Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is a vivid, high-pace remake of a classic
Key takeaways
- This time, her character is positioned between the "Survivor" trilogy of the last decade and her iconic debut in 1996.
- Legacy of Atlantis is a remake of that very first adventure, centered on Atlantean mythology, tomb raiding and, well, a few dinosaurs.
- The developers made a clever choice, centering the demo on an early part of the original game.
Crystal Dynamics Tomb Raider is back. Again. Lara Croft is back. Yet again. This time, her character is positioned between the "Survivor" trilogy of the last decade and her iconic debut in 1996. Yes, 30 years ago.
Legacy of Atlantis is a remake of that very first adventure, centered on Atlantean mythology, tomb raiding and, well, a few dinosaurs. At Summer Game Fest 2026, Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog shared the first gameplay demo, with Unreal Engine 5 adding vivid detail and lushness to Lara's travails.
The developers made a clever choice, centering the demo on an early part of the original game. Set in the Peruvian mountainside, my playthrough included a giant cog puzzle I remember from playing the original. There were also several shootouts with a herd of dinosaurs, the same vivid red velociraptor-adjacent creatures from Tomb Raider (1996).