Not only that, but she would have to has (??)huge muscles and a sailor’s hand. Scars, a fucked up hair and skin, and all those things that does not suit a pretty lady, right? But how will you sell games with girls as main characters to a bunch of wanker nerds if they don’t look like the girl of their dreams?

>but I have a really hard time with the >fact that one of Lara’s clothing options >before you explore the Arctic sea is a >teeny bathing suit.

Im quite sure those kind of things are decided by corporate old chaps. Things probably go like:

Project Manager: “So, this is the stage on the Acrtic sea. Blah blah blah.”
Corp Chap: “Wait! Can you guys put(!) less clothes on her?”
PM: “Wait! She is in the Arctic! She would be frozen wearing a bikini.”
CC: “Who cares? They won’t even notice! They are just wankers. If we could put her without clothes, they would thank us!”

Programmer: (after PM explaining the meeting): “But she is in the bloody Arctic!! I won’t code this… this is against my principles, mate.”
PM: “Please, they have the money. We cannot argue.”
Programmer: =(

This is the only explanation I can find…

Now, let me say something: I never really liked Tomb Rider, specially because of the controls. I always thought they were awkward in some way. Plus, Lara Croft being a hot pixeled woman was fun until I was 13 and found a crack to take her clothes off – which was worse in terms of quality than some fan art where she was nude (shame on me!). After these episodes I was more like: “No way she can run or do those things with such b00bage without feeling really uncomfortable! And how can she carry TWO BLOODY Desert Eagles and fire them!! That is too much even for a game. Plus, she kills tigers. I like tigers. =(“

The game in general is a mixed bag. It’s a shame that so soon after Tomb Raider: Legend reinvigorated the series it already feels played out and dull again. And if Hollywood is planning a relaunch of the movie franchise all we’ll probably get for the next game is a ho-hum licensed ‘play the film!’ experience.

And while I’ve never killed a tiger I once did kick the face off a badger to make a sporran.(This is a lie. It’s made from bunnies.)

(I love brackets.)