History VideoGame / TombRaider2013

* ArtEvolution: The game, and subsequent sequels, was especially notable for revamping the previously stylized game series into being more photo-realistic and grounded. Lara herself is [[ThirdPersonSeductress still very attractive]], but her model is far more youthful than previous incarnations.

* ArtEvolution: The game, and subsequent sequels, was especially notable for revamping the previously stylized game series into being more photo-realistic and grounded - mostly by applying a palette of grey and brown over everything. Lara herself is obviously [[ThirdPersonSeductress still very attractive]], and her model is far more youthful than previous incarnations.

* ArtEvolution: The game, and subsequent sequels, was especially notable for revamping the previously stylized game series into being more photo-realistic and grounded. Lara herself is obviously [[ThirdPersonSeductress still very attractive]] but her body style is more natural and [[BuxomIsBetter not as voluptuous as in previous games]].

** Aside from the aforementioned [[spoiler:GunsAkimbo]], there is a possibly unintentional one in Lara's ClothingDamage. Look at where her pants start to tear, if you start at the waist and move down. [[WhoWearsShortShorts Familiar length?]] And what does Dr. Whitman compare finding Yamatai to again?

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: ''Very'' heavy undertones of this between Lara and Sam.

->'''Roth:''' Sometimes you've got to make sacrifices, Lara. You can't save everyone.
->'''Lara:''' I ''know'' about sacrifices.
->'''Roth:''' No, you know about loss. Sacrifice is a choice ''you'' make. Loss is a choice made for you.

* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Various obstances in the game require specific tools to pass them (climbing axe, shotgun, rope arrows, etc.), and once you've obtained these items you can return to previous areas with your equipment intact to discover things you couldn't reach before.

** The "WWII Submachinegun" is a Type 100 submachine gun. The upgraded "Assault Rifle" is a kitbashed AK-47. Fully upgraded, it ends up as the mutant Ultimax 100 machine gun as the "Commando Rifle". .

* ArcWords: "Reborn", "surivor", and to a lesser extent "chosen".

* DoomMagnet: At some point, Lara regards herself as one and believes all the ones she cares about will die because of her. Reyes even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it:

* ExposedToTheElements: And played with realistically -- one of Lara's early objectives is to find shelter from a frigid rainstorm. Subverted when she enters a snowy area wearing only a tanktop. The subversion however, is arguably [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] considering the first time Lara encounters snow she immediately notes something is very, ''very'' wrong with the weather on the island. (And it's not like she can dig into her luggage and change into more weather-appropriate clothing.)

* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: Lara wakes up in the middle of several horrific ''charnal houses.''

* ArmorPiercingAttack: One of the later upgrade for the bow, and a fairly essential one since [[HeavilyArmoredMook many enemies at that point in the game start sporting armor]] that otherwise can take multiple direct hits before downing them.

* HandCannon: Collecting all of the pistol parts upgrades your pistol into a .50-caliber Desert Eagle. It's not as useful as it sounds-by the time you've gotten that far into the game, almost all of the enemies are heavily armored, and the bow has an upgrade specifically made for killing armored enemies, making it a better option.

* HannibalLecture: Mathias gives one once you pass the point of no return, calling out Lara on all the horrible things she's had to do and the countless people she's had to kill just to survive, [[NotSoDifferent making her no better then him]], and that [[WhatIsEvil there are no heroes on this island.]] Lara, for her part, doesn't deny his accusations, but doesn't seem to be very fazed by the little speech either.

* NotSoDifferent: Mathias brings this up whenever he talks to Lara, saying they both kill to survive and get off the island. His journal entries, however, paint him as being Lara's EvilCounterpart at best: whereas Lara tries to save her shipmates, Mathias passively watched his crew try to escape the island -- at his suggestion -- and prove his theory that it would be impossible. He also tortures the male survivors of wrecks in order to brainwash them into joining his cult, and if that fails, he leaves them in the Pit to rot. Female survivors are sacrificed in rituals that potentially involve burning them alive on a pyre. Conversely, Lara is only guilty of killing people who are ''directly'' trying to kill her, or have proven that they ''would'' kill her if she gave them the chance.

* MookHorrorShow: Lara + GrenadeLauncher = OhCrap! Lara obtains said grenade launcher from one of the CoDragons who reverts from EvilGloating to sheer panic when he realises she's about to blow him to kingdom come. Lara herself even ''yells at them'' that she's coming to kill them all.

* NoArcInArchery: Lara's arrows always fly straight and true. Holding the "fire" button down only changes the damage it deals to enemies; if you're aiming for someone's head, or something for your rope arrow to latch onto, it's just irrelevant.

* OnlyAFleshWound: In the first playable section, Lara receives a gut wound that would absolutely fester without skilled medical attention. She seems to sleep it off and isn't troubled by it after the first campfire.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: The island is an active volcano, though there's no sign of that at the surface. At one point Lara ends up suspended a few hundred feet above a magma flow in a closed chamber -- which is implied to be hot, but should be unsurvivable.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Lara says "I've got a bad feeling about this" on her way to the radio tower, early in the game.

* ArcWords: "Reborn", and to a lesser extent "chosen".

* AHandfulForAnEye: The skill Dirty Tricks allows Lara to throw dirt in an enemy's eye, blinding them temporarily and allowing for a swift axe strike or easy shot.

* HollywoodTorches: Despite all the times Lara needs to burn things or light her path in dark areas, she only goes through two torches over the course of the entire game. And she only needs the second one because she dropped the first one while escaping the collapsing cave in the opening sequence.

* DownToTheLastMatch: The opening sees Lara Croft escape from a cave into a torrential downpour. She recovers survival gear from her crashed boat and lights a campfire with the last match in the box, setting up the SavePoint system of the game.

* HundredPercentCompletion: You'll need every relic, document, map, and GPS... as well as all of the challenges which do not appear on your map.

* HappyEndingOverride: The tie-in comics that take place after the game reveal that [[spoiler:Sam, whose rescue was one of the primary goals of the entire game and who seemed to be in good health at the end, ended up being indefinitely locked away in a mental institute due to still having a piece of Himiko inside her.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Dr. Whitman]], hands down.

* BoomHeadshot: It only takes a single bullet or arrow to the head to kill most enemies in the game. Even those with armored headgear only take two. The game even rewards you with extra XP for headshot kills.

** While crawling around in the underground bunker leading up to the coastal forest, there is a yellow warning sign saying "狼没沒注意". This is a warning written in Kanji which basically translates into "Warning: Wolf Activity", right next to the ladder; and sure enough, the main threat in the next stage are wolves, the first real enemies in the game.

** While crawling around in the underground bunker leading up to the coastal forest, there is a yellow warning sign saying "狼出沒注意". This is a warning written in Kanji which basically translates into "Warning: Bear Activity", right next to the ladder; and sure enough, the main threat in the next stage are wolves, the first real enemies in the game.

** While crawling around in the underground bunker leading up to the coastal forest, there is a yellow warning sign which basically translates into "wolves will appear without warning" in Chinese, right next to the ladder; and sure enough, the main threat in the next stage are wolves, the first real enemies in the game.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: In the literal sense. After solving the game and being rescued, the player can have completed approximately 60% of the game, and is encouraged to return to finish finding the rest of the treasures. If the player chooses to return, she will not be able to leave, even after solving all the puzzles and killing all the enemies and animals. Basically, you are alone on a deserted island for the rest of your days.

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The entire game takes place over the course of two days, three days max (it's hard to tell considering the constant storms, and since Lara's watch always shows the same time, it's probably broken, making it no help in figuring this out). It really only serves to highlight just how insane the island is with that in mind though, considering all it took was about seventy hours to turn an {{Adorkable}} NaiveNewcomer post grad into a PTSD-stricken PragmaticHero.