Steven Hansen writes, "I’ve read the phrase “strong female character” enough in game journalism over the last year or two that the term itself has become tacit; rendered inert, perhaps, by the banality of activism. #kony2012. The sentiment is as welcome as ever, but reading Victoria Hiley’s “A strong female character.” just last night has snapped me back to a very muddled, complex reality. We’ve hardly begun to take the collective steps in addressing the issue so much as finally gotten enough people to admit that there is one, and that’s always the easiest part of what is a Herculean task."
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.
I do agree that Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness was the worse one 😂 I remember playing some of it and I took it back. That game was just awful in every way. I bought it used at gamestop and glad they had that 7 day return policy for used games 😂
Simple. He's been hating on the Tomb Raider reboots for years. I can't imagine seeing them at the top of a best TR game list let alone being on the list in general sitting well with him because of it.
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“Hating”
No no, just pointing out how TR mutated into a generic action adventure game losing the appeal of what it once was when it was more about puzzles and platforming over going Rambo, slaughtering waves of enemies
But hey, continue being a dick and speaking about me like I’m not going to see the comment.
Foxtrot, I'm curious if you have played the most recent games. Sure the 2013 reboot was hugely focused on combat, but each follow up became less and less about combat to the point where outside of a few large scale story missions I don't even remember combat being a part of shadow of the tomb raider. Shadow was so puzzle focused it actually was a bit much for me and I love the TR puzzles.
I still feel like Rise was the best of the series and I was a huge fan of the originals. To me it struck the perfect balance of exploration, platforming, puzzles, and combat. Not saying your opinion is wrong I'm just curious what you think they should have done different. Games do need to evolve somewhat to stay relevant. Would you prefer small linear jumping platform levels like the original?
I think Shadow wasn't even develop by crystal dynamics. I thought it was the worse in the new trilogy
That's right. Shadow was developed by Eidos Montreal who who went and made Marvels Guardians of the Galaxy next. (Great game)
Meanwhile after Rise of the Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics made Marvels Avengers. (bad game)
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
Frankly the whole debate is littered with confusion. It's not something that can be 'fixed' by conscious thought or action IMO because what that mostly results in is a brigade of feminism-defending guys with no balls to speak of who drown out the legitimate concerns of people with more than three brain cells. If they're not the ones barreling down on the situation then it's the cave men they're trying to disprove who thump their two inch dicks on the table like their pre-pubescent misogyny is new, novel, or interesting to any one who isn't a total tool.
Between these there is nothing but a slew of self-interest. Self-interest that permeates the literature and encourages a divide - whether it's race, or class or gender, and it means everyone's arguing for what they think is right and it invalidates the whole point of not taking women for granted. Elevating them onto some almighty high place is just another way of owning them so this 'strong female character' lark won't solve anything. Not when half the time it's just a guy's interpretation of what that involves. There is no magical character who'll satisfy everyone so I don't even see the point trying. Just write a damn story and focus on what concerns you, as a person, and not on what is of concern to your genitals.
we need more females in game like i know i might shit for this but like females war fighters in COD or Battlefield series. im sure that a females in BF3 saying "AC-130! take it down!" or "get that motherfucker!" is kinda cool same goes with COD.