First Playthrough difficulty?

[CludzyMasta {Killa$inn}]

I played the first Tomb Raider remake several years ago and loved it, finished it in 2 sittings on hard and thought it was fairly easy.

I notice this game has more difficulty options.

Is extreme survivor suitable for a first run?

I am about to start it on that mode..

[Cataleya22 (⁠ᵔ⁠ᴥ⁠ᵔ)]

if you're good, just give it a try

[CludzyMasta {Killa$inn}]

Originally posted by Cataleya22:

if you're good, just give it a try :MMDead:

jeez well so far ive died twice falling off things in the intro of the syrian tomb..

Having to restart from the beginning is already starting to grate haha

I'll try once more!

[Cataleya22 (⁠ᵔ⁠ᴥ⁠ᵔ)]

And thats just jumping (timing) and climbing and holding on

[CludzyMasta {Killa$inn}]

Originally posted by Cataleya22:

And thats just jumping (timing) and climbing and holding on :lunar2019coolpig:

I see the problem with this difficulty now. I died shortly after the first combat scene due to debris falling on me too much or something. Have to restart from the beginning....is the first checkpoint near this area? Are checkpoints reasonably close together later in the game or is it all like this? It is worse than dark souls in this format!

[Cataleya22 (⁠ᵔ⁠ᴥ⁠ᵔ)]

In the first part (Syria) are no checkpoints (camps) as I recall, no matter what difficulty, later on yes many. Only when you finish the game, camps will appear in Syria, so you can go back and finish finding stuff you might have missed or to further challenges (expedition mode for instance)

[[FR] Grokkar]

Play in extreme survivor, it's quite easy

[CludzyMasta {Killa$inn}]

Originally posted by Grokkar:

Play in extreme survivor, it's quite easy

I'll give it another go now, maybe i need a strong coffee and immerse myself in the adrenaline fuelled terror that must be escaping a collapsing tomb with mercenaries trying to kill me. Probably playing it too passively.

[NuclearSnail]

Originally posted by CludzyMasta {Killa$inn}:

I played the first Tomb Raider remake several years ago and loved it, finished it in 2 sittings on hard and thought it was fairly easy.

I notice this game has more difficulty options.

Is extreme survivor suitable for a first run?

I am about to start it on that mode..

If it's not, you'll find out.

[[FR] Grokkar]

Originally posted by CludzyMasta {Killa$inn}:

Originally posted by Grokkar:

Play in extreme survivor, it's quite easy

I'll give it another go now, maybe i need a strong coffee and immerse myself in the adrenaline fuelled terror that must be escaping a collapsing tomb with mercenaries trying to kill me. Probably playing it too passively.

Well, be strong as your coffee !

[Shiro♌]

It's better to start on the Tomb Raider or Seasoned Raider difficulty, then to try a few Endurances and Cold Darknesses through Survivor difficulty.

As soon as you'll figure out, how do the game mechanics work, you'll have no issues to complete the game on Survivor difficulty.

While we're at it, I do highly recommend to use Spirit Weaver with Adrenaline, Strong Medicine, and such Perks.
Naturalist is a must though, just like Lightfoot is.

[Doc Holiday]

I completed in Normal difficult first. Months later I did on Extreme Survivor.

Extreme Survivor is not that hard actually. I think I got lucky and had very few restarts.

[Cryiox]

Very Last difficulty is the same as second to last, except game only saves progress at Camp Fires.

If you already are familiar with TR2013 mechanics, it's not really difficult. I'd say save it for a 2nd playthrough though, given it can get a bit annoying at times.

[Nocturn]

I was also shocked how easy this game was during the Survivor playthrough. I maybe died two times in firefights and I've managed to find all collectibles before climbing to Chamber of Souls. Just keep your resources for healing on high amount and the game won't pose much of a challenge.

Endurance mode (in Expeditions menu) on the other hand...

[Corlain]

I played on Extreme Survivor the first time, there are some really stupid parts which make it obvious it's not designed for that and the end is easier than the beginning if you pick the skills which make you more durable...

[Nicks]

I played on Extreme Survivor the first time, nothing special.