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Judgement: Not Recommended

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Disclosure:
I have won this game as a member of the "Playing Appreciated" SteamGifts group.

There is no direction.
I have been working really hard to try and enjoy this game, however, the controls and direction, the enemies, and even the puzzles lack direction. I had to drive a car to escape an area, I walked aroung the car for 10 minutes, I went to every area around in case I needed something. I opened my inventory and selected the car keys, it says I can't use them. I open a video tutorial, and then I see I need to open inventory and use them, while standing beside the driver's side of the vehicle? There is abolsutely no prompts whatsoever for controls.

Everything is so unclear.
I have to keep a guide open for movement controls, I have to keep a guide open for how to get through levels, and sometimes I need to open a video tutorial on how some people are managing to even reach these certain areas I need. The best similar example I can possibly give for my experience playing this game, is as if I was playing getting over it and they suddenly invert my controls on me. When you encounter an enemy its almost like a jumpscare, because your camera locks on it in combat, you can't look around, and you can't dodge easily.

It may be a skill issue?
I don't believe I am the demographic for this game, there seems to be a large sense of nostalgia for people who have played it before and wanted the Remaster, but as a first time player in the Tomb Raider franchise this game does not make me want to enter it.

Review posted on 25/04/2026, 19:19:00.