Finally after being munched on by the T-rex several times, I managed to figure out how to escape to a safe cave and kill that nasty beasty. The chest is only in pictures, the movies and on the cover. Once you are playing the game, Lara looks a pretty normal. The guys of course love Lara's looks and that bunch of pixels, but are starting to admit that Lara is starting to look disfigured as the pixels keep increasing. A recent thread on alt.games.tombraider explored Tomb Raider and women players.
Most women find the the gore of other games too distasteful.
Other games lack the exploring and puzzle elements of Tomb Raider. We were recently scolded for not moving on to other games, but the fact is there is not another game that comes close. The latest Eidos ad has Lara wearing a naval ring. This created a great debate on the newsgroup with some considering the ring as Eidos pimping Lara. Others were all for it.