History Trivia / TombRaiderTheLastRevelation

* Judith Gibbins, who voiced Lara in the second and third games, would have retained her role for this game, but the developers chose Jonell Elliot over her and Judith had no hard feelings over it.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TombRaider Shares a page]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Apparently, no one at Core or Eidos ever thought to ask [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Yves_Empereur Jean-Yves Empereur]] if they could use him as the basis for Lara's friend. Jean-Yves, a French archeologist residing in Alexandria (Empereur's specialty and excavation site for most of the 90s) - was a ''bit'' of a stretch for the pure coincidence Core [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial was claiming]]. The in-game version of him even looks [[https://lepharedalexandrie.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/41790_23490179135_4390_n.jpg as close]] as [[http://www.postavy.cz/foto/jean-yves-foto.jpg the engine would allow]]. Empereur was livid after discovering that his likeness was being used without his formal consent, and threatened to sue. The issue ended up being hastily settled, including a formal apology from Eidos to Empereur with the assurance that it would never happen again. This included the character being retired and promised to never appear in future games. Empereur himself later stated that if anyone had simply asked or informed him in advance of the intent to include him in the game, that he'd have had no real problem with it and could've even offered time as a consultant. To make matters worse, Jean-Yves was replaced by [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute a new character]] in VideoGame/TombRaiderChronicles, Charles Kane, for the sake of being Lara's best friend to fill the void. Which ended up garnering a "who the hell is this guy" reaction from most of the fanbase. The change was made so hastily as well, that when some copies of Chronicles were actually shipped out early - they ended up being beta copies that still featured Jean-Yves.
** Also, in the early planning stages of VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness, it was Jean-Yves, not Von Croy, who would be killed at the beginning of the game.
** Originally when they wanted to [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun kill off Lora]] they thought of decapitating her but the idea was scrapped.

** Also, in the early planning stages of VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness, it was Jean-Yves, not Von Croy, who would be killed at the beginning of the game.

* FanNickname: "Ninjas" for mercenaries hired by Von Croy, even if they are implied to be locals and both script and game files name them as "desert warriors". Just [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130525110535/laracroft/images/d/d0/Assassin_%28Red%29.jpg check]] [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130525105217/laracroft/images/4/40/Desertwarrior.jpg yourself]] to understand why. This comes from limited capabilities of graphics and game engine - their [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110614165958/laracroft/images/3/39/Atlasassassin.jpg concept art]] is far from stereotypical ninja.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Apparently, no one at Core or Eidos ever thought to ask [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Yves_Empereur Jean-Yves Empereur]] if they could use him as the basis for Lara's friend. Jean-Yves, a French archeologist residing in Alexandria - was a ''bit'' of a stretch for the pure coincidence Core [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial was claiming]]. The in-game version of him even looks [[https://lepharedalexandrie.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/41790_23490179135_4390_n.jpg as close]] as [[http://www.postavy.cz/foto/jean-yves-foto.jpg the engine would allow]]. Empereur was apparently livid after discovering that his likeness was being used without his formal consent, and threatened to sue. The issue ended up being hastily settled, including a formal apology from Eidos to Empereur with the assurance that it would never happen again. This included the character being retired and promised to never appear in future games. Empereur himself later stated that if anyone had simply asked or informed him in advance of the intent to include him in the game, that he'd have had no real problem with it and could've even offered time as a consultant. To make matters worse, Jean-Yves was replaced by [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute a new character]] in VideoGame/TombRaiderChronicles, Charles Kane, for the sake of being Lara's best friend to fill the void. Which ended up garnering a "who the hell is this guy" reaction from most of the fanbase. The change was made so hastily as well, that when some copies of Chronicles were actually shipped out early - they ended up being beta copies that still featured Jean-Yves.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: No-one in Eidos nor Core even bothered to ask [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Yves_Empereur Jean-Yves Empereur]] if they can use him as basis for Lara's friend, Jean-Yves, French archeologist residing in Alexandria, which was a bit of a stretch for pure coincidence [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Core was claiming]]. The game version even looks [[https://lepharedalexandrie.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/41790_23490179135_4390_n.jpg as similar]] as [[http://www.postavy.cz/foto/jean-yves-foto.jpg the engine allowed]]. The issue was hastly settled down with formal apologies from Eidos to Empereur and assurance that it will never happend again and the character will be dropped forever. Empereur stated later that if anyone simply just ''asked'' or informed him in advance, there would be no real problem and he could even offer some time as a consultant. On a top of that, Jean-Yves was replaced by [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute new, unknown to anyone character]] for the sake of being Lara's best friend during VideoGame/TombRaiderChronicles. Which ended up as "who the hell is this guy" reaction from most of the players.
** Initially, it was Jean-Yves, not Von Croy, who would be killed at the beginning of VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: No-one in Eidos nor Core even bothered to ask [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Yves_Empereur Jean-Yves Empereur]] if they can use him as basis for Lara's friend, Jean-Yves, French archeologist residing in Alexandria, which was a bit of a stretch for pure coincidence [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Core was claiming]]. The game version even look as similar as the engine allowed. The issue was hastly settled down with formal apologies from Eidos to Empereur and assurance that it will never happend again and the character will be dropped forever. Empereur stated later that if anyone simply just ''asked'' or informed him in advance, there would be no real problem and he could even offer some time as a consultant. On a top of that, Jean-Yves was replaced by [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute new, unknown to anyone character]] for the sake of being Lara's best friend during VideoGame/TombRaiderChronicles. Which ended up as "who the hell is this guy" reaction from most of the players.