Look, I've given the concession that the new Tomb Raider took a queue from Uncharted in cinematic presentation (and to some extent combat, while keeping its own design in exploration and puzzles). But you can really tell me you don't see how Uncharted came about because of Tomb Raider? It carries the very same theme of a world travelling treasure hunter and now you would assert this is just a coincidence? Sure there's Indiana Jones, but games more often take their inspiration from within their own media, so it can't be denied that a video game about an exporer (Tomb Raider) was an influence for Naughty Dog to come up with Uncharted.
There are two ways to look at this:
* Both Tomb Raider and Uncharted both borrowed from Indiana Jones, each in their own way, or...
* considering Tomb Raider came first and was first to implement the Indiana Jones formula in 3D gaming form, Uncharted in succession took inspiration from Indy, but through TR in how to create it in gaming context for action and platforming, in which they adapted their own approach.
You might suggest the first proposition, but video games don't exist in a void. Tomb Raider already had a firmly established presence in the gaming landscape, so for that to be unnoticed by ND in concepting their own IP is highly improbable.
Oh and guess this is once again relevant :P
AdobeArtist
I agree with most of what you said except the outlined green bit. If you have played Crash Bandicoot 1-3 especially Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, you would see that ND already was familair with the Indiana jones concept of travelling in search of treasure. Also Uncharted bears way more similarity to that game in all the variables you mentioned so no, Uncharted didnt borrow much if anything at all from Tomb Raider of the past
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