She's back, She's sexier, She feels younger. She lives on in Legends.
The first thing you should do is just download the demo. Thats what I did and my oh my did the demo sold me for this game. I had so many expectations but I didnt think they could pull it off here.
The best thing about this game is that, if you watched any of the Tomb Raider movies, playing this game will finally make you feel like Lara, and care about her. How? The mansion(exploring and secrets), the gadgetry (grenades, grapple, binoculars), the new animations, the voice acting, the humor and fun while playing are all there and well done. The storyline can get a little confusing later, but with creativity its all alright. Plus, a sequel is happening so dont judge this game like its the last.
The worst part is that its not long enough. Even if you are new to this game, you can beat it in 8 or so hours. There's 3 difficulties but its not that much of a difference in terms of challenge.
I thought there would be some new puzzles to face, but a lot of them are similar. There are lots of stuff to unlock like Time trial modes, outfits, which you can replay a level with any appearance you like, there are concept arts, cheat codes, in game 3d object models (which I find pointless), bloopers video, and a few other stuff. You can tell they knew about the length of the game so they are trying to fill in time.
AI is another weak part. But that wont matter since they managed to make combats more fun now. So, the plus side is they implemented a new bullet-time feature, where you can jump off or kick off an enemy to trigger slow-mo, so you have better aim....
Or just to enjoy the cool feature. She can also kick, (like AOD), environments are more interactive now (like explosion barrels), you can grapple your enemy, slide kick, etc. In summary, this game is fun.
It could be better, but Im happy with it. A sequel will only improve, and make a Tomb Raider the game it should be, and hopefully invent something new that will change how its played.
Just download the demo, or get the game quick because why wait? Its a good deal on PC already.