I know it’s a long way off but this looks fucking epic.
A new Tomb Raider game is definitely warranted. Not sure about that character model for Lara though. I’ll have to see more of it to make up my mind on that.
I much prefer the character model for the rebooted Tomb Raider video game series. Especially the 2nd and 3rd games. Rise and Shadow. They had very much an uncharted/shadow of the colossus vibe to those games which I personally loved and enjoyed immensely too even though I’ve never played either of those games.
This looks like something they’re releasing to go along with the Netflix Tomb Raider animated show and I’m just not fond of the overly skinny but muscular look to Lara. If you’re going to justify her physical strength and power biologically, you’ve got to bulk her up both at the shoulders and waist because it’s just not realistic for her being as athletic as she is. This is the same problem I had with Abby Anderson’s look in The Last Of US show. Fair play to Kaitlyn Dever because she pulled it off for the most part - although we haven’t seen her Days yet but it was ridiculous to see such physical strength in the girl without the right build for it from in the game.
I thank god Lucy or Renee never looked like that in Xena when it came to them both having physical strength. I mean they both had very lean abs but they were BULK and it was right that they should be given what they do.
The arms are always realistic but it’s the shoulders and waist that never seem to be with these warrior women and I can’t help feeling that the reason why they’re not is because a male watcher will say that it’s unappealing. But to be quite fucking honest - they don’t get a say in the way a woman should look. Not even if she’s fiction.
I don’t really care about anything else to do with the character model appearance. I just want it to justify the physical strength, power and athleticism of a woman that doesn’t seem to do anything else but work out and Lara Croft is one of those characters as a tomb raider.
I remember when they had Angelina Jolie play her in 2 of the live action movies and she was great portraying Lara but… she was too fucking skinny for the character and the reason why was because all the classic original video games have her that skinny and it was ridiculous.
Then they did the rebooted video games in 2012 I believe and finally the character looked like the right build physically for all the physical shit she was doing.
The arms, shoulders, back, waist looked REALISTIC.
But yeah - it’s too soon to judge on that just yet for this game. I just hope they have a character model that fits the physical strength and power of the character Lara.