History TearJerker / TombRaider

** Hell, pretty much ''everything'' Lara goes through. Of course, halfway through the game is around the point she stops putting up with the island's shit and starts paying it back everything it's dished out, but when that happens (particularly evident by the exchange she has with Reyes where she responds to a WhatTheHellHero with a jaded acknowledgement that she's come to accept all the death happening around her as "normal") you'll want to hug her for [[HurtingHero different]] [[IronWoobie reasons]].

* More of a Fridge Tearjerker, but the EnemyRadioChatter (if you hold off long enough to listen to it,) does a pretty good job of showing how a good number of the mooks you will wade through are reasonably ordinary people just trying to survive a hellish situation. Also, as you kill mooks you can occasionally hear another mook shout "Brother!" in horror as his comrade dies. It's somewhat ironic that most of the people she mows down are a lot more sympathetic than the first man she kills, even though he's the only one she seems to be traumatised by.
* Lara in the end. A boatmen acknowledges her wounds and the Thousand Yard Stare she has now. But most of all, she wants more answers and says she can't go home. She still has the research journal from the facility and indicates that she's going on more adventures. More than anything, this shows that she may have left the island, but the island has not left her. She can't go back to normal after everything she's faced and her entire life is going to be spent being purposely seeking out places which will put her in situations similar to, if not worse, than the island.

* The ending of ''The Last Revelation'', in which Lara is entombed alive and presumed dead. Yes, she does get better, but her presumed last words ("Good to see you again... Werner...") and Werner removing his hat in grief are still exceptionally sad... especially when one remembers the violent end to their relationship in ''The Angel of Darkness''.

--> '''Lara:''' ''(sadly)'' Goodbye, [[spoiler:Admiral]]...

* The 2013 reboot has ''many'' moments, but the biggest is probably when [[spoiler:Roth sacrifices himself for Lara, leaving her alone without anyone on her side as up until that point he'd been her only help.]]

* ''Chronicles'' opens with a statue of the presumed-dead Lara Croft, seen on a rainy day, surrounded by mourners. It was quite frightening and sad at the time, but since she got better the feeling has been lost.

* Chronicles opens with a statue of the presumed-dead Lara Croft, seen on a rainy day, surrounded by mourners. It was quite frightening and sad at the time, but since she got better the feeling has been lost.

** Zip's reaction is arguably even worse than the death itself. Especially since, even in the 360 follow up game, he is ''still'' referencing it.
-> Zip: You're letting her go?! She ''killed'' Alister!

* The death of Larson in Tomb Raider: Anniversary. This was no big deal in the original, but the remake completely changed things with all the {{UST}} between him and Lara and his sexy new appearance attracting loads of fangirls (and even gay fanboys), accompanied by the way the scene is played with him reaching out to Lara with his final breath and Lara staring at his body in panic as she realises what she's done. * sniffle*

** Not to mention that if you fail any of the [[PressXToNotDie Quick Time Events]] against Larson, he sounds genuinely regretful that he's hurt/killed Lara.

* Chronicles opens with a statue of the presumed-dead Lara Croft, seen on a rainy day, surrounded by mourners. It was quite frightening and sad at the time, but since she [[IGotBetter got better]] the feeling has been lost.

** And to put things even worse, [[spoiler:Lara finds her mother in Avalon turned into a half-thrall and Lara had to kill her mother all while chanting "My mother is dead"]] that part always make me feel sad for Lara after taking all that time to find her mother.