Scraping Lara Croft Off The “Boot” Of Her Gaming Reboot
WC writes: Crystal Dynamics may want us to empathise with their re-imagined titular character but this should not necessitate gratuitously stripping her of the agency and drive that define her as a hero.
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I like the new direction. Don't think it borders on fetishistic at all. Something has to make her the hard headed adventurer she will become, and it seems like a valid reason to take up the art of ass kickery.
They just did a horrible job trying to explain it at E3, where they basically said as much. Once the author came out and talked about it, the game looked a lot better.