I started playing Tomb Raider 2013, and while I appreciate that Lara has regular human breasts as opposed to giant balloon tiddies, the gratuitous torture porn kind of negates any goodwill I had towards the game in that regard :/
Yeah people had a problem with that even before the game came out. Part of it is a callback to how gruesome Lara's deaths were in the original Saturn game, but really a lot of Lara's characterization in TR13 is based on her getting the shit kicked out of her.
Yeah it's pretty messed up. I really hate the idea of characters becoming heroes by enduring pain and trauma. A while back I looked at a compilation of the death animations for it alongside one for Resident Evil 4, and it was really telling how Tomb Raider frequently focused on Lara's face as she was dying, while RE4, a horror game, always made sure you could never see Leon's face during any of its deaths.
The sole exception is a rare death animation for Leon -- when he gets killed by the acid from those insect dudes in the castle dungeon.
Just try and picture the modern TR but with Indiana Jones.
Does Indiana Jones really need a gritty reboot-backstory?
Modern TR just strikes me as an insecure teenager crying out for adult validation. "Look at me! I'm a grown-up!! TAKE ME SERIOUSLY!!!"
I never agreed with the whole "R-rated gritty survival" theme of the reboot. Really, in every fashion other than Lara's new character design and the improved gun combat, reboot Tomb Raider feels like a downgrade.
For starters I don't think they should've gone for an M rating. Reboot Tomb Raider in general is just way too violent. Uncharted is T-rated. Even Casino Royale and Batman Begins are PG-13 movies. Hell, they said TR13 was partly inspired by First Blood Part 1, which actually isn't a very violent movie. It kinda is, but Rambo doesn't intentionally kill anyone in it.
For the most part, Uncharted Lost Legacy is what I would've wanted a new Tomb Raider to be.
Capcom certainly never received enough shit for that outfit tbh. Literally a character possibly created in response to allegations of racism and then they include not only that an African tribe section, but gave her this outfit:
and also made sure to make her character exclusive weapon a BOW?
Like bruh...
Holy shit I never noticed the heels.