to quote yusuke : for any creative work, one should be able to feel some sense of its creator's passion, no matter how crude or unrefined the work may be, there should aways be some sort of spark for those who engage with it, i feel nothing when playing this game.

this game fixed all the problems i had with the first entry of the reboot series.
it made lara more independent and less stupid
it gave a better cast and even brough back a favorite character.
it stopped making the characters being stupid for the sake of bringing back the next gameplay sequence.
yet this only revealed how hollow these games truly are, the game might throw the most amazing set piece with explosions and action yet all youre doing is holding foward, the game itself will make the actors mare grandiose than the scene itself, this game feels like its just a bunch of checkmarks for how a game in today's standarts should be, yet its competent enough to not be irritating
i truly felt nothing when playing this game, its like i can feel the corporative decisions taking over this game and any sort of spark or vision the creators could have is long gone, nothing, i could say i had fun shooting but i can have fun shooting somewhere else.

lara is so desperably trying to fit in with her new rival nathan drake that she falls flat not realizing what makes him tick