Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition crystallizes the original game’s flaws
Here comes a: new hat.
Here comes a: new hat.
Square Enix dug up an old fossil.
In the second part of our conversation, the Tomb Raider penner walks us through the treacherous jungle of gender politics, reflects on whether we’re ready for “braver” characters, and postulates on Lara Croft’s other selves.
Lara Croft’s influence on modern videogames is incalculable. So the potential outcome of a reimagining of her character and corresponding hero’s journey was understandably inestimable. After several months of controversy surrounding alleged depictions of rape in the new Tomb Raider, the game was finally released last month to ecstatic reviews. So ecstatic, in fact, that many critics came to find the entire question of the game’s dubiously sexist underpinnings “silly,” to quote one popular review. But just because critics are done fretting about Lara’s legacy, are Tomb Raider’s creators themselves? I caught up with veteran games writer and Tomb Raider…