I didn't mind her talking to herself. I mean, it seemed a weee bit forced, but meh. For some reason she comes across with more character and verve than Lara. Whether that's due to contextual presentation, better VA, or my simple yet deep and highly biased hatred for the TR reboot. "shrugs" I liked her, and almost don't want to play as her, lol. I want to create a character and have her lead me, train me, etc.
What I liked about the demo was that the mechanics seemed familiar, yet "looked" tight and very functional. There wasn't wasted motion and the player was in control. I hope they don't get toooo cinematic with it. You don't need to; the environment and creatures provide a dramatic frame to the scenes on their own. I felt the dino busting through the tree's could have been a simple in game animation trigger; no cut scene needed to pull you out of the gameplay for those two or three seconds. But whatever.
And I love the contrast of tech and tribal. It's not done a whole lot, but it's pretty striking when done well.
