Why You Should Give Tomb Raider Another Chance

Wow, just look at the evolution of our young Lara Croft over a number of installments. Video game graphics sure have come a long way, leaning towards realistic. No longer are video games made without the thought of "how do we make this look real?" The first Lara Croft possessed an impossible figure while Lara Croft 2013 has a more realistic body. Hey, even her breasts look natural, aside from the freakish (yet most men found it an appealing characteristic of Croft) bazoongas from earlier games. Fun fact: In the movie Tomb Raider, did you know Angelina Jolie had to wear extra pads under her bra to make her boobs as big as Lara Croft's?

Moving away from the topic of the horrible casting job of Angelina Jolie for that role, the debut trailer for Tomb Raider: Crossroads was released via E3 2012 May 31. Croft finds herself stranded on an island after a shipwreck, her crew missing. She must brush up on her survival skills in order to combat the animals and people of the island in order to survive and save her crew. Check it out for yourself.

This game, unlike the others, is a new take on the series and starts at the beginning, before Lara got her moves and solid stamina. In this installment, Lara is just a young girl out to battle the world, alone and maybe a little frightened. What I like about this game already is the empathy I feel for Lara that I did not feel in other games. To me, Lara Croft was badass. She didn't need my empathy or anything before this. She knew what she was doing, Lara could handle it, always. But now, she is maybe around my age, struggling to survive in an adventure that goes way beyond her skills and you know what? I feel for her. Just like I really felt Jackie's pain in The Darkness, it connected me to the story and made me feel more involved. This is what really draws me in to a video game, the emotional connection to a story. But we will have to see when it comes out next Spring (we hope). It was delayed in order to perfect new additions to this specific installment. Tomb Raider: Crossroads is due out March 5, 2013. Meanwhile, here is who SHOULD play Lara Croft in a movie (Olivia Wilde).