Thread 714081106

What went wrong with the Tomb Raider series?

>>714081106 (OP)
Nothing fundamentally, they just stopped making games.

>>714081106 (OP)
Not enough crippled black lesbians

>>714081106 (OP)
The strongest point of the series was its exploration elements which took a steep nosedive in the new installments

>>714081106 (OP)
That TTRPG was already cancelled because Embracer got cold feet about using the IP like that in the current year.

They stopped raiding tombs.

They Rebooted it into a generic action series with trauma.

Lara is a lesbian.

>>714082207
Modern western writer's obsession with "muh relatability" must be one of the most culturally destructive trends of the current century. It feels like they really believe that nobody ever identified with classic action heroes and heroines.

>>714081106 (OP)
>fanservice
>non linear levels
>platforming challenges
>threatening monsters
>unique exotic locations
>emphasis on gameplay
>cool asshole main character
They literally abandoned everything that defined the franchise.

>>714081106 (OP)
It never evolved into Womb Raider.

>>714083094
Funniest thing is that the "sources" at the bottom are all just opinion pieces and columns, they could not bother to read even any elementary level post-modern pop culture studies that academia is littered with.

>>714083227
And they erase Vicky Arnold and Heather Gibson's work on the first three games.

USAID glownigger money dried up

>>714083358
Feminists do a lot of ideological amnesia.

>>714084135
>ACTRESS SAYS STUPID THING
More at 11.

>>714081106 (OP)
Its crazy just how easy it is to see what stereotypes each of these characters would fit
>first from the left
>non binary they/them
>lesbian
>definitely gay
>only "normal" guy but he's a fucking dick
tell me im wrong