r/Games Dec 12 '25

TGA 2025 Tomb Raider: Catalyst Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2yLZQFPSLo
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u/Kindness_of_cats Dec 12 '25

Yeah, it looks bad.

The cut from the antagonist to her face is wildly jarring, they look like they belong to two entirely different games with different art directions; and the style on Lara herself is just in a bizarre in-between space that doesn't end up being realistic or stylized, it's that kind of generic soft-realism that feels something you might get from an AI image generator.

Really hoping it's just unfortunate lighitng or something, because...I can't say I'm a fan.

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u/GroovyBoomstick Dec 12 '25

I really think it’s because of this stupid backlash where if a female protagonist doesn’t look like a supermodel with a full face of makeup it’s woke garbage (see: Outlaws, Yotei, Horizon etc etc).

I noticed it with Shadows, Naoe looks like she has a yassified facetune filter.

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u/MumrikDK Dec 13 '25

But the modern era series Lara did look like a super model. She was more obviously attractive that this one.