Question about Lara Croft's design..

[Whorable]

So something I'm a bit confused about is that why Lara Croft looks like the way she does?

I've played Tomb raider, Rise of the tomb raider, and im playing shadow of the tomb raider right now, and something I've always confused me is:

Where is her iconic braid?
Where is her short pants?
Where is her DUAL PISTOLS?!

I feel like the developers really missed the mark with Lara Croft, Lara Croft is nothing without her iconic braid, and her dual pistols.

[Veio da Lancha]

I don't agree. This new franchise is a reboot of the Tomb Raider series. This gave the developers an artistic license to recreate their vision of Lara Croft. I dont know about you, but I prefer this new vision of Tomb Raider much more than the older one. I feel like Lara Croft feels much more realistic and human than her old character design.

In the new franchise her character way way more rounded than the old franchises which we never knew much about her past and she was always portrayed as a specialist in raiding tombs and defeating evil forces. Unlike in the new installments which we saw her evolve from a normal girl who got lost in an island and was trying to survive in the first game to the real Tomb Raider in this last installment of the new franchise. Plus we got a lot of glimpses about her past, fears and personality. I dontk now about you but for me this helped the me connect and relate to her better. Storywise and gameplaywise I think the new franchise is way better than the past ones.

[EF_Neo1st]

The King of All Cosmos původně napsal:

I don't agree. This new franchise is a reboot of the Tomb Raider series. This gave the developers an artistic license to recreate their vision of Lara Croft. I dont know about you, but I prefer this new vision of Tomb Raider much more than the older one. I feel like Lara Croft feels much more realistic and human than her old character design.

In the new franchise her character way way more rounded than the old franchises which we never knew much about her past and she was always portrayed as a specialist in raiding tombs and defeating evil forces. Unlike in the new installments which we saw her evolve from a normal girl who got lost in an island and was trying to survive in the first game to the real Tomb Raider in this last installment of the new franchise. Plus we got a lot of glimpses about her past, fears and personality. I dontk now about you but for me this helped the me connect and relate to her better. Storywise and gameplaywise I think the new franchise is way better than the past ones.

At TR 4 it shows who trained Lara and that she was trained in action by this someone not through books only (TR 4 - The Last Revelation).
But yes, not "much" about her past, still, after she "endured the hardships the best she could" then "gone for the enemy already trained on her own" to then "finish the job to try and find redemption", she seemed much more mature at the ending where the old butler shows up shaking the cup of tea what just show Lara now is the Lara from TR 2, already mature, full of confidence and not feeling bad about things that are now on the past.

Waiting for the next TR, if it is a TR 2 remake and more like the classic TR (even more than Shadow), they have my money.

[DrNewcenstein]

This is not the '96 Lara Croft. This is not the 3D erotica Lara Croft you've been finding all over the internet. This is Millennial Lara Croft, designed to appear as a strong female protagonist, not a stripper with guns and Batman's acrobatic and combat skills.

[Veio da Lancha]

Mr. Branford původně napsal:

DrNewcenstein původně napsal:

This is not the '96 Lara Croft. This is not the 3D erotica Lara Croft you've been finding all over the internet. This is Millennial Lara Croft, designed to appear as a strong female protagonist, not a stripper with guns and Batman's acrobatic and combat skills.

Nope, this is in fact:

-Raggedy rag doll - Reboot Lara
-Whiny ♥♥♥♥♥/trick - Reboot Lara
-Daddy issues - Reboot Lara
-Lack of sense of own direction and exploration - Reboot Lara
-Dumb ass Two-way radio keeping ass from the first TR 2013 to be used constantly throughout the three games in the "trilogy" instead of exploring on her damn own - Reboot Lara
-Mullet hair no braid - Reboot Lara
-Bad, non-authentic British accent - Reboot Lara
-Bow lovin' ass ♥♥♥♥♥ - Reboot Lara
-SJW ♥♥♥♥ afraid of wearing shorts or anything slightly revealing because it's considered a bikini from the devs themselves - Reboot Lara
-Lack of outgoing personality - Reboot Lara
-Atrocious tribal outfits - Reboot Lara
-Cancelled DLC8 - Reboot Lara
-Revolting ass Gym DLC outfit - Reboot Lara
-Foul-mouthed even as a little nine (9) year-old girl—must always find some reason to curse up a storm - Reboot Lara
-So called "relatable/realistic Lara" while infinite sprinting and lack of personality is a thing - Reboot Lara
-PureHair, the wig that can and will dissipate from time to time - Reboot Lara

Instead of locking anymore hours into this, go play TR2 Remake by Nicobass. That's worth of locking hours into it, and its just a demo!
And wait for his Croft Manor and true gym outfit to come out! That is a 2020/2021 Lara Croft fans to look forward too!

Why people always have to bring politics into games? While I do agree with you about the fact that the devs were probably afraid of adding more revealing clothes to Lara because of the times that we live in and how people get easily offended nowadays. I dont think Lara is too whiny or ♥♥♥♥♥♥. They were just trying to make her sound more realistic by making her act likeyour typical posh british girl with daddy issues. And lets face it some people who grow up without a father or absent parents tend to have some form of dad issues if they dont seek psychological help or family support. Its normal.

As for the accent its not the devs fault while Camilla Luddington( the actress who voiced Lara in the) was born in Britain she lived most of her life in the USA(she moved to the USA when she was 14). She was Americanized from a very early age, so of course its hard for her to replicate the accent of someone who was only raised in Britain.

[Whorable]

DrNewcenstein původně napsal:

This is not the '96 Lara Croft. This is not the 3D erotica Lara Croft you've been finding all over the internet. This is Millennial Lara Croft, designed to appear as a strong female protagonist, not a stripper with guns and Batman's acrobatic and combat skills.

So you think the old Lara was some stripper with guns? Sounds like to me that you're sexualizing the character when she's suppose to be a badass character that is confident and can take care of herself, jeez the misoginy.

[Whorable]

The King of All Cosmos původně napsal:

I don't agree. This new franchise is a reboot of the Tomb Raider series. This gave the developers an artistic license to recreate their vision of Lara Croft. I dont know about you, but I prefer this new vision of Tomb Raider much more than the older one. I feel like Lara Croft feels much more realistic and human than her old character design.

In the new franchise her character way way more rounded than the old franchises which we never knew much about her past and she was always portrayed as a specialist in raiding tombs and defeating evil forces. Unlike in the new installments which we saw her evolve from a normal girl who got lost in an island and was trying to survive in the first game to the real Tomb Raider in this last installment of the new franchise. Plus we got a lot of glimpses about her past, fears and personality. I dontk now about you but for me this helped the me connect and relate to her better. Storywise and gameplaywise I think the new franchise is way better than the past ones.

So ur saying dual pistols and braid is not realistic?
lmfao what in the simp world...

[Whorable]

Mr. Branford původně napsal:

whorable původně napsal:

Why people always have to bring politics into games?

Eidos and SE did as soon as Reboot Lara was born.

whorable původně napsal:

Why people always have to bring politics into games? While I do agree with you about the fact that the devs were probably afraid of adding more revealing clothes to Lara because of the times that we live in and how people get easily offended nowadays. I dont think Lara is too whiny or ♥♥♥♥♥♥. They were just trying to make her sound more realistic by making her act likeyour typical posh british girl with daddy issues. And lets face it some people who grow up without a father or absent parents tend to have some form of dad issues if they dont seek psychological help or family support. Its normal.

As for the accent its not the devs fault while Camilla Luddington( the actress who voiced Lara in the) was born in Britain she lived most of her life in the USA(she moved to the USA when she was 14). She was Americanized from a very early age, so of course its hard for her to replicate the accent of someone who was only raised in Britain.

She is too damn whiny, espcially in 2013. And has grown into this robotic always serious, socially awkward little girl from Surrey. Girl, she grew up with a father for a longer time. This reboot timeline is more of a fan-fic to the original. Eidos, dammit, there was damn reason for you to reboot this franchise, you just wanted to kill and create your own narrative. What you should've done was take this "Survivor Lara" and mold it into its own IP/Game, not force it on Tomb Raider.

Now because of this, you got the new generation obivloius to the real Lara Croft, which I'm pretty damn sure was agenda from the start. To have the new generation not know anything about her, and only... THIS Lara. I cannot, I'm sorry, just NO.

And let's not forget the damn wig, like c'mon now, it's not just your poorly optimized PC ports, but that is just a wig. PERIODT.

She's literally a bald-headed ♥♥♥♥♥ when it dissipates random through the game/switching outfits.

And yes, it's their fault for casting a woman whose's spent far too much time in America. There should've kept it local for VO's espcially for Lara for christ sakes. Bring back Keely.

You literally quoted the wrong person, I didn't post that, neither did I say ANYTHING about politics about this game, try again sweetie.

[-|Nur|-]

Yeah it's pretty obvious the current Tomb Raider does NOT appeal to strong women but to the emotionally fragile, pill-popping, therapy-attending girls who feel (or think they have a right to feel) victimized by everyone and everything.

[Veio da Lancha]

-|Nur|- původně napsal:

Yeah it's pretty obvious the current Tomb Raider does NOT appeal to strong women but to the emotionally fragile, pill-popping, therapy-attending girls who feel (or think they have a right to feel) victimized by everyone and everything.

And what better way to do it than show that while Lara Croft learned how to fight, raid tombs and become a little bit more down to earth in these tree last games, deep down she is still the same spoiled British posh girl, that has daddy issues and was raised in a big mansion by a butler?

I think there is a lot of hidden irony and sarcasm in the lore of this reboot. I think the developers were very smart in writing the story and the development of her character in this reboot. They were able to hide the final conclusion that they really wanted us to have about Lara. People tend to think that this is a heavily politized game trying to portray Lara as a strong character that has no weakness Well, they've only scratched the surface of the real intentions behind the game's lore.

There is a lot of critique about Lara's background and how while she matured and evolved a lot in these 3 games deep down she is still the same rich British posh girl that suffers from white saviour complex, who likes to thinks that the world owes her something because of her daddy issues and that she is a victim of society(although she is wealthy and had more opportunities than 90 percent of the world population)

[dprog1995]

Kinda funny how people care too much about Lara's design even though that she was never that interesting as a character.(She has always been a discount Indiana Jones.)

And TR games never had good stories. AOD got close but it was a disaster gameplay wise.

[78% Cocoa]

Lara Croft is perfect and we are getting married this August. Many babies.

[EF_Neo1st]

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[•❣ Lulle ❣•]

You're just angry you don't get to fetishise her. This new trilogy brought about a great way to interest new fans, as well as maintaining the things we loved about the old games (tomb exploring, story, cutscenes). You are literally having an incel tantrum over Lara not wearing short shorts and a tank top. And your "fake British accent" comment; total BS. She's played by a literal British woman, with an actual Kensington accent portrayed impeccably.

[Veio da Lancha]

Mr. Branford původně napsal:

•❣Sgt. Mum❣• původně napsal:

You're just angry you don't get to fetishise her. This new trilogy brought about a great way to interest new fans, as well as maintaining the things we loved about the old games (tomb exploring, story, cutscenes). You are literally having an incel tantrum over Lara not wearing short shorts and a tank top. And your "fake British accent" comment; total BS. She's played by a literal British woman, with an actual Kensington accent portrayed impeccably.

that accent has deteriorated from being in the states too long.

Exactly, as I stated in a previous post of mine she has lived more time in America than in her own homeland. I wouldn't be surprised if she knows more American slangs than British ones.

As much as I have to congratulate Camilla Luddington for doing her best effort to do the voice-over of a girl, who lived in Britain her entire life. Its impossible for her to perfectly replicate the accent of a British girl, because she has spent far too much time in America learning "the american way of life", hanging out with Americans and talking with Americans. It doesnt matter that she is originally from Britain she has been totally Americanized by now. she is your typical American girl raised in LA by now.

[Veio da Lancha]

Kimchi Sammich původně napsal:

Lara Croft is perfect and we are getting married this August. Many babies.

If she was a real person I would love to date or marry her as well she is hot! Although I believe she would be your typical british posh girl with an ego bigger than the universe itself.