video game's developer Square Enix, many fans fear that the deal would make the game exclusive only to Xbox and will not be available to other gaming platforms. However, it was later revealed that Microsoft only had a timed exclusive deal.
"Rise of the Tomb Raider" will be launched this coming November 10 for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles. The PC game version will be distributed early in 2016, while it will hit PlayStation 4 during the 2016 Holiday period.