Crystal Dynamics are trying to show Lara's character development but using an attempted rape as that key moment just feels lazy and out of character. The plane crash wasn’t enough adversity? The bear trap? Being kidnapped, punched in the face and thrown to the ground?
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This has to be one of the stupidest articles I've ever read. Rape isn't used as a plot device, for starters, considering Lara isn't raped, just nearly sexually assaulted by the Russian leader, and all he did was breathe on her neck and caress her arm.
Furthermore, it adds to the elements of savagery, ruthlessness, and overall threat that the savages on the island pose for Lara and the survivors.
Jesus. Some people really need to be fired from their journalism jobs when they clearly read far beyond what they should.
Sexually assaulting a woman is quite typically the precursor to an act that is worse both criminally and sadisitically. If crystal dynamics did not want to infer rape at all or show the possibility of sexual aggression then the scene would not have been shown.
The article is just highlighting the use of it as a plot device, it is an opinion piece.