The writers of the story probably realized that there is no reason for Jacob and his people to help her, even if she is an ally against the bad people.Īnd then when Lara finds it, she suddenly, for no reason at all, decides that it wasn’t meant for humanity. Which is a hell of a leap and seems forced. At the end Jacob says that he allowed her to find it cause he knew she would destroy it. In fact she is so adamant that at times I wondered why Jacob and his people help her at all considering that they are there to protect it and do not agree with her. Instead she hammers on having to find it. We never see her considering that finding the divine source might be a bad idea or is not meant to be found. Thus Lara reaches a conclusion based on nothing as it doesn’t get shown in the story. They have to make her think, but do they?Īfter much killing and destruction the final confrontation is between Ana and Lara and it is the focal point in the story.Īnd Jacob barges in to add his two cents: But they aren’t just obstacles to navigate. Hence we have some competitors making a run for the same artifact: Konstantin and Ana and their might army of goons. So we need to make it difficult for her to find it. Actually she already knew he was before the story got underway. We are at the start and we already close. And it doesn’t take Lara that long to find important leads. So Lara sets out not only to restore her fathers reputation, but to find live eternal which could benefit the whole of humanity. This is profound(profound is not science). What was he expecting? This goes further than mere science can. No wonder that father Croft was made into a laughing stock: he was because he apparently wanted to put forth his unscientific ideas in the scientific world and this of course wasn’t appreciated. Note these two: her father’s reputation and changing the world. This shot at the end of the game might as well be put at the beginning of it because it is finding secrets that drives the story although Lara’s first motivation is to vindicate her father’s reputation and to change the world. Lets give a short breakdown of the process. Instead her whole attitude remains more or less the same until the end and then she suddenly has a change of heart.And then at the end she changes it again, because we have to have a sequel. We never see Lara ponder her actions which then finally leads to her decision at the end. Rise of the Tomb Raider is a marvelous game as it is an adventure of exploring.However as a story it isn’t that great, not because it isn’t told in a marvelous way, in fact it is, but because the final doesn’t follow from what went before.
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