Talk:Samantha Nishimura/@comment-2001:5B0:4BCA:B00:0:FF:FEB8:3462-20180501125224/@comment-2038153-20180509184841

One thing that I would want in this spin-off is to still emphasize that Sam still loves Lara, what sort of love still be left up to fans interpretation but I don't want Sam to have just forgotten about Lara. I want her to be angry at her, I want her to struggle with those feelings and I don't want those feelings to be fully resolved in the spin-off.

It wouldn't have to be directly stated, Sam could just make a mention of how she is angry at a friend of hers for leaving her after a major traumatic event. The major theme/plot of this game should be Sam working to move past what happened to her on Yamatai and what Himiko almost did to her in both that game and the comics though the former is left a bit more ambiguous as Sam only really makes mention of dealing with a spirit but doesn't really go into to much detail.

It would also be nice for the spin-off to bring in a few characters from the comics like Kaz or Cuddy though the former would be a better option to show up then the latter. I don't play many horror games so I'm not sure how that would work though I will admit that I also think it would be interesting if Sam had a game that was more like Life is Strange Before the Storm, where it just focuses on Sam recovering from what happened with the threat being more grounded and the supernatural being more of a side line element.

You can still show how awesome Sam is in dangerous situations when she comes face to face with the bad guy of the game who could be implied to be a Trinity agent or just some thug that Sam crosses paths with a few times.

Either game would work as Sam is good enough to support both ideas and she is a well rounded character to make both interesting.