What's the deal with squeeze thru everywhere?

[wbino]

Was it an inside joke at some point with the devs?
I mean the first time Lara squezes thru something its cool, but every entrance is a squeeze thru? If this girl was 30 pounds heavier the game would end in the first level...

" I aint fitting thru there"

[Joe Coffee]

Originally posted by wbino:

Was it an inside joke at some point with the devs?
I mean the first time Lara squezes thru something its cool, but every entrance is a squeeze thru? If this girl was 30 pounds heavier the game would end in the first level...

" I aint fitting thru there"

Is it THAT tight?

[Thumper]

The narrow enterance is more or less a map loading data issue, going from 1 area to the next.

[Jac]

Yeah it's a loading thing, the game is loading the assets for a new area so plays her squeezing animation whilst the game is streaming in the data.

[EbonHawk]

Everything looks fine, I don't mind too much... Except for that little stupid head jiggle up and down a couple of times each squeeze-thru. I cringe a little inside every time. :-(

[Detective]

i was getting a little sick of it myself..and a tired of the perpetual wall climbing..

[GefreitePando]

I don't really understand this slang. You mean the stutters when you entering in a new area?
If yes, YES! Really anoying!

[ROOK]

There is nothing wrong with squeezing into a tight place with Lara Croft!

[Inverse]

Originally posted by wbino:

If this girl was 30 pounds heavier the game would end in the first level...

She would get stuck in a tight place, until she would lose some weight - like in one of Winnie the Pooh stories. ;P

It could be worse. Just imagine how difficult it would be for Lara, if ancient Mayans wouldn't have thought to put coils of rope everywhere. :)

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Pändo✠:

I don't really understand this slang. You mean the stutters when you entering in a new area?
If yes, YES! Really anoying!

No, the narrow little passageways that Lara has to squeeze through from one area to another. There is an exaggerated animation of her jiggling and shimmying through them, and it's drawn out quite obviously to hide something else: the next area loading in the background into memory.