- At least two different locations across the globe.
- Jonah is back from the first game
- Environment itself as the main antagonist.
- Cloth and herb to heal wounds.
- More than one of each weapon type.
- Variety of bows with different attributes.
- Weather system that animals and human enemies react to.
- Not sure if they confirmed a day night cycle or not, they mentioned "animals reacting to" time of day.
- Hub areas are two to three times bigger than previous game.
- Lara can climb trees, hide in bushes, swim.
- Pushing for pre-planning aspect to engaging in combat, though sneaking past everyone isn't the goal.
- Tools for distracting enemies and luring them where you want them.
- You can lose the enemies after engaging them.
- Game informer says combat reminds them of the Last of Us.
- CD talks about doing more with tombs and puzzles this time around.
Regarding puzzles: "2013's reboot tombs felt like side projects. Most of these puzzles rooms were fairly short, and some of them were optional. With ROTR, CD wants to put a greater emphasis on these underground puzzle chambers. Sadly, the team wasn't ready to showcase specific tombs, but they did talk about their philosophy behind tomb building.
"We'll have more tombs in the game featuring a full spectrum of puzzles. Some tombs are much larger than in the last game. We really do celebrate puzzle design as a unique facet of our gameplay. We want to deliver on people's use of their wits and encourage them to suss out how to unlock each tomb's secrets."
The team also wants to return to the concept of nested puzzles. This was actually a common tactic in classic TR games, where a player might have to solve multiple sides in a multistage puzzle before the final pieces clicked together and the larger secret unlocked. CD is also working on integrating more traversal challenges or even combat sequences into the middle of environmental puzzles."
