This. Nobody can name two characters outside Lara Croft. I fukking dare them. Gameplay was nothing groundbreaking. Just move from one area, collect whatever boring garbage appeared on the map, shooting gallery, next area. Lara transformation from scared little girl to gun blasting heroine in two minutes was

Story was silly. Reminded me of cannibal holocaust. Now TLOU

You cared about every character that appeared on screen. Ellie, Joel, Bill, Sam, Henry, David, Tessa, Marlene. All of them evoked emotion and feelings instead of just people in Joel/Ellie world. Even Ish, the character who survived in the sewers, had fans begging for the DLC to be about him. Gameplay also varied depending on the parts you collected, enemy type, etc. You could not approach a human the same way you would approach a clicker.