@spicelicka yes apparently people like this blogger feel cleavage equates to loss of credibility and only a dyke Lara croft can be taken seriously. While I say the real Lara knew she was beautiful, knew she had that toned sexy body to use on any villainous man that got in her way.
Remember that level in tomb raider two when Lara had to sneak into a party to get an important file from the villians office. She dressed in a sexy black body hugging cleavage revealing dress to distract and appear like a guest in that party. It was Lara using her assets to her advantage. Lara was a woman that knew what she had and had no shame in using it to get what she needed. At the same time she can wear her booty shorts pull out her desert eagles and take down a bear. That's just who she was kicking ass and looking good doing it.
Not this politically correct Lara dull as butter knife. The game lost its artistic integrity to appease people like this blogger. And as a result the credibility of the real Lara croft as we've known her to be for years.

Meh to each his own. Just not feeling this Lara croft at all. Maybe it's because I don't need realism in my games. I get enough realism in my day to day life. If everything had to be realistic to be entertaining we'd have no superhero movies, comic books etc.

Lara killing bears in booty shorts was the shit bro at least for me it was. It was rediculous but that's what gave the game it's charm.

See the game was rebooted to appease a bigger demographic of gamers especially female ones. So it stands to reason of course they'd find a problem traipsing along the jungles in a crop top and booty shorts. I see it as a form of light censorship because that's how everything has become today when it comes to how women are represented in games. It's like we can't have some fun with out select females from our favorite gender getting a fit anymore. They hide this crap behind things like Lara is not realistic, but what they really mean is Lara way to hot and iam not put proper clothes on her so I don't feel insecure. Or I'll scream about you being sexist. Its bs bro. But whatever is what it is. Iam sure one day the powers that be will get tired of this bs and realize this attempt to appease this crowd of females crying about sexism has more to do with their own personal issues than it does to correct an industry that was doing just fine before all this feminisistic bs came along.

For the record all the chiseled men with six packs and huge bulges and perfect facial features does absolutely nothing to make me feel anything other than one dam that's pretty cool or two dam wish I looked like that. And a laugh and appreciation for whatever portrayal of the genders may exist female or male because the simple fact is none of it is possible or real. And if someone happened to look like one of these perfect Adonis types I can appreciate that and keep it moving.
But one thing I'd never do is make an excuse to censor it. With dumb ass contradicting statements of equality and sexism.

Sexy can be a lot of things. Even if one isn't super attractive, they can still put out sexual vibes.

As far as the new Lara, I have nothing against her look, or even what she wears which covers most things, but I disagree with most of the things you find appealing about her.

Her voice I find too whiny and irritating. She has no personality to speak of, particularly compared to the old Lara. Her charm I've yet to see, because in the setting, what exactly is she going to charm? I don't find it charming where she keeps telling herself she can do something...and then goes and does it as if saying something is difficult adds to the tension after the 100th time. Face, or character model overall is pretty good. She has kind of that girl next door look to her, but nothing about her says sexy...more like cute and attractive in the right circumstances. I can't recall her even trying to be sexy...which admittedly can be sexy in it's own way.

My bigger problem is that people tend to equate sex appeal as the only depth to the character. Lara's character never had a problem being sexy in the past, because she had personality, and charm. This new Lara even if sexy like the old, would still lack any of those qualities which actually make a compelling character.