There’s something about this image - the realistic man leering at this video game model - but Croft (even this crude version of her, made by men for teenage boys) is in power. These Tomb Raiders, written by Rhianna Pratchett, reimagined Lara Croft as a strong and independent young woman - though still with an expertise in casual murder. The series hobbled through the 2000s, but the two most recent entries found creative momentum. Throughout the 1990s, she had an impossible Barbie silhouette, wore skintight clothes, and appeared in pin-up-inspired promotional material. Some backstory on the character: Lara Croft was originally marketed as a sex symbol. The leap in graphical fidelity is actually the least interesting thing about it. The anniversary edition, scheduled for release on PS4 on October 11th, will also include all of Rise of the Tomb Raider's original downloadable content, additional outfits, weapons, an online co-op mode, and a new bit of story that works with PlayStation VR.īut back to that image. 'Classic Lara Croft' will be one of five playable versions of the character plucked from previous entries in the series. The special edition will include the retro, low-poly Lara Croft that appeared in the 1996 series debut as a playable character.

The image is a promotion for the latest version of the 2015 adventure game, this release pegged to the 20th anniversary of the Tomb Raider franchise. If a picture is worth a thousand words then I suppose this screenshot from Rise of the Tomb Raider is worth a dissertation on real-time graphics technology.

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