I'm tired of this overemphasis on diversity spilling into our entertainment.

[Kaneman!]

SpokenTruth said: 

Kaneman! said:

Oh come on, are you serious? Are you saying that if Lara Croft were a dude instead, it would enhance playability for all the men who've been playing Tomb Raider?

Don't they call that Uncharted?

Kidding aside, when Lara Croft becomes a game series no longer about Lara Croft and offers multiple character options...yes.  You're ignoring the context of our discussion and even specific words in the very text you bolded - a more diverse cast of characters.  You did recognize the pluralization of "characters"?

Why does it matter if there is a single character or a cast of plural characters? If what you say it's true, it wouldn't matter, since the player associates only with the character that he/she plays with.

I understand the gist of what you are saying though, that offering a choice is good - and most players will choose the option they most identify with - I agree with that. What I'm saying is, that it's not necessary to implement that, since it's not the most important thing to include. It's like me protesting against games who don't allow mustaches on characters and that my playability of the game is worsened through that - it's not.

If customization interferes with the integrity of the game, I'd argue that it doesn't need to be included. In the end it's the developer's decision, but evidently (according to the reactions to the trailer) DICE would have fared better without going to such extremes.