Lara Croft, one of the most iconic video game mascots of all time has been with us for decades, through the good times and the bad. Yet, here we are 27 years later and Tomb Raider is as popular as it ever was (probably).
The firstTomb Raiderarrived in 1996 offering an action adventure that had never quite been seen before changing the video game landscape forever. For the most part during that time, we were mostly used to 2D sprite visuals and the concept of 3D video games was a relatively new approach.Tomb Raiderled the way setting the standard of 3D action adventures and its influence still resonates today.
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That being said, the 1990s was also a very weird time. It was a very different world than it is today. Something that would be considered politically incorrect or offensive today, was the norm back then. What’s more, the sexualisation of characters was a key focus of many forms of advertisement across the whole entertainment industry. PerhapsLara Croftexemplified that approach more than any other.
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One such piece of marketing material is fromTomb Raider III(1998) of Lara Croft posing on a bed suggestively in nothing but her pixelated pants, asshared in a recentReddit post.
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“As a kid, I had a habit of spending hours in the bathroom reading on the toilet. That came in… handy in later years,” replied a Reddit user. “Lmao. I mean, I was exactly the target audience and I did get the game, but maybe the marketing was a bittooeffective,” said another.
If you lived through the 90s, then you’ll know it was a wacky time and to some extent, I miss those days. No microtransactions, no battle passes or live services. You just bought a video game and played it. On the flip side, if that game was faulty, there was no online patch to fix it.
In related news, the original Tomb Raider trilogy isgetting gloriously remastered, and the first trailer for theanime adaptation on Netflixhas recently dropped.
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The aforementionedTomb Raider I-III Remasteredwill be released on 14 February 2024 (my birthday) on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
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