In a uncommon case of a mission that adjustments a sport that so many have fond reminiscences of, Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered loved acclaim from followers and newcomers upon launch and required numerous months to stir controversy. What’s not so uncommon or sudden is that this controversy is said to some extra sexualized imagery of Lara that was initially included — then eliminated — from the sport.

What occurred to Lara Croft’s pin-up posters in Tomb Raider 1-3?

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered options numerous easter eggs that even TombRaider.com encourages gamers to search for. One in all mentioned easter eggs is on a wall on the Sleeping With The Fishes degree of Tomb Raider 3’s The Misplaced Artefact enlargement. The unique model of the enlargement featured some racier posters used to market a number of the Tomb Raider sequels again within the day, however they have been so low-res that you may undergo that room with out even noticing them.

However, in Remastered, these posters are offered in very Excessive Definition. For the longest time after the sport’s launch, they only sat there however, they vanished with the launch of April’s patch. This struck followers as odd as a result of whatever the posters’ potential lack of tastefulness, no person had actually complained a lot about their existence.

Kotaku went on to say that the removing of the posters wasn’t even talked about within the sport’s patch notes. Weirder nonetheless — the sport’s web site was nonetheless telling followers to go search for this easter egg.

Ought to Tomb Raider 1-3 Remaster even function pin-up posters of Lara Croft?

Aspyr has since clarified that the removing was an accident that resulted from tinkering with a number of the HD textures, not an try at sneakily censoring the sport’s easter eggs. That is possible true, because the low-res posters have been nonetheless there to see for anybody taking part in the sport within the OG view mode. Aspyr has said the easter egg will probably be restored with the upcoming patch.

Fortunately, no person appears that bothered in regards to the presence or the absence of mentioned posters. It appears like this was extra a case of confusion than a full-blown controversy, which is a welcome change within the present gaming panorama. Nonetheless, it’s value remembering that Toby Gard, the creator of Lara, vehemently opposed the sexualization of the character. The continued fetishization of Lara as a intercourse image was the principle motive he determined to go away Core Design after ending the event of the unique sport.

You may play Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X|S, PC, and Nintendo Swap.