You might be right, but I like to think there's hope. The only thing that stands a chance against the SJWs is big profit, so I'm still crossing my fingers for continued low sales.
Thing is, Square Enix IS kind of schizophrenic, because in-between these two last reboot games, only a year ago, they still published the well received "Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris", the spin-off sequel to "Guardian of Light". And here she's the classic Lara with tiny shorts, big cleavage and all...
I've had three girlfriends over the years who've been avid Tomb Raider-players, and I've never once heard them complain about her outfits. And like me, they also appreciated her cocky, arrogant and sarcastic personality, which also seems to be taken away from the new wimpy version.
BTW, I wonder just how many reboot-Lara's we're going to see at the comic cons compared to the classic ones. Not many, is my guess.
IMDb-boards would be less confusing if people would mark their signatures clearly.
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NYYanks200304
8 years ago
Yeah, I've played those spinoffs, good games, but the reason you're not seeing people complain about those is the perspective from which you're playing. It's top down and fairly distant. A third person, big-budget game like the current Tomb Raiders, with those classic outfits? It's much easier for people to manipulate the camera and then come with this bs about how the game is depicting women in a negative way. It sucks but developers' hands are tied. I better start getting better reasoning than 'realism' though. Yes, it's very realistic to slide down the side of a mountain and survive with only a few scratches. In games like Mortal Kombat X, which the developers for that also use the bs 'realism' excuse for why the women in that game no longer have more revealing costumes, you're fighting four-armed monsters, demons, etc and yet what people lose their minds about and what takes them out of the experience is a costume which might show some under cleavage? Laughable.
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gilknut
8 years ago
Yes, realism really isn't any kind of excuse at all unless you're making a simulator of some sort.
Mortal Kombat's never really been my thing, so I don't know that much about the latest developments -- but I'd say realism isn't quite the first thing that jumps to mind about it.
BTW, I came across a review/article that pretty perfectly sums up the crappy TR reboot, in my opinion. Fairly sure many people agree with this, without daring to say it publically:
http://segmentnext.com/2015/12/03/fall-of-lara-croft-continues-with-the-rise-of-the-tomb-raider/
IMDb-boards would be less confusing if people would mark their signatures clearly.
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