Thread:The Demon In Me/@comment-2038153-20180628050623

A while back I was chatting with a few fans in regards to Sam and the future of Tomb Raider as a whole and one thing that I hope happens in regards after Shadow of the Tomb Raider is that the series lowers the stakes. I mean Shadow will have Lara stopping an Apocalypse, finally killing the man who is responsible for the death of her father, possibly bringing a end to Trinity along the way while struggling with what she has become.

After that I think the next game should be a more personal story like what we got with The Empire Strikes Back, The Wrath of Khan and Captain America: Civil War. All of which was less about the needs of the many and more about the needs of the few or just the needs of the one. And all are considered some of the best sequels in movie history and a big part of that is that each one is more focused on the characters rather then the more grandiose events.

With Empire, Luke struggles with his Jedi training, learns the truth about who his father is and suffers his greatest defeat yet while Han and Leia come to except their feelings for one another as they run for their lives as Vader closes in on them. And Vader's single minded quest to find Luke is ultimately a father trying to find his long lost son.

Wrath is about Kirk going through a midlife crises as he feels his age while all his friends tell him that get back his old job as embrace his old job again. And Khan's goal is to get revenge on Kirk for his exile and the death of several of his crew and his wife which he achieves by indirectly causing the death of Spoke.

And Civil War is about two friends having a fallout as their different ideologies clash along with their loyalty to their respective families, Steve with Bucky and Tony with his parents. And all Zemo wants is to destroy the Avengers for the Death of his family who the Avengers caused and failed to save.

What I want for a TR game after Shadow is something similar. As you know I want Sam back in Lara's life but given everything the two have gone through what I want most is for Lara and Sam's story to be about rebuilding their relationship. True the two have fought, killed and nearly died for one another but Lara did leave Sam when she needed her and Sam is likely still recovering from a inferiority complex. I want to see that story in a game, to see Lara and Sam work through these issues and find a way forward together. We've seen this done very well in The Last of Us, God of War and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy so I think that should be done here.

As for the villain? Well one thing that I want after Shadow is for Lara to finally be able to put her father to rest. Let her killing Domingeuz and bringing down Trinity be the last thing she has to do for her father. So for a villain after this I would like someone or something that is going after Lara for something she did. Maybe Nadija somehow survives the events of Inferno and the fall of Trinity and instead of trying to rebuild the order she just decides to go after Lara with what few fellow agents she can find. She has no plans to take over the world or seeks to summon some ancient evil, she just wants to get back at Lara for destroying her old life and will stop at nothing to get at her for doing so.

I think this, along with some fun gameplay could make for a fantastic game in the series.

What do think? 