The plot of the game is very similar to that of "Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation". Lara accidentally starts a series of apocalyptic events in both games and she must do everything in her power to save the world.
The game developers worked with historians and people of the cultures explored in order to remain respectful to the mythology and history of the game, while allowing for creative inaccurate expansion.
The last game in the trilogy of Lara Croft's origin story.
In the second area you clear enemies of the Porvenir Oil Fields, you'll hear two enemies exchange the following: "Evening Ralph!" "Evening Sam!" The same can be heard in the classic Looney Tunes cartoons between Sam the Sheep Dog and Ralph the Wolf.
First of the survivor trilogy to open with Lara procuring a previous artifact to the game's central plot.