The problem with Tomb Raider, is that you take a strong brave adventurous female character who is the main protagonist in a story, (one of the few you actually find in video games) And turn her into some 20 year old frightened girl that if, I’m quoting their marketing department correctly, “needs protecting”.

And yes I realize this is an origin story, where she is suppose to be made “stronger through her ordeals” but that is bullshit. Did young Nathan Drake seem frightened and vulnerable to you in Uncharted 3?

Bravery and and especially and adventuresome spirit are not things you pick up along the way, they have to be there from the start. There’s nothing about this young Lara that shows she possesses any of that.

Oh and truama does not make a person stronger, it breaks them, it does instill positive qualities into people, it does the exact opposite.

And to think this is the new Lara that Crystal Dynamics and Eidos thought would be more “Female Gamer Friendly” cause what, they made her less curvacious?

Granted it might be unfair to judge a game before it comes out. But this whole thing reeks of lazy story telling, bad marketing, and completely missing the point.