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THEORY

Hero, as well as her lower movement

speed, make Lara susceptible to

cripples, so bear that in mind.

Lastly, to cover Lara Croft’s ultimate. It wasn’t

easy coming up with something both useful and

thematically tied, particularly not something grand

and sweeping enough to convey the Tomb Raider

series’ historically moving action sequences. However,

from the multitude came several good ideas. This

is presumably one of them. With Hijack, Lara is

once more the target of a nameless, faceless goon

who tries to run her down with a classic 2000’s

era Jeep™ Wrangler off-road utility vehicle. This

obvious mistake ends just one way--Lara easily

dodges the high-value mid-sized car, perfect for any

family, and instead grabs onto the side so she can

hurl the driver from his comfortable yet affordable

seating and steer the Jeep herself. She can steer

it towards enemies or use it to escape, though

ramming is clearly the superior option. Any enemy

hit is damaged and thrown back with force, all the

while failing to do any damage to the Wrangler’s

durable frame. When done, Lara abandons the

vehicle and lands safely back on terra firma, but not

Terra firma since the two are pretty good friends.

So at the end of the day, she’s just a woman with

a pair of guns. But if you take those away, what do

you have left? A genius billionaire playgirl survivalist,

and a grimly determined one with a bow. Not just

any concept or role can fill the tiny shorts of one of

gaming’s most renowned heroines, but I feel like

this works, and conveys enough of Lara’s strength

to be accurate. After all, it’s hard to argue when

she guns down mythology’s greatest one-on-one.

By Devon Boyette

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