Tomb Raider reboot scribe Rhianna Pratchett has remarked that 2013 was a "pretty good year" for female NPC and protagonist characters, and she hopes for less 'shooting in the face' on exotic new worlds.
The industry needs to be "expanding its verbs" when it comes to interacting with new worlds, acknowledging the "heavily entrenched" guns aren't going to go away. Industry still needs more diversity.
Tomb Raider I, II, III Remastered is available now on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Lara Croft is back in a classic remaster of the original PlayStation 1 hit title. Is the remaster any good though?
We've gone on many adventures with Lara Croft. With another reboot in the making, Wealth of Geeks felt it was a good time to go down the nostalgia rabbit hole and remember the best of those tomb-raiding thrills.
For me, Legend should be alot higher (along with the other two ). Shadow, I enjoyed it, but has too much has fluff, as modern games tend to do. Playing the remastered series, and apart from the controls, is very good.
I really enjoyed the first 2 games, Legend and the first of the reboots and the rest I didn’t get into so I never finished.
Completely subjective list. I really liked Underworld, I preferred Lara's design. That said I loved the horror/uncharted feel of the reboot. I think all the TR games have strengths and weaknesses. None are objectively better in every way.
Like the film or television industry, the world of gaming has seen its fair share of reboots over the years. While some of these video game reboots have had
Well written post and I have to agree with you. I am hoping this keeps on going for other female characters.
Just to be clear, there are about 4 games with female protagonists that released last year: Tomb Raider (Rhianna Pratchett in the article penned), Remember Me (which had promise, but incredibly poor execution), Contrast, and Gianna Sisters: Twisted dreams; and it was a "pretty good year?"
What is she smoking? What is that journalist smoking?
I agree, she kinda sucks at writing though.