Crystal Dynamics' first go at the Tomb Raider license must have been terrifying. Such an enormously famous series in the hands of Core, so spectacularly falling to pieces after Angel Of Darkness, Tomb Raider was at once one of the most famous franchises in the world and one of the most despised. Lara overkill combined with the unmitigated disaster of its sixth game meant that it was something of a poisoned chalice that was handed to the Californian developers, and the result is a fascinating combination of fervent loyalty to the series mixed in with some interesting new ideas.
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From Eurogamer: "Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants Lara Croft to have fewer father issues in the forthcoming next game.
Speaking to Eurogamer at last night’s BAFTAs, Pratchett confirmed she's not working on the newly announced title, but is "very excited to see what they do with Lara next".
"We had a really fun time evolving her character, so I would like to see probably less father issues," she said. "And that's coming from me!""
But...it was her shitty writing of Lara as a character that focused on the father/family issues in the first place
Rhianna wrote Lara to be a whiny, non assertive and just completely different to what people loved about her as a character in the originals and Legends.
I'd like to see a version where she has MORE daddy issues.
Maybe they could write a gentleman's club or two into the story and the plot could explore Lara's journey from exotic dancer to adventurous explorer. I mean right...right?! ;)
Makes sense. That explains the big boobs from the original games. You're on to something there
Writing is about homing your identity and threading it through the story. It means that the ready is ready to move on and make Lara behave different.
It’s not bad news, it’s good news.
It is projection. It’s fine to criticise yourself as a writer. You have to.
If she’s ready to move on and make the character different then that’s ok isn’t it.
