Lara's back-story and character design, plus the design of Croft Manor have all been brought in line with the movies (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) starring Angelina Jolie) rather than the continuity established in the previous 6 games.
This is the first Tomb Raider game to have a feature-length music score. It took nine months for the composing process of some 4.5 hours of music, which includes the cinematic scores as well as some tracks that were never used in the game.
Body count (excluding the plane flashback): at least 209.
Lara's movements during game-play are motion-captured for the first time in the games.
The first Tomb Raider game to be released on Nintendo and Microsoft consoles.