I hit the buttons at precisely the right time and place, but I died 10 times before the game worked

There's more focus on side character interactions like the first game, but is more mature this time instead of following stereotypes

Love this game, first time received a special edition, highly recommend.

It was not enjoyable the first time in the first scene and it wasn't enjoyable in the final chapter.

because overall, it feels more like a chore to play at times rather than like Rise, which was just fun throughout

This time however certain skills are tied to game progression and unlock automatically

There are way more puzzles (through challenge tombs) this time around making puzzles, exploration and combat very balanced compared to the past 2 games which are combat heavyYou can ignore most challenge tombs if you want to, but you won't get exp and weapon upgrades

After failing a jump 3 times for no reason then on the 4th Lara just falls for no reason

Another issue is the puzzles aren't clear on how to progress so you gotta die 50 times to figure it out really dumb