The serum run didn't run the same route. That's a popular misconception.

Ya, I know the basics, but being able to play those events and others when he was younger would be good. Like his time with the tribe, and other things. The only thing I would think would be better is a story around when the humans were first brought back into the world. Like to see how they first interacted with the environment as primitive people.

Rost from Horizon Zero Dawn. A prequel they could dive more into his story.

What if aliens were the ones to hold the key to human's continued existence? What if they were far more advanced and could lend their technology so we could escape to another planet they know of?

You'd like the lone pine mall

Nah, just full of it.

When I see trees spaced like this, my mind goes to Johnny Cage vs Scorpion in Mortal Kombat.

Ah, the old willy wonka costume