The metamorphosis of Lara Croft

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The Many Faces of Lara Croft

To celebrate the release of Tomb Raider Definitive Edition on the 28th, halloweencostumes.com (weird right?) has a pretty good look at Lara's aesthetical upgrades through the years from conception to definitive edition. I never knew she held the Guinness record for most detailed videogame character for TR Underworld:

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http://www.halloweencostumes.com/blog/p-468-tomb-raider-infographic.aspx
 
brendanvb said:
To celebrate the release of Tomb Raider Definitive Edition on the 28th, halloweencostumes.com (weird right?) has a pretty good look at Lara's aesthetical upgrades through the years from conception to definitive edition. I never knew she held the Guinness record for most detailed videogame character for TR Underworld:

Tomb-Raider-Infographic.jpg


http://www.halloweencostumes.com/blog/p-468-tomb-raider-infographic.aspx
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Nice :) Really interesting.


Heres how Lara Croft from Underworld was made:

 
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Endless long post...and first response quotes the entire f'ing thing? :wtf:

Moving swiftly along I see they used a blurry pic for the definite edition. I rate the author(s) just single-handedly made a dent in the sales stats.:eek:
 
Interest development process. It doesn't feel as if it's been an entire 16 years of Lara.
[And I new just from the thread title that the OP would be brendanvb :p ]

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HavocXphere said:
Endless long post...and first response quotes the entire f'ing thing? :wtf:

Moving swiftly along I see they used a blurry pic for the definite edition. I rate the author(s) just single-handedly made a dent in the sales stats.:eek:
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I think what might dent DE sales more is the fact that it is locked to 30fps"whistling:
 
Tomb raider underworld was adtually a very long game with all the puzzles and everything. The graphics were very good for games from that time. Thanks for video show how it was made, did enjoy the new tomb raider more though.
 
Snare said:
Interest development process. It doesn't feel as if it's been an entire 16 years of Lara.
[And I new just from the thread title that the OP would be brendanvb :p
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I'm glad I'm becoming familiar around here :p.

But would you believe reboot Lara features less polygons than Underworld Lara yet looks 10x more realistic?
 
Did not know she changed that drastically from the first games quite a big difference and for the better :D.

First picture actually reminds me of a Mii character on the Wii/3ds lol.
 
i have to say that the 5th face in that line up looks the best(Legend) to me or my glasses might just be dirty :)
 
From the section for Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness:
"Lara's look was inspired by the Tomb Raider film, though she didn't don the shorts until the end."

I assume they are talking about the end of the movie since I don't know of anybody that managed to get to the end of the game.
 
She looks more real now, more feminine, fragile even. I think it's the characteristic I appreciate most about the new Lara.
 
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