In Japan, they wanted to remake the Tomb Raider heroine - Lara Croft almost got big eyes
The preferences of gamers in Japan sometimes differ greatly from the tastes of gamers in the West.
Tomb Raider co-author Paul Douglas recently spoke about the features of promoting the game in different regions..
The social network tadashidaiba published concepts of Lara Croft and Jacqueline Natla, which are made in the style of manga, as well as images of a 3D model of the main character of Tomb Raider — with big eyes.
Earlier, Douglas said that the Japanese publisher of Tomb Raider — Victor «decided that our Western character design would not be well received. So they sent their own designs by fax — which we did not implement».
One of the participants in the discussion asked Douglas about this alternative Lara Croft model and he explained:
Victor wanted us to change Lara's model in the game so that she would be more liked by the Japanese audience — make her big eyes, head and stuff like that. [The publisher] sent examples by fax at a very late stage of development. [Our designer] Toby Gard didn't want to change Lara. In the end, the compromise was that the design was changed only for the manual and guide to the game.
