I have only played Tomb Raider, the 2013 game, so far and I was very excited to play this one, so-called sequel of it. All that I can say is that I was expecting to see more from this one and I haven't, so far. At the moment, I am close to finish the main story.
Tomb Raider 2013 was a very innovative game, in many ways and the thing I liked the most about it was the interactive story mode, when you had to do something even in the cutscenes between chapters. It was very captivating this way. Rise of Tomb Raider lacks this kind of intervetions throughout the game and it is noticeable.
The gameplay and the upgrade system is very similar and the graphics are above the previous game, so I have nothing to complain here.
Per total, it's a very fun and captivating game for all the adventurers out there. Have fun.