Mirror's Edge writer penning Tomb Raider

I help the writer wholeheartedly. You want more ladies in the industry! !

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Showing an attempted rape scene is a controversy? Wow. With all the the crap that video games are loaded with these days, an "attempted rape scene" (look at the word ATTEMPTED) should be rated E.

Because of course, Mirror's Edge was known for it's story and characters.......

eesh

I'm a little confused: does this mean there's been controversy over Lara's general appearance and characteristics in addition to the supposed rape scene? Strikes me as a tad rediculous if there is. Mirror's Edge had a terrific story so I'm really looking forward to this one now.

Loved Mirror's Edge, more than likely gonna love this one.  And I've had enough of this invented 'rape controversy'. 

OMG! No wonder why for the first time I was kind of really interested in Tomb Raider. Mirror's Edge is IMO, one of the best game I have seen in the last 5 years.

I support this writer wholeheartedly. We need more women in the industry!

I suppose "Mirror's Edge writer penning Tomb Raider" sounds much better than "CSI: Fatal Conspiracy writer penning Tomb Raider" :P

i hope she can handle that "attempted rape'' controversy at those two San Diego Comic-Con panels.

Ugh, I haven't been able to stand Rhianna Pratchett's writing ever since Overlord 2.

Yay! I thought Mirror's Edge was a fresh game. I'm so excited for this Tomb Raider game, even though I don't understand why they're rebooting a perfectly good series.

Now I'm really, REALLY pissed.

I've been saying here in this site's comment sections and other places that the PC (as in politically correct, not personal computer :P) mentality is getting too entrenched in the gaming press and it needs to be excised NOW, before the medium is cut short of its potential before it even realises it.

This is ridiculous. A game features a scene that was OBVIOUSLY set up to make the player feel repulsion about bad men who can't control themselves is treated like the exact contrary, but we need to discover that it was written by a *woman* to notice it.

Just goes to show you can't trust anyone with "good intentions" about gender roles and political correctness. These people are there to tell you what you should think, not to promote diversity. They're there to elevate themselves and chosen targets above the flack, not to promote intelligent, critical thinking. Politically correctness is postmodern censorship, and its advocates are the new "enlightened dictators".

mirror's edge was a great game , I'm sure the writer will do a great job with this one to :)

Do Metroid next!

You know, for a split second, I thought the headline was going to mention an announcement about a Mirror's Edge sequel... and then I finished reading.

OK, now I see why Crystal Dynamic and Square Enix have been so weird in regards to this. I'll bet that when this all started, someone from CD or SE wanted to hold a press conference and say "If you have a problem, here's the FEMALE lead writer, take it up with her."

It sounds sexist, but let's all be honest with ourselves for a moment. If there was a female lead programmer, producer, or director, or if they had told us about Rhianna Pratchett in the first place, things would have been different. People would have seen that same scene, and gushed about Women's empowerment, that female writers are standing out in a male dominated sector and the ability to over come blah blah blah blah blaahhh. Instead, we got two guys showing off the new trailer, followed by cries of sexism, exploitation, blah blah blah blah blaaahhhhh. And that was before CD released that confusing statement.

Either way, I can't wait to hear what Pratchett has to say in few hours, if that Comic-Con stage show schedule is right.

I only hope that she respects the icon that Lara has become.  The game is supposed to be dated after Lara graduates, so is a young Lara who is learning to become what she is on earlier games.  What I'm expecting from this game is a more realistic enviromental background without all those cartoony scenes.  I hoping for a more human-like game with more realistic puzzles like how to climb a mountain and the like.

I'm intrigued to see what she comes up with, the series needed a serious reboot.

Shame. Mirror's Edge's had a terrible and generic plot.

I would rather they get Toby Gard (creator of Tomb Raider) to write the script and try and salvage the train wreck that Crystal Dynamic has done to TR. I understand that when another company takes over a license the gameplay will change, but that does not give them to the right to completely ignore the storyline.