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Crystal Dynamics Responds to Lara Croft Rape: “Uh, no.” |
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Earlier in the week, we covered statements made by Ron Rosenberg, the producer of the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot. You may remember him mentioning something about an attempted rape, and about wanting players to “protect” Lara Croft through her adventures. Well, it turns out that dude was way, way wrong.
The head of Crystal Dynamics, Darrell Gallagher, wants people to know that Rosenberg’s comments were extremely incorrect. He issued a statement early this morning outlining the actual content players can expect from the game:
“We were not clear in a recent E3 press interview and things have been misunderstood. Sexual assault of any kind is categorically not a theme that we cover in this game.”
“One of the character-defining moments for Lara in the game, which has been incorrectly referred to as an 'attempted rape scene', is the content we showed at this year's E3 where Lara is forced to kill another human being for the first time. In this particular section, while there is a threatening undertone in the sequence and surrounding drama, it never goes any further than the scenes that we have already shown publicly.”
This, to me, makes sense. Any time a woman is held captive by a bunch of male thugs, there is an undercurrent of potential sexual assault. The developers don’t have to do much to make it apparent. But there’s a big difference between an attempted rape scene and undertones of assault.
Either way, Crystal Dynamics wants you to know that no one will be raping Lara Croft except whoever makes the next Tomb Raider movie.
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also doesn't lara seem much more fragile now, it just doesnt make sense to have someone so bloody weak to do half the things she does in that trailer
it just to prove they are trying to put sex in the least obvious ways they can as you know sex sells as well as having fragile girls doing makes it even better
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More like In other words, we never had that scene to begin with and you people whined, pissed and moaned over nothing. The gods-be-damned gamer fanbase has become this retarded self expectant monster that feels overwhelmingly entitled to anything and everything it can have an opinion on. Well here's my overwhelmingly entitled opinion on there overwhelmingly entitled opinion "Shut the F**k UP and either play or don't play! No one gives two shits on what you think (same for me though too :D)."
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Except for the rare developers that want feedback, right?
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1. I never whined about anything. I think the game will kick ass.
2. It was a joke! Maybe had you not been blinded by childish video game rage you would have seen that.
Do yourself a favor, find something more important to be "passionate" about.
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That statement wasn't directed at you or anyone else on here and I never said you were whining. It was an overall statement on the way "things" are nowadays. Mostly everyone I feel gives their opinion too much on everything without knowing hardly anything about it (I understand the irony of this too :) ) I am "passionate" about many things my friend. Video games are one of them, as are automobiles, programming, and other things.
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Now I liked the first film that was made. But yes, i agree the second was quite a "raping" of the Tomb Raider name.
Lets hope they get it right if they attempt it again.
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It's not about glorifying rape- it's about condemning it. Sure it's a shocking subject, but we shouldn't be turning a blind eye, wishing it to disappear, just because it is upsetting. I'll be buying this game, with or without this scene in it, because I love Lara. Even more after seeing this trailer (strong women: fuck yea!).
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