Lara's new look & body

[Lyle Croft]

Originally Posted by Katie_Tomb_Raider

Remember though, the cover isn't what she'll look like in-game. The cover was the work of 3 studios, specifically for marketing. If you look at the screenshots in-game she looks nothing like the Game Informer cover

thats what i don't like a bit about marketing they DECIEVE you a bit. Like some of the TR Underworld trailers looked awesome like the doppleganger blowing up Lara's house one but you didn't see that ingame.(hehe i don't own the game but i did research) anyway point is "looks can be decieving" its whats in her virtual heart that counts LOL this doens't make any sense

[Tuneit]

Originally Posted by Lyle Croft

thats what i don't like a bit about marketing they DECIEVE you a bit. Like some of the TR Underworld trailers looked awesome like the doppleganger blowing up Lara's house one but you didn't see that ingame.

That my dearest friend, is called a Teaser Trailer.

[Ranger275]

Do we really care here...... Or are we all just very happy to do it again with Ms. Croft. (You can go there but thats not what I'm talking about.) This game will look better then the last. Tech alone will make sure that happen. I do think the new younger Lara is looks great and even if they dont get "Just like the teaser" I will still love her!

[mr croft lopez]

maybe eidos can present 3 pics of lara and have us fans vote.

[Lyle Croft]

Originally Posted by Ranger275

Do we really care here...... Or are we all just very happy to do it again with Ms. Croft. (You can go there but thats not what I'm talking about.) This game will look better then the last. Tech alone will make sure that happen. I do think the new younger Lara is looks great and even if they dont get "Just like the teaser" I will still love her!

i love her no matter what but honestly they should stick with one look and age her through out that look i really wish they had a hint of underworld looks in this game. just a hint. and her eyes confuse me they look kinda greenish to me :/ anyway lara is pretty no matter what even with a cut

[Pulse]

Her eyes look like they always have, but they did round out her face and make her mouth and nose more proportional. Which is good because I find Underworld's Lara to look rather ugly with her too small nose.

[Lyle Croft]

Originally Posted by Pulse

Her eyes look like they always have, but they did round out her face and make her mouth and nose more proportional. Which is good because I find Underworld's Lara to look rather ugly with her too small nose.

i did too a bit but underworld lara looked good at certain angles so i can't wait to see this new laras bad angle

[Tuneit]

Originally Posted by mr croft lopez

maybe eidos can present 3 pics of lara and have us fans vote.

God no!

Originally Posted by Lyle Croft

i love her no matter what but honestly they should stick with one look and age

Well, this game is said to be the very beginning of the great adventures of Tomb Raider.

So the fact that Lara is younger makes sense.

[Lyle Croft]

Originally Posted by Tuneit

God no!


Well, this game is said to be the very beginning of the great adventures of Tomb Raider.

So the fact that Lara is younger makes sense.

ouch why'd i say age anyway i change my mind like every day or so on the game but anyway blah.

[Cheese is nice.]

Originally Posted by Lyle Croft

oh exciting hairdresser and yeah i've been studying the render of lara on the game informer magazine and yeah it really has NO expression she just looking at a camera with that facial expression they could have done something like this


same exact pose with one of those monster heads(ps im talking about copying the pose with her hair down in a render) and they could have put lara on a cliff at night with her hair in the air, lightening, and waves crashing on a wave. Yeah it looks good in my head but people won't understand what i mean ill have to show them using a 3d program(which are a pain to me )

That's not sarcasm on the hairdressing comment is it? But I'd love to see your idea, that is if you can bear the pain. haha.

Originally Posted by Elliot Kane

Actually, my main point was that so many male Manga characters look like girls.

As I've already noted, we have yet to see any in-game footage at all, so we don't really know what she's going to look like in game.

EDIT: Thinking about it, I'm not sure this was entirely my point. While it's true that most Manga male characters do strongly resemble woman, Lara's jawline is a bit heavy for a woman in that picture...

Ha. Elliot. And I agree. But they always change up the face to shut up the fans anyway. Remember the Underworld fiasco?

[Lyle Croft]

Originally Posted by Cheese is nice.

I really like the reduction in breast size at least. I am a man and I hate huge breasts on tiny women, I think this direction is very good to go with. Lara is getting more and more real and I couldn't be happier. I just hope they make sure not to lose sight of the Lara essence which I'm afraid might be happening. But I'll be excited to play this game.

lots of women have huge breasts but i don't really care about the breasts anymore i just hope this won't be another "Angel of Darkness"

Lara in Tomb Raider IX: My legs feel stronger now!

[Nocharity]

She's supposed to be a young Lara, right? Late teens maybe?

I guess that's why her features seem so... soft? I'm not sure that's the right word but, whatever.

If this reboot becomes a new series, I hope they make this new Lara grow up a little for future installments, I'm not sure if I can reconsile a teenage Lara doing the things that original Lara used to do.

[Hoodedclaw]

Hi...

I do like ur Lara image but i think that it makes her look like TRU lara.

I think i would stick with the new 1 but it is really gd. xxx

[Lyle Croft]

Originally Posted by Hoodedclaw

Hi...

I do like ur Lara image but i think that it makes her look like TRU lara.

I think i would stick with the new 1 but it is really gd. xxx

it is tru lara i just added blood to her face

[Charlie.T.Raider]

If they had just based her look on TRL/TRA Lara then she would have looked better. I can't reconcile this new image to Lara at all but that is just one pic and so maybe the trailers will reassure me.

[Rhanyan]

She looks exotic and sensual. Her eyes are filled with fiery passion and determination.

She also looks hurt. I must save her.

[adobeARTIST]

Originally Posted by Rhanyan

She looks exotic and sensual. Her eyes are filled with fiery passion and determination.

She also looks hurt. I must save her.

YES!! Somebody else who sees it too. I just can't beleive the number of "vacant stare" comments I've seen

[WinterSoldier]

That's not a vacant stare. It's the 1,000 Yard Stare. The lights are on, and someone IS home, they're just not answering the door at the moment is all.

[Denis..]

Originally Posted by WinterSoldier

That's not a vacant stare. It's the 1,000 Yard Stare. The lights are on, and someone IS home, they're just not answering the door at the moment is all.

i like that lara now looks boylish on her face, she kinda looks like me lol!

u think it's a good idea though to make her so victim/hunted looking in the game?
im curious..

[adobeARTIST]

The victim/hunted look is a reflection of the context of the game. Just like the glamorous look in the Tokyo level of Legend was a reflection of that context.

This won't be a permanent image as she'll move past that afterwards.

And "tomboyish"? Is that merely because she's all dirty and grimy here? If that's the case, it's not a look by choice, but by circumstance.

[WinterSoldier]

Originally Posted by Denis..

i like that lara now looks boylish on her face, she kinda looks like me lol!

u think it's a good idea though to make her so victim/hunted looking in the game?
im curious..

Well I'll not lie, her looks have never really been that big of a deal to me before, and now is no different. I would love to voice an opinion on the matter in the context of the game, yeah, but I feel I don't know enough about the storyline and/or enviornments within it to say "yay" or "nay". Once it's come out and I've had a sitdown or two with it, yeah, I'll give an opinion, but until then I'm going to try and not get too involved with speculation or assuming I know what's what, much fun as it may be. But that is definately the 1,000 yard stare, and there's only 1 way to get that. And in that matter, then yeah, her looking victimized, hunted, beat up, wounded, whatever you want to call it fits perfectly and is realistic in the sense that more then likely she wouldn't be walking away w/o a few smudges on her at the least.

[Andy64]

Originally Posted by Denis..

i like that lara now looks boylish on her face

I REALLY hate that she looks boyish. Lara's cheek-bone structure in the banner is awful.

Lara is a great bastion for femininity in the games industry. Part of her appeal is that she uncompromising in her feminine nature from her attitude to her clothes. She is completely different to the sea of male gaming heroes and to the average stereotype of an archeologist or explorer. Why lose what is unique about her and push her into a saturated sea? A masculine Lara is not true to her intended vision, not true to who Lara is as a person. For me an over-masculinised Lara would be plain incorrect. I don't have any problem with her stare though.

[LC is Me]

Originally Posted by Andy64

I REALLY hate that she looks boyish. Lara's cheek-bone structure in the banner is awful.

Lara is a great bastion for femininity in the games industry. Part of her appeal is that she uncompromising in her feminine nature from her attitude to her clothes. She is completely different to the sea of male gaming heroes and to the average stereotype of an archeologist or explorer. Why lose what is unique about her and push her into a saturated sea? A masculine Lara is not true to her intended vision, not true to who Lara is as a person. For me an over-masculinised Lara would be plain incorrect. I don't have any problem with her stare though.

So you can't be toned/physically in shape and feminine at the same time?

[adobeARTIST]

Originally Posted by LC is Me

So you can't be toned/physically in shape and feminine at the same time?

Well said LC, very well said. Lara's features are well defined, that of an athletic woman, but still very feminine in her features.

[QiX]

Now seriously. The boy that first comes to your mind when you see Lara's pic should go immediately to an urologist and check his hormones. Anyone with functional testicles must not resemble Lara Croft