Lara Croft Tomb Raider Face Morph (1996 - 2015) 

When they started with reboot games, it was only the media that heralded the remade Lara as an update for new times. She was oversexualized, they said. Interestingly, girls tend to prefer the original Lara just as much as boys, and it's easy to see why. She was witty, self-assured, badass and COOL. And sexy on top of that. Then they decided they had to transform her into something else. Why? If you change something that's already perfect you can only make it worse. They sure improved the graphics, but other than that, they have the same title, and the main character is called Lara Croft, but she's some random girl that I don't care about. And the game is just another game.

@@MA-yu2ss I understand your point, and I'm aware of the idea being used in these new games of showing how she got to be herself. Yet, I feel these games are just another concept altogether, the more elaborated the graphics, the more spectacular and movie-like action scenes, the more I feel I'm playing a straight forward story, to merely trigger these animations that take place. In the old games you got the feeling of being exploring, even if it was illusion and it was actually pretty staight forward aswell. I'm a fan of the very first three games, and from the newer ones I can say "Underworld" was the only one I really enjoyed (because the story was good, and the mythology involved very interesting). As to the effort of showing Lara in the making, I much prefer a fan-made level set, "Himalayan Mysteries - Full Version" by Titia Drenth (Titak). I feel she was so much closer to the original idea, the original concept of the game. She took as a basis Lara's background story from the original game in 1996 and developed a whole game from it. Amazing work. And concerning Lara's phisical appearance, I've always thought there's something that escapes most people when they go on talking about her huge boobs and all that; in TR1 character design did not aim for realism. Yes, she was designed to be a bombshell, but Toby Gard's style was kind of cartoon-like, exaggerating features and stylizing figures. I mean, her legs were also exageratedly long with freakingly narrow knees. Take a look at his character desing for a later work, "Galleon", it shows the same style (which I admire). What made TR feel real was the fact that it was a whole 3D environment and, very importantly, the fantastic work they made with Lara's super smooth movement animations, that needs to be praised still to this day. But the look of characters was not realistic. I want that. And I want an adventure game, not something that seems to be a crossover with survivial horror or war games, or trying to keep up with "Uncharted".

canalsoloparaverunvideodemierda yes I loved the old games as well, and I liked the complex puzzles and feeling of isolation they gave us while exploring. I also like the new ones, even though I do understand what you mean by them copying from Uncharted. I feel like they have gone somewhat off track of the original idea of tomb raider. Regardless I love the new games, with the exception of SOTTR because I felt like the storyline was lacking a bit...

@@milliedred4341 yesssss we want real sixth sequel 🙃

Tomb raider 2 ps1 my all time fav.

aka Polygons.

Back In mah day

They had edges

You can say that they're edge-y

This made me laugh aloud, thank you stranger on the internet! I had a really bad day and needed a laugh

I wish there were some statistics on the character design team members/turn over to see if there was some correlation with team change over or if the same team just kept forgetting what body part is on the top of the body.

Hey Cap junior

Is that not that they didn't know, but rather had to deal with hardware limitations, during the ps1 era. That defined the style of the char, and they decided to leave it as such for the most part. Going for more stylized looks requires less time adding details compared to more realistic/detailed approaches too.

@@Gbtx6 nothing to do with Ps1 era as it was on PC aswell, it was just purely memory limitations and technology at the time. I still prefer the old style to realism.

Like pokemon learn a move and unlearned it for a new move

That's relatable

Or u can say human.

She's younger in the recent games

Seems like most video game characters looked angry back then

@@realdunky69 and then there's Max Payne

Exactly this 😂

Story of most people's lives.

It’s almost like that was the purpose of her redesign, y’know, since it’s a reboot

And that's gaming these days in a nutshell...

She is at her youngest in the new games.

Damn even black Niggas admit that!

@@timurkral3781 what?

@@reallhoxhoes8935 in my head, your "what" sounds like Franklin's "what" after hearing Lamar roasting him.

@@timurkral3781 even black niggas admit what?

@@abubakr4401 They admit that

That's because the new ones are origin stories and the classic ones are veteran histories

There’s three timelines so far. Original which ended after angel of darkness (age 16-30s.) legends (age 20s-31) and survivor (20s-26).

I found the 2007 version sexy tho

Legend doesn't look that young, Anniversary does because she was in fact young, Underworld she looks like a living cadaver, and in the new ones she was totally changed, but they had to reflect her younger age. But yeah, in IV, V, and AoD she definitely looks younger than the first 3 ones lol. Lara suddenly changed in IV

She sure does 😂

I totally agree. I was like "is 2008 a different console? Like a handheld device or something"

This was the comment i was looking for

@@SDASermons hiii yeah I just wanted to clarify because I've played both games on 360 but yeah, the graphics are better but her face gets squashed down in underworld

@@SDASermons but I've also played anniversary on the wii and it looked horrendous so I think it just depends on the console. The cutscenes have much better graphics so maybe the image they used is from that. But yeah, her face gets proportionally weird in underworld

@@saltie5480 gotchya

LOL

I never would've thought.

@@greatwavefan397 u amazing

Big chungus

All for the better considering her redesigned facial features make for a significantly more believable/anatomically correct character model

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@@detectivemolasses1980 the virgin coffee: no you can't have those lips, they are not anatomically correct! Og Lara: hehe big lips go brrr

@@AdrianRodriguezAIR i didnt notice until just now lol

theres 3 different timelines i think

all 3 timelines are in different universes

@Macdealerx maybe as a fan you can!

Who cares we got tall vampire lady now

Yeah, they either stretched it or compressed it, even back then, it wasn't consistent.

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I bet the (male) graphic designers and modellers create a design which they personally find attractive.

@@punkimierdasshiet4026 you've been on the internet too long, that's not what he said. Go take a break

@@userdetails1 I bet ur stupid

@@DoubleOhSilver You haven't been on the internet long enough to know that he was sarcastic and already know what he said

the age

@@MrKnaives they don't choisir Angelina Jolie because she is not very young anymore

@@katsuya2742 are you aware Angelina Jolie was the Lara Croft actress in the adaptation?

Both of their lips are sexy

@@Erikari maybe he watched the 2018 version lol

lmao

They'd probably be freaked out and run like hell the other way.

run

Yoo🤣

@@quincexl1279 You would run away or them lmao

Eww

Only one I haven't played is underworld. Is it actually good?

@@corymackin8723 It is

@@corymackin8723 for me, it's the best one

I like both the classics and the Legend Trilogy. Legends brought some nice additions like physics puzzles or grappling hook puzzles. It had nicer graphics, easier controls and a fairer save system. However I think these ones were brought down a bit by a few things. •The easier transversal took away the skill involved with platforming. Legends trilogy made climbing automatic and casualised, with little sense of dread or fear. •Tomb Raiser Legends also had irritating protagonists that won't stop talking over radio. Old Tomb Raider had a sense of isolation and atmosphere, it was Lara versus the world with no moral support. • The boring on-rail sections with action set pieces were dull. Nothing more to say on that. So whilst I like both styles of games, they are going for different things. One is rough around the edges, challanging, atmospheric, and exciting. The other easier, more casual, but more relaxing when wanting to unwind after a hards day of work.

Is it too hard to understand that she wasn't supposed to be that fully determined and badass yet at that point

The 2013 version was a reboot. She is supposed to look innocent. She is just starting her adventures.

Im with the opposite side on that

@@LuigiGamesful she was badass and determined at that point, hell she was from birth, watch old games she was badass as a child. Reboot sucks ass.

@@squidguy8134 lmao are fr? The reboot are more sticked to real life, if you were on adventure and your crew starts to die and you have to kill, how would you feel like? You deadass.

I feel like some of the designers forgot she was supposed to have a round face cause they've only made one female body type before

Tf is generic?

@@Maya_hee if you can comment that here, that prob means you can type that also in the google search bar

@@rmsdimples8533 True

IMeanWhat ye i love that soundtrack :P

Ilove everything about tomb raider

Well, TRL did win an award for best soundtrack of the year if I recall correctly. TRU got reward for best writing. I miss those games.

I always listened to it before exams in school, the whole legend soundtrack is super motivating and one of the best

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HJMC2keqX_0.html&feature=emb_title skip to 00:06

Yesss for Judith!! Judith Croft! Lara Gibbins! She IS Tome Raider ❤

1:33 : hold my beer

The eyes still seem waaaay too big to be an actual human

Lmaoo I literally thought she'll get better starting from this point

1:52

I think between Legends and Anniversary is the sweet spot. Enough to look resembling a human face whilst still retaining a video game look.

yeah only way i could tell difference was the lighting too glossy and the hair is off

My god she's too adorable😍😍😍😍

She is🥰

True!

My favorite

i wouldn't say it's pretty because im not in love with virtual character's but it's up there for sure.

It's a direct remastering of the first characters model which is cool.

Yup

Totally agree! Anniversary Lara will always be the prettiest for me. She looks badass as well

Well, if you have even a basic laptop you can play the original games on PC. They're a bit clunky but still worth exploring! Last Revelation is the easiest to play as it's easier to control if you're used to playing ps3 and 4 standard of games.

@@Nolascana Well. There was a time. Nowadays, I am simply busy programming.

Fair does, I started playing them again years ago and just stopped. Keep meaning to go back but its like, I do have other, more recent games, so meh. I also suspect op meant that, ya know, pre economy crashes (once in a lifetime my arse), and ya know, the pandemic, the times we played these games originally are long gone haha

“ evolution of Lara crofts tits “ That’s a video title

That's the next video... how the bust has changed.

@@swagathon6967 This needs to happen

@@swagathon6967 you mean "de-evolution", right?

Would you say she.... lost her edge?

Yeah, game was too.

rise of tomb rider Lara is may favorite

shadow of the tomb raider is better

I could sort all of them

She sure is, specially beacuse the game was a hot pile of garbage.

@@robos Nah, Rise is better.

I thought the same about Claire in Resident Evil 2 remake as qell. Looked really generic and unidentifiable.

I mean its still 47, just looks younger and made out of plastic hehe

It made sense given the story of the game, she wasn't born a Tomb Raider she fought for it.

@@bernardolopes1989 it was a terrible origin. An inexperienced student/part time waitress almost becomes rape victim leads her to kill hundreds of men. It's ridiculous. Classic Lara had military background and special forces training it made so much more sense!!

@@Dogs.Are.Better.Than.People Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I think starting out as former military would undermine her journey. The fact that 2013 Lara starts out as someone who is inexperienced and doesn't believe in myths and legends and is forced to adapt to survive and cross lines she didn't think she could is a much more epic journey. The fact she realizes her dad was right about everything and that the world around is so much more complex than she ever imagined is captured beautifully. But I am ready for a more classic-esque Lara. :)

@@bernardolopes1989 it's been done so many times already both in games and movies. It's so dramatic and cliché at this point. It was to tropey and had me none invested. It's better when they strip things back, simplify a storyline and bring some originality into it. Trauma shouldn't be a driving motive for Lara Croft, it's cheap and over used. An iconic character like that deserves better.

That was kind of the point of that game, but is sad we don't have an already tough Lara in the actual saga. It's been three games, that's when she's supposed to turn into the actual Lara

she looks like a guy on that

I thought the same thing!!!

She look like a mean ass librarian

Childhood trauma

Hahaha

Mine started with Tomb Raider III.. then Revelation and Chronicles, and after that Tomb Raider 1 and 2... yeah, I've messed up the chronology, but I was just a kid.

@@fonfa234 when we had no weights on our shoulders,like life was so easy Our only priority was to finish a game and I remember how I was struggling to finish one level ,it took years to finish a single game I started with Chronicles,I m never gonna forget that time

@@PopCar69 Yeah, good ol days... life was so much simpler.... the world was a better place back then, without all those wars, viruses, and hatred and bullshit... man, I think I'm gonna cry now :(

So hot and cool to boring and average...

@@zerotodona1495 from hot girl to a feminist

Yessss!!

True.

U mean the big tits and big red lips.

e v o l u s c h u n

Tomb raider ll dagger of xian nr1 for ever.

Same

Blood or answers I have no preference. He should spill a bit of both! O.K. Marco. Glad to have you aboard. (Beating up monk sounds) What do you want? Come on. Stick through your stomach?. Tell me where in monastery should we look? Eh brother?.

Number 2 was also the best game.

Lol

She is in fortnite??

@@DerFinder Sadly yes.

Play them, they’re all pretty great, esp Shadow Of, love that one.

No. Theyll ruin it. They'll make her even more feminist lile how they did in 2013. Notice laura has gotten less feminine

@@Mark-yd8qc in Rise not at all and in 2013 she’s very feminine!

New laura sucks. Shes just a scared little girl who happens to be a feminist

@PenumbraTheWolf she won't. They want to make laura feminist. They'll probably make her bi sexual....

oboe

It's sad.. because the franchise was supposed to end at IV.

It literally sounds like TR 1-3's music combined with the newer games

@@codyclark7218 they play music from all TR games. TR 1, 2, 3, 4, it's all in there.

best soundtrack tbhhh

Gives me goosebumps loves it

LOOOOOL

Nope , 2013 was Best version

@@ibuprofriends true , look her !! She is looks like sooo pure , naive . This image was my Tomb Raider Origin image , and i like it because of this.

@@Tan_15115 eh. no. i feel like the original games were made for Jolie’s face.

@@Tan_15115 I'm also in the minority here. Honestly, she seemed to look more like Origin Lara. That and seemed to act like her too. Personally, I think she made a better Lara than Jolie and I don't particularly care for the new TR series. I'm a classic lover, but that movie was right on. No offense to Jolie, but all I saw was Jolie being Jolie, not Lara. She might have somewhat of Lara's look, but she didn't have the right kind of attitude. All I saw was, 'this is easy. I can do this in my sleep', kind of act.

OH YES!!! Core Design 🤗 Good old days are gone😥

I like you

"real"

What are you talking about? She has been a strong and fierce character from the very beginning. Just look at her early adventures. She has never been the 'helpless princess'-type. Get over it. lol

@@zorrosdog6557 where did i say anything like that, i said it's where they started to advertise like it, get off your high horse will you.

What are you talking about? Doom Eternal is even better than original Doom games.

@@DravicPL touché

@@Reedboi Donkey Kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze are arguably even better than the original Donkey Kong Country Games, too. Only thing missing in Returns and Tropical Freeze is King K. Rool.

Shes been ruined. Look at new lara. Shes not sexy, shes scared, has a flat chest, and runs away. She sucks

Cringe

TuxDelux you have a godzilla pfp shut the fuck up

@@vampicify What's so wrong about being a fan of the G-man?? Also you have a hot mess of garbage that is your channel, so shut the fuck up.

@@greymaulker8326 Cringe

@@gamalielvacasolis3484 very cool

Modern laura sucks. Shes not sexy and has flat chest