Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered developed by Aspyr in partnership with Crystal Dynamics has included a warning that the game contains content described as "ethno-racial stereotypes".
The 1990s-2000s were a different time and a lot of content produced back then can sound offensive to some audiences today and re-releasing games that contain this worldview can be seen as problematic.
Just as Konami did in its Metal Gear Solid remasters, the original content has been fully preserved, so companies end up putting these warnings in place to avoid problems when played by people without the context of the time.
The warning on the re-release of the Lara Croft classics reads as follows:
The games in this collection contain offensive depictions of people and cultures rooted in racial and ethnic prejudice. These stereotypes are deeply damaging, inexcusable and do not align with our values at Crystal Dynamics.
Instead of removing this content, we have chosen to present it here in its original, unaltered form, in the hope that we can recognize its harmful impact and learn from it.
Crystal Dynamics does not say at what point in the game it refers to this content, but in the IGN article believed to be related to the representation of the South Pacific islanders in Tomb Raider 3. These tribe members, who are considered cannibals, wield pointed axes and fire poisoned darts with blowguns while fighting Lara Croft, emitting animal-like death screams as they are defeated.
Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered launches today containing the first three classic Lara games remastered including the expansions that were released exclusively for PC at the time.
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