Why remove swimming?

[Driber]

Originally Posted by LadyRufina

No she'll definately know how to swim. For one, it is compulsory to learn how to swim in English primary schools and second she would not have been allowed on the expedition if she didn't know how to swim for basic health and safety reasons. The reason why there's no swimming in this game is because there's 'no need for it,' apparently.

I'm pretty sure that TheBlade was only joking, LadyR

[LadyRufina]

Originally Posted by Driber

I'm pretty sure that TheBlade was only joking, LadyR

Really? It's hard to understand cyber-sarcasm

[Driber]

Well, usually the inclusion of "laughing my ass off" is a dead give-away of it not being serious

BTW, no one said anything about sarcasm. A joke isn't necessarily sarcasm.

[mrskurtistrent]

It is such a big part of the games! I mean... a woman's heart is an ocean of secrets! that's where most things have been lost and are meant to be found!

[LaraRocks2]

Originally Posted by Driber

Back to Lara's boobs again, are we?

For some reason this single comment made me LOL

[temirlan]

pitifully but it would be desirable that in the new game of лара floated

[chip5541]

Originally Posted by temirlan

pitifully but it would be desirable that in the new game of лара floated

лара = Lara

Looks like the translator isn't getting the sentence completely correct but I get what he is trying to say.

[TranceTrouble]

hehe i have the same here Chip, something wrong with translating it from Russian to English i guess

[MissShortieB]

omg really? they should kept that in the game! i loved the swimming bits lol

[LR Croft]

I didn't like the fact that they removed it at all and I still don't understand why.

[Lara_Fan_84]

There's already a 50 page thread on this already. I say 50 pages as a joke because it's been going on for a while so it's a joke.

Since this is an entire new Tomb Raider game maybe they wanted to go with something we don't traditionally see in a Tomb Raider game. I personally don't mind the change. I'm sure when we're playing the game we don't even notice or care.

[CamberGreber]

Swimming is a must Crystal please include it.
Underwater swimming is 1 of the things that makes TR original.

Hardly any games have underwater segments anymore.
Now another one bits the dust

[MissShortieB]

please keep swimming in the game/games to come, gotta love underwater parts.

[chip5541]

Since we are dealing with a younger Lara, it is possible she does not know how to scuba dive yet. No real reason after all she is just starting to learn her skills and as mentioned in the interviews, not about swimming though, this is like a day one. Lara is becoming the Lara we all know but she is not there yet.

[MissShortieB]

oh yeah thats true, next year just need to hurry up now as i really wont to play it!

[MagnaBass]

Originally Posted by MissShortieB

oh yeah thats true, next year just need to hurry up now as i really wont to play it!

So do I

[TheTombExplorer]

I dont mind Lara not swimming as long as i dont feel like im missing out, but i think that when lara walks through the water there is something eerie, makes you feel like something is going to pull her under

[ItsAdventureTime]

Originally Posted by TheTombExplorer

I dont mind Lara not swimming as long as i dont feel like im missing out, but i think that when lara walks through the water there is something eerie, makes you feel like something is going to pull her under

I feel the exact same way, I mean I know all the other games included swiming, but this Lara is "inexperienced" so I doubt that she would be able to swim for long...unless we were to find an oxygen tank on the island...

[MagnaBass]

Technically up to her neck in water is swimming.

[ItsAdventureTime]

Originally Posted by MagnaBass

Technically up to her neck in water is swimming.

This.....this is true...

[Metalrocks]

Originally Posted by MagnaBass

Technically up to her neck in water is swimming.

not really. im a swimming instructor and i have some kids who never swam in their lives. as soon the water is deeper as them selves, the sink like a rock. sure, they move their arms and all, but their feet are still on the ground and to swimming instructors, lifesavers and the swimming association, thats not swimming.
australia takes swimming very seriously that in my state (NT), swimming is a must for every kid by law.

[The Hylden]

She had to have swam to have made it to the Island in the first place off of her wrecked boat. So, there was pre-game swimming involved

[Shaikh]

What if, this Tomb Raider actually has in-game swimming?

What if Crystal left this announcement for a surprise?

What if they say Lara learns to swim because she has to drown in the water many times in first few hours. Then she can swim after few hours into the game. I mean we haven't seen at least 80% of the game yet.

Tombs, Exploration, Puzzle-solving, Platforming, Dual Pistols & Swimming are all the backbone of Tomb Raider. What if they kept Dual Pistols and Swimming as surprise. We just saw the supernatural element presents in Tomb Raider just a few days ago.

IO Interactive announced David Bateson as Agent 47's VA in Hitman: Absolution just about a month before the game release. This could be Square Enix's marketing strategy.

[larafan25]

I think the last feature they're announcing is....

MULTIPLAYER

Though I really think a full swimming mechanic will be present in the next game. UG. I would looove a hub with a lake, surrounded by tall mountains with villages in the mountains, but you can dive into the lake and find ruins and side tombs, and swim up into air holes and discover cave systems.

SWIMMING.

[Driber]

Originally Posted by The Hylden

She had to have swam to have made it to the Island in the first place off of her wrecked boat. So, there was pre-game swimming involved