As an only child, I certainly felt as though I was going on an adventure through Lara I was temporarily transformed into her character, and that metamorphosis allowed me passage to exciting locations that weren’t quite so normal as my suburban upbringing. I always felt quite lonely playing as Lara Croft the isolation intensified the journey. This linearity is a representation of her purpose her ardent determination.
The level design of the early games reflected her characteristics the linearity of the levels weaved together with her personal narrative. The majority of the game revolved around exploration and puzzle solving climbing, swimming, navigating, and using levers to gain access to new areas. As the depiction of action increases in video games, it’s clear to see that Tomb Raider, as it was then, is distanced from what we now perceive to be an action game. Tomb Raider, despite its classification as an action-adventure, was originally more adventure-puzzle-platformer. They achieve this by wandering down a path well-trodden one taken by the likes of Batman and James Bond.Ĭharacter, Narrative And Gameplay Blended In this reimagining of Tomb Raider, it seems the developers not only wanted to explore how Lara could be adapted to a changing audience but also to explore her character as she would a tomb inquisitively. Our individual flaws (as perceived by ourselves) are eradicated by the characters we choose as our vessels when playing video games, or reading books, et cetera. These characters are – on the whole – unflawed human beings, which is the antithesis of being human. That’s why our favourite characters excite us so much we see in them the ideal personification of ourselves. They’re unrealistic they’re meant to be.Įven in her new guise, her character is equally as unattainable. I appreciate these are all ideals, but that’s what strong characters are. She’s everything one would ever want from life: she’s liked, she’s fit and healthy.
Lara Croft is an easy character to adore, admire, and envy. Tomb Raider was and still is the epitome of adventure gaming. Over the years it’s had its rivals and yet in this rebooted impression of a classic, Tomb Raider continues to entice us into adventuring with Lara. Tomb Raider will mean something different to everyone that’s played one of the games in the franchise my memories go all the way back to the beginning in 1996.
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