Let me just play Devil's advocate real quick. What I imagine they are trying to say is that the video game revolves around Lara running around and vaulting all over the place. Thus making the original body type much more realistic in the video game situation at least. I imagine the modified image is much more realistic in a real-world scenario which is what the artist was trying to portray.
Yes, exactly, someone capable of the activities portrayed in game would be an amazing specimen for the same reason those crazy parkour people in the movies are. It is an outcome of lifestyle.
What? No. I'm trying to say that Lara leads a physically demanding lifestyle. She is the peak of physical prowess which would mean that the likelihood of having any body fat is pretty slim (pun intended). Not to mention that Lara is just a video game character so it is easier to make her super skinny.
Of course i understood what you were saying but i was trying to make a point that Xena plays a similar role and is not as skinny. Obviously many video game characters embody the perfect female AND male body no matter how realistic it really is. A video game character with a "perfect" (stereotypical) body type simply sells better. Anyway, I think it got a lot better, we just have to compare early Lara Croft character images with the current ones. Obviously there is still a lot of room to improve on that.
Let me just play Devil's advocate real quick. What I imagine they are trying to say is that the video game revolves around Lara running around and vaulting all over the place. Thus making the original body type much more realistic in the video game situation at least. I imagine the modified image is much more realistic in a real-world scenario which is what the artist was trying to portray.
Yes, exactly, someone capable of the activities portrayed in game would be an amazing specimen for the same reason those crazy parkour people in the movies are. It is an outcome of lifestyle.
Are you saying Xena is fat? http://www.ges-energietechnik.de/patmin/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Xena.jpeg ;)
What? No. I'm trying to say that Lara leads a physically demanding lifestyle. She is the peak of physical prowess which would mean that the likelihood of having any body fat is pretty slim (pun intended). Not to mention that Lara is just a video game character so it is easier to make her super skinny.
Of course i understood what you were saying but i was trying to make a point that Xena plays a similar role and is not as skinny. Obviously many video game characters embody the perfect female AND male body no matter how realistic it really is. A video game character with a "perfect" (stereotypical) body type simply sells better. Anyway, I think it got a lot better, we just have to compare early Lara Croft character images with the current ones. Obviously there is still a lot of room to improve on that.