Play the way you want in Shadow of the Tomb Raider with new accessibility selections and customizable difficulty settings! Go beyond the single toggle for altering gameplay and say hello to new options like:

Optional Y Axis Inversion

Toggling on and off Vibration

Reducing Camera Shake

The option to center the camera horizontally so that it is ‘soft locked’ on Lara’s back, requiring the use of only one stick for movement. The other stick can still be used to move the camera if desired.

The option to tap rather than hold left trigger to aim down the sights

The option to use right (default) or left stick to aim, when looking down sights (left trigger)

The option to hold button press prompts rather than repeated tapping

The option to push the stick directionally for crank control prompts rather than rotate

Adjustable aim sensitivity

Our Audio accessibility options include:

Subtitles: Off, On with Color, On without Color

Environmental Subtitles: Display subtitles for all conversations taking place nearby, or only for critical conversations

Closed Captioning: Display additional or interpretive information such as sound effects, musical cues, and other relevant audio information

We’re not stopping there because we’ve made it possible for players to independently adjust difficulty for puzzles, traversal, and combat. There are four unique settings for the aforementioned trio: Easy, Normal, Hard, and Deadly Obsession. While traditional options like easy, normal, and hard can be swapped at any time, once a player chooses Deadly Obsession, it applies to all three categories (puzzles, traversal and combat) and they will be unable to change the difficulty for the remainder of the playthrough. Choose-wisely…

A loyal friend to any Tomb Raider completionist, Survival Instincts is back once again. Adventurers looking for a more holistic experience can toggle Beacon (next objective location) and Glow (interactable objects) on/off regardless of difficulty settings (except when on the Deadly Obsession setting, of course).

For a deeper look at the game’s difficulty settings, feast your eyes on the breakdown below.

Combat

Easy

Aim assist enabled

Enemies have lower health and do less damage

Ammunition boxes are plentiful

Enemies have illuminated silhouettes

Normal

Enemies have normal health and damage

Ammunition boxes are rare

Enemies have illuminated silhouettes

Hard

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

Deadly Obsession

Same as hard

No HUD icon when Lara is being detected by an enemy

Exploration

Easy

Obvious white paint on critical path

Longer saving grab timer

Base camps are lit

Normal

Discreet white paint on critical path

Normal saving grab timer

Base camps are unlit

Hard

No white paint on critical path

Reduced saving grab timer

No Survival Instincts during exploration

Base camps are unlit

Deadly Obsession

Same as Hard

Base camps are unlit and require resources to light

Game only saves at Base camps

Puzzles

Easy

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

Normal

Lara gives general hints on the next action to perform

Interactable objects are highlighted in Survival Instincts

Normal window of opportunity for timed mechanics

Hard/Deadly Obsession

No hints are given by Lara

No Survival Instincts

Shorter window of opportunity for timer mechanics

The Survival Instincts beacon (which highlights the next objective location) and glow (objects Lara can interact with) can also be toggled on or off regardless of difficulty settings, except when on the Deadly Obsession setting.We hope these additions allow more fans than ever to enjoy Tomb Raider.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider will be available on September 14th, 2018 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC/Steam. Pre-order Digital Deluxe, Digital Croft or Croft Edition now to get Shadow of the Tomb Raider two days early!