They want all of the virtue bucks of turning Tomb Raider into an activist platform, but they aren't quite brave enough to drop the actual name: Tomb Raider. Performative fuckery.

How can they spin RAIDING into anti-colonialism? Does Lara only raid national museums and capitols now? Is she an insurrectionist? Even just setting foot into a tomb would be seen as an aggression by the culture the tomb belongs to. There's no way to virtue spin this, so WHY mess up the formula?

Can we expect Link to respect the dungeons in the next game? Instead of using the boomerang, he'll return it to the rightful owners? Dungeon & Dragons will go even more Panderers & Pedestals.