Congratulations are to ensure that Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft! Netflix‘s animated adaptation of the enduring online game sequence has efficiently managed to appease the streaming service gods and will likely be returning for a second season (not that I am extraordinarily bitter about Kaos’ cancellation or something) at some unspecified future level.
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’s debut season launched on Netflix earlier this month, whereupon I utterly failed to observe it as a result of I instantly cancelled my subscription after the entire Kaos incident (not that I am nonetheless extraordinarily bitter about 1899 or something). Nevertheless, sufficient individuals appear to love it regardless of middling critiques – and, in all probability extra importantly, truly watch it – that Netflix is now able to do all of it once more with a Season 2.
Netflix introduced a second season for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, a destiny regrettably not loved by Kaos or 1899 (not that I am nonetheless extraordinarily bitter about Glow or something), in a message shared on social media. “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will return for SEASON 2!,” it bellowed in a number of capital letters. “Lara will formally be a part of forces with the one and solely Sam Nishimura for an all-new journey.”
Meaning when Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft makes a comeback (not that I am nonetheless extraordinarily bitter about The Santa Clarita Weight-reduction plan or something), she’ll lastly have her bestie by her aspect after the character was notably absent in Season 1. Sam, after all, was launched in Crystal Dynamics’ 2013 Tomb Raider reboot and promptly disappeared from the sequence after that – though she did pop up in a prequel comedian.
Netflix hasn’t offered any hints as to when Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft’s second, Sam-starring season may ultimately arrive, however whereas we’re all right here, let’s take quiet second to recollect the dearly departed likes of Kaos, 1899, Glow, The Santa Clarita Challenge, and that factor concerning the lifeless boy detectives, no matter you have been referred to as.
Talking to Eurogamer this week, Tomb Raider 2013 author Rhianna Pratchett applauded the TV sequence’ choice to the touch on Lara’s PTSD after her early experiences, noting it “was an space we weren’t allowed to discover within the video games”, regardless of the narrative crew wanting to take action.
