This was typically followed by gutturally yellingTomb RaiderstarLara Croft’s name.
The controls for the franchise’s 1996 debut weren’t always seamless or intuitive.
Thats when Brandii typically shouts LARA!
Lara Croft in the remastered ‘Tomb Raider’ games.Tomb Raider/YouTube
(yes, its audio-only, but still all-caps in nature) in her signature scream-laugh.
Sometimes its just funny.
“She be gettin folded.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Cracked like an egg.
The sound of her bones cracking like that, its like, damn.
It cracks me up.
When she drowns, it looks like shes throwing a tantrum, like shes frustrated withusfor letting her drown.
She doesnt just die; she squirms and makes this dramatic face.
Shes so over it.
The shriek that comes when I scream her name, I always blame it on her.
Its always Laras fault.
Normally, when Im frustrated, I yell at her.
Its very easy, like, Lara, what the f—?
Brandii jokes, before expressing the deeper emotions bubbling underneath her outward reaction to Crofts grim missteps.
Over all these years, even though shes a fictional character, weve built a friendship with her.
She has a personality.
The developers have given her so much life and sass.
Even as an adult, shes still very much a friend to me.
[Lara’s] name is the first thing that comes out.
Weve given her an identity through playing with her, and weve developed this player relationship with her.
That just might be why her videos resonate with so many of her followers.
Its not an easy game.
What makesTomb Raiderunique is that you make it your own, Brandii explains.
Its just you and her, and theres really no guidance.
Its frustrating, but so rewarding when you figure out a puzzle or where to go.
Lara Croft became my bestie as an only child.
I had a vibrant imagination, because I had to.
Tomb Raider I-III Remasteredis available now on multiple platforms.
Watch Brandii’s viral TikTok videos showing off all of her hilarious Lara Croft deaths above.
