The only time her parents are ever seen in-game is at the start of Tomb Raider: Chronicles, where they attend the memorial service of their daughter, who is presumed dead in Egypt.
It’s an interesting quirk of the original character rather than running around tombs because of her parents legacy, she is breaking out for herself, being whoever she wants to be and rejecting the life that was laid out for her. We learn a little bit from her biography in the game manual for the first TR how they arranged a marriage for her, but when she found a love of exploring and grave robbing, they disowned her, cutting her off from their lives. The original Tomb Raider games rarely acknowledged Lara Croft’s parents. Papa Can You Hear Me? – The Tomb Raider Reboot & Lara’s Dead Parents A Defence Now that we’ve had three years to see the entire trilogy, I believe the dead parents trope was a fantastic stroke of creative work. This was seen as a contentious choice by Crystal Dynamics and narrative writer Rhianna Pratchett (alongside Jill Murray and Jason Dozois for Shadow), with the majority of the audience saying that it took away Lara’s agency, removing a strong part of her character.Īnd…I don’t agree. The dead parent trope is nothing new in pop culture, used in everything from Batman to Star Wars, H arry Potter and yes, Tomb Raider.
While the new games brought a different gameplay experience and a fresh-faced Lara Croft to the players, it reused a critical element of the previous reboot games story Lara Croft’s parents are dead, and they are her motivation for her tomb raiding journey. It has been well over half a decade since I have played the original game, so there was a cool balance of rediscovering a gem of the past generation, now in crystal-clear HD. I recently began playing Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, an updated version of the 2013 reboot.
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