Ok, I had the problem with 'Failed to Initialize Direct3D with current setting Options' when pressing Play and the Options in the launcher crashed it. Basically you have to turn off ExclusiveFullScreen. Don't know where there is an option to turn that off in Windows 8. Press the windows key + R to bring up Run and run regedit. So basically, you have to go into the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareCrystal DynamicsTomb Raider . There, you have to create a subkey under Tomb Raider called Graphics. In Graphics you need to create a DWORD called ExclusiveFullScreen and set it to 0. There will allow to you go pass the Play problem. People have been saying to edit the registry and find such and such values. If you can't get pass the launcher, the game doesn't create any registry values, so there is nothing to edit. After you get pass the launcher and go back to the Tomb Raider registry, you will see a whole bunch of new values there.
I just figured this fix out so bare with me on the instructions if they're not 100% clear.
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