Beginning a New Game

Difficulty

Combat

• Aim assist enabled
• Enemies have lower health and do less damage
• Ammunition boxes are plentiful
• Enemies have illuminated silhouettes

• Enemies have normal health and damage
• Ammunition boxes are rare
• Enemies have illuminated silhouettes

• Enemies have increased health, do more damage and locate Lara more quickly
• No health regeneration in combat
• Ammunition boxes are rare
• No hit markers on the reticle
• Enemies are not highlighted in Survival Instincts

• Enemies have increased health, do more damage and locate Lara more quickly
• No health regeneration in combat
• Ammunition boxes are rare
• No hit markers on the reticle
• Enemies are not highlighted in Survival Instincts
• No HUD icon when Lara is being detected by an enemy

Exploration

• Obvious white paint on critical path
• Longer saving grab timer
• Base camps are lit

• Discreet white paint on critical path
• Normal saving grab timer
• Base camps are unlit

• No white paint on critical path
• Reduced saving grab timer
• No Survival Instinct during exploration
• Base camps are unlit

• No white paint on critical path
• Reduced saving grab timer
• No Survival Instinct during exploration
• Base camps are unlit and require resources to light
• Game only saves at Base camps

Puzzles

• Lara gives direct hints on next action to perform
• Interactable objects are highlighted in Survival Instincts
• Objects necessary to progress highlighted in blue during Survival Instincts
• Longer window of opportunity for timed mechanics

• Lara gives general hints on the next action to perform
• Interactable objects are highlighted in Survival Instincts
• Normal window of opportunity for timed mechanics

• No hints are given by Lara
• No Survival Instincts
• Shorter window of opportunity for timer mechanics

Controls