Soooo turns out like an hour after publishing my video, Crystal have confirmed that the new wallpaper is not the final model for the next game. I kind of expected this due to the backlash it received, but I do think the outfit will likely remain unchanged just due to the sheer amount of times we've seen it in so many different projects. We'll just have to wait and see!
Loved how you explained everything and went into detail while not bashing new Lara, hopefully no parent issues and has some sass along with flirtatiousness that we like
You made a really good point there. Lara's image has remained the same in peoples heads for 25+ years. If something is not broken then don't fix it in my opinion. Classic look Lara is intemporal still feels relatable to this day (thus the remasters being a huge success) and can still be empowering as it was back then. Crystal Dynamics should just bring new exciting stories and preserve Lara's classic personality/looks as best as possible. Even the movies did a better job with her personality than the current gen games ever could. :/
My hope is that the remasters are such a success that we start to see an even bigger resurgence of classic Lara beyond Crystal's control. Embracer might recognise what the people want and let classic Lara return in full force. That would be a dream!
I know a lot of people complained about her lack of makeup but if you look at the original games, she didn’t really wear any makeup at all so that complaint just feels unnecessary?
And just a couple days later, we have another pic of Lara in this outfit, in the TTRPG artwork :) And I think the outfit is perfectly okay, and her face in the wallpaper as well. But I also know how much artwork and promotional pics differ from the in-game models (pretty much in every TR, I think AoD Lara is the only exception), so I still take this as the general idea for how Lara might look rather than expecting it to be that exact face.
Very excited for the future of tomb raider but wouldn’t mind if she had a friend. However I don’t like when a large part of the story revolves around finding them after they become lost or kidnapped. The parent storyline needs to go though, I personally loved the gameplay of LAU but the whole story focusing on her mother’s disappearance was slightly off-putting.
The image used in the Magic the Gathering crossover is the one I like best. I think they are just testing out reactions to a load of concept art right now, when they reveal the final model they'll let us know more clearly.
I love unified Lara! I think this is a great way to take the best parts of her original model and modernizing it. I completely agree with your points, I'm just happy to have another game coming but I'm enjoying the remasters! I've been wanting to watch your streams but I'm behind and want to enjoy my playthrough first😂
That makes sense! I've been trying to avoid content from those that are ahead of me! You're with us in spirit and that's what counts. When I'm done with the remasters we'll play some other TR games and I'd love to see you around then!
Great video! I honestly really like her design here, she looks equal parts confident and sassy, but also like someone serious about the physicality of her job (I love the muscles and more tactical gear). It’s a little sexy still, but also very practical for climbing. The only thing I hope for is that they use Survivor Lara’s face as the base and update it. I have been used to the new Lara and I don’t want to feel like this is a completely different person, for continuity’s sake. The magic the gathering art you showed in the video is using her face from Rise, but with a braid and on the new outfit/body, and that looks perfect! Still the Lara we’ve spent so much time with since 2013, but clearly older with a much more mature and intense confidence (something as simple as giving her the arched brows again does wonders).
Thanks! I think that's the best way forward. We can't just ignore the reboot never happened. If they want to unify the timelines then we need to showcase all parts of Lara's history, not pick and choose. That means I want to see a shred of AOD in there somewhere ;)
In the survivor series I rlly enjoyed the stealth sections fighting enemies and would like to see that in the new game but we need more exploration puzzles, tombs and parkour like the old games. I don’t mind if she has a pony tail or a braid I think either is fine but she defo needs the dual pistols in the game as her main weapons. I’m still annoyed how they had us shoot dual pistols at the end of the first survivor game but then only use one pistol after that in the next two. I just hope in the new game we get a confident woman who is smart and witty like the old games. Maybe have her swear a bit like in the survivor if they plan to “merge” and unify Lara.
I’m not a fan of the face, to me she looks like Charlie D’amilio mixed with a dude cosplaying as Lara 😂 We’ll see 👀 BTW, love your pics of the remasters, do you know you can make Lara wear her red glasses (only in the new graphics) just pressing the walk and look buttons together during the loading screen?!
I think the biggest thing about Lara that modern gaming, let alone Crystal Dynamics wouldn't embrace is that Lara IS a anti-hero in a sense, she has no problem leaving unarmed assailants to their death (like the traitorous guide from Last Revelations) neither killing people who are just doing their job (Guards in Area 51) and she only hunts for artifacts for sport and hoards them in her secret treasure room like some dragon on a pile of gold. She has to have a sharp tongue with sass and be ruthless at times, aside from that, she's pretty flat-chested, not saying she needs double-D's but she needs at least some booba on her AND I kinda wish the pistols were still modeled on the classic FN Brownings.
I think Crystal are scared people wouldn't rally behind an anti-hero which is a shame because that's the reason we fell in love with her in the first place!
There's a stat sheet that shows Lara's measurements from the original games, and it describes her bust size as 34D. The Unified Lara concept seems to be pretty accurate to that, if not a little bigger than what 34D should actually look like. She really isn't flat chested at all.
Girl I love that you're so positive ! And tbh the Unified Design is really growing on me. I love that we can see traces of every Era AND FINALLY TWIN PISTOLS ❤❤❤🎉 I also really love the Necklace and finally her awesome boots come back !
Very nice video, Jay😊 Thanks for including so much background info, I had missed out on those collabs. I really like the way she looks and how positive you are talking about her look.😊 You are my new favorite TR channel.😊
I love the sass the classic Lara has, the confidence and everything. And before I played the Survivor Trilogy, I had some Classic fans distort the narrative on the newer games. After I played them, I understood the journey. No one is a confident sassy boss since their birth, we need to go trough life to experience and mature. I hate people gatekeeping Lara and thinking just the classics are good. What Toby had in mind, was the perfection of the first game, the consecutive games we had was just milking profit, with not much to add (except Last Revelation, it was also milking, but with intent), our nostalgia make the old games good. I love and apreciate the whole franchise (except the in the 2 game, Venice can f off, but maria doria is my baby). In regards to the upcoming game, people didn't even had access to a gameplay, but they were ready to bitch about "manly face lara", "oohhh the woke agenda". That was a gut wrenching moment for me, seeing people beeing completely transphobic in some coments, accusing CD of going "woke" and pushing a agenda. Lara isn't a trans woman, but imagine if you are a trans person in the fandom, and you are seeing this shit unfold with tons of people mocking lara just because in their opnion lara looks manly??? I just hope they can offer us, fans, a game for us to explore new grounds with Lara, and for the good part of the fandom (who isn't bigots) to keep our area clean and respectful to anyone, new fans, old fans, everyone.
Exactly right! The TR games have been incredible influential to members of the LGBT community and these comments just deeply disappoint me. It's not helped by a certain popular (bigot) youtuber either. I don't mind the reboot origin story, the first game made so much sense for Lara's character and I loved her arc in that game! I just wish she changed more over the following survivor games but she felt stuck, and I think that's why a lot of fans really start to miss her old personality.
@@jayoneta If we could get Konrads Underworld he did about a year ago that would be perfect. I'd prefer her to still be a bit extra than a basic normal looking human. and do outrageous gymnastics lol
Hmmm 🧐 which guns are those and are they brand new? Also I am so curious what myths could lead to Turkey! What kind of temples are those? Only thing I want back is the pickaxe to do the climbing. Surprised we didn’t talk about the voice actress. Regardless. It’s a concept art. It still won’t depict the actual CG or In Game cutscenes. But if anything we ALL get more Lara Croft in the year 2024! We are getting some kind of news for TR this year.
They're Roth's pistols from the 2013 game I think. Makes sense for an origin of the guns, just wish they introduced them sooner! And I'd be open for a new VA but also happy if someone returned (Jonell would be my first choice). Excited for what comes next!
Ngl, when I first heard that they were unifying the timelines, I was dreading it 💀 Timeline of game events aside, it sounded like they were attempting to appease fans of all eras and I just knew it was going to be *_messy._* (Even Rhianna Pratchett was like "not sure how they'll manage that, but I'm glad to not be in charge of it." lmao) Also, I do feel that ever since Unified Lara began shaping up to appear more like her old-school self, there's been a revival of the Reboot Lara hate train and it's divided the fandom apart even further. But we're here now so let's see how it all goes 👀
"No parents!" 🚨🚨🚨 😂 Couldn't agree more! I think it's such a conventional, unimaginative, boring and irritating trope to think that any sense of drama should come either from a love affair or parents drama. Hello! This woman has been the drama for almost 30 years just by entering a cave. Why not write the next story and actually use her extreme form of charisma? I mean who even plays games for a B movie experience
Honestly, I hope they bring back Lara's original relationship to her parents. She was a self-made woman who rebelled against tradition and was cast out for it, and that meant her interest in archaeology, her smarts and her skill were all on her. Having a father who did basically the same stuff with Lara following in her dad's footsteps kind of... cheapens it a bit? Love the design itself though! Looks like a great blend of all eras.
So true! It was such a great move to have her choose the dangerous lifestyle for herself and she was disowned for it, it made her so inspirational. The fathers footsteps trope has to stop, it's so unoriginal and does a disservice to her character
Lara is rumored to be added in the horror game dead by daylight. Do we think that she will look like the new unified version? Similar to the call of duty and magic the gathering colabs?
From memory the holster in shadow are not the same from the statue ? I don't know the terms XD but it seems to be more close of the classic holster with a strap behind and on the front. Also thank you having someone who doesn't just spit on this model, looking forward where they are going too ^^ My only remarks would be the lips a bit too thin for Lara but I really like the rest, it's just a drawing let's see what the 3d model looks like ^^ Edit : by the way new subscriber love your mentality, a pleasure to watch your videos ^^
I meant more just the double strap across the leg, but yes can't wait to see her in action in a real trailer! I hope she's as acrobatic as she used to be too! And thank you so much for your comment, means a lot 🥺🥰
Im pretty sure the group of archeologists she leads is a reference to TR Legend flashabck. So Jonah Might replace Kent , We might see Anaya and Of course Amanda again. After all it takes place before TR / Anniversary which might come right after and there we can connect to the original adventures.
I love the remastered versions. I like this new lara to be fair. Thank god she has no bow and arrow and that horrible haircut from the survior series, i love it.. i wish her face was a little more fem but that doesnt even brake it in the slightest for me. And it does look like the temple in Dalaman/Dalayman Turkey i saw it up close so im super excited if thats something they will explore since it had so much history (even if i had to listen to the tour in russian 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂) so excited for it all, and roll on the remastered! So excited :) coop video btw ❤
U explain everything in detail about Lara and first time watching your vid i love it Lara Croft too me is important Classic or Modern i love all types versions of Lara Croft and Im a Tomb Raider fan 4Life ☺️
Lara Croft unified look pays homage to the classic Lara from the remastering works of Tomb Raider 1-3 by her wearing the classic outfit and retaining the facial structure has seen throughout her games This model of Lara Croft is not a reflection on any new Tomb Raider model as that is still to be determined.
Great video, I know CD have said this isn't final, but I personally love this look, she looks like a much more mature version of the 2013 Lara, which I love, (and also an even older version of OG Lara somehow), whilst also tying in the Original aesthetic and physique of someone whose a globe trotting, somersaulting, dual pistol wielding, no bullshit taking bad-ass
I always thought that the 1996 Lara Croft wore a turquoise *swimsuit* and shorts. Now it is emphasized that she has a blue top with a white t-shirt (or white bra?) underneath.
Its about time the real Lara came back honestly. That means hyper-confident, backflipping over velociraptors dual wielding pistols whilst making snarky quips and remarks and yes...skintight shirts, big breasts tiny waist lots of exposed skin. I know its 2024 but we need to grow up and accept Lara Croft is a badass sexy character. Not the bland whiney survivor series 'lara'.
Out of all of the newer arts featuring a unified Lara, I think the Magic The Gathering promotional art is my favorite look of her. Lara's facial features here match up very close to the reboot series yet she has a physique that is this cross between all three (or four, depending on who you ask) iterations of the character. It all looks fairly practical, and I enjoy the fact that they compromised on the shorts department because they could have very easily gone with pants... Though, I admit I would want an option between the two in a future game. The wallpaper shown in the video featuring a unified Lara honestly looks great in my opinion. It's not perfect, I was expecting the MTG type art to some degree. I've seen some pretty reasonable criticism of it and just uhh... A lot of insults being levied which I won't repeat here. To be vague about it, some were saying she looked like a man, her femininity was taken from her, etc. It was a very similar discourse to the example in the video featuring Alloy. Kind of made me a little disheartened to read feedback like that, lol. With how *far* graphics have advanced since the 90s, it is very difficult to mold a character's facial structure to fit in exactly how they looked nearly 3 decades ago... Especially when you consider that now, graphics are leaning more into the realistic side of things as opposed to stylized. Core Design Lara and LAU Lara were pretty stylized to say the least. That all said though, I don't have a preference or bias towards any iteration of Lara, I think all 3-4 (again, depending on who you ask) have respective qualities that I've always admired through the years. Tomb Raider was basically my first video game series to get into, so... Kind of wouldn't feel right to prefer one over the other. I liked how you went into detail about everything regarding the design as well as your views on the art while also remaining open-minded and explaining that you didn't want to say, "Well I think she should like x y zed." in case they used a face model for the character. From the angle I'm seeing, I still see the reboot trilogy Lara's facial structure there but I also see LAU and Core Design Lara in there, too. Oof, kinda got on a tangent here. I apologize. All in all, the new art was a welcome surprise. I'm glad that Crystal is embracing every era of Lara and that they were receptive to fan feedback regarding the face. Which like you, I can't really comment on just in case it's someone's face that was scanned in there. I just love all the TR goodness that's been coming out as of late, from the collabs, the remastered trilogy of the first three games, the TTRPG, and to them ramping up a potential announcement of a new game.
I feel that she looks great and it’s not an in game render. The push back from others saying she looks “manly” or other inappropriate comments just seems odd to me. Regardless this is exciting news to see the first glimpse of what Lara will look like and what kind of adventure she will go on. I’m loving the remasters as I did not get to play the games besides the remake of tomb raider 1. I’m very eager to see gameplay already!
old series was just that fan service new gamews where more character driven they tried to fleshen out the character . combined together will make some great games in the future if they unify the stories
I don't think it will unify the fan base as Crystal are responsible to fracturing the fan base far more than the simple reboots have. Yes, whenever there are reboots you are going to get a fracturing of a fan base as it's something that has the potential of being 100% completely different to what they originally became a fan of. What didn't help this in Tomb Raider's case was how Crystal have trashed and made digs at the Classic Core Lara and Tomb Raider ever since they gain control over the franchise. If Crystal had just remained silent on their hatred for the original Tomb Raider games and made a clear attempt to make it appear that they liked the originals while stating they are going in another direction for the franchise with their initial reboot, they may have avoided the fan base fracturing as bad as it has.
My opinion is getting divided between Melonie Mac's and the others' who actually have hope for the next tomb raider games... I don't know on which side i'd like to be :D
the problem with melonie mac is that she just complains all the time and so does a lot of these youtubers who calls evrything woke, they don't seem to understand that survivor fans exist and that crystal can't just erase them from existence, I really want lara to get her classic persona back, but I'm also aware that no matter what crystal is always gonna push survivor lara too, to appeal to the survivor fanbase I think you need to make your own opinion not based on others (btw I hope this doesn't come off aggresive or mean bc it's really not what I inteded 😅)
@@wig.snatcherthere’s nothing to agree with Melonie. All she has done is spread hate and vitriol. I’ll gladly celebrate all 3 (soon 4) timelines of Lara Croft. I love Tomb Raider and will always be for Lara.
I don't really think this concept art was actually made from a real person. The perfect Lara should me inspired by Angelina Jolie... but in general, it's all right!
The artist likely used /something/ as a reference and that tends to be a real person. Regardless, let's hope the final product is something we can all be happy with!
I think CD confirmed this is not reboot Lara after you posted the video 😅This new image is hand painted, it's not a 3D model. I honestly think CD have no clue what they're doing for the next game...and everyone loving Konrads version is making them question everything.
Look, I understand you don't want to criticize, because there might be a real person behind those pics. I agree that a lot of people are going too far with that. Still, to me the problem is in the posture, facial expressions, attitude, tone, personality etc. All of those were stylistic choices on the part of whoever drew those pictures in line with Crystal Dynamics' new vision of Lara - and all those new pics just strike me like more of the same, just repackaged into a new skin. It's like those fans who just install a high detail classic Lara mod on the Chloe Frazer from Uncharted games and call it a day - job done. Or like the Star Wars fans who think Star Wars is anything as long as you have lightsabers and AT&Ts and droids in it. Ugh... these people are fans on a very superficial level and don't seem to understand what they are fans of beyond the most superficial things. To me it was never just the dual pistols, French braid and her shorts that make Lara the Tomb Raider we all love. It was her personality, her playfulness, with a healthy pinch of humor and flirty femininity - all of which is lacking from those pictures. Now, just imagine if instead of that serious, angry, fierce posture we got a picture where Lara is casually posing in front of some ancient ruin with a wink on her face, showing us that she is here to have fun again - not just be all serious goody two shoes with a burden of the world on her shoulders.
Of course I want that personality to return, if it was up to me we would just have classic Lara back in full force. It's unrealistic to expect it because Crystal is still the dev of TR and they have made it very clear what they think of classic Lara. I'd expect personality to be an evolution of the reboot but still grounded in that reboot energy. It's not what I want, but it's what I expect. I'm just celebrating the visuals at least :)
@@jayoneta Have you ever considered not supporting Crystal Dynamics? If you want Classic Lara back, history needs to repeat itself and Crystal Dynamics should lose the TR licence. It should be given to people who actually understand Lara as a character. And that will never happen if people are happy with the little crumbs they are given.
It’d be nice if she could also be a bit older which links to no parents mentions or ‘students’ 🤣 similar age to TR4 because it links nicely to the strong independent woman from the early games. The reboots felt like she was just sooooo childish at times that they piss me off when playing 😂 I know they are her origins but they get annoying. The remastered versions are proving people enjoy the strong side of her character, slaying through the games like the queen she is.
I mean the outfit and model are fine, it would look better without the white undershirt. I don‘t understand why they gave her a new face with the hooded eyes which she never had before.
What I love the white undershirt! It represents her Legend era and was such a look to go with her brown tank top and it’s nice seeing that it also compliments her blue tank as well.
There’s not one person who looked at the new model and was wowed … everybody is lying and being fake positive, and you have the same reaction (myeeeah, i don’t mind it) if you look at a picture of Lara Croft and you say you don’t mind it 🤣🤣 you failed at making TR games 🤣🤣 and are they going to make another TR 1 remake? No. We have Tomb Raider Anniversary & the remasters … oh, but we didn’t have the poorly written social commentary 🤣
I don’t think it’s possible to reunite fans under the unification, if you right then this is classic Lara. And there’s no reboot aspect attached to it unless the necklace. With that said, they are rebooting classic Lara therefore another reboot. So all you said about time line unification is simply not the case. About the design is just boring, there’s no passion this is simply not Lara, is just a normal girl wearing Lara’s gear. About the game, it will be woke, it will have her radioing her friends girlfriend and Jonah all the time. It will be focused on story rather than gameplay and Unreal Engine will give that look every game has, realistic boring failure in gameplay and… yeah if you liked shadow then you fine but with aspects of a classic Winnie Lara. Thank you for the vídeo very nice!
Soooo turns out like an hour after publishing my video, Crystal have confirmed that the new wallpaper is not the final model for the next game. I kind of expected this due to the backlash it received, but I do think the outfit will likely remain unchanged just due to the sheer amount of times we've seen it in so many different projects. We'll just have to wait and see!
Loved how you explained everything and went into detail while not bashing new Lara, hopefully no parent issues and has some sass along with flirtatiousness that we like
I hope so too! Thank you
You made a really good point there. Lara's image has remained the same in peoples heads for 25+ years.
If something is not broken then don't fix it in my opinion.
Classic look Lara is intemporal still feels relatable to this day (thus the remasters being a huge success) and can still be empowering as it was back then.
Crystal Dynamics should just bring new exciting stories and preserve Lara's classic personality/looks as best as possible.
Even the movies did a better job with her personality than the current gen games ever could.
:/
My hope is that the remasters are such a success that we start to see an even bigger resurgence of classic Lara beyond Crystal's control. Embracer might recognise what the people want and let classic Lara return in full force. That would be a dream!
I know a lot of people complained about her lack of makeup but if you look at the original games, she didn’t really wear any makeup at all so that complaint just feels unnecessary?
And just a couple days later, we have another pic of Lara in this outfit, in the TTRPG artwork :) And I think the outfit is perfectly okay, and her face in the wallpaper as well. But I also know how much artwork and promotional pics differ from the in-game models (pretty much in every TR, I think AoD Lara is the only exception), so I still take this as the general idea for how Lara might look rather than expecting it to be that exact face.
Exactly, it gives us a good idea as the direction they're going and I'm all for it!
They just confirmed in an interview that this isn't unified Lara's final model and her in game model will be different, this was just a concept!
It's a concept that should have been thrown in the trash. She was perfect to begin with, just stick with it.
Like an hour after I posted my video 😭 so typical!
Konrad is the holder of the torch.
@@Thomas-kj1fkit’s the exact same dude. If you think the face is gonna stay the same as 1996 you are the problem with retro game communities
The outfit is great but if the society of raiders is the plot of the next game then its already doomed to piss off the fans
Yeah I'm very sceptical of it
Very excited for the future of tomb raider but wouldn’t mind if she had a friend. However I don’t like when a large part of the story revolves around finding them after they become lost or kidnapped. The parent storyline needs to go though, I personally loved the gameplay of LAU but the whole story focusing on her mother’s disappearance was slightly off-putting.
I'm happy with a colleague like Zip or Anaya but I don't want Lara to have a buddy she has to save, that's all Jonah seemed to be good for
She looks great! I can’t wait for NEW Tomb Raider. Sick of young Lara.
She needs to remain a hot, feminine, attractive woman.
The image used in the Magic the Gathering crossover is the one I like best. I think they are just testing out reactions to a load of concept art right now, when they reveal the final model they'll let us know more clearly.
I love unified Lara! I think this is a great way to take the best parts of her original model and modernizing it. I completely agree with your points, I'm just happy to have another game coming but I'm enjoying the remasters! I've been wanting to watch your streams but I'm behind and want to enjoy my playthrough first😂
That makes sense! I've been trying to avoid content from those that are ahead of me! You're with us in spirit and that's what counts. When I'm done with the remasters we'll play some other TR games and I'd love to see you around then!
@jayoneta oh awesome!! Yes I'd love to watch then!!
Why would a perfect woman need to be modernized? It's garbage.
Great video!
I honestly really like her design here, she looks equal parts confident and sassy, but also like someone serious about the physicality of her job (I love the muscles and more tactical gear). It’s a little sexy still, but also very practical for climbing.
The only thing I hope for is that they use Survivor Lara’s face as the base and update it. I have been used to the new Lara and I don’t want to feel like this is a completely different person, for continuity’s sake. The magic the gathering art you showed in the video is using her face from Rise, but with a braid and on the new outfit/body, and that looks perfect! Still the Lara we’ve spent so much time with since 2013, but clearly older with a much more mature and intense confidence (something as simple as giving her the arched brows again does wonders).
Thanks! I think that's the best way forward. We can't just ignore the reboot never happened. If they want to unify the timelines then we need to showcase all parts of Lara's history, not pick and choose. That means I want to see a shred of AOD in there somewhere ;)
In the survivor series I rlly enjoyed the stealth sections fighting enemies and would like to see that in the new game but we need more exploration puzzles, tombs and parkour like the old games. I don’t mind if she has a pony tail or a braid I think either is fine but she defo needs the dual pistols in the game as her main weapons. I’m still annoyed how they had us shoot dual pistols at the end of the first survivor game but then only use one pistol after that in the next two. I just hope in the new game we get a confident woman who is smart and witty like the old games. Maybe have her swear a bit like in the survivor if they plan to “merge” and unify Lara.
Great video Jay , well done 👏 very much looking forward to more updates on unified Lara!
Thank you! And I look forward to discussing it with you all!
I’m not a fan of the face, to me she looks like Charlie D’amilio mixed with a dude cosplaying as Lara 😂
We’ll see 👀
BTW, love your pics of the remasters, do you know you can make Lara wear her red glasses (only in the new graphics) just pressing the walk and look buttons together during the loading screen?!
Yes I've seen it! It's incredible! Will be showing off in my streams later :D
I think the biggest thing about Lara that modern gaming, let alone Crystal Dynamics wouldn't embrace is that Lara IS a anti-hero in a sense, she has no problem leaving unarmed assailants to their death (like the traitorous guide from Last Revelations) neither killing people who are just doing their job (Guards in Area 51) and she only hunts for artifacts for sport and hoards them in her secret treasure room like some dragon on a pile of gold.
She has to have a sharp tongue with sass and be ruthless at times, aside from that, she's pretty flat-chested, not saying she needs double-D's but she needs at least some booba on her AND I kinda wish the pistols were still modeled on the classic FN Brownings.
I think Crystal are scared people wouldn't rally behind an anti-hero which is a shame because that's the reason we fell in love with her in the first place!
There's a stat sheet that shows Lara's measurements from the original games, and it describes her bust size as 34D. The Unified Lara concept seems to be pretty accurate to that, if not a little bigger than what 34D should actually look like. She really isn't flat chested at all.
great vid. fortnite and rainbow six also had a unified lara croft skin released. fortnite's was one of the most sold skins of the year it came out.
And it's still one of the most popular skins to wear I think!
@@jayoneta yup yup. R6s even has the red glasses 👀
Girl I love that you're so positive !
And tbh the Unified Design is really growing on me. I love that we can see traces of every Era AND FINALLY TWIN PISTOLS ❤❤❤🎉
I also really love the Necklace and finally her awesome boots come back !
I'm glad you like it too!
Very nice video, Jay😊 Thanks for including so much background info, I had missed out on those collabs. I really like the way she looks and how positive you are talking about her look.😊 You are my new favorite TR channel.😊
Thank you so much for saying that! Means a lot to me, I try to be positive for the community!
I love the sass the classic Lara has, the confidence and everything. And before I played the Survivor Trilogy, I had some Classic fans distort the narrative on the newer games. After I played them, I understood the journey. No one is a confident sassy boss since their birth, we need to go trough life to experience and mature. I hate people gatekeeping Lara and thinking just the classics are good.
What Toby had in mind, was the perfection of the first game, the consecutive games we had was just milking profit, with not much to add (except Last Revelation, it was also milking, but with intent), our nostalgia make the old games good. I love and apreciate the whole franchise (except the in the 2 game, Venice can f off, but maria doria is my baby). In regards to the upcoming game, people didn't even had access to a gameplay, but they were ready to bitch about "manly face lara", "oohhh the woke agenda". That was a gut wrenching moment for me, seeing people beeing completely transphobic in some coments, accusing CD of going "woke" and pushing a agenda. Lara isn't a trans woman, but imagine if you are a trans person in the fandom, and you are seeing this shit unfold with tons of people mocking lara just because in their opnion lara looks manly???
I just hope they can offer us, fans, a game for us to explore new grounds with Lara, and for the good part of the fandom (who isn't bigots) to keep our area clean and respectful to anyone, new fans, old fans, everyone.
Exactly right! The TR games have been incredible influential to members of the LGBT community and these comments just deeply disappoint me. It's not helped by a certain popular (bigot) youtuber either.
I don't mind the reboot origin story, the first game made so much sense for Lara's character and I loved her arc in that game! I just wish she changed more over the following survivor games but she felt stuck, and I think that's why a lot of fans really start to miss her old personality.
CD should just go back to their own Lara and carry on after Underworld. Trying to please everyone by merging them will only annoy everyone 😅
Underworld was such a slay, and proves Crystal know what we want!
@@jayoneta If we could get Konrads Underworld he did about a year ago that would be perfect. I'd prefer her to still be a bit extra than a basic normal looking human. and do outrageous gymnastics lol
Hmmm 🧐 which guns are those and are they brand new? Also I am so curious what myths could lead to Turkey! What kind of temples are those? Only thing I want back is the pickaxe to do the climbing. Surprised we didn’t talk about the voice actress. Regardless. It’s a concept art. It still won’t depict the actual CG or In Game cutscenes. But if anything we ALL get more Lara Croft in the year 2024! We are getting some kind of news for TR this year.
They're Roth's pistols from the 2013 game I think. Makes sense for an origin of the guns, just wish they introduced them sooner! And I'd be open for a new VA but also happy if someone returned (Jonell would be my first choice). Excited for what comes next!
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Thank you so much!!
Ngl, when I first heard that they were unifying the timelines, I was dreading it 💀 Timeline of game events aside, it sounded like they were attempting to appease fans of all eras and I just knew it was going to be *_messy._* (Even Rhianna Pratchett was like "not sure how they'll manage that, but I'm glad to not be in charge of it." lmao)
Also, I do feel that ever since Unified Lara began shaping up to appear more like her old-school self, there's been a revival of the Reboot Lara hate train and it's divided the fandom apart even further. But we're here now so let's see how it all goes 👀
It is messy, not really what I would have done but hopefully they can pull it off!
"No parents!" 🚨🚨🚨 😂 Couldn't agree more! I think it's such a conventional, unimaginative, boring and irritating trope to think that any sense of drama should come either from a love affair or parents drama. Hello! This woman has been the drama for almost 30 years just by entering a cave. Why not write the next story and actually use her extreme form of charisma? I mean who even plays games for a B movie experience
Exactly! Lara has all the charisma and interest the game needs. No need for any other drama or plot twists
Honestly, I hope they bring back Lara's original relationship to her parents. She was a self-made woman who rebelled against tradition and was cast out for it, and that meant her interest in archaeology, her smarts and her skill were all on her. Having a father who did basically the same stuff with Lara following in her dad's footsteps kind of... cheapens it a bit?
Love the design itself though! Looks like a great blend of all eras.
So true! It was such a great move to have her choose the dangerous lifestyle for herself and she was disowned for it, it made her so inspirational. The fathers footsteps trope has to stop, it's so unoriginal and does a disservice to her character
Lara is rumored to be added in the horror game dead by daylight. Do we think that she will look like the new unified version? Similar to the call of duty and magic the gathering colabs?
From memory the holster in shadow are not the same from the statue ? I don't know the terms XD but it seems to be more close of the classic holster with a strap behind and on the front.
Also thank you having someone who doesn't just spit on this model, looking forward where they are going too ^^ My only remarks would be the lips a bit too thin for Lara but I really like the rest, it's just a drawing let's see what the 3d model looks like ^^
Edit : by the way new subscriber love your mentality, a pleasure to watch your videos ^^
I meant more just the double strap across the leg, but yes can't wait to see her in action in a real trailer! I hope she's as acrobatic as she used to be too! And thank you so much for your comment, means a lot 🥺🥰
Im pretty sure the group of archeologists she leads is a reference to TR Legend flashabck. So Jonah Might replace Kent , We might see Anaya and Of course Amanda again. After all it takes place before TR / Anniversary which might come right after and there we can connect to the original adventures.
I love the remastered versions. I like this new lara to be fair. Thank god she has no bow and arrow and that horrible haircut from the survior series, i love it.. i wish her face was a little more fem but that doesnt even brake it in the slightest for me. And it does look like the temple in Dalaman/Dalayman Turkey i saw it up close so im super excited if thats something they will explore since it had so much history (even if i had to listen to the tour in russian 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂) so excited for it all, and roll on the remastered! So excited :) coop video btw ❤
U explain everything in detail about Lara and first time watching your vid i love it Lara Croft too me is important Classic or Modern i love all types versions of Lara Croft and Im a Tomb Raider fan 4Life ☺️
so glad for your comment!
Lara Croft unified look pays homage to the classic Lara from the remastering works of Tomb Raider 1-3 by her wearing the classic outfit and retaining the facial structure has seen throughout her games This model of Lara Croft is not a reflection on any new Tomb Raider model as that is still to be determined.
Hopefully we see an official reveal soon!
Great video, I know CD have said this isn't final, but I personally love this look, she looks like a much more mature version of the 2013 Lara, which I love, (and also an even older version of OG Lara somehow), whilst also tying in the Original aesthetic and physique of someone whose a globe trotting, somersaulting, dual pistol wielding, no bullshit taking bad-ass
Thank you! Yes I'm optimistic too!
I always thought that the 1996 Lara Croft wore a turquoise *swimsuit* and shorts. Now it is emphasized that she has a blue top with a white t-shirt (or white bra?) underneath.
Its about time the real Lara came back honestly. That means hyper-confident, backflipping over velociraptors dual wielding pistols whilst making snarky quips and remarks and yes...skintight shirts, big breasts tiny waist lots of exposed skin. I know its 2024 but we need to grow up and accept Lara Croft is a badass sexy character. Not the bland whiney survivor series 'lara'.
Love this❤
Out of all of the newer arts featuring a unified Lara, I think the Magic The Gathering promotional art is my favorite look of her. Lara's facial features here match up very close to the reboot series yet she has a physique that is this cross between all three (or four, depending on who you ask) iterations of the character. It all looks fairly practical, and I enjoy the fact that they compromised on the shorts department because they could have very easily gone with pants... Though, I admit I would want an option between the two in a future game. The wallpaper shown in the video featuring a unified Lara honestly looks great in my opinion. It's not perfect, I was expecting the MTG type art to some degree. I've seen some pretty reasonable criticism of it and just uhh... A lot of insults being levied which I won't repeat here. To be vague about it, some were saying she looked like a man, her femininity was taken from her, etc. It was a very similar discourse to the example in the video featuring Alloy. Kind of made me a little disheartened to read feedback like that, lol. With how *far* graphics have advanced since the 90s, it is very difficult to mold a character's facial structure to fit in exactly how they looked nearly 3 decades ago... Especially when you consider that now, graphics are leaning more into the realistic side of things as opposed to stylized. Core Design Lara and LAU Lara were pretty stylized to say the least.
That all said though, I don't have a preference or bias towards any iteration of Lara, I think all 3-4 (again, depending on who you ask) have respective qualities that I've always admired through the years. Tomb Raider was basically my first video game series to get into, so... Kind of wouldn't feel right to prefer one over the other. I liked how you went into detail about everything regarding the design as well as your views on the art while also remaining open-minded and explaining that you didn't want to say, "Well I think she should like x y zed." in case they used a face model for the character. From the angle I'm seeing, I still see the reboot trilogy Lara's facial structure there but I also see LAU and Core Design Lara in there, too. Oof, kinda got on a tangent here. I apologize. All in all, the new art was a welcome surprise. I'm glad that Crystal is embracing every era of Lara and that they were receptive to fan feedback regarding the face. Which like you, I can't really comment on just in case it's someone's face that was scanned in there.
I just love all the TR goodness that's been coming out as of late, from the collabs, the remastered trilogy of the first three games, the TTRPG, and to them ramping up a potential announcement of a new game.
I just wish she looked like classic Lara they can do whatever they want to do with the gameplay
I want the dual pistols back in full force, and the acrobatic gameplay too
I feel that she looks great and it’s not an in game render. The push back from others saying she looks “manly” or other inappropriate comments just seems odd to me. Regardless this is exciting news to see the first glimpse of what Lara will look like and what kind of adventure she will go on. I’m loving the remasters as I did not get to play the games besides the remake of tomb raider 1. I’m very eager to see gameplay already!
Me too! Expect more reveals coming soon I think
old series was just that fan service new gamews where more character driven they tried to fleshen out the character . combined together will make some great games in the future if they unify the stories
Hopefully will be good!
I don't think it will unify the fan base as Crystal are responsible to fracturing the fan base far more than the simple reboots have. Yes, whenever there are reboots you are going to get a fracturing of a fan base as it's something that has the potential of being 100% completely different to what they originally became a fan of. What didn't help this in Tomb Raider's case was how Crystal have trashed and made digs at the Classic Core Lara and Tomb Raider ever since they gain control over the franchise.
If Crystal had just remained silent on their hatred for the original Tomb Raider games and made a clear attempt to make it appear that they liked the originals while stating they are going in another direction for the franchise with their initial reboot, they may have avoided the fan base fracturing as bad as it has.
Yeah I think they have lost a lot of respect for all those comments, I hope they can put things right
Can’t wait for new game. I actually enjoyed the new trio of games better then the original because it seemed realistic.
This seems to be going the same direction!
Not that I disliked the old ones 😂
Only thing about unified lara is the face but besides that I miss classic lara
My opinion is getting divided between Melonie Mac's and the others' who actually have hope for the next tomb raider games... I don't know on which side i'd like to be :D
You don't have to pick a side, but on this channel you're sure to be welcomed into a very positive community free from negativity and hate speech :)
the problem with melonie mac is that she just complains all the time and so does a lot of these youtubers who calls evrything woke, they don't seem to understand that survivor fans exist and that crystal can't just erase them from existence, I really want lara to get her classic persona back, but I'm also aware that no matter what crystal is always gonna push survivor lara too, to appeal to the survivor fanbase
I think you need to make your own opinion not based on others (btw I hope this doesn't come off aggresive or mean bc it's really not what I inteded 😅)
Yeah, I totally understand. Maybe i'll stick to being a fan of all versions of the game @@Yansimspoketale
yeah, i agree with melonie on some things but i think she exaggerates to the extreme
@@wig.snatcherthere’s nothing to agree with Melonie. All she has done is spread hate and vitriol. I’ll gladly celebrate all 3 (soon 4) timelines of Lara Croft. I love Tomb Raider and will always be for Lara.
Back to the basics hopefully
Thanks for this
My pleasure!
Hope it takes place after shadow
I don't really think this concept art was actually made from a real person. The perfect Lara should me inspired by Angelina Jolie... but in general, it's all right!
The artist likely used /something/ as a reference and that tends to be a real person. Regardless, let's hope the final product is something we can all be happy with!
I think CD confirmed this is not reboot Lara after you posted the video 😅This new image is hand painted, it's not a 3D model. I honestly think CD have no clue what they're doing for the next game...and everyone loving Konrads version is making them question everything.
I know so typical hahaha, Konrad should take the lead on Lara's design for every game if you ask me
Look, I understand you don't want to criticize, because there might be a real person behind those pics. I agree that a lot of people are going too far with that. Still, to me the problem is in the posture, facial expressions, attitude, tone, personality etc. All of those were stylistic choices on the part of whoever drew those pictures in line with Crystal Dynamics' new vision of Lara - and all those new pics just strike me like more of the same, just repackaged into a new skin. It's like those fans who just install a high detail classic Lara mod on the Chloe Frazer from Uncharted games and call it a day - job done. Or like the Star Wars fans who think Star Wars is anything as long as you have lightsabers and AT&Ts and droids in it. Ugh... these people are fans on a very superficial level and don't seem to understand what they are fans of beyond the most superficial things.
To me it was never just the dual pistols, French braid and her shorts that make Lara the Tomb Raider we all love. It was her personality, her playfulness, with a healthy pinch of humor and flirty femininity - all of which is lacking from those pictures. Now, just imagine if instead of that serious, angry, fierce posture we got a picture where Lara is casually posing in front of some ancient ruin with a wink on her face, showing us that she is here to have fun again - not just be all serious goody two shoes with a burden of the world on her shoulders.
Of course I want that personality to return, if it was up to me we would just have classic Lara back in full force. It's unrealistic to expect it because Crystal is still the dev of TR and they have made it very clear what they think of classic Lara. I'd expect personality to be an evolution of the reboot but still grounded in that reboot energy. It's not what I want, but it's what I expect. I'm just celebrating the visuals at least :)
@@jayoneta Have you ever considered not supporting Crystal Dynamics? If you want Classic Lara back, history needs to repeat itself and Crystal Dynamics should lose the TR licence. It should be given to people who actually understand Lara as a character. And that will never happen if people are happy with the little crumbs they are given.
It’d be nice if she could also be a bit older which links to no parents mentions or ‘students’ 🤣 similar age to TR4 because it links nicely to the strong independent woman from the early games. The reboots felt like she was just sooooo childish at times that they piss me off when playing 😂 I know they are her origins but they get annoying. The remastered versions are proving people enjoy the strong side of her character, slaying through the games like the queen she is.
I mean the outfit and model are fine, it would look better without the white undershirt.
I don‘t understand why they gave her a new face with the hooded eyes which she never had before.
I agree with the shirt but it might grow on me
What I love the white undershirt! It represents her Legend era and was such a look to go with her brown tank top and it’s nice seeing that it also compliments her blue tank as well.
There’s not one person who looked at the new model and was wowed … everybody is lying and being fake positive, and you have the same reaction (myeeeah, i don’t mind it) if you look at a picture of Lara Croft and you say you don’t mind it 🤣🤣 you failed at making TR games 🤣🤣 and are they going to make another TR 1 remake? No. We have Tomb Raider Anniversary & the remasters … oh, but we didn’t have the poorly written social commentary 🤣
Crystal Dynamics needs to understand that Lara is for the girls, the gays, and the theys
facts! they'd do well to listen to us!
Fu××× you... tombraider is also for the hetero's...a old ,die hard lara fan
The game will flop hard then.
Hello? Straight men love Lara Croft too. Stop hijacking everything.
@@hannahjonesrising No. 🩷
I wish the model would have more of the OG Lara. The tan skin, big Angelina lips, brown lipstic, and arched bad ass eyebrows! She looks too average :S
Yeah I can see where you're coming from, I miss hot Lara
I don’t think it’s possible to reunite fans under the unification, if you right then this is classic Lara. And there’s no reboot aspect attached to it unless the necklace. With that said, they are rebooting classic Lara therefore another reboot. So all you said about time line unification is simply not the case. About the design is just boring, there’s no passion this is simply not Lara, is just a normal girl wearing Lara’s gear. About the game, it will be woke, it will have her radioing her friends girlfriend and Jonah all the time. It will be focused on story rather than gameplay and Unreal Engine will give that look every game has, realistic boring failure in gameplay and… yeah if you liked shadow then you fine but with aspects of a classic Winnie Lara. Thank you for the vídeo very nice!
Crystal Dynamics are speed running losing the IP.
Gotta see her in motion first
So far looks like the most generic Lara in the series.
Time will tell!