Haha they could handle it

It is and they have but maybe that will free them up for something Kain/Raziel related (one can only hope)

And the other three games they did before that...

Yeah I agree, story should be more of a focus

It's a shame then that it looks like Eidos Montreal will be handling the next one as they too have strong game design, but weak writing. I'd imagine the next TR will be good, but it will likely be good in all the same ways and bad in all the same ways.

TBH I don't find the reboot Lara a convincing character at all for the most part, especially compared to the Lara in the CD trilogy that proceeded those games. Sure, the new Lara is less of a super-hero, but she ultimately does all the same things the old one does, albeit with some more cuts and bruises to show for it (and that fact that she succeeds nonetheless is all the less believable for it).

I'm not sure if it is the writing or the voice acting but she is horribly unconvincing as a character. Every time she pulls out some archaeological tidbit or scans over a foreign language there's a part of me that rolls my eyes and thinks 'yeah right'.

Things changed a bit with the Blood Ties DLC that depicted a more human (and convincing) reboot Lara than we've seen thus far, but she's still a long way from the one voiced by Keeley Hawes that had touches of characterisation interspersed into her dialogue and embellished throughout her various contacts.

Being a convincing, believable character has less to do with the difficulty with which we face challenges, and more to do with a million other tiny things. After all, we can still get engrossed in comic book characters despite their super-human abilities.

Anyway, TL;DR: play Tomb Raider: Legend and pay very close attention to everything Lara says, and how she says it.

I'm in agreement with articuno myself. Just not convincing. I think she's terribly acted and feel like there just isn't any depth to her. To me she's like a paint by numbers adventure character. Agreed that naughty dog would do a great job though.

Yep, I've no issues with you disagreeing xD
In fact, I'm jealous, it means you get to enjoy more than I do xD