A variety of side missions and challenges can be found in these areas as well as some of the best content in the game: the optional challenge tombs. They're big enough to provide you with a serious amount of time dedicated to exploration, but they're never too large to the point that you'll feel overwhelmed.

Occasionally, you'll come across a wide area that will have a main objective marker at the end of it, but you'd be foolish not to get side-tracked by the amount of content that these places contain. However, it's the extensive locales you visit that really show off the evolution from reboot to sequel. This puts those thugs on alert, but you still have the upper-hand as you wait in the bushes for their guard to slip. In terms of encounters you can stick to the broad strokes of stealth or going in all guns blazing, but now you have the option of mixing the two as you silently take out a couple of goons, then make a group of enemies aware of your presence as you slip back into the shadows. You can once again choose how you approach combat, which skills you equip, and what you do in the expansive environments, but everything feels so much bigger and more complex compared to what we experienced three years ago.

If you played the 2013 Tomb Raider, you'll feel right at home here in terms of gameplay.

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