Lara starts out with the monologue and events that many players have already seen in the official trailer. After the Endurance suffers a crash at the hands of a terrible storm, Lara is washed ashore a dark beach. While trying desperately to call for help to nearby survivors, who can't hear her over the stormy weather, a mysterious man knocks her out and our story begins.
Scavenger's Den
Waking to find herself roped and bond upside down, you will finally gain control of Lara. Using the L Stick, swing back and forth toward the nearby cocooned body to knock it into the fire and set a nearby log on fire. Once the log is on fire, swing Lara to it to catch her rope on fire and fall onto the metal rod. Quickly tap the Square/X button, as the game indicates, to pull the rod out and you can now walk around.
Stumble past the sacrificial room to the nearby torch and pick it up, gaining the Torch, and continue forward.
| You can now light the torch at any fire if it goes out. |
Continue forward until you reach a dead end with some crates and hold Square/X to light them on fire and make a pathway forward. Continue, through some water, and relight your torch in the new room. You can now use Survival Instincts, which like Eagle Vision in Assassin's Creed will point out objects that are vital or can be interacted with. Using X/A, jump up on the platform to the left and light the cloth on fire, which will transfer the fire across the room and explode the debris in your way.
Moving forward, a strange man will grab Lara's ankle and the first of many QTE's will pop up. Quickly wiggle the L Stick right and left to break the mans hold before the boulder crashes down, blocking his path. As you make your way into the next room the first objective will pop up.
You can now light the torch at any fire if it goes out.
