History YMMV / TombRaider

* FirstInstallmentWins: Ask a casual player what they remember about ''Tomb Raider''. It'll be the ''T. Rex''.

* AcceptableTargets: Being a UK-developed game, the main villain and all but one of her henchmen are [[{{Eagleland}} loud, brash Americans.]] The other is a Frenchman who [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys keeps running away.]] This was rectified in Core's later instalments, as Lara is shown to have allies of American and French nationalities.

** [[spoiler: Alister death in ''Underworld''.]]

** This is also very visible in [=TopCow=] comics, where Lara is AntiHero at best and easily qualifies for VillainProtagonist in few issues.

** While the older marketing was forced by the Publisher, arguably LAU counts a bit as this for actually having Bikini outfits In-game.

** Lara and Sam in the 2013 reboot. With Roth as a surrogate father figure and Jonah a surrogate big brother and [[spoiler: Alex a DoggedNiceGuy that Lara didn't even know about]], Lara doesn't have any male as a solid LoveInterest, so her subtext-laden RomanticTwoGirlFriendship with Sam doesn't require too much glancing through ShippingGoggles. It doesn't help that it's noted in game that Lara is more interested in studying than meeting guys
* MostAnnoyingSound:
** "Ah-ha!"
** "No."

** [[ContinuityReboot The second reboot]] [[Videogame/TombRaider2013 of the series]]. Which itself has sequelitis depending on who you ask, as ''Videogame/RiseOfTheTombRaider'' and ''Videogame/ShadowOfTheTombRaider'' proved polarizing for many fans of the 2013 game (mostly for story reasons) despite getting generally positive critical reviews.

** ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderChronicles Chronicles]]'' was made for quick buck and Core openly admitted doing so.
** Tomb Raider: Legend was very divisive in this matter. While a critical smash, some fans were still off put by the changes to the series.

** [[ContinuityReboot 2nd reboot]] [[Videogame/TombRaider2013 of the series]]. Which itself has sequelitis depending on who you ask, as ''Videogame/RiseOfTheTombRaider'' and ''Videogame/ShadowOfTheTombRaider'' proved polarizing for many fans of the 2013 game (mostly for story reasons) despite getting generally positive critical reviews.

** [[TombRaiderChronicles Chronicles]] was made for quick buck and Core openly admitted doing so.

** [[ContinuityReboot 2nd reboot]] [[Videogame/TombRaider2013 of the series]]. Which goes a step further with having ''own sequelity'' in form of Rise of the Tomb Raider, which was poorly received even among people enjoying the first game of the new continuity.

* InternetBackdraft: Be warned about going into a forum and stating [[ContinuityReboot which continuity you prefer, and, by extension, which Lara you prefer]].

* FandomBerserkButton:

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: One of the most notorious. Straight from the first game, fans spread a rumor that there was a code that could make Lara naked. Uh, no. [[RuleThirtyFour As much as fans might depict her]], not in the actual game.
** Although it started out as a rumor, it's been defictionalized with several patches. These patches go from the very first game, to the 1st reboot and even the 2nd reboot. Yeah...

* DorkAge: Definitely had one, but where it was [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment varies a lot from person to person]].

* FandomRivalry: Core Design fans versus Crystal Dynamics fans ''versus'' Crystal Dynamics 2nd reboot fans. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment That is all]].

** ''ComicBook/TombRaider: The Series'': [[ImmortalityImmorality Ian O'Conner]], from the "Tower of Souls" arc, is a vile member of the O'Conner family. After his father died, he begins fighting for control of their castle, eventually killing his priest brother on a holy altar. Discovering the existence of the Dolmen Emerald, the ancient artifact which gives the owner immortality in exchange for torture and pain, Ian starts torturing countless men, women and children to death. In the present, he uses his henchman to lure people in to his castle as a fuel to the Dolmen Emerald, and attempts to torture Lara Craft to death after capturing her.

* PortingDisaster: The PC version has no event music (although it came with a few unique ambient themes), although later versions fixed this problem. It should be noted though that [[http://hg101.proboards.com/thread/14383/console-games-got-ported-pc?page=1 some people actually consider the PC version better than either of the console versions.]]

* AnimationBump: Some may consider a few of the cutscenes in Tomb Raider III to be this. The intro, the beginning of the "Antarctica" mission and a few others are rendered in what was very high quality at the time, whereas the other cutscenes feature rather polygonal models, the lack of mouth movements and frequent clipping.

** Also, in the comics, [[spoiler: Chase Carver.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Has [[AwesomeMusic/TombRaider the own page]].

* BestKnownForTheFanservice: A lot of people play the game through on all difficulty levels and get all the trophies-just to unlock the bikini costumes, and to angle the camera to get the best view of Lara's ass. Back when Core was still running the series, a FanNickname for positioning Lara in the corner was "boob angle", since the camera spinned for a while, after which it centered on Lara's bossom.

* PortingDisaster: The PC version has no event music (although it came with a few unique ambient themes), although later versions fixed this problem.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness Pieter Van Eckhardt]]; [[YMMV/TombRaiderAnniversary Jacqueline Natla]] ([[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld twice]]); [[YMMV/TombRaider2013 Father Mathias]]. See those pages for details.

* FandomBerserkButton: Referring to Lara as "Laura" is a pretty good way to annoy any ''Tomb Raider'' fan.
** Likewise, insisting that every game in the franchise is set within the same continuity ([[AlternateContinuity there are in fact three separate ones]] within the "main" series due to two [[ContinuityReboot reboots]]) is likely to irritate quite a few fans. Even more so if you try to bring the movie and the comics into it. Note that this has not stopped even some ''fans'' from insisting that they're all part of the same continuity.
** Better don't mention existence of the GaidenGame.

* CompleteMonster: [[YMMV/TombRaiderAngelOfDarkness Pieter Van Eckhardt]]; [[YMMV/TombRaiderAnniversary Jacqueline Natla]] ([[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld twice]]); [[YMMV/TombRaider2013 Father Mathias]]. See those pages for details.

* CompleteMonster: [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAngelOfDarkness Pieter Van Eckhardt]]; [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary Jacqueline Natla]] ([[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld twice]]); [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Father Mathias]]. See the pages for details.