Why is Lara so filthy?

[Casual Shinji]

Because grit is the new "it".

Seriously though, this new game is supposed to portray a vulnerable, naive Lara who through surviving this brutal event becomes the badass Lara we know. At least, I think that's the idea the developers are going for.

It'll most likely turn out to be an Uncharted clone though.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

You do realise she isnt gonna wake up looking like that at the start of the game. lol. This is taken from later in the game.

 

[SajuukKhar]

It'll most likely turn out to be an Uncharted clone though.

Considering that Uncharted was essentially a tomb raider clone, but with a male protag, isn't that like, a good thing?

 

[CCountZero]

I think it might have to do with all the running for your life and struggling to survive on an island where everything could kill you.

Now, I'm not sure about you but looking clean and pretty wouldn't exactly be one of my highest priorities in a situation like that.

I didn't say she should be perfectly clean and unharmed, it just seems to be an abnormal proliferation of it all.

Picture this: You. Eight years old. New squeaky-clean coat. Forest with running water.

Now multiply Forest with Jungle.

Get the picture?

 

[Casual Shinji]

It'll most likely turn out to be an Uncharted clone though.

Considering that Uncharted was essentially a tomb raider clone, but with a male protag, isn't that like, a good thing?

When I say Uncharted clone, I mean the overly cinematic, extremely linear action game. I like the Uncharted games, but I don't want every other action adventure to copy that type of gaming experience - It becomes old real fast.

And Tomb Raider (when it was still good) has always been about the adventure and discovery. I would like to see a modern Tomb Raider that takes this as its focus, instead of being a purely action driven game.

 

[axlryder]

If anything I'd say her makeup seems to have held up fairly well given the circumstances.

 

[Me55enger]

Possibly because if they imply that Lara actually undressed at some point off screen so to wash the game industries pseudofeminists will be in total uproar.

EDIT: The comment above this says it all.

 

[Raddra]

I didn't say she should be perfectly clean and unharmed, it just seems to be an abnormal proliferation of it all.

This is realistic. Dirt and blood does not have a set dirt quotient that can get on you over time. Its perfectly possible to get that filthy within moments in the right conditions.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Possibly to emphasize a desperate struggle in a hostile environment. Just a guess.

 

[snave]

I'm mostly baffled at how perfect her hair is despite all the mud. Seriously, not a knot in sight, and the clean patches shine.

 

[ReinWeisserRitter]

REALISM, GRITTYNESS, REBOOTS.

All of the above should go away.

Couldn't agree more. I don't care if the victim is male, female, or anything in between, I'm past fed up with people trying, and wanting, to make video games realistic and grimy and edgy.

And reboots can piss right off as well.

 

[TheHmm]

OP is disillusioned.

 

[Glaber]

Oh yeah, she's a dirty girl all right.

Oh.
That's... that's not what you meant. At all.

Umm.

You amuse me.

 

[HellbirdIV]

If you were in her position, you wouldn't give a crap about some mud on your body would you?

Given that she has several cuts on her body as well, if I were her, I would definately take five minutes to wash myself in the first clean-ish bit of water I could find just so I ran slightly less risk of infection.

 

[Biodeamon]

Because apparently dirt means it's "realistic". And they though just making the screen in sepia just wasn't realistic enough so they went all out.

Captcha: full of stars

OH MY GOD ITS FULL OF STARS

 

[Monster_user]

It'll most likely turn out to be an Uncharted clone though.

Considering that Uncharted was essentially a tomb raider clone, but with a male protag, isn't that like, a good thing?

When I say Uncharted clone, I mean the overly cinematic, extremely linear action game.

That is exactly the vibe I am getting from this game. Actually, I wouldn't mind if TR was like that, as I never could get into the classic Tomb Raider games. Also, I don't own a PS3, so I've never played Uncharted.