Lara's height. Are you serious?

[SuperSEXY]

Is it me or is Lara the shortest human being on the island? In some cutscenes she's even shorter than Sam, who's asian! I didn't know making someone innocent and inexperienced requires making them barely 5 feet tall. Watching this petite girl taking on giant dudes made me chuckle a bit. I'm curious was she this tiny in previous TR games?

[Wezilla]

21 don't grow....

[GrimAquatic]

引用自 dhr09：

Original Lara was about 5'10" (1.80 m)
Revised Lara (anniversary) was 5'9" (1.75 m)
Rebooted Lara is 5'6" (1.68 m)

Source:
http://www.wikiraider.com/index.php/Lara_Croft#cite_note-0
http://tombraidergirl.tumblr.com/post/30585233302/transcript-e3-community-ambassador-group-interview

I hate imperial system, it's too imprecise. 5'6" is 167,64 cm.

引用自 Redboy：

Exactly...Good game but HATE Lara model figure, she is way too short. That why I said in my thread She is unlike Lara.

Whether you like it or not she is Lara Croft. Can you elaborate what exactly is wrong with her figure in your opinion?

[Tusken GA]

How many short women do you people actually know?

My first girlfriend was 5'1". I'm 6'4". You wanna talk about small women, that is a small woman.

As far as I'm concerned 5'6" is a pretty solid height for a woman. It'd be nicer if they were closer to 6', given my own height, but it could be a lot worse than 5'6".

As far as averages go, 5'6" is pretty much middle of the pack. Not short but not tall. That's what the developers were going for I suspect.

[=Kl0v3R=]

引用自 SuperSEXY：

引用自 GrimAquatic：

She doesn't look like a model (170 for a model is way too short), nor does she look like 150 cm tall. She looks exactly like an average height woman

173 cm - minimum height required to be runway model. The more you know...

Even if we assume she's actually average female height (170cm) she's still tiny compared to others. Which makes no sense to me.

So you're basically saying that if you can reach the minimum height of being a runway model.. you're an average woman. That doesn't justify anything.

I agree that she is short for her character but they wanted to emphasise that she is an average woman that has been thrust into a menacing environment, not a super-human lara that has incredibly massive boobs, a minute waist, and dynamo legs. I think that that's what the devs were trying to avoid so she becomes a more realistic character. Where they failed in expanding on her character (as they had the opportunity to, since it is a reboot) is her character development. For a survivor to be 'reborn' as it were, I was expecting to see the build up of Lara and actually getting to see this new character begin to evolve in to a new and improved tomb raider, but that's where it fell short.

[Tusken GA]

引用自 Lulupop：

引用自 SuperSEXY：

173 cm - minimum height required to be runway model. The more you know...

Even if we assume she's actually average female height (170cm) she's still tiny compared to others. Which makes no sense to me.

So you're basically saying that if you can reach the minimum height of being a runway model.. you're an average woman. That doesn't justify anything.

I agree that she is short for her character but they wanted to emphasise that she is an average woman that has been thrust into a menacing environment, not a super-human lara that has incredibly massive boobs, a minute waist, and dynamo legs. I think that that's what the devs were trying to avoid so she becomes a more realistic character. Where they failed in expanding on her character (as they had the opportunity to, since it is a reboot) is her character development. For a survivor to be 'reborn' as it were, I was expecting to see the build up of Lara and actually getting to see this new character begin to evolve in to a new and improved tomb raider, but that's where it fell short.

I'm not really sure how you decided the character development fell short. The progression from scared Lara to competent Lara to Badass Lara was actually really well handled and integrated into gameplay a lot better than I was expecting.

Take her first conversation with Roth over the radio. She asks him to come pick her up. He declines, so she is forced to pick herself up and make her way to them.

This decision was integrated into the gameplay; Lara is forced to climb down a really shady ladder following some really creepy music. It was her only option, and she chose to force herself forward rather than hide.

Then when she finally meets up with Roth quite a while later, she's still hesitant to go it alone. But she finds the strength to climb a mountain, literally, in order to get their signal out.

I can trace her character development step by step through the whole game. Every change in her character corresponds with an event in the narrative. Every change of tone in her dialogue can be connected to a situation she survived.

Her character development was actually the best part about this game.

I'm really not sure how you could conclude otherwise. Maybe you simply weren't paying attention.

[zalemz]

Why would this matter?

[Jollibeast]

It's been nearly 3 years since this discussion has started, but it's the first thing that comes up on Google when you search for Lara's height so I will comment. 5'6 is considered short for a girl? Really? What does it matter anyway? Society has made people think that being taller is better. It's really not. For an adventurer, I think a smaller frame is an advantage. Faster reaction time, more agility, better balance, doesn't get tired too fast, doesn't need to eat as much, doesn't get sick easily, heals faster, doesn't have frequent back problems, easier to dodge attacks, can fit through and climb better, easier to hide, generate more power comparative to body mass, more tolerance to heat, easier to get up when fallen with less energy spent etc.... I think it's perfect that they did not make her huge.

[Tusken GA]

引用自 Goku：

It's been nearly 3 years since this discussion has started, but it's the first thing that comes up on Google when you search for Lara's height so I will comment. 5'6 is considered short for a girl? Really? What does it matter anyway? Society has made people think that being taller is better. It's really not. For an adventurer, I think a smaller frame is an advantage. Faster reaction time, more agility, better balance, doesn't get tired too fast, doesn't need to eat as much, doesn't get sick easily, heals faster, doesn't have frequent back problems, easier to dodge attacks, can fit through and climb better, easier to hide, generate more power comparative to body mass, more tolerance to heat, easier to get up when fallen with less energy spent etc.... I think it's perfect that they did not make her huge.

All really good points, except maybe the fit-easier thing; shorter women tend to have... deeper chests. Body fat distribution, you know.

Other than that, yeah, a slightly below average frame is an advantage, and she is fit enough to potentially mitigate the previous grievance.