10 Dumbest Ways We've All Died In Video Games
8. Swan Dive Into The Pavement - Tomb Raider
Lara Croft has to be one of the most empowering female protagonists in gaming, thanks to her strength, confidence, and intelligence. But, in addition to her top-tier charisma and Liam Gallagher specs, she also has some slick moves that seem to be more for pomp and panache than practicality.
She can do a cool handstand when pulling herself up from a ledge, jumping cartwheels, and in addition, she can do a dramatic swan dive like she’s enacting the opening to GoldenEye.
But, if you’re anything like me, you’ll be inclined to do this super-dramatic pose during every single jump you do, which inevitably leads to many disturbing-yet-hilarious deaths.
Undoubtedly, the first few times you do it, it’ll be because you misjudged how far away you were from the Aquamarine Pool Of Lara Safety, but after a while your own morbid sense of humour kicks in and you start just doing it on purpose, having Lara leap onto the mansion decking and crumpling like one of those wee wooden toys with the string inside them.
You know the toys! The ones where you press the base, and they just kinda... flump to the ground, and you release them, and they stand up again? They’re usually things like giraffes?
Wait, what were we talking about?