Talk:Samantha Nishimura/@comment-2038153-20190501083043/@comment-2038153-20190501204934

To clear a few things up, as I didn't make myself clear with these images, that's my bad, Sam would NOT be a OP god with the power of Storm from X-Men. Her powers are more on par with Atreus from God of War 4. Powerful? Yes but Lara's is still the more dangerous of the two as her attacks, as per usual with PC characters vs. their companions, do a LOT more damage.

Also, and this is a point I really want to make clear, Sam's powers that you see here are NOT a result of Himiko trying to possess her. Sam got these powers on her own. The basic idea here is that soon after being freed of Himiko Sam went to learn how to use magic so she would never risk being possessed again, much like how assault victims will go to learn self defiance so they will not be assaulted again. The magic here is very low level and works a bit more like Firebending from Avatar only not quite as strong.

Sam's magic can do damage but mostly it can stun her enemies instead of out right killing them. You would be able to increase it on her skill tree but Sam is not something that can give players a instant win and Lara is still the one who does more damage.

In regards to your point of Magic being mostly smoke and mirrors, I really can't agree as Himiko and Kukulkan both had very clear use of magic with the former having control over the weather and the latter having the ability to grant his hosts powers over fire, teleportation while being able to take a HELL of a lot of damage.

As for this over shadowing Lara while that could happen it would actually be rather easy to work around that. For example, including another magic user who is more powerful then Sam but is out to kill Lara for revenge because Lara killed someone she cared about. Also having the other villain of the piece more focused on Lara as well as she is the one who is more well known at this point and has been the one who has been at the heart of thwarting his plans.

Sam's personal arc is more about her and Lara overcoming their PTSD and mending their relationship. She's not here to save the world she's here because she needs to prove to herself that she is capable of handling the threats of the supernatural.

I also want to point out, however unintentional this ended up being, that originally when Sam was still likely Izumi, she did have magical powers so it's kinda a return to form for Sam.

However, I do see your point and at the end of the day, I am perfectly fine with her just being a standard companion like what we have in Uncharted or The Last of Us. :)