Why couldn't Lara get a jacket or coat from her fallen enemies?

[Richfeet]

Probably because they'd be soaking wet from all the rain.

A jacket could potentially be impractical, given all the climbing, ziplining and diving around she has to do. Without a tight fitting, relatively slim jacket she would be risking catching it on something and plunging to her death.

This too.
And men's jackets generally don't work as tight-fitting women's jackets. What with the different body types and all.

That and the programmers probably didn't want to program her getting a new jacket every time one got ripped.

Which is yet another thing: the jackets would probably already have bullet holes in them, or holes/rips from the arrows.

that pretty much, I guess this is a joke thread. But I really feel people are trying their very hardest to find misogyny and voyeurism that isn't there. She is young, in shape, practically dressed women. Hell she's wearing long trousers and isn't showing her mid section, by stereotypical video game standards she is practically a nun.

But Rblade, I'm just thinking of her well being. Just one jacket to shield out the elements that's all. and maybe a skullcap.

 

[Rblade]

But Rblade, I'm just thinking of her well being. Just one jacket to shield out the elements that's all. and maybe a skullcap.

a noble goal, but in that case a better question might be, if they have access to a sleeping bag and radio and everything. Why didn't they pack a sweater in that survival kit?

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Have you actually played the game?

If she got off the Rambo school of thought, we wouldn't see her growing number of scratches, scars, dents and bullet holes. Really simple, methinks.

Ooh, look at that, the captcha is going all artsy on me. I like it.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Because there will most likely be blood on it.

I mean, would you wear something that has blood on it that isn't yours?

Kinda weird really.

To stay alive in a survival situation I'd skin a corpse and wear it as a coat.

My thoughts exactly. I'd hollow out a chubby, hairy one and wear him. I'd wear his face, as well, to strike fear in the hearts of the enemy. Then, I'd practice Xena's tongue-twisting battle cry.

 

[Longstreet]

Because it is still attached to now deceased goon via an arrow or two.

Also, DLC.

 

[TheLogicalGamer]

Rule of Sexy and Rule of Cool. Google them if you want to read their pages on TV Tropes, I'm not making the link easily available since there is a special hell for people who post TV Tropes links... anywhere.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

Do you mean in the new game? The one where it's like, the first of her amazing globe-spanning adventures, pitting her against foes and situations she never thought she'd encounter in the entirety of her life?

I'm willing to bet it probably literally never crossed her mind.

 

[Legion]

Some people never played the older games.

I imagine the DLC option is probably the most likely.

On a side-note. I cannot believe those graphics were once considered good. My, how quickly the mind adapts.

 

[Flatfrog]

Because there will most likely be blood on it.

I mean, would you wear something that has blood on it that isn't yours?

Kinda weird really.

To stay alive in a survival situation I'd skin a corpse and wear it as a coat.

My thoughts exactly. I'd hollow out a chubby, hairy one and wear him. I'd wear his face, as well, to strike fear in the hearts of the enemy. Then, I'd practice Xena's tongue-twisting battle cry.

Not Hercules?

(Very annoying captcha, forcing me at gunpoint to enter a fucking four-word advertising slogan, and refusing to give me an alternative)

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

I mean, the poor dear was all chilled to the bone. All those enemies had nice, warm coats. She could have taken one.

because you wouldnt be able to change her costume through dlc..

also:

ah yes, someone finally found the correct response!

also inflammatory remark incoming *ahem*:

OH SO WOMEN ARE TOO WEAK TO CONTINUE ON WITHOUT THE HELP OF MALE JACKETS, HUH?!?!?! ONCE AGAIN SEXIISSSTTTTT, ALWAYS TRYING TO SHOEHORN MEN INTO BEING NEEDED IN A GAMEEE!

 

[Sonofadiddly]

I think it's bizarre that there's so many responses to this question that act as though Lara possesses any kind of autonomy as a fictional character. It's all about the designers and their desperate need for you to appreciate the tiny details of what they've created so they can justify their existence/massive graphics budget. Look look look at Lara and her painstakingly crafted outfit, and all the little scratches and scars and the sweat and the pores, you can't cover that up with a jacket! Plus I'm sure it has something to do with difficulty of rendering Lara in two different outfits or whatever (not a programmer). You would move different in a jacket as opposed to just a tank top.

Also, no, no would claim sexism if she put on a man's coat, but thanks guys for continuing to trivialize the issue. Not like it makes the gaming community look anymore sexist or anything. Actually, there's almost no doubt in my mind that Lara's womanly figure (boobs) have a lot to do with the decision not to give her warm clothing. Giving her a jacket would have done a lot to convince me that the developers are NOT sexist.

 

[m19]

So the only way to not be sexist is to avoid sex appeal all together? That's ridiculous.

 

[Simonism451]

Because if she had gone full Rambo the internet would explode with outrage...

 

[DarkRyter]

Well I can't help but see all the "programming" issues. It would take hardly any time to program, just switch this model, to a different model. The real work is on the animators. Just sayin'.
That said, it's cause it would probably ruin the flow of the game, and then the modelers and animators have to animate it.

Honestly, it's more of a matter of switching the same motion capture data to the new model. Which isn't remotely difficult.

There's a jacket skin in the dlc. That's probably the major reason.

 

[Sonofadiddly]

So the only way to not be sexist is to avoid sex appeal all together? That's ridiculous.

There's a big difference between sexy and sexualization. Giving impractical outfits to female characters for no other reason than so men can stare at the boobies falls into the category of the latter.

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Does she have the jacket on for most of the game, though? Or is it some dress up DLC?

 

[SextusMaximus]

Looting from dead bodies isn't her thing!

Oh no wait.

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

Well that's because sh.....

Huh. That's a good point; why can't she do that?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Because you touch yourself at night... while thinking of her snug tank top.

Seriously, she's Lara Croft, and Lara Croft simply wears blue tank tops. Also, by showing her bare arms we're constantly reminded of the physical wear and tear she's going through.

The next Tomb Raider should probably have Lara wear a sumo suit, so as to never again reveal her offensive womanly body parts.
Same with Kratos; Cover those horrible pecks, you awful man.

 

[m19]

There's a big difference between sexy and sexualization. Giving impractical outfits to female characters for no other reason than so men can stare at the boobies falls into the category of the latter.

Is there? "Sexy" has zero practical purpose outside of attracting the opposite sex.

Lara's cloths are perfectly plain. It's the fact she looks in them the way she does that makes internet justice warriors uncomfortable and want to cover it all up.

 

[Sonofadiddly]

There's a big difference between sexy and sexualization. Giving impractical outfits to female characters for no other reason than so men can stare at the boobies falls into the category of the latter.

Is there? "Sexy" has zero practical purpose outside of attracting the opposite sex.

Lara's cloths are perfectly plain. It's the fact she looks in them the way she does that makes internet justice warriors uncomfortable and want to cover it all up.

Funny that this has become what is "plain" to gamers. What I see is a lot of skin showing in a place that looks awful cold. If it was bright and sunny then sure, tank top makes sense. No sense made here. She would probably want a jacket.

And it makes me very, very sad that your only concept of "sexy" is to attract the opposite sex. Expressing sexuality is a complex act with many motivations, and part of the essence of being a sexual human being. Forcing sexualness upon a character for no other reason than to make men stare is a depressing reduction of sexuality to body parts and carefully measured amounts of male saliva. It's insulting to all genders.