Trivia / Shadow of the Tomb Raider

• Author's Saving Throw:
  • The first two games were heavily criticised for their heavy use of Notice This, low (or non-existent) difficulty of puzzles, and the fact that the games are taking themselves waaay too seriously for such crazy, B-movie plots. The dev team actually addressed those issues, something they even admitted during production showcases and gameplay previews. Thus, the difficulty of puzzles and explorations can be set separately, disabling many of the visual cues (up to turning them off completely), while the puzzles themselves require far more precision. Meanwhile, Lara has at least a few breather moments, rather than constantly being chased like a wild animal, in distress, badly hurt, or any combination of those.
  • A lot of fans were displeased at the real lack of combat compared to the first two games, leaving you with a ton of weapon upgrades and combat oriented skills and not many chances to use them. The DLC tombs released after the game's launch have their own big combat setpieces, beefing up the action considerably.
• B-Team Sequel: Shadow of the Tomb Raider was developed by Eidos Montréal, developers of Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. Crystal Dynamics, who had developed every Tomb Raider title since Tomb Raider: Legend, were busy working on their upcoming Avengers game. Rhianna Pratchett also had no involvement with the story.
• Dummied Out: The original, unpatched version of the game shipped with a different ending, in which Lara receives a letter from Jacqueline Natla (her first Big Bad and arguably her Arch-Enemy), tying the prequel trilogy into the events of the original Tomb Raider games. This ending was quickly removed in a day 1 patch, as the dev team reveals that it being included in the final version of the game had been a mistake, as they did not want to tie down their new continuity by linking it to the original games. One person actually managed to discover the ending on account of a bad internet connection.
• Fake Nationality: Of a sort. Dr. Dominguez is Peruvian actually Mayan, but his voice actor is from Switzerland. Also applies to Unuratu, whose voice actress is from Venezuela.

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