Rise of the Tomb Raider gameplay - Ancient Cistern and more

The European launch of Rise of the Tomb Raider is the day after tomorrow, but as you may know we've been playing Rise of the Tomb Raider for many hours now (check out our review).

Yesterday on Gamereactor Live Philip celebrated the Xbox exclusive release by playing and livestreaming his two first hours with the game, and below you can replay the full clip.

We skipped the Syria introduction/tutorial in order to show some proper gameplay right after arriving in the snowy lands of Syberia. Miss Croft then follows the tracks leading to the the lost city of Kitezh and the legendary Divine Source that gives eternal life, but there's of course some opposition from the bad guys of Trinity, lead by the scar-faced Konstantin.

You can see all this, then how the Soviet Installation, first real open world area works and is full of activities and, at the end of the video, how Philip manages to solve an interesting puzzle-filled Challenge Tomb called Ancient Cistern. Don't miss it if you get stuck and are looking to unlock the useful Natural Instincts Skill!