Thread:The Demon In Me/@comment-2038153-20160930231900/@comment-2038153-20161001192406

Alex's death in Survivor is actually one of my few issues with the first game cause it felt so, tact on. I mean Lara just lost her surrogate father in a very powerful scene which helped was one of the most emotionally strongest points in the game that wasn't going to be topped until the ending. So Alex's death was unneeded and lacked the same overall impact that Roth's death did. I also didn't like his last minute crush on Lara, not that I don't like the idea of them as a ship, but because it also felt a bit tact on.

It's also strange that the cutscene for Alex's death is one of the few in the game you cannot skip. You can skip Roth's death, Grim's death and Whitman's betrayal, the former two are even shorter then Alex's death yet the game doesn't allow you to skip Alex's death.

I want it to be known that I don't hate Alex and I do think that killing him was a waste of a character but thanks to the comics and his sister Kaz, they managed to flesh his character out and gave his death more meaning. I also like Kaz, sure she wasn't as fleshed out as Lara or Sam but she was still likeable and added to a character I never really thought that much of.

On a side note I don't consider The Ten Thousand Immortals canon for a couple of reasons. The biggest reason being that Lara has no knowledge of Trinity in Secrets and Lies despite learning about them in TTTI. The other major reason is that none of the events have really been referenced and have had zero impact on the series. And the final reasons are that I think its just dull and Lara seems a bit out of character. I know this came out of left field I just wanted to get it out of my system.

Back to the original point that had nothing to do with TTTI, while I do feel that killing Alex was unneeded I do think that there were more stories that could be told with his death as shown in Secrets and Lies. But that's just my opinion and you are free to disagree with me if you wish.

Also looking forward to playing Rise though I would have liked it to have come out the same time it did on Xbox, thanks Microsoft.