So game designers acknowledged that a pin-up girl was problematic, but responded with “realism” that was not so real. Now, in 2012, Tomb Raider has another reboot that attempts to make Lara realistic through… vulnerability?
In my Tomb Raider iOS review, I look at whether or not the game runs well enough on mobile to justify parting with your cash.
The new Tomb Raider game shares the same “universe” as the live-action Amazon Prime series starring Sophie Turner as Lara Croft.
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There's another aspect of the new Lara that they haven't highlighted much. It may be acceptable for them to break her down physically to build her back up as a hardass - I can't tell yet. But what we also know from the various developer Q and A sessions is that she will no longer be an aristocrat, not longer be a university educated archaeologist and may not even be 100% English any more. So they are reducing her status not only by making her weak physically but by fiddling with her iconic status as a English woman, making her dumber and less independently wealthy. It's as if they really hate the classic Lara Croft. I guess an feisty British antihero beholden to no man was too much for them, so they decided to go for the sexist and vaguely racist route to better "control" their "property".