A Level 1 Parisian Back Streets
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Level One Training Parisian Back
Streets
After the glorious intro and cut scene of Von Croys
murder and Lara’s escape Out of his apartment Lara is thrown out
a window by forceful pooches that snag Her backpack from her.
Guess we’ll have to store the pickups in her Jean
Pockets!
The level begins in an alley and it’s raining.
Lara’s voice is the narrator that will guide You through the
controls and your movements as needed along the way. Go to a
door where there is a sign that’s says Martin Mealett and get the
chocolate bar. This is for a boost of energy 10% and non fat milk
Mmmm yummy save it for later. First you need to climb onto a
nearby bin and then jump and Grab the edge of the balcony and
climb up. Next you have to jump across a small gap To the next
balcony, and there you’ll find a ladder. Climb up the ladder and get
off onto The ledge and go through an opened window. Go inside and
get some goodies there. You’ll find some money a chocolate bar
for energy. A cabinet is locked and we need To pry it open. Leave
the apartment and climb up the ladder to the roof. On your
left You’ll find some Antique doubloons another goodie. You’ll
have to walk to the edge Of the balcony and jump across to the
other side. Once you grabbed the ledge and pull Up go to the left
and climb over a small fence and get another bar of
chocolate. Hop back over the fence and walk straight to the other
side. You’ll see a footing that Requires a short hop, jump across
and walk the planks you’ll see a drain pipe you need to Climb up.
Time is of the essence when climbing as Lara loses energy fast so
climb up And shimmy to the right as fast as you can till you can
let go onto a landing. After that Your energy is restored now you
need to shimmy to the right watching your energy. Pull up when
you are in the clear. Look for a barrel it’s in your way and you
need to Move it over to the left. Once clear go over the ledge
and grab the crowbar. Jump back To the roof again and go to a
door you passed earlier on the roof. Use the crowbar to Pry the
lock off the door and press action to open the door. Inside is your
first weapon An MV-9 mm semi automatic 12 shot gun. We can go
back to the apartment now by So shimmy back the way you came and
down the drain pipe,turn left and jump below And back through the
window of the apartment. Go to the cabinet and pry it open
with The crowbar. Inside is a necklace very valuable. Go out the
window again and make Your way as before back to the roof again
repeating the jump,the water pipe and shimmy To the rooftop and
head back to the area where we got the crowbar from. We have to
shimmy left along the ledge and get to a fire escape before
Lara Runs out of energy. Once there use the stealth button and
hug the wall Lara will peer Around the corner. At the end of the
walkway on the left near some cans is a key. By all means get it
as we will need it soon. Go back the way you came until you see a
Gate open, the gate and climb down the ladder to end the
training level.
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B Level 2 Relic Apartment
Block |
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Level
2
Relic Apartment Block
The level begins with
Lara by a door way that is barricaded by a piece of wood
and
Police are trying to break in to get you. Pull the
cabinet to the right to block the door
To hold them off for a
little while now head up the stairs. The police have
broken
Through and have thrown tear gas inside. The tear gas
will get you eventually if
You do not find a place where the
gas hasn’t gotten to yet so time is a factor.
Head to the
next landing and ignore the boarded doors. Go around the elevator
and
Cross the landing around the non functioning
elevator. There is a locked door
Apartment 21 that Lara says
needs a key. We’ll be back later for that.
Run around the
corner and jump the gap between the stairs. Continue to
climb
The steps until you’ve reached the next landing. The
floor which wasn’t in great
Shape to begin with falls apart
from debris above making the gap even wider.
Leap over the
gap with a long jump and climb up. Look for some health
pills
Around the corner that are good for a 20% boost woo
hoo! Tastes like candy.
Move next to the wardrobe blocking
the stairs and go to the next landing.
You find your first
Health Pack and a door you have to barge with your
shoulder
To get through. Take a deep breath now because the
gas has temporarily stopped
And get some goodies in the 2
cabinets in the room. You have also gained
An upgrade of
upper body, some V-Packer Cartridges and some batteries and
those
Are not for a walkman they are for a K2 Impactor
battery. Leave the room and
Go back to the elevator landing
and get another goodie some health bandages.
Head for the
stairs where there is a crate we need to move. Move it towards the
stairs
Until it won’t move no further and climb up. Jump
across the gap to the railings
Across the way, Lara will grab
them climb up and proceed to a door on the right.
You enter a
maintenance room and wow the gas has stopped for a
moment.
Quickly grab 2 items. One a lift key and on the wall
another set of keys to the
Apartment. Activate a lever in the
room that starts the elevator and head towards
The elevator;
Do not use the 0 or 1 or you’ll be caught by the cops. You need
to
Get to the door on the floor level with the wide gap we
jumped before. Once
Inside get some more goodies in a cabinet
and 2 more goodies in the drawers.
The goodies we acquire are
Vector- R35 another gun and another bar of chocolate
Last but
not least a large health pack. Leave the room and jump the gap
again
And head for the elevator to the top floor where we
need to go to the room
Where we activated the elevator "the
maintenance room". Open the metal door
And exit this gassy
level and breathe a breath of fresh air
Ahhhhh.
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C Level 3 Industrial
Rooftops |
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Level
3 Industrial Rooftops
The level begins back in the rain
again but it sure beats the gas in the previous level. Lara needs
to climb the block and go up the ladder to a platform with a wire
above. Position yourself and jump to grab the wire. Hurry and
don’t waste time as Lara’s Energy will run out and she’ll fall to
a nasty demise. Along the way you’ll hit a splice In the wire and
will need to use the duck button to raise Lara’s legs. Once past the
splice Which is only a split second of moving let go of the duck
button and resume to save time. A helicopter is now flying over
head , get off the wire to the side of the rooftop and run to The
boxes taking on a few gunshots from the helicopter. Here’s where it
gets tricky… Look at the opening and look for the grid on the
rooftop on the slope to the left. To the right is a skylight. We
want to walk slowly down the sloped grid left portion all the
way Down to the very edge. From here jump across to the other side
and grab the ledge and pull up. Use the duck button and crawl
inside the crate and grab some more bandages. Note : You have to
let go of the duck button and then press action to get the
goodie. Crawl out and head back to where you climbed up and turn
around do a backwards Drop and press action to grab the ledge
again. Let go and press action again to grab Another ledge on the
way down then let go to do a nice safe drop to the metal
walkway. There is a metal door that needs Lara’s shoulder to
force it open. They forgot about adding WD-40 hehe. Once inside
we have more goodies for the taking. Pick up the Doubloons and
proceed forward to another door that can be opened easily. On the
small table is another bar of chocolate eat it if your hungry. On
the floor is a Large Health Pack too. Next we go through the next
door. This one requires a good kick and leads to a walkway
leading to yet another door. Through that door you’ll see similar
balconys across the way go down a level and Walk until you reach
and edge Lara will tell you she’s not ready for a jump of That
distance yet. Drop down below and grab another Health Pack on the
ground Then look for the garage door that’s partially open. Duck
and crawl to get outside. Look around the area for some more
goodies and go back to the barrel with the fire. Further down
nearby is a crate with a barrel inside that needs to be pushed near
the barrel That’s on fire because there is a ladder we need to
climb onto. Once moved in position Climb onto the crate and grab
the ladder above and climb until you get to a landing And get
off. Walk through the door again and head back to the same area with
the garage door. After pushing the crate Lara got a boost of
abilities and can now make that long jump. Once back at that
area where we couldn’t make that jump before go ahead and take a
step backward and jump to the other side and grab the ledge. Shimmy
left until it’s safe to climb up and go up the ladder and grab
the goodie then a short hop and through a door, walk down the
corridor to the right is another door. Open the door and in the
distance is an area we need to jump to. Walk to the edge and hit the
forward and jump button you land on the other side.Go up the
stairs to another door and climb up the ladder ignoring the door
on the left (can’t open it anyway) Go through the door leading to
the rooftop. Once on the roof we have a few goodies To get. One
is behind the small shack with the smoke stack jutting out of it and
the Other is to the left of the shack that requires a short jump
to the other building and Down a ladder , Pick up some bandages
and back up the ladder and Jump back to where you were before and
run towards the opposite building to exit this level and on to
Margo Carvier’s Apartment.
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D Level 4 Margo Carvier's
Apartmernt |
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Level
4
Margo Carvier’s Apartment
The level begins
with Lara ringing Margo’s bell and asking if
She can come in.
You will be required to ask questions and give
Answers and
depending on those answers will decide your outcome.
You need
to convince Margo to give you Von Croy’s notebook.
So lets
assume you’ve done well and answered correctly and
Margo has
given you the notebook. After she has given
It to you Margo
leaves the apartment and you are in front of a desk.
You need
to get a few things in the apartment. Do not loiter
around
The doors are all locked except for the one we need to
exit from.
We have little time to waste as the police are
onto your whereabouts
If you do venture about the apartment
poking around they will enter
The apartment and you will be
arrested.
Immediately grab the cognac on the counter near the
sink if you didn’t
Get the notebook the cognac is in one of
the bottom kitchen cabinets.
I’d make sure I got the notebook
as this is the path of this written level.
Ok we have the
cognac get out of the kitchen and proceed to the Large
Desk
in the living room and grab some health pills. The
doorway
Left of the desk with a potted plant is your exit. By
now the police
Are well on there way so exit the door and
jump through the window.
Lara drops down and finds refuge and
takes a well deserved sleep in
The Parisian Ghetto and the
end of this level.
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E Level 5 |
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From this point on
it starts to get more complicated as there are numerous paths
you can take and this is the path I have taken in this
walkthrough.
Level 5
Parisian Ghetto
Lara well
rested wakes at 6a.m. in a metro car. Exit the car via The only
exit and turn left and go to some bums hanging out by A flaming
barrel roasting some mystery meat lol! Walk up to them and start
pumping them for info. They give you A little information but not
much they only tell you to go to the Café Metro in the Place d’
Arcade... Leaves the bums to their warm Toasty fire and turn back
to the metro car and walk up to the pipe In front of the car.
Lara will climb up then jump to the top. Turn left and walk to
the other end of the there is a goodie under The pipe, crawl
under and get the goodie. Come back to the car Crawling back,
turn around and climb the fence to the top. From here We can get
some more goodies before we speak to the nice Frenchman We can
see to the right-hand corner in the distance. On the grating
you Are standing on turn toward the other grating at the opposite
end and Take a few steps back and go for that long leap and grab
the grating On the other side. Once up make your way to the right
hand side toward Some fencing, you’ll notice to the left of the
fence a small lip sticking out That Lara can shimmy across. Jump
onto the small ledge and shimmy right Until Lara turns then bring
yourself up through the gap in the fence. You’ll find 2 goodie
pickups for your trouble. Now we have to head back To the grating
we were on near the nice Frenchman. Carefully hang drop From the
opening to avoid losing precious energy. Go back to the pipe
and Up the car and climb the fence again and walk in the
direction of the man Standing towards the right hand corner. Turn
right and jump to land on the Platform. Walk up to the City Guide
and ask him a few questions. What you ask has no bearing on the
outcome he simply tells you there is A lot of creepy things going
on by a serial killer dubbed the Monstrum. He suggests you go to
the Café’ Metro. After the conversation there is A door nearby
exit through the door and walk up to the nice lady standing There
waiting for some business to come her way on such a fine
morning. Janice is the lady in red and if you want as much
quality info from her You need to ask the right questions. 1. Ask
her if she has worked in the Neighborhood for very long. Oh?
trouble? 3. What makes this café owner so Unlucky? After you find
out all the dish that’s been going on in the area And to visit
the Le Serpent Rouge and the latest on Margo we need to find The
Willowtree Herbalist.
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F Level 6 |
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Level 6 The
Willowtree Herbalist
To get there go to mapquest.com (just
kidding) Look for the Le Serpent Rouge its right there around
you. Go in that Direction and if you are going the right way on
your left will be a wad Of cash, continue on and if you walked
over the sewer plate that’s Bouchard’s Hideout, but we aren’t
going there yet so pass it by. Go to the end of the street and,
go left to the end (Screen Load*) *as we enter certain place a
screen will appear to load the next area* Go uphill and look to
your right for a building with some stairs. Nothing in the first
doorway so walk up to the top and enter the Willowtree Herbalist
Shop. (Screen Load once again) Walk up to the herbalist dude a
nice friendly Asian fellow. He tells you to find Bouchards body
guard, but you’ll need Money and a password from him to get to
Bouchard. We can exit the store now and next we have to find
the St. Aicard’s Church. Once you leave the shop you’ll
have Another screen load these load screens are helpful as
they Provide clues to what to look for sometimes. In this
case The load screen provides the church we are looking
for. Head out of the shop and down the steps and go in
that Direction bear slightly left and to the right is the
building You can’t miss it.
St. Aichard's
Church
Walk to the door and enter. It’s not used As a
place of worship anymore it’s been converted into a
Gym. Sacrilege lol! In the rear of the room is an alter push it
until Lara tells you you’ve gotten stronger, now you’ve increased
your Leg strength. Head over to the beefy gym dude hanging out by
the Ring. Lara can make a wager here providing she has the loot
to bet. I suggest saving here before you wager as you can lose
and not get The watch, this way you can load a save again and
replay until you Do win the wager to get the watch. Lara wants
his watch so she can use it for the pawn shop later. You have a
choice to make between Zak & Carl. I chose Carl and won The
watch. The beefy gym dude tells you to make like a tree and
get Out of here. Exit the Church I mean Gym and follow the path
back Past the Willowtree Herbalist and down the street (Load
Screen)
Renne's Pawnshop
Run all the way past Janice
the lady in red you spoke to earlier as you Pass her things still
look like business is slow. You’ll see a barricade At the end of
the street the last door on the right is Renne’s pawn shop. Go
through the door and the entrance is the first left down the
hall Nothing is up the stairs ahead. Talk to Renne and he’ll ask
you if you Are buying or selling. A select screen appears and
select your items You’ve collected you can sell to build up your
euros. Now exit the Building and go back to where Janice is
wasting the day away, but on The bright side getting lots of
fresh air.
Cafe' Metro
Opposite Le Serpent
Rouge Are a set of stairs take the stairs (Load Screen and
building hint) Go down the street and bear left you pass along
the way a store with A red canopy, take the left after the store
ahead is a street sign and If you look closely points the way
left to the Café Metro which is Where we need to go next. The
entrance is before the non-ridable Motorcycle too bad what a
bummer. Go inside and walk up to the counter There is a
recognizable gentleman who looks like he may have had too Much
wine seated in the corner of the café. If you look closely it’s
none Other than Kurtis Trent, he’s not in the mood for social
interaction at Present so say hi and leave him be. Lara asks
Pierre at the counter If he needs anything done, problems sorted
out in return for his assistance In the whereabouts of Bouchard.
Lara is to go to the Le Serpent Rouge and Get a small item in a
non functioning light fixture and bring it back to him. He gives
you the key to the place as he use to be employed there. You
can Now exit the Café and wave bye bye to Kurtis on your way out
he may wave Back if he’s in the mood.
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G Level 7 Le Serpent
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Level 7 Le
Serpent Rouge
*note: This is my outcome and others may
experience a different one.
After leaving the Café’ Metro
head back to Janice, along the way where we have found Cash many
times in the corner is another wad of cash to be taken. As Lara goes
to grab it Kurtis gets on his bike and takes off into the
Parisian sunset. Nothing like French Roast To wake you right up
again. Go to the back of Le Serpent Rouge and enter the
building You’ll encounter a baddie in the office nearby. Take him
out with some kicks or use Your weapons to take him out, then
scoop up the snacks and goodies on the desk he won’t Be needing
them anymore. Leave the office and look for a switch on the
wall. It turns out the lights and you could have used it to make
things more stealthy with the Baddie before, but I just saw him
and wasted him right away. Go down the end of the hall And you’ll
enter the club. Baddies are inside waiting to shoot you dead. You’ll
have to Face them eventually but for now we want to cause a
slight diversion first. Activate your stealth mode and hug the
wall left and sneak up the stairs. Grab the record On the
turntable and then turn around and turn on the switch near the
stairs you came up. Taking the record will give us music with our
flashing lights we just turned on. *Baddies that are wasted by
Lara disappear and leave their weapon behind always Look for one
and add it to your arsenal. No time to waste a baddie is at the
stairs hurry and take him out quickly. Another baddie Is out
there also do the same to him as you did to his partner. Walk around
the stage You’ll find a goodie grab the bandages and head over
to the bar. Grab the goodies On both sides of the counter two on
the back and the bottle on the front. Now look for a Switch at
the entrance of the bartenders area it activates a dumb waiter throw
the switch. Down comes some V-Packers Cartridges take them both
then leave the bar area. Head for the stairs but get ready for a
baddie at the top. Walk around the catwalk upstairs To a movable
block. You have to push or pull it towards the railing and line it
up as close As possible to the lighting rig above, Jump and pull
yourself up then walk to the center Of the room. Some rigging
collapses in front of us. Jump to the catwalk on the other
side. Go to the right hand corner and there is a health pack.
You’ll encounter 2 baddies take Them down then look for an
opening in the railing of the catwalk. Go to the edge and Wait
for the lighting rig to be at its lowest point and jump towards it.
Don’t have a Heavy hand on the left stick or you may overshoot
the mark. Once on the rigging Take another leap to the other side
of the rigging and turn left. You’ll see a part of the Rigging
you can climb onto. Climb up and shimmy right and climb to the top
of the Rigging. Across the way from here we can see a green cat
walk on the other side. We have to make a jump from where we are
to the other side of the rigging. Turn around and look ahead and
jump to the ledge across the way. Turn left and Climb the ladder
and left to the walkway. Turn around and look at a box on the
rigging. Take note of that box because that where we have to come
back to get Pierre’s Item. Turn around and to the left you see a
slide. Slide down and hit the jump button the way Down to jump
to the ledge on the other side. A short jump over the gap and
forward To the end where some more rigging is with a pipe resting
above it. Jump to the rigging And shimmy left past the pipes and
pull yourself up. From here turn left and jump Down to the green
catwalk near a control room door. Lara does not have the strength to
Open the door right now but she will after you kick the catwalk
to bring it down so we Can walk on it later. Now kick in the
control room door and you’ll find a panel with Left and right
switches. Hit the left switches twice and the right switches
once. This will line up our light that Pierre said was the only
one broken. Now we leave The control room and head across the
catwalk Lara’s so graciously kicked down for us. Go to the end to
the ladder again and back to the rigging with the box once
again. If you threw the switches correctly you’ll find Pierre’s
Trinket Box. Return to the ladder and back to the control room
where you’ll encounter a baddie. Take his weapon after and a
Ticket Office Key that is on the floor. Before we exit Climb down
the ladder and grab a snack of chocolate. Climb back up and exit
through The door. Make your way down to the street level by
taking the ladder the a drop From a small opening and then a
flight of stairs. Through an opening and drop to the Street. We
are now finished with Le Serpent Rouge and need to find a
manhole Cover for the Metro Tunnels. Note: Once in the
manhole it says Bouchard’s Hideout. We are in the right
place Though so don’t worry.
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H Level 8 Metro
Tunnels |
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Metro
Tunnels
Once back on the street find the manhole cover we
passed frequently where we Got many wads of cash and saw Kurtis
take off on his bike. If you were near Janice and facing the Le
Serpent Rouge that would be the direction to take. Drop down the
manhole cover and go down the corridor and make a left to Some
boxes. Jump onto the box and climb the wall you’ll notice the
mortar Broken as a clue you can climb it. Go as high as you can
and shimmy to the Right as far as you can until you are around
the small platform and can pull Yourself up. Turn left and jump
to the platform on the other side. Look up for The opening above
and turn Lara to a 45 degree angle and jump towards the
opening. Lara will grab the ledge, shimmy over and climb in. Use
the duck button to crawl Through to the next room. Jump to the
next opening and crawl through and exit. Turn right towards a
gate, there is a lot of goodies and cash on the ground to pick
up. Open the gate and go up the stairs and exit the park. This
area should be very Familiar by now across the street is the
Church Gym so turn right and go past The Willowtree Herbalist and
all the back to the are where we can see Janice And where we can
get another wad of cash in the corner then back down the
sewer Again. Go straight as far as you can go until you reach an
area with a drop below. To your right you’ll notice two small
platforms and broken mortar that’s climbable. We have hang from
the small ledge and shimmy left and climb down and over And enter
that small alcove. There is a diamond ring we can pawn at renne’s
shop After we are done. Climb back out and return to the small
ledge. From there we Have to make a jump to the other side. I
suggest a save here in case you don’t Make it. Jump to the area
across the way pick up the goodie and climb the ladder, Make a
left and kick down a door and get the large health pack. Exit the
room and Return back to the ladder and back to the area we jump
to before. Another save Alert here as this jump is a bit tricky
also. Position yourself just right to get Back to the left small
corner ledge, take the jump and climb back up then go Straight
all the way through the tunnel. At the end of the tunnel on the
right Is a ladder, climb up the ladder and exit to the surface
and cash in our ring at the Pawn shop. Ooops forgot out of the
manhole and at our favorite corner the money Fairy left another
wad of cash. Pick it up and head past Janice to Renne’s. We
didn’t get much for the ring must have been a cubic
zerconia. Head out of the pawn shop back to Janice and go up the
stairs to the left and Follow the path back to the Café’ Metro.
Down the street bearing left, street sign And another left and
straight ahead on your right is the shop. The bike is
gone Because it was Kurtis Trents last time we were there. Enter
the Café’ and Walk up to Pierre, he tells you Kurtis was asking
also about the whereabouts Of Bouchard and as agreed to get to
Bouchard he has set up a meeting with His ex Francine and gives
you the address and password to her apartment. Her apartment is
by The Church Gym St. Aicards Church. To get there exit the Café’
and bear left back where we came by Janice, Down the stairs and
left down the block bear left, up the hill and past the Church.
You’ll see a dude behind a gate. That’s Bouchards doorman. Leave
him be for now we don’t need to talk to him. Past him down the
Road look for a door with a keypad on the right. You can refer
to your Items List or simply type in 15328. Now you can enter the
door and head up the Stairs to Francine’s apartment. She tells
you that’s Bouchard’s Hideout is In the basement of the Church.
Pierre was right about Bouchard lying low! She tells you the only
way to get there is through the graveyard mausoleum That’s
happens to be right outside her window. What a view! Press the
action Button at the window to leave Francine’s apartment and
onto the ledge.
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I Level 9 The
Graveyard |
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St. Aicard’s
Graveyard
We left off the previous part at Francine’s
Ledge. Turn right and jump to the next ledge, walk to
the Railing and climb over you’ll see a drain pipe there climb up
it Shimmy over a bit and pull yourself to the top. Now here
we Have to stop and possibly a good choice to save. You have to
run To the other end of the ledge because it will collapse as you
are Running. Once at the end hang off the ledge and shimmy
right To drop down to the balcony where a red line is awaiting
for you To jump and grab it to cross to the other side and drop
safely to The balcony. From here hang drop to the
graveyard. There are some goodies to be had, to the right behind
a headstone Is a health pack and way around the other end behind
a mausoleum? Is some bandages. On your way to the bandages there
is a mean old Graveyard doggie and we have chocolate but no
biscuits so we’ll have To put to sleep the poor doggie with our
pistol. We have to build up Some body strength before we can go
after a goodie inside a mausoleum Door, we‘ll have to knock down
a statue in the graveyard to get that strength To push these
heavy metal doors in. In the graveyard are numerous Mausoleums,
but we have two in the grave yard we can jump onto. The one we
want first is on the far end in the area we got our bandages
but A few mausoleums before the and across from a fenced
mausoleum where We have our statue inside the fenced area. Jump
onto the mausoleum and A short jump to the higher one, from there
we can take that jump to the one Across the way in the fenced
area with the statue. Walk up to the statue and Climb up, press
action and Lara will push down the statue. It crashes and
opens Our way to Bouchard’s Hideout, but before we go there we
now have the strength To knock in some doors and get our well
deserved goodies. Knock in the door on The mausoleum in the
fenced area you are in and get goodies on the floor. Leave the
mausoleum and climb to the roof and jump to any mausoleum you
like Nearby and drop back to the ground. There is another
mausoleum we passed earlier In a fenced area before we met the
doggie. Jump up to the mausoleum next to the Fenced in one, turn
and jump the mausoleum in the fenced area. Break in the door And
pick up your prize. Now we have to Jump back up onto the mausoleum
again And jump to the one we were on before and drop down. You
now have to repeat The jumps by the other fenced area to the
shorter mausoleum and the taller one, Then the long jump back
onto the one in the fenced area by the statue once again. Go to
the entrance we created by pushing down the statue and jump in you
are now In Bouchard’s Hideout.
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J Level 10 Bouchard's
Hideout |
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Bouchard’s
Hideout
Ok we climbed up to are statue before and jumped in
the crypt to Bouchard’s Hideout. Hurry and run down the corridor
the floor is about to collapse! If you landed close to the hole
Lara says she can climb this. The hole you Are curious about has
two rats inside save your ammo if you desire that hole is if We
fall from the pipe on the next pit so we can return to this area and
climb Back up. Climb up the wall to the left of the rat hole and
grab the pipe, shimmy Left until you reach safe ground. Next is
yet a third pit which has water. We Have to dive in go under and
onto the other side where you’ll see two jutted Sewer pipes
sticking out at either end. Once again Lara will say I can climb
this. Climb up to the crack and shimmy left once again and reach
safe ground. Walk up to a grate on your right and get rid of the
rodent behind the grate then Kick in the grate. Crawl through to
the other side and get the goodie on the floor. Open the first
and then the second door. This brings you back to the beginning
of The level. For now let’s backtrack to the grate and crawl back
through, come out And turn to the right toward a pile of rubble.
Use the action button and pull back The stone in your way this
clears a passage beyond the other side of the wall. Head back to
the grate area and crawl through once again and through the
two Doors and turn left through the rubble filled corridor and
jump into the water Move across and pull up to the other side. Go
to your right and go through the Opening in the wall into an area
with cells in the room. Go to the doorway on The left and walk
through a mutated man is on a cot moaning. Leave him in Peace,
but take the health pack that’s on the ledge to the left of him
against the wall. Leave the room and turn left; there is a brown
door at the end of the corridor. Open the door and we finally get
to meet Bouchard. It is very important to Be polite to Bouchard
if you make him angry he will shoot you dead and we Don’t want
that do we? When it’s response time use these three listed. 1.
Easy Bouchard I lost a friend….. 2. A front obviously 3.
Passports? Bouchard and Lara discuss the mutated man and the
Monstrom , but the Business at hand is a business deal between
Bouchard and Lara to give Renne the pawn broker some passports
and that will give Renne the Message that Lara can be trusted
because she is working with Bouchard And can get what she need
through Renne. After the conversation pull the level on the wall
near the other door in his Room and exit this room to an opened
cell door which is straight ahead Last door on the left. Pick of
the bar of chocolate and let’s move a block In the room. Find the
movable block and push it until it is close to the Door so we can
climb up to the loft above. Once up there we have to pull A
switch that opens a door back in Bouchard’s room. Hang drop down
and Go back to Bouchard’s room and exit through the open door
that was by the Switch we opened for the cell earlier and exit to
the St. Aichards Church Gym street level. Exit the gym and head
back to where Janice is you should Know by now bear left and past
the Herbalist etc. Don’t forget to pick up your Wad of cash that
is always there when we return to that spot in the corner
near The sewer. Pass Janice and go to Renne’s Shop. There Lara
passes Eckhardt for the first time, but doesn’t know him yet.
You’ll go into the shop and place the passports on The counter.
Now that you have control of Lara again go into the nearby room
and You’ll find Renne dead on the floor. He becomes another
casualty of the Monstrum Killings notice the M in blood. Pick up
his wallet on the floor inside is a piece of Scrap paper that has
a code for the nearby door with a Keypad. Also look for a Trap
door near there that’s our exit soon and we’ll have to get to it
quickly. You’ll notice if you look around there are blinking
thingy’s around those are Bombs. Nice security in that pawn shop!
Use your item list or simply use this Code and punch in 14529 and
the door will open. Inside are the items Von Croy Didn’t get a
chance to pick up before his demise. Before we take all the
items Be ready to push a button on the wall. After you pick up
the last item the lasers Catch you red handed and you don’t have
much time to get out. So pick up the items Hit the exit button on
the wall and leave the room, then turn right to the trap
door, Press action to open and jump down and run like hell, jump
down another opening Ahead to the sewer keep on running like the
wind as the bombs explode and Lara just makes it out alive. (Cut
Scene) Kurtis Trent is hanging out have a smoke and watches Lara
escape. It’s doesn’t phase him in the least and walks away. (Cut
Scene 2) Cabal members and Eckhardt discuss their plans that once
they have the final Abscura painting they can attempt once again
to waken the sleeper with more Success this time around. End of
this level and onto the Louve Storm Drains.
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K Level 11 Louvre Storm
Drains |
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The Louvre Storm
Drains
We begin this level sliding down to the lovely
sewer. Hey! Lara has a new outfit! Yes there are more rats and
some bother Lara and some do not. I don’t think I need tell you
what to do to the one that do bother Lara. Once in the sewer turn
left and pick of the candy bar, then ahead of that Go up the
stairs and pick up the health pack. Come back down the stairs And
head down the tunnel where you see and hear the gushing
water. There is a passage with mucky water on the left with a
ladder and straight Ahead in the main sewer area if your turn
left is a doorway that leads to The same exact area and Lara
would get to if she climbs the ladder in the Mucky water area.
Turn left at the main sewer area and get the goodie on The floor
and head down the corridor. In the room is a valve that Lara is
not Strong enough yet to turn, there is also a rat that may
bother you. Return to The main sewer room with the gushing water
and search for a pipe on the wall And climb it. Take note you can
walk safely around the rushing waterfall but Lara will die a
nasty fall if you jump down. Now back to the pipe on the
wall. Climb up and get off onto the rusty platform on the left.
And walk to a switch on The wall. This switch shuts off a fan
down the corridor on the right if you were Just entering the main
sewer area. Lets go back to the pipe we climbed up and Climb
down. Head left and down the corridor and on the right we’ll find a
small Ladder and our fan that we shut off with the switch. Climb
the small ladder and go Up to the fan and Lara will say she
thinks she can turn the blades. Turn the blades To the right
twice to make it possible for Lara to duck and crawl through the
opening In the fan. After turning the blades Lara now has the
strength to turn the valves. Hit the crawl button and enter the
fan blade opening and pick up the goodie. Go down The rest of the
way and get off the barrel, walk up to the valve and turn it to shut
off Pipe number three on the control panel. One down and five to
go. To the left is an alcove That supposedly had darts, but I
didn’t see anything there perhaps you’ll have better luck. Lets
now go back the way we came back through the fan blade and down the
ladder then Left to the end of the corridor to the main sewer
area again. Go right and around to the Control panel area and
through the room to the right once again Lara can now shut off
the Valve there. Shut off the valve and exit the way you came and
head back to the pipe We climbed up earlier. Two Valves and four
to go now. Climb up the pipe and back onto The platform. In the
middle are an opening and a platform that goes across the
waterfall. Carefully walk across the plank to the other side and
turn off valve number three. Three Valves down and three to go
now. This also floods the tunnels below the waterfall that Can
now search the tunnels. Turn right across the walkway and pick up
the goodie at the End of the walkway are rungs jump up and climb
the ladder getting off at the next gantry. Go left to find
another set of rungs and climb up. Go right to the end to a piece of
metal Blocking your way. Lara says I can climb this it’s not for
the metal grid if you look up There is a pipe we will eventually
climb to get to another valve across the way but before We do
walk back to the other side and walk another blank to a room across
the way and Get a goodie inside and return back to this area
again and back to the pipe we need To jump now. Jump to the pipe
and shimmy across to turn off our fourth valve. Four down now and
two to go. After this we have to make our way all the way to
the Bottom surface again. So shimmy across the pipe and go down
the gantries and across The plank to another gantry and down the
very first pipe we climbed to the ground Below. Enter the water
and dive down enter the passage tunnel and swim forward Taking 2
rights after the send right you’ll be heading upward to the surface.
Don’t Waste anytime investigating or Lara will drown. You’ll find
a grating you can climb To another gantry platform. Walk to the
left and you’ll hear Lara say I can climb this That is because
there is a pipe above you we need to jump onto and shimmy
across To the plank in the middle and drop off, once off go to
the end to the valve and shut It down. Five valves down now and
only one to go! Go to the middle of the plank Again and look for
a metal grid across the way. We need to jump to the pipe
again And shimmy and drop over to there. Climb up the grid there
to the top until you are On the gantry platform. Walk left to the
end and you’ll see another gantry we need To jump to, to reach
the final and 6th valve that will shut off the waterfall
completely. From here go to the right and to the end of the ramp
and jump to the other one. You’ll see a door enter it and pick up
the goodie. Continue on and to the right to Another door and look
for a plank to walk across in front of you. Walk across and At
the gantry turn left and angle yourself for a short hop into the
storm drain. When you reach the end of the tunnel here you’ll see
a set of pipes in front of you This is the boiler room. Lara says
she smells oil here. We need to hang drop from Here to the ramp
below us. Use the look button and you’ll see it. If you go into
the Water by mistake there is a ladder to get back out and simply
make your way to The gantry ramp across the way. There is an
upper boiler on a high ramp above Lara says the same thing at
either boiler that this is the place and better refer to the Map.
This is a very good time to save if you’ve made it to the
boiler. If you did hang drop and went left to the boiler on the
other side we are ready. Lara is going to set an explosive set
for 5 seconds and the place is going to be on fire. You need to
do a back flip by pressing the jump button and back on the left
stick PS2 Or Back Arrow PC. When in the water head for the
right-hand tunnel go straight and Take the first left and take it
all the way until you reach the surface and can breathe. Wade
through the water. You’ll see pipes in the way of a path in front of
you so go to The left tunnel and left again until you reach the
end. You can now see the result of your Handy work and we are
almost at the end of this level. Hang drop down to the
platform Below you and go left to the ladder at the end. You
cannot climb down the next ladder Or you will fry Lara to a
crispy critter. Jump past the flames and onto the platform
and Climb the rungs ahead on the wall and left onto the gantry
platform and take it to the end. Go to the edge of the gantry and
jump to the landing below. To the left is our exit out Of the
boiler you and are into the Louvre.Once through you’ll see a blue
room that goes Right and left there is nothing on the right so
lets go left to end this level and onto The Louvre
Galleries.
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L Level 12 Louvre
Galleries |
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The Louvre
Galleries
The level begins with Lara standing at the gallery
stair and says at least it's clean in here. It's important to
activate stealth mode and throughout the laser area the walk button
will Also be used more than the run. Turn on stealth mode to head
up the stairs, there is a Camera you can avoid if you time it
right and the two guards one outside and one at the Top of the
stairs won't see you. Once at the top of the stairs sneak up on the
guard and Punch his light out and watch him vanish into never
never land. Proceed to a door and Open it. This is the laser room
be careful of the trip lasers if you trip any metal cages
will Come down upon you and the Guard will be right up to get
you. If you do trip the wires And take out the guard you can
reset the lasers again by pushing a button on the wall. With all
this said and we are all prepared lets get through these
lasers Jump onto the first display case and turn left there is a
stone slab on the wall with a A health pack on top. Jump and grab
then pull up and take your first goodie here Then turn right
facing the first set of laser trip wires. (Not a bad idea to save
your game here) You need to perform a running jump here to make
it over and if you miss one of the guards Shows up shooting and
you'll have to shoot back. Once he's put to sleep reset the
lasers By pushing a yellow button on the entrance of the door and
head back to the slab and start Over. If you made it to the
second glass case no problem. Climb down and jump onto the Middle
case and back up for a running jump over to the next case. Time your
jump as the Lasers move up and down as they start to pass below
the case make your jump. Once on the next case hang drop of the
end of it and shimmy past the laser over the case And climb back
onto the case. Jump over to the next case on the right and jump on
it and Grab the ledge above and shimmy left. When you are past
drop down and exit through the Door to the next set of lasers in
the next room. (Cut Scene) Will show some guards Around and
unfortunately we can't avoid them. Crawl under the first laser and
trip the next one That will bring the guard in the white shirt
coming to you so take him down and make sure you Pick up the
security pass he leaves behind. In the far right corner is a large
health pack and Opposite left is a door with a card reader. Walk
up to a card reader near a sign in the corner Of the room Lara
mentions Von Croy talked about the security pass card that Margot
had. The card doesn't work on this door but it will work on the
one in the next room. Now in the middle of the room go through
the only door that is unlocked this is the Mona Lisa Room.
Another guard in white is there lets for fun use our stealth mode
around the glass cases And sneak up behind him press action and
Lara takes him down with a nice punch for good Measure. On the
left hand corner by the door is a glass case blocking a switch we
need to Move it out of the way. After moving it this will give
Lara the strength to move an even bigger case. Do not trip the
Mona Lisa lasers as they will let out a poisonous gas. Go to the
large case in the middle of the room and move it as close as you can
to the chairs in Front of it. Go to the small glass case you
moved and use your card. You have to be quick now And jump onto
the big case as it is on a time and do a running jump onto the ledge
over the Mona Lisa painting and crawl through the opening. Once
through walk a bit and crawl through Another bit of venting climb
out and find the ladder on the right side wall and climb up. Once
at the top wait for the guard in the white shirt. Wait until he
walks away and kick down The grid and go to stealth mode. Creep
up on the guard and let Lara give him the one-two punch. Now
look for an Upside down L shaped air duck against the building wall.
There is a base in From of it you can climb up. Shimmy, climb up
and walk when you can to the right until you Get to a metal
conduit pipe above you. You have zero time to waste getting across
so set Yourself up not at the beginning but a step or two ahead
until Lara is willing to jump up and Grab the pipe. Immediately
make your way across to the other side and off onto the ledge
below. Lara will say that she is stronger now. Go to the right
until you see a pipe you can climb down. You have to hang and
shimmy to get to it. Half way down hang to the ledge of the window
and Climb in where a guard is standing immediately go into
stealth and take him down. He leaves Behind a key. You will need
this key if you do not have the crowbar in your inventory. *Funny
Bug Alert.* If from the pipe you try to get onto the window before
Lara can grab and pull Up she will stand there for a second and
float away into the air. You'll have to restart. Climb out the
window and down the pipe you'll see stairs and a gate open the gate
and down The stairs. Left and right are two utility doors the one
on the right has bandages and with Lara's acquired strength from
the pipe climbing she can now shoulder in the doors. Let's head
back to the pipe we were at before where we got the guards keep but
now climb to The top and shimmy right until we can get onto the
walkway there. Go all the way down to the Other end where you'll
see a fenced area and a gate door. If you do not have a crowbar the
key You got from the guard will come in handy now. You'll have to
go down the ladder and to the Right is a blue utility door. Use
the guard’s key and get the crowbar inside. Go back to the Ladder
back to where we were at the fenced area and use the crowbar on the
gate. Climb up the exhaust ductwork and crawl through the opening
and down the ladder. Go through the duct until you see an end and
drop down into a storage room. You will see A guard walking by
wait until he passes and go into stealth mode and take him
down. A doorway with a keypad is Margot Carvier's Office and we
to get the code. One of the doors Has an office filled with the
usual desks and PC's but there is a round shaped glass door That
will open when you get near. You may get to sneak up on the guard
but if not take him Down. The PC monitors in the office have
access to the offices one of which is Margot's. You can use the
zoom to look around and find the posty with the code but if you
can't find it The code number is 14639. Go now to Margot's office
where we had the keypad and unlock the door. In the room you'll
find information about the Abscura paintings just walk around and
when you See the hand pop up find out all the details you can
about them but most importantly get Margot's Security pass at a
draw bottom right of the front of the desk. Leave the room and down
the hall Left is an X-Ray room remember this room we'll be back
after after the Tomb of Ancients. Leave the X-Ray room and down
the other hall and use your Margot Security Pass and open
the Door and head all the way down all those stairs. Go through
the only opened doorway and there Are two doors but only one
opens the one on the right. Unlock the door on the other end
using The pass card and open it. Go through and you'll see
familiar territory open the next door With your card read and go
down the stairs. There is a guard there you'll have to deal
with The room on the right has some nice artifacts to look at but
nothing more. Head for the stairs go all the way down and open
the door. Find the stairs and head down. There is a room with
portable lighting lit all around. Head to either door and end the
level. Next up The Archaeological
Dig.
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M Level 13 The Archaeological
Dig |
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The Archaeological
Dig
The level starts at an opened fence go in and to your
right. You unavoidably will encounter a guard, Take his weapon a
K2 Impactor for that extra jolt. Then proceed to the room he came
out of and Throw a switch in the middle of the room. You'll see
some lights come on and it turns on the Air Conditioning (Cool!)
Activating the switch will help any elevator we encounter later to
have a good Chance of being functional also now we can leave this
area. Go out the door and turn right you will Encounter a baddie
so take the baddie down and take his weapon. Back up a bit because
of the Baddie the distracted us we missed a door. If we exited
the air conditioning room and went right And turn right around
that building there is a metal door. Open the door and go up to the
computer Terminal and press action. This activates a scanner. For
PS2 users use the left stick and move it to The upper left hand
corner and when you see the hand pop up press action to get our
first Ancient Symbol Tracing. Leave this room and to the right go
to the office at the very end. Inside walk up to the The computer
area and look for what looks like a CD player open and grab the
second Ancient Symbol Tracing. If you walk over to the far left
PC you'll hear Lara find out about the Nephilim. Leave this
room And draw your weapon a baddie is coming. Proceed towards
where we entered this level and in the Middle of the fence is an
opening with a ladder. Go down the ladder and make your way left and
go Do another ladder. Find your way across some planks and hold
the walk and jump at the same time For a short leap across. Go
down the next ladder but come right back up a baddie with a good
trigger Finger will be shooting at you. Position yourself with
your weapon until you can target him and finish Him off. Now
trace your way back up the scaffolding because on our way down in
the beginning on our Left was an arch on the wall and a wooden
platform above. We need to get to the top left portion of
that Platform and make a standing leap towards that wooden
platform above the arch grab and climb up. That’s a great spot
once there to save your game in case you miss. Once up on the wooden
platform climb up onto the walkway and go to the middle and make
a left you'll see an are with a circle on the floor. Nearby is a
switch that will lower an elevator to the scaffolding throwing the
switch. Head back to that wooden Platform and drop down to the
concrete arch below it and angle yourself for a jump onto the
elevator section We lowered with the switch. You'll see on your
left one of those round pinwheel things you see at
amusement Parks except this one is a hell of a lot older and does
something different except spin. This opens the Tomb Of Ancients
and it needs some switches pull in order and some pulling on the
wheel to unlock so let's have Your undivided attention. Up the
stairs and to the left are switches that have to be pulled in a
certain order. This unlocks and locks portions or sections of the
wheel for us to line up the four proper symbols to unlock The
Tomb of Ancients, Now that we know what we have to do lets do it.
The four Symbols we have to line Up are on the dial for us to
move them properly go to the switch area up the stairs and around
the corner of The wheel they look like for wooden sticks from an
episode of the Flintstones. Ignore the first lever for now And
pull levers 2 & 3 & 4 to the lower position and go back to
the wheel or mechanism. Only the outer Section will move now
because the other three are closed. Pull that bar on the wheel until
you see a Crescent moon shape line into place with the closed
sections. Go back to the switches and pull lever Number 1 to the
off position and pull lever number 2 to open. Go back to the wheel
and find the symbol that Looks like a G or an upside down stick
person and pull on the wheel and line that symbol up with our
crescent Moon. Head back to the switches again and pull switch
number 2 to off and 3 and return to the wheel pointer And look
for the circle symbol check your inventory to be sure it looks like
a ball with an outer ring. Line that Up with our other 2 we have
done and head back to the switches and we now have one to go. Pull
lever or switch number 3 to off and pull lever 4 and head back to
the pointer and find an insect symbol and the Gizmo should unlock
and open the Tomb of Ancients which is that round circle above on
the upper floor where We pulled the switch for the elevator
earlier. We have to now head back there so get to the elevator
platform And jump to the arch from before and climb to the wooden
platform above and climb to the walkway. Walk along And make a
left and walk up to that newly made opening that you worked so hard
to get open. Take a peek And hang drop down to Jump into the Tomb
of Ancients and the end of this
level.
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N Level 14 Tomb Of
Ancients |
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Tomb Of
Ancients
The level begins in a tunnel area find the open and
do a hang drop you'll land on a log below, and From there jump
to the floor below then walk up to the cave entrance. You get a nice
panoramic View of the surroundings and then you get control of
Lara once again. Do you hear bats yet? Well if you don't get
ready for some soon. If you look below you ask yourself hmm I see no
way To get down there what do I do? Well you have to hang but you
cannot drop below or Lara will Have a nice long scream to her
death. Instead Lara can grab the wall and climb down to a
platform Below. PS2 users will use the left stick by pulling it
backwards. Once on the platform below turn To your left to a long
wooden beam. This is an excellent place to save at this point in
case you Happen to miss this jump. Walk to the edge and jump to
the beam then pull yourself up then turn Right and position
yourself for a jump into another cave opening. Look for a hole in
the floor inside The cave. Carefully make your way down to the
bottom some of the drops can give Lara some Damage if you are not
careful. Once safely on the ground head out the opening to that
broken Bridge we saw earlier from way up above at the beginning
of this level. Now look behind you and You will see a sealed
door. Do a running jump from one end of this bridge to the other.
Once you Are on the other side turn left and look across the way
to a square ledge sticking out. This ledge Has no Gargoyles on it
just a platform. Jump across to that platform and turn left to jump
and grab To the gargoyle platform and pull yourself up. Now hang
from the ledge and shimmy left all the way Around and let go to
the platform below. You are now on a rock face platform that you can
safely Climb down to the lower portion of this rock face. So turn
around at the middle and climb down To the lower platform and
turn left again. Position yourself now to jump to the small platform
in The distance below. Next is a jump to the wooden beam if you
look closely there is a switch on the Wall we will have to throw
once there. This will open more platforms for us to reach the
bottom. So after we have made it to the beam and pulled up and
thrown the switch we have a short hop To the next platform. A
regular jump will have Lara falling to her death. For a hop jump for
PS2 Hold the walk L1 and the circle at the same time. Next
platform is a standard jump walk to the Edge and jump to the next
platform. The next is slightly above and is another regular
jump. Pull yourself up afterwards and the lower platform is
another hop jump holding the walk button. There is a platform
underneath you so hang drop to that platform below you and turn left
to Your last platform and jump to that one. Before we drop down
below get prepared for a Knight Waiting to slice and dice you. Be
prepared to draw your weapon as you land. The Knight Cannot be
killed but on your first shots at him he will be out for about 30
seconds or so giving You time to run to a small crawlspace and
pull a lever to open more platforms. When you Crawl out The
Knight will be waking up from his nap and you need to quickly find
the lowest Platform you just opened and jump onto it. From there
we can say good night to the knight he Can’t harm Lara from the
platform but if you fall from one he'll be eagerly waiting to meet
you Again at the bottom. If you do head for that lowest platform
again and jump on also a side jump Will land you onto it also. Ok
we are on the first platform turn left and jump to the next one
and Jump again to the next one after that and pull up. Stay far
back and jump to the next as it's just In the right spot to be a
pain. If you’re successful Lara will grab and pull up there perhaps
a nice Spot to save there beforehand. Two more jumps onto two
more platforms and we have to turn Around and jump to platforms
facing the other way. Jump to the first and jump up and pull
to The second. Two more platform jumps and look for the brown
platform ahead another jump. That platform we pull Lara up to
another switch that opens the trap door at the bottom Where Mr.
Knight is waiting for us. We have to make our way back now to a
platform We can hang drop off of so do a short hop to the first
and jump the next two and hang drop from The next two then jump
to the ground and run to the opened trapdoor. To the left and then
to the Right is a metal door press action and kick it down. Lara
say that she is even stronger now. Pick up the shotgun and the
other 2 goodies on floor quick because Mr. Knight is coming. If
you encounter him you have a few options. You can kick him silly to
daze him or you can shoot Him or you can run like the wind out of
there and to a corridor on the right to another metal door. If
you got to this door first Lara wasn't strong enough then to kick it
down. Kick down this door And head through to a new room finally.
This room once you walk through has lovely poison Darts that
start flying across as you leave the hallway and enter the next
room. Immediately On your right is a switch before you throw it
this is a great time to save your game. Once you pull the switch
it starts a 15 second timer and opens a door on the other
side. You'll also notice spikes going in and out around the
doorways. You have 15 seconds to Time your jumps across the
spiked doors and run through the doorway on the other side. We
have one more door to open and it's an easy one that leads us to our
exit of this level And onto The Hall of
Seasons
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O Level 15 The Hall of
Seasons |
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The Hall of
Seasons
Very Important to read the prologue for this
level
You enter this level, which has 4 parts or phases to
complete this level and to obtain The 4 crystals representing the
4 elements of Water, Fire, Earth & Air. The Hall of Seasons
has a circle in the middle of the room with 4 quarters for
each Element. Stepping on one opens three doors across the way.
You have to pull a lever in the room that has the corresponding
symbol above the in and above that doorway. This will open a
gated door where you will exit to enter a phase of your
journey. Pulling the wrong lever in the wrong room is not a good
idea so always look above each doorway to be sure you match the
symbol you stepped on to the room you are in. Pulling the wrong
lever drops you into the basement of traps where you have to find a
rope Elevator past a smashing stone and past 2 blade traps to the
left to get back to the Hall of Seasons. Hope you honed your
skills up to this point because they will be tested for
certain. This is an extremely long series of levels and this will
bring you at least to where I am at this Point and will update
this portion as it's completed. Bottom line is to get the four
crystals and place them in their holders and turn the four
valves in the furnace room. You can take any path as long as you
get the four crystals or follow mine. Our four phases or levels
we will be encountering will be:
1. Neptune’s Hall 2.The
Wrath of the Beast 3.The Sanctuary of Fire 4.The Breathe of
Hades
*SYMBOL DESCRIPTIONS
EARTH: Stone shaped glyph
with a line under it FIRE: A sunburst shaped glyph AIR: 3
lines ending with hooks WATER: 3 wavy lines
Neptune's
Hall
This lovely water level by the time you complete it will
make you an expert at maneuvering Lara underwater. Not a very
easy level to say the least, but whose knows maybe you are an expert
already or will have some luck. The bottom line is to get the
water crystal because if you don't you aren't leaving this
level!
We enter this level in a room with a fireball throwing
knight ahead of us is a large circle do not fall in yet as
it Will only mean instant death. Jump across the circle or make
your way around it and head for the water hole on the other side.
If you get torched by the knight this will douse the flames. Make
your way down through the holes and find a bladed doorway. Inside
is a switch we need to pull that will fill the hole we jumped
over with water. After pulling the leaver make your way back to
the room with the knight and run and jump into the Hole that is
now filled with water. After diving in come up for air and take a
looksie around. Below you'll see a circular grating this is a
door mechanism let’s for a moment explains the door mechanism as
it's probably the most the important area of this level. When we
reach this area you'll have to dive down to a brown round Pillar
and on top is the water crystal, which we absolutely need, and below
that is a switch that we really don't Need that opens a doorway
above the gargoyle head containing a goodie. If you absolutely want
to get the goodie Remember this. Now that we know what that
circle thing is below us look for a doorway with a gargoyle head.
Below it and to the Right surround by underwater foliage is a
small pathway to a switch. Enter throw the switch and surface. This
switch Spills out more water into the chamber and it makes it so
you can get out of the water and onto the ledges giving you
access to the doorways some of which contain goodies but are dead
ends except for one. Now look for an Archway with an orange tint
to it and inside you'll find a hole in the floor. Save game point
here, as it gets difficult. This is the part I mentioned earlier
that you'll make Lara a great swimmer! Jump in the waters fine and
head down a corridor along the way you see arched windows that
are the same we saw outside nearby here is a large Health pack.
Continue forward and you'll enter a shaft make your way down and
dive again by this point you'll be saying I NEED AIR!!!! Look for
a round grating and swim through and surface for a small pocket of
air. This is also a great save point as you will be encountering
a series of blades if you pass the blades and Make it through the
greats there is a place on the other side for another pocket of air.
When you have your Breath dive down and keep Lara low and hug the
right side of the wall and make it through the first open
grating And proceed forward the final set of spikes is less
forgiving so time it right to pass through and through
another Grating. Turn right and up for a pocket of air. Have your
breath? Dive down and continue through the passageway we enter
below the area of the circle that’s a door mechanism. Continued
downward and right on top of the brown Pillar is the water
crystal. This automatically opens the circle above so surface and
get some needed air. This also opened the door beneath the
gargoyles head and our means of exit from this exciting
place. Dive down through the opened doorway under the gargoyles
head. This area should be familiar we are back Where we pulled
the switch with the bladed door at the beginning of this level. Make
your way up the holes again to the surface and head back to the
doorway we entered at the beginning of this level but wait!!! By
the Large hole on the floor to the left is a goodie grab it
before we leave and exit through the door and dry Lara
off Completing this part of The Hall of Seasons and Neptune's
Hall.
The Wrath of the Beast you stepped on the
earth symbol didn't you! That was the stoned shape one with a line
under it by the way. Our goal is to find the earth crystal and
return to the hall for the next phase of the journey.
You
enter this room with a statue on the opposite end (Cut Scene) show
the statue crumbling and taking the majority of the floor with
it. When we get control of Lara when you take a step forward the
floor in Front of you collapses as well giving you a subtle hint
of what we are in store for. To the left is safe to walk on for
the moment Walk the path of green rock until you see an area you
can turn right leading to a ramp with a gap. Do a running jump
across the gap to the opposite wall. From here look for a ledge
sticking out of the rock face Lara can safely walk with her back to
the wall to the opposite side. Once there the ledge crumbled
behind you (nice place to save since we can't go back) once we
approach the edge of the walkway here the walkway begins to crumble
and moves you toward the Orange pylons in front of you. You have
two choices here if you look from where we are standing
now across the way is the orange pylon and to the right of that a
gray one and another next to it. That last One does not crumble.
So that being said our options are to move forwards and jump onto
the orange Pylon, which crumbles in seconds you, have to turn
right and jump to the next, which crumbles, and to the next,
which does not. You can bypass the orange pylon by taking a daring
leap to the gray stone and Then to the stable stone instead.
Ahead of you is a jump position yourself to the point of this slab
and look Ahead to the set of stairs the floor section before the
stairs is a stable one and the one before is not. Jump for the
stone walkway before the steps and pull up and position yourself at
the edge of the steps. Good place to save here. Two jumps to
safety and both platforms crumble so jump and jump again
forward until you reach the stable last gray platform. Great
place to save here also. Turn right and jump to the next Platform
this is unstable also but if you’re quick you can climb to the next
one and be ok. From there position yourself for the orange
platform in front of you. Once you have your feet safely planted
turn around and look at the walkway leading to a door. It would
be nice if we could just walk to the door but it won't be
easy. As you get off the first step the walkway starts to
crumble. It’ll take 2 timely jumps to reach the steps to the door
where you'll see a scene of things crumbling behind you. Pick up the
goodies on the floor on the door Is the earth crystal grab it.
This activates a chain reaction in the room transforming it to
another challenge that will test our resolve. Two cascades of
water are flowing from the ceilings at each end and that’s
because These Knights have swords and throw balls of fire. The
object here is to throw the switches on each side of the room and
both are in the middle. Once both switches are pulled it opens a
door on the opposite end where we run like the wind and exit
feeling warm all over. These Knights are touch you may want to
stun them with a weapon to give you a second or two to throw a
switch. If you Lara lights up like a torch run to one of the
water spots and douses the flames preferably the nearest one. You
may also have to pause and Use a health pack at some point to
survive. Even inside the water the Knight keep pummeling you
with Fire forcing you out of the safe zone of water and draining
your energy from you. Once both switches are pulled the door
opens run to it and that will bring us back into the Hall of
Seasons.
The Sanctuary of Fire
Once again we
re-enter the Hall of Seasons with Mr. Knight who never takes a break
is waiting in the wings To get Lara. Hit the piece of pie that
looks like a sunburst on the floor and go through the door with
the Corresponding symbol. I'll be nice and tell you it's the
third on the right. Pull the lever on your left proceed Through
and turn right through the doorway before Mr. Knight can take swipes
at Lara lowering her health or Energy. A cut scene ensues as you
enter and the doorway closes behind you. Lara's shorts would have
been Nice here as this room is way too hot! The honeycomb
thingies on the floor start to crumble and flames spew All over
the place setting up our obstacle before us. The bottom line here is
to get the fire crystal.
After the honeycomb platforms have
cooled down a bit make your way towards a pathway in the center
as Far as you can go at this point. Once on that platform a few
platforms sink into the lava behind us. Lara can get hit with
some of the lava spurts decreasing her health so watch your
meter. Take a leap and land on the 2nd honeycomb platform ahead
of you and another jump to the next. Angle yourself and jump to
another. Turn right to another set and one last jump to the stairs
and get the fire Crystal! That was easy wasn't it? Wait until we
have to make our way back! Save your game here. Make your way
back to the honeycombed platforms and look for a short jump to the
one on the right and another and pull up to a floating one and
jump from there to another floating platform and turn left. Ahead
another floating platform when landing on it raises a pathway for
us. Follow it to the left and look for a few floating platforms
there, jump over there and this raises a few more platforms for
us. Take a jump there and get onto the walkway and make your way
back to the door we entered to exit this Level and cool off! Back
to the hall of seasons for our final crystal.
The Breath of
Hades
we enter this room to find tall platforms that look
like trees that were cut before their prime. The object here is a
simple one to get the Air Crystal on the other side of the room.
Proceed forward and turn right along the area we can safely walk
on. The wall needs to be pushed in as a block would and inside is a
switch we need to throw. This starts the wind blowing. Leave this
area back to where you were and start hopping. The jumps require
judgment and precision as you make your way to the other side of the
room where your Air crystal is you'll find the wind blowing
moving Lara and the tall platforms making it hard for you to
decide when to jump. Jump to the first and jump toward your right
to the next jumping to each pillar until you reach the other
side. No need to tell you what happens if you miss a jump and to
save your game at your Discretion. Once on the other side get the
Air Crystal on the door and make your way back. I found it
easier to go to the left and take a long jump to the third
platform passing the first two by entirely. Jump on the rest of
the remaining platforms until you reach the doorway we began this
level on and exit back to the hall of Seasons. Once there and the
knight as well place your crystals in the holders in the room you
were possibly Wondering what it was for, but it was the only one
opened prior to stepping on one of the symbols on the Circle in
the hall. After they are in place you would think we could just run
through the door but no!!! We have to go to the circle and step
on any symbol and actually go through a wrong door and pull the
lever Having us fall to the area known as the: Basement of
Traps
The Basement Of Traps
The basement of traps how
appropriate a name we head down to find a goodie and head on into
the next area Where we encounter a lava pit we have to jump over.
The next is a series of blades one nick and you’re dead. Good
time to use the trusty camera and angle it above Lara to see exactly
where those blades are and safely walk around them. Two more lava
pits to jump and look for a door on the right and opens it. Head
down The spiral stairs and open the level at the bottom that
opens another door and more stairs. Once at the bottom we are in
The Furnace Area In the furnace area are valves we have to turn and
they are located near a sign that has a symbol like we had on the
doorways in the Hall of Seasons. To the left walk along and turn
left to find a valve to turn. Turn around and back to the walkway
and find a ladder and head down. You'll find another ladder also
and go down that one. Mr. Knight just won't leave us alone! Find
a ladder on this walkway and climb up. Now you are on a round
walkway look for a chain above and jump to it and make your way
across to the other side and drop down. Climb up the ladder
almost to the top and don't say why I can’t get off here. You have
to do a back flip to the Platform behind you on the ladder. Hold
the control button and press jump and the back button or left stick
(PS2) and Lara will land onto that platform. Find the next
ladder climb up and you'll find another valve to turn Get off the
ladder and turn the valve we have two more valves to find. To get to
the next we have to get to the second level of the furnace we
were on the first when we found the chain. If you head back to where
you came into this level you can make a long jump to that second
platform. Lara will grab it and pull herself up. From here find
another chain to jump up to and go across to the other side to the
left is a ladder and across From it is another valve turn it.
This valve starts things going a bit but we have one more valve to
open. If you recall and observed a valve that was caged in around
the first level of the furnace this now has been opened after
you turned the valve before. Let’s climb down and get back there and
turn that valve. Turning the valves starts a series of blades
turning all around you above and below. From where you are you
can take a leap across to the curved platform and climb the ladder
and exit out the door we came in. This door was locked until you
turned all your valves. Climb the stair and pull the switch one
again and Head to the basement of traps and turn right and make
your way to a smashing stone. Be careful or Lara becomes a
pancake. Best thing to do is jump and when you land wait until the
stone is down and Move Lara against it. Hold your forward button
so Lara will run as soon as the stone rises. Once you pass it
proceed past two sets of blades ahead. To your left is an elevator,
pull the lever to the first level and collect some goodies inside
the small alcove. Pull the lever again and you are back on the floor
of the hall of seasons. Enter the room where the knight is
waiting for us and climb the rubble he won't get you from there and
jump to The nearest pillar that have risen in the middle floor
where our symbols buttons were. Jump to the higher pillar as each
once gets to it lowest point until you reach the last one. Climb up
to the catwalk above and find the only path you can walk down to
the railing and climb over. Start running right as we have some
knights that'll be busting out to get us and head up a flight of
stairs. Before you exit to the next floor on your left is a
wall That Lara needs to push to get some strength for her next
obstacle. Inside you'll find a Health Pack and When you leave
there is a goodie on the floor to your right. By now the knights are
close by or already there if you run they can't keep up so run
out the exit of the stairway and head left. You are now on the
second Landing run until you run into a gap. To the left is a
climbable wall. Climb up and to the right and drop to the ledge
where there is a switch pull it and a door upstairs opens. Go
upstairs and push in the dark wall You'll find some goodies
there. Return to the switch area again dodging the knights (just
jump over them) Once you’ve climb the wall and reach the switch
area Lara now has the strength to make the big climb. This is a
two part climb and shimmy. Climb up the wall to the top and once on
top turn Lara around and Look left for a tiny ledge and let Lara
go there to regain her strength. (Save point here) This part will
most Likely take you several tries to get. Look above at the
ceiling you see grooves that look like a path for Lara to follow
along the ceiling. You have zero time for a single pause or mistake
here. Jump and grab the Ceiling it looks like brown stone with
grooves follow it forward to the end and left to the edge. Lara will
then Lara will then turn around and pulls herself up and climb to
the top. As you are running out of energy on your Left will be a
place to shimmy left and get off. Phew! That was tough. Turn left to
a doorway that opens and Make your way down. This is where we
encounter A Ghost called Brother Obscura . He cannot get you in
The crawl position as he sweeps over you. Also a nice tip to
disable him briefly as you cannot kill a ghost Is to shoot him
enough times to slow him down for a few seconds. This also makes it
easy to get the item You need before you can exit this room. We
need the Obscura Painting number one. We enter this room And Lara
approaches an alter with Latin and reads it aloud on an inscription
on a sarcophagus. It says Through the spirit of the keeper hold
the truth. After that you have control of Lara. Crawl along the
room Ghosty can’t get you and pick up the entire boodle on the
floor. Once you’ve gotten your goodies when the Ghost makes a
pass get up and draw your weapon and crouch down again. Lara will be
able to aim from A kneeling position. Once Mr. Ghosty or Brother
Abscura floats still run to the blue lit statue and press
action To get the painting. You’ll see it in the statues hands.
Once you have it exit through the door we came in It opens for
you automatically just like the super market. Crawl down the stairs
just to play it safe! The stairs are partially filled with water.
Proceed forward and they will fill completely. Now don’t
panic!!! Straight ahead and above is the exit have Lara swim
upward through the hole and through to the next Room. Now though
you can’t see it all the way to the top to the left center is a
hole. Enter it and get some Air also some bandages. Save point
option here. Down down slightly below and up is our exit take it
all The way and you end up back at the archeological dig. Look
for a crate and a tall mesh gate. Climb the Crate and climb over
the fence and exit through the double doors. Congratulations on a
job well done! The Hall of Hell I mean Hall of Seasons is
complete and now we head back to the Louvre Galleries And they
are under siege.
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P Level 16 Galleries Under
Siege |
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Galleries Under
Siege
We start out at the dig area and we exit
through the doorway and find ourselves in familiar territory. Go
left and find the doorway and head up three flights of stairs and
draw your weapon for a baddie. Pick up the clips he leaves behind
and head upward the gallery with the artifacts has nothing There
so continue up the stairs to the Galleries. We are now treated to a
cut scene with Gunderson And his men in The Agency propelling
into the gallery tossing gas into the area. I think we need
to Find a gas mask for Lara too. Once you gain control of Lara
another baddie is at the top of the stairs So take him out of the
picture and pick up the goodie he leaves behind. Turn right and a
left to a Door way. Good save point here, as Lara will encounter
the gas as she enters and from here we need To get that mask
soon! Once you enter Lara says she can't breathe and baddie is
beyond the door Either use your weapon or use stealth mode to
bring him down. Pick up the Mag Vega Machine Gun He leaves behind
and also look for clips for it from baddies Lara encounters along
the way. Proceed to the gallery with glass cases and get the
baddie ahead and pick up the goodies and look out For a baddie
from behind he has no goodies. Hurry through the door and find the
only open exit to the stairs And another baddie that’s leaves
goodies behind and hurry up the stairs Lara needs a mask
soon! Baddie alert down the hallway be prepared to draw your
weapon and bring the baddie down and get the goodie. Head through
the door and enter the first office on the right and through the
sliding doors on the right in a cabinet are the masks take one.
The Official Guide says Lara can insert the Obscura Painting
into The slot in the pc to find info however this did not work
for me on the PS2 also it did not stop me from Completing the
level. After taking the mask and all the running Lara can dash like
the wind. PS2 Dash control is R2 and the left stick forward. Head
out of the room the cabinet closest to the door on the left has
bandages. Test your new speed when need down long corridors or
hallways if you're running out of energy. Exit and turn left back
to the stairs. As you re-enter the gallery area more baddies are
there take them down. No goodies to be had so don't waste the
respirator looking for anything on them. On your left is the door
with the blinking light we saw earlier head through and on the right
hand side of the room Is an exit and stairs with 2 baddies with
no goodies so head down the stairs and find a door leading to a
corridor. There is a bathroom on the other end if you have the
time peek around and wash your hands before you leave. Your exit
is nearby left of the stairs and down the corridor. A Long cut scene
ensues with Lara meeting Kurtis And the baddies in pursuit. I'll
let you find out the rest for yourself, but this finally leads us to
Bouchard again And onto our next level Von Croy's
Apartment.
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Q Level 17 Von Croy's
Apartment |
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Von Croy’s
Apartment
Beware of the Cleaner he’s not cleaning the
apartment he’s hiding in the Apartment waiting for you to make a
mistake and you will encounter him After picking up goodies. I
encountered the cleaner only after picking up Goodies from the
area near the couch with the table and fallen chairs. You’ll be
well armed here after picking up everything plenty of ammo
and Health goodies as well as a Jackal walking stick and a few
weapons. Bottom line is to take the cleaner down and he won’t
come out until we Go where he wants us to so follow the
walkthrough to draw him out. Thoroughly scour the area for
goodies and the desks in the apartment for Info. Ok I think we
are ready!
We end up at the scene of the crime in Von Croy’s
apartment and in here we Find quite a few goodies on the floor
around the room and kitchen area. If you go to Von Croy’s office
area to the pc and desk you’ll find out about The Lux Veritatis
and The Sanglyph an artifact created by Eckardt. One key item to
find is the Jackal walking stick. There are three exits in
this Area. The stairs another doorway and a door behind the
spiral stairs. If we go to the alternate doorway we’ll find
Lasers across the door. Lara explodes After passing through them
so beware. Through the door behind the stair are more Goodies
pick them up and go left up the stairs to Von Croy’s bathroom you’ll
find A health pack by the shower on the wall. Head to the next
room and to the desk And press action to find out about the
Cabal. Goodies are also on the floor but nothing Is under the
bed. If we encounter the Cleaner at this point draw your weapon and
shoot Him until he runs away. You can now follow him. We head
into the area where we saw The door blocked with lasers. The
cleaner disabled the lasers so we can go through. On our left are
more lasers I would go right and into the room. More goodies on the
floor Grab them quick as the cleaner returns breaking down a
wall. Shoot him again he leaves Behind more weapons and ammo. So
go through the broken wall to get them and after Head through the
next doorway only to find lasers left and right. Go back through
the Broken wall and find the doorway in the room and find a door
with a red sign over it. More goodies are inside and more lasers.
Leave this area and head back to the broken Wall the cleaner
made. This is a good time to scour the area to be sure you picked
up All of your goodies as there are so many and the cleaner will
not bother us yet. Once back through the broken wall and through
the exit where we left the lasers Left and right turn Lara right
and for PS2 press the crawl and L2 to perform a belly Crawl
underneath both sets of trip lasers. Head down the rest of the way
and turn right A brief cut scene of Von Croy’s first floor
getting bombed by our cleaner and the house Is on fire!!! The
fire extinguisher doesn’t work and the fire exit is locked! The
cleaner Is waiting but we have to get the Large Health pack first
so jump the stairs that have Been split by that the blast and get
the goodies and head back to the stairs and jump Across. Head
back down the hall on your left is a goodie and run to the doorway
on Your left is a goodie. If you peer down the hall the cleaner
has set the laser traps to Blink on and off trying to trap us and
he’s hanging out down the other end. Time the first laser and
when it goes out go through then shoot your weapon at the Cleaner
this time his lights are out for good. A cut scene has Lara going to
the cleaner Who has his cell phone ringing. Guess who it is?
Bouchard asking if Lara has been Taken care of. Lara tells
Bouchard he’s next on her list and he scrams the scene in
his Limo. Lara finds a card in the cleaner’s pocket and says it’s
time to head to Prague. Ending this level and onto The Monstrom
Crime scene.
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R Level 18 The Monstrum
Crimescene |
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The Monstrum
Crimescene
We enter this level to inclement weather it is
snowing and Lara isn’t dressed for it but We won’t have to keep
Lara in the cold for long. Look for a red car with a man
standing By it and press action. This man is a reporter named
Luddick. Hope you have cash to get Info from him or else you’ll
have to find it from other sources along your way. When it’s
question time ask the one you’re watching…. I gather Visely…..
Keep Talking ‘til… All of them? To get the most from the
conversation and your euros. Opposite the car and Luddick is an
alleyway with two men and a doggie. We need to Erase them from
existence then find a steaming manhole cover. We can’t get into
yet Because on the opposite side of Luddick and down that
alleyway is another baddie and A hammer we need to get
beforehand. Once we have that and checked around for the Goodies
head back to the sewer grating down the alleyway we were before we
can open It now and jump in. Follow the sewer to an opening the
wall on the right and head up the Stairs and down the hall.
You’ll end up meeting Bouchard again and this time Lara Shows her
tough side by smacking him and handcuffing him. Then she asks him
for info And Bouchard is more than willing to give it. When its
question time asks these Questions to get the most info from the
conversation. Bouchard brings Lara up to date On what going on
with the final Obscura painting and Ekhardt and the
Nephilim. Lara decides to look in Visiley’s apartment for the
final engraving. Once you have gained Control of Lara exit
through the door and head up the spiral staircase and look for
a Green chest. Pull or push the chest to gain another strength
upgrade. This upgrade allows You to pull the chains around the
stained glass window near the scaffolding. After pulling the
chest look for the scaffolding and climb to the very top. Find the
stained Glass windows and more scaffolding across the way, Find
the edge and take a jump to Scaffolding on the other side.
You’ll find a chain against the wall leave this one alone for
Now. Jump to the scaffolding across the way to another chain.
Pull this chain 3 times and Not anymore than that. This shows the
grandfather clock face glass door opening and a Cut scene to the
number three on the center of the floor. Jump back to the other
scaffold Again and make your way back down the stairs and face
the clock and press action. You see the clock at 12 o’clock. For
PS2 users use the right directional pad not the stick To turn the
hands on the clock to three o’clock and press the triangle button.
This opens The center floor area to a downstairs level and Lara
say now we are getting somewhere. Be careful and slowly head down
the stairs also be very careful going back up the stairs You’ll
notice you can easily drop off them and when you exit you must exit
the side on The step before the last step. Once down the stairs
you can view the cases and find out More about what you are
dealing with. After you are done look for a piece of paper on The
floor in front of the desk, press action to pick it up. This piece
of paper has a fax Address to Carvier and the access code for the
keypad behind the desk. Walk up to the Keypad and refer to your
piece of paper or simply press 31597 to open the nearby Painting
on the wall and where the last Obscura engraving is. Grab it and
head up the The stairs remembering to be careful and not fall
off at the top. Now we can get a Goodie if we want or exit
through the door. If you head back to the first chain we
left Alone earlier by the stained glass climbing the scaffolding
once again we can get a Health pack by pulling the chain 4 times
opening a hutch against the wall revealing the Goodie. Get the
goodie and head back down and exit through the door back to where
we Left Bouchard handcuffed. Where is Bouchard? Hmm find the
doorway in the room You’ll find Bouchard in a closet, he falls to
the floor dead as a doornail and Lara is Startled and points her
weapon at him and says what’s going on here! He drops some Keys
we need on the floor pick them up and head down to the basement via
the stairs Nearby and look for a red door where we will use the
keys. Upon exiting you will see Luddick the reporter. Approach
him and press action He is willing to give Lara the pass Code to
the Strahov Fortress for the full story soup to nuts and Lara
agrees. He also has A gas gun weapon but it’ll cost you 800 Euros
hope you saved your money. Lara says we’ll talk in the car and we
have a brief cut scene. When we gain control of Once again we
have ended this part of this level and have entered the Strahov
Fortress.
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S Level 19 Strahov
Fortress |
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Strahov
Fortress
Lara enters a factory building with trailer boxes in
the area. One is opened ahead with a Health pack inside go and
get it. Exit the trailer and approach one of the garage doors
to Watch a cut scene of a magnet above moving along a tram. We
have to get to the upper Level here so look for a trailer Lara
can jump up to and face the higher trailer and jump To that one
also. Turn around and you should see an air conditioner covered by a
wired Covering. We need to position Lara facing the air condition
and take a few steps back To be able to make a running jump to
the air conditioner across the way. Once in position Make that
running jump then grab and pull up to the air conditioners ledge.
Turn right And move Lara against the wall and make another jump
to the open area across the way. Lara will give you a subtle hint
that she doesn’t want to bring attention to herself here And
good reason too we have to get three guards below one is in a small
room. The guard In the small room has a low security pass we need
to get also the guards drop ammo that Will come in handy later
for our Mag Vega so pick them up after you take them
down. Stealth is very very important here as this is the best way
to get the guards from behind Without drawing attention to the
others blowing our cover. Will all that said we should be More
than prepared to continue. Move yourself to the edge of the ramp
turn Lara right And make a short jump to the catwalk and engage
stealth mode to not attract attention. Once there make your way
all the way around to the ladder way on the other side we’ll See
crates below if you look down from the ladder opening. Once at the
ladder you’ll Find it’s broken and Lara has to drop down. Take
note of this because we have to return Here to get back but not
by this ladder. Once on the crates drop to the ground once
again Engaging stealth mode and take Lara all the way to the
other side past some long pipes. Beyond the pipes is a nice place
Lara can hide, a protruding crate sticks out and Lara can Wait
for her first victim to pass. Once the first guard passes and turns
around walk up and Press action to bring him down and take hi
clips he leaves behind. Now go to the end of Pipes and Lara can
climb inside use the camera and look around for your other 2
guards. One is walking around and he other is inside the shed or
small room. Once you have your Guards in site leave the pipes and
go stealth to the crates and make your way around To the right
and along the wall getting closer to the shed with the guard inside.
When you Get to the shed stop and hit the crawl button and R2 to
perform a commando crawl Around the shed so the guard can’t see
us through the windows. Right before the steps to The shed we can
see the guard with the look button and camera. When the guard is
facing Away from Lara get up and engage stealth mode and bring
the guard down and pick up The low-level security pass. The next
guard is kind of slow at this point in a fog but still Stay in
stealth mode and sneak up on the final guard and pick up the clips
he leaves Behind. Now we have to find our way back to the crates
where we jumped off the broken Ladder entering this area.
Unfortunately since the ladder is broken we can’t get up this
Way so turn around to the other crates and turn Lara around and
jump to the railing and Climb up. Now on the catwalk again find
the ladder and climb up and make your way to A door and open it,
inside we’ll find the swipe card thingy and use our low level
security Pass we got from the guard to get inside the door.
Stealth is the way to go here but we’ll Have no choice really
except to use a machine gun or whatever weapon of choice to
get The baddies. To best prepare you for what is ahead you gun
turrets above and guards On the catwalk and one directly above
you in a control room as you enter the door with The swipe card
keypad. Have a weapon ready and stealth mode and enter the area
and Head forward until you encounter a guard and take him down
another is on the catwalk Do the same and finally go to the
control room area where we entered and get the bad Guy above in
the room. Pick up the goodies left by both men and climb up to the
control Room where you disable the guard. Inside are controls but
before we touch them pick Up his weapon on the floor. Press
action to throw the switch activating the electro- Magnetic crane
in the garage. Leave the room and find the ladder we passed along
the Catwalk where we disabled the guards and climb up the ladder.
Head left and make your Way to a set of stairs and head down. A
cut scene shows Lara disabling the turrets with The magnets and
that’s one less thing to worry about. Now we can safely head
down To the garage area all the way down below. Head back down
the ladder where we Entered this area and climb down the ladder
to the garage and locate a green door. Inside are blue lasers and
a nice little doggie he also has a buddy doggie we’ll see also.
This area can be a bit confusing so let’s go over what we have
to have Lara do and make It as simple as possible. We have crates
in the area a bunch of them by the fence and The doggies and
above the crates is a deadly gas if Lara gets on whiff of the gas
she is A goner. On the other side of this area are two stacked
crates if you approach them Lara will say she is not strong
enough and if you walk up to the crates by the fence Lara will
say I can climb that and she is referring to a pipe above. What we
need to Do is get the strength upgrade to move those stacked
crates on the other side so we Can push them up to the nearby air
conditioner and shut the valve controlling the gas On the side of
the boxes. If you have absorbed all that info we are now ready to
push And pull some crates. Two single crates are in the room one
looks like the other crates And the lone crate on the left the
odd looking crate is just there to fool us and waste our Time so
leave that one alone. Push the matching lone crate to the right all
the way up To the fence and then push the crate into the other
crates against the fence. If the doggies Are bugging you waste
them now or you’ll have to deal with them once over the
fence. What we need to do now is get that high crate somehow
against the fence so Lara can Reach that pipe above it’s not the
pipe with gas coming out it’s a thinner pipe that’s Bracketed to
the ceiling. When we are ready Lara can grab it and tuck her legs to
the pipe And make her way across and drop down. In older games of
TR the crates would move One way, but in this new game they can
move half way or partially and we’ll have to do This in order to
get the proper position to move the top crate up to the fence to get
the Strength upgrade. Go around to the back of the boxes and
climb the lowest one against The fence if you got rid of the
doggies they won’t bite Lara when she is against the fence. Watch
out jumping to a high box or the gas will get you. Once on the crate
in corner Against the fence walk to the 2nd crate and turn Lara
around to pull as far as she can The crate toward her. Now jump
on the other side and push that crate we pulled up To the fence.
Go back behind the crate to the low crate by the fence again and
pull That crate towards Lara as far as you can once again. Now
jump on the other side Of that crate Lara just pulled and push it
as far as you can to the wall. You will now Have to jump on top
of this crate and pull it towards Lara as far as she can
back Toward her. Now jump on the other side of the high crate we
just pulled and push It right against the fence and this gets
Lara her strength upgrade. With Lara’s new Found strength we can
push those 2-stacked crates in the area to the air
conditioner And jump to it and pull up. There is a valve there
press again to have Lara shut off The valve shutting down the gas
on the left side where our stacked crates are against The fence.
Climb to the top crate and line Lara up to the pipe hanging above
and Tuck her legs to grab the pipe (TRIANGLE BUTTON PS2) once
past the fence Drop down. If you got the doggies before we don’t
have to deal with them now. Ahead to the left is a ladder, climb
up the ladder and activate the switch. You’ll See a cut scene of
a saw cutting a piece of ductwork that we can enter next. Jump
from the control switch area onto the track and climb up on top of
the duct And make your way to the saw on the end. Lara can hang
and drop and hang again To climb into the ductwork. Just hold
down the action key while dropping. Once inside the ductwork
crawl your way through and once you’re at a certain area A cut
scene kicks in of Luddick Gunderson and Eckhardt. Poor luddick won’t
be Able to spend those 800 Euros from Lara. When we get control
of Lara again the Camera control is a bit tricky but make your
way to the end where we have our Opening and Lara see guards
walking below. You can use stealth here or your Weapon of choice
to get rid of the guard he leaves behind a security pass pick
it Up we need it for later. To the left are lasers we’ll deal
with those later. Head to The door with the swipe card key in
stealth and swipe the card. A guard is inside We’ll have to take
him out of the picture. Pick up the clips he leaves behind and Go
to the control area where we see some computer stuff. A cut scene
kicks in Of Lara saying she has to shut off the security system
she also finds out why They need so much power. Two more guards
are hanging out in the cafeteria Here in the next room either
stealth them quietly or use your weapon to take Them down and
pick up the clips they leave behind. In one of the cabinets Are
bandages and on the tables are goodies for the taking. Once we
have Everything lets use out pass and leave the room. Ahead and
to the left is a Room where can we use our pass and inside is
crispy Luddick still smoldering From the hand of Eckhardt. We
can’t do anything for him but we can get the Goodies in the
cabinet and on the table is a gun. Leave this room and lets
get Ready for our lasers. I chose the commando crawl but you can
choose from two options to pass them. On the other side is our
exit the green door. We can shoot at a nearby spool sending it
through the lasers or we can Commando crawl under the lasers and
setting off the mines as we pass. Either way once on the other
side turn left and head for the green door with The swipe card
key to end this level and head onto the Bio Research
Facility.
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T Level 20 Bio Research
Facility |
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Bio Research
Facility
Once through the door we enter the bio area to a
greenhouse with a fountain in the middle With gargoyle heads
sticking out from it. Approach it to greet the keeper of the
green House or the man with the green thumb Dr. Grant Muller. A
cut scene kicks in and he Tells Lara the master plan and that
people do not last long around this place. After the Thrilling
and enlightening conversation from Muller we can have a looksie
around for Goodies but be careful of some of the more interesting
plants that can snap or spew gas. After you’ve had a nice browse
of the place head back to fountain and press action to Pull on
one of the gargoyle head to open a secret passage. To the left of
where we came In a gargoyle of stone was moved to open an area we
need to get to and pick up some Goodies and throw a switch. Go
inside the passage until you find a ladder and climb To the top.
You’ll find some goodies on the platform and a switch on the wall at
the end. Throw the switch that opens a door outside and leave
this passage back to the green House. Across the way with a
floor with green tile is a door. Head for that door and push In
the button. Once inside creepy critters are coming to get Lara we
have two options Here. One is to waste our ammo or we can find a
pipe we need to climb and simply Forget about these mutant
thingies that want to snap at Lara. Regardless how you want To do
this the result is the same we need to get to the pipe and climb up.
The save your Ammo way is to head down the stairs left and use
Lara’s dash and run like the wind to The other side finding a set
of stairs on the left and make your way to the top. Turn left and
don’t waste time as these mutants are coming to get you! If you are
quick 2 goodies are there on the ground in the middle of the
walkway is a pipe. Lara can jump To it grab on and make her way
across and drop to be on top of the incubators. Find the Valve
nearest you from this point and turn it, this releases the fluid in
the incubator Chambers. This is a great save point as you have a
broken walkway and we have a tricky Jump to make. If you time
your jump right you’ll land across the other side of the ramp And
make it to the other side of the platform where you’ll find another
valve. Turn this Valve that opens a secret passage from the
bottom of an incubator cylinder below, We have to finally brave
the googlies below and the one that is waiting below near
the Valve you just turned. If you go to the ladder and go down as
far as you can go you can Look down and see the cylinder on the
right below has an opened bottom. Check your Health here as you
will lose half of it by falling below. The other way is to go back
the Way we came and shimmy across the pipe to the other side
again. Let’s say we do it via The ladder it’s easier and we can
run to the cylinder and escape the mutant that’s waiting. Drop
down from the ladder and drop down into the opened cylinder below
and to the Right. You’ll fall into water so look for the doorway
ahead and pull Lara out of the water. Enter the doorway and
you’ll see water below. We have to have Lara dive in and Swim
through a partially opened grate and once inside there is a creature
we have to Avoid and find a Ladder we can climb up quickly.
There are 2 ladders one closer where You’ll encounter a guard and
one further away. I chose the closer ladder and encountered The
guard and had Lara dispose of him properly. The top of the stairs
has goodies gather What you find and when you’re all done
searching for goodies on the ramps look to the Other side across
the way where there is a pipe and some gas coming out. We need to
Have Lara shut the gas off on that pipe. If you get as close as
you can to that pipe on The walkways and look below left the
small ladder below has a walkway and a large Pipe with a valve on
it. You can safely jump across the other side to the ramp
without Jumping into the water, as the creature cannot be
eliminated so save your ammo. Jump to the ramp and then a jump
to the pipe and get the goodie. Shut off the valve And the gas
shuts off across the way. Jump back to the platform and make your
way Down the stairs to the grassy area where the guard was if you
got up from that ladder Earlier. In the corner are some vines
Lara can climb and shimmy to the top. Start Climbing until you
can pull Lara up to the area where there is a door we cannot
open And opposite a Ladder Lara can climb. Climb the ladder to
the platform and shut throw The switch there. This activates a
ramp making the platform longer so Lara can make The shimmy on
the other side, which happens to be where we have the pipe that
had Gas coming out until we shut the valve earlier. Make your way
down the ladder and Back down below and take the stairs until you
reach the broken portion of the walkway And jump across. There is
a narrow ledge Lara can walk on then get to the pipe climb up And
shimmy left until Lara reaches the platform and can pull up. Save
your game here In case you run out of energy on the climb. Turn
Lara towards the ivy on the wall and Climb up all the way and
turn and shimmy until Lara reaches the platform extension We
created by throwing the switch. Once on the platform climb down the
ladder and Throw the switch to open the door nearby. Enter into
a new area with large moving Vines. Climb down the ladder and up
the stairs we need to stop the vine creature blocking Our way
through the door. Once up the stairs you find a lever we cannot use
yet and five Valves that we need to turn in a proper order and we
have to turn only three. There is A table Lara can move with a
map displaying what valves to turn with symbols. If you Want to
make it easy on yourself simply turn the first, second and fourth
valves only. After you do throw the lever that fills the pipes
with radioactive goo that kills the plant Thing and allows Lara
to safely go through the door on the other side. Enter this
door And beware of a guard lurking in the area. We have to get
his pass from him so sneak Around to position yourself to either
get him by stealth or to shoot him when you can Minding also a
guard lurking above. Once he’s down get his pass he leaves
behind. Now climb up to the garden area with all the lovely bio
plant life and find the ladder And climb up. Now once on the
platform we need to take the stairs that leads to a locked Gate
and make a few jumps onto the blocks ahead. Good point to save as if
you miss You will slide into the pool below or hit the ledge
below and die. Walk up to the first Platform and then a short hop
to the second by holding walk and jump. Do the same A walk and
jump for a short hop so Lara can safely slide down to the next
block. From here if you are patient you can draw your weapon to
get the guard above. If you didn’t take out the guard from the
blocks you will after the jumps. With him out of the way we can
finish our jumping in peace from Lara getting shot. Now a
standard jump to the next then from here position Lara angled left
and jump To the opened railing and pull up. If you didn’t take
down the guard do so now If you did earlier a ramp nearby will
collapse soon but it has already if you took out The guard
earlier. Lara cannot make this jump yet across the gap. Find the
shorter Gap that Lara can jump leading to a large health pack and
Lara’s upgrade for the long Jump. Now jump back to where we were
and back to the area that collapsed or the long Gap that looked
impossible to make before and do a running jump to the other
side. Make your way until you find some ivy at the end near the
railing and climb up to The next platform above. You will see it
has a broken portion and Lara can shimmy. A cut scene will show
you Boaz and the gang. Ekhardt is not happy with Boaz hmm. Climb
up on the platform for the cut scene then take the card and the
goodie that’s there. Save goodbye to the security guard corpse
and make your way back to the vinery. We now need one more pass
and have to make our way back down. Go back To the gate that was
locked before and make your way as you are now on the other
side Of it can open it and head down the stairs. You find as you
reached the end another long Gap across the way with another
platform and a ladder on its side. Make another long Jump and get
the goodie on the platform and climb down the broken ladder as far
as you Can then let go for the rest to safely drop below. Nearby
the bio shrubbery is our 3rd pass On the ground. From there head
to end for an opening and once inside our 3 receptacles For our
security pass cards. Once we use the three cards it opens the door
to Lara’s left. Make your way through the door and down the
stairs. Do not go across the path yet that Has steam but turn
Lara left down the stairs where you’ll find green gas in the
area. Don’t hang around there too long and locate a drop to water
and find the ladder and Climb out. There is a movable block pull
it twice back and under an opening above. Have Lara hop on the
block and jump to the hole and pull up. You’ll find lockers
with Goodies inside and a door that is jammed. Forget the door
and make your way back Through the water and the gas and back to
the walkway with the steam and head through The door on the other
side. Push the switch and go through the door and take the
next Door on the left. We now meet Kurtis Trent and another cut
scene. Lara and Kurtis have A brief conversation about the
painting and he decides to leave her locked inside for We now
end this level and will have control of Kurtis for the first time
and in the next Level called the
sanitarium.
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U-L 20-21 Sanitarium & Max
Containment |
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The
Sanitarium
Lara is taking a rest trapped in the room and we
now have control of Kurtis Trent for the First time. He has for
the most part the same controls as Lara so figuring things out
will Not be difficult. Kurtis has powers he uses when needed that
kick in automatically as You will see as you go through the
level. The level begins with Kurtis near an arched Doorway. You
have to hang drop and grab to the next one and make your way
down. Pull Kurtis up at the doorways and walk around to find
goodies on the floors on some of The levels. After you make your
way to the bottom you’ll see a trapped door, press action To open
it and Kurtis jumps down. Find your way to a ladder and another and
look for a Platform across the way. Have Kurtis jump to the
platform pull up and go through the Double doors. Tip here is to
have your weapon drawn as the zombies can creep up on you But
with your weapon drawn Kurtis’s auto target will kick in to alert
you of danger. Head through the door and take down the zombie and
head through the area the zombie Came from. Once you enter a
short cut scene kicks in and we see a guard getting dragged Away.
Proceed through and pick up the goodie by the guard an opened door
on the right Has a man inside approach him and press action and
he will tell Kurtis why all the crazy Things are going on inside
the sanitarium. Once you’ve found out about the proto head Out
the door and to a gate with a keypad. Kurtis uses his farsee ability
to find the number Of the keypad in the distance and it also is
in your inventory. Press the code Kurtis found On the keypad to
open the door if you missed it in the cut scene it is
06289. Enter and take down the zombie behind the gate. Enter the
gate and down the hall to Another and take down the zombie with
Kurtis’s gun. Find the white double door and Enter and take down
another zombie. Ahead to the left is an open room with a zombie
in Orange shoot the orange clad zombie and the other behind the
screening and pick of the Chocolate bar and clips on the
cafeteria floor. There is there is also another door here With a
pad but we can’t access it yet so head out of the cafeteria and head
left down the Hallway to a set of double doors get any zombies
along the way they can surprise you. Inside are some clips on the
floor and by a researcher dead on the floor is a swipe card Pass
for our door. Ignore the dead Proto Nephilim in the room and head
back to the Cafeteria and find the door to use the pass card. If
you got the zombie before you will Not have to encounter the
zombie inside the next room and simply take the stairs. Look
around there is a large health pack on one side and a gap on the
other. After taking the health pack jump the gap and head to a
control console. There was Supposed to be a door with numbers
next to it and I did not see it along the way but Fortunately I
happen to know the code hehe . Press action at the control console
and Press 38471 to open a set of double doors below. You can hang
drop from the gap and head to the door with the green flashing light
above it. Cut scene of the proto beast In a lab looking for a
muchie poor guy. We get control of Kurtis again and in the
hall To the right is a grill we need to open. Open the grill and
crawl inside and when Kurtis Can stand jump to another vent and
crawl in and exit on the other side to the lab area. Nothing here
but a bunch of sanitarium stuff so find a similar grill to pull in
the lab. Once inside crawl through again until Kurtis can stand
and jump to the vent above and Crawl through. A cut scene once
again of the Proto Nephilim chomping away at a meal Of Sanitarium
Guard and leaves when he has had enough. Jump down and we’ll see
a Fan spinning and to the left some clips on the floor pick them
up and move away from The fan as far as you can and shoot the
canisters until they explode. This lets a ladder fall To the
floor leaving an opening to a platform where Kurtis can jump up and
shut off the Switch to the fan. Crawl now under the fan you shut
off and find another duct. One inside Crawl through and make your
way to the next level the maximum containment area.
The
Maximum Containment Area
We enter this area with Kurtis as
the playable character and we need to head through the Gate and
open a door on the left. Inside is a control panel and another
keypad that we To find the code for later lets leave this room
for now and head to the other side near A hall with a pool of
poisonous watery goo. There is a goodie on the other side so Line
up Kurtis to the edge of the walkway and make your way shimmying
left and drop To the other side and get the goodie on the floor
and make your way back the same way. Now head back to the area we
were before ignoring the off ice for now and head through The
gate and through a double door. Go right down the corridor and a cut
scene with kick In of Kurtis’s farsee. He will see a sanitarium
corpse on the floor with numbers on his Back 17068. When we have
control of Kurtis once again head back to the office with
the Control panel and use the keypad to open 2 cell doors we
passed earlier. Go back to the Cell where Kurtis used his farsee
and once inside wait for a mutant to come and shoot It until it
falls then pick up the pass card on the floor. Around the hallway
you’ll find A blinking swipe card device use your card to open
the door. Once inside near a door With a red light over it and to
the right are some Borax X clips pick them up and leave The room.
Take the hallway to the left and shoot the mutant that’s coming
soon. A guard is making some noise underneath a blocked gate
nearby. Make a right down That corridor and another right and one
more to reach a lab area. A cut scene kicks in Of the proto
nephilim past you also you may encounter another mutant to
shoot Down. Leave the room and turn right and find the open
Kurtis can crawl through. Make your way past the dead guard the
was another proto nephilim meal and head Down the corridor and
down the spiral stairs. Make your way to a checkered floor And
through another door and look on your left for an opened door. This
is The proto nephilim chamber. Make your way along the gantry
until you find a ladder And climb to the top. Make your way
towards the control room and head left across the Ramp up to the
proto nephilim chamber door that has been broken open and jump
and Pull Kurtis to the top. I experienced lack of camera control
here so use the look button To find a broken gantry ramp across
the way and line Kurtis up to jump across to grab It and pull up.
Take the gantry to the end and jump to the other side. Now find a
duct And have Kurtis jump up and crawl in. Crawl through the
ductwork and fall to a few Drop and make your way to the opening.
There is only one exit and the other paths Have gratings blocking
them so use your look button to check as you go. Once at The
ducts exit drop down and climb the ladder to the top you’ll find
next to another Corpse another access pass card pick it up and
also a chocolate bar. Find the button On the wall to open the
door and exit. You’ll find we are in familiar territory once
again And soon we’ll be encountering the proto nephilim. Exit the
room and take the hallway Left until you find the door where we
can use our pass card. Before we use our pass card Lets discuss
how we are going to beat the Proto Nephilim. Kurtis has plenty of
ammo But you’ll need to watch your health there is a large health
pack in the room if you need It. We have to keep shooting the
beast and have him fall four times and if you are Successful a
cut scene will follow of Kurtis killing the proto nephilim with the
crystal Shard. Make sure you keep running around to avoid the
beast from attacking you he Jumps to the ceiling for a breather
then comes back sometimes just keep shooting him Constantly until
the cut scene kicks in. Now that we are prepared enter the room
for A cut scene of the beast looking for another meal. Ok lets
say you killed the beast and The cut scene with the crystal shard
going into the proto nephilim killing it has passed. Now find the
switch in the room you can’t miss it. It has all the pipes
surrounding it. Throw the switch opening the room where Lara was
trapped and once again another Cut scene of Lara and Kurtis
discussing plans and realize it’s best to work together But takes
separate paths. After the cut scene this ends our level and have
control of Lara Once again. Wasn’t Kurtis fun to play? It blended
well with the story and made a nice Change in my opinion. It
wasn’t overdone and didn’t over shadow the main character. Well
enough of my opinions and onto our next level The Aquatic Research
Area.
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V Level 22 Aquatic Research
Area |
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Aquatic Research
Area
We now have control of Lara once again and can now leave
by pressing the button On the wall. Enter trough the opened door
and ignore the ladder to the right and instead Turn Lara left to
hang drop to the ground below. There are gun turrets on sensors in
the Area and we need to avoid them. You now need to use the
commando crawl by using The crawl and walk buttons together. On
the other side to the left is a small opening to Crawl through
and once inside locate the valve on the large pipe. Turning this
valve Releases a blue fog in the area disabling the gun turrets
in the area. Have Lara turn the Valve and wait until the gas has
fully filled the room before Lara leaves where she is. Once the
blue fog has filled the room it is safe for Lara to leave the valve
area and now We need to find a pipe to climb on the wall. Climb
up the pipe and shimmy right to Another pipe and climb up and
shimmy right until Lara can pull up to the ledge. Now hang drop
to the platform below and head down the corridor and to the
right. Be careful here as there are more gun turrets Lara’s auto
aim will kick in to give you a Subtle hint. You can go down the
corridor a bit and then shoot the canisters until the Explode
disabling the gun turrets. At the end of the corridor enter the door
by pressing The button and climb the ladder inside to the top.
Follow the path until you reach the Aquatic facility a console
ahead of you is a clue you are in the right place. If you
look Closely at the console the levels are low and we need to
raise the levels. Unfortunately We have another of those
underwater mutants also. If you go toward the right of the
stairs And look below you’ll see a steal cage and that’s where we
dive, as the beastie cannot get Lara from behind it. Opposite the
grating fence is a broken window we can swim through And to the
left is a switch to raise the power to the console above. Tip here
if you are low On air return back to the top for air if you need
it you can always return. One the switch Thrown reverse roll to
turn Lara around and swim through the door ahead with the Yellow
and black stripes ahead and up another door of the same color go
through and Swim upward to a small opening and head to the top
and pull Lara up to get dry. Inside along the left walkway is a
health pack, pick it up and head out the doorway by Pushing the
button on the door panel. On the opposite side is another opened
door with Black and yellow stripes head over to it and inside and
press a button on the wall to open The door to the next area.
Inside are two switches left and right. Push the one on the
right To bring up the elevator and then press the one on the
right to activate a security camera In another area. Go inside
the elevator and push the button and head down to the
lower Level. Turn right to a doorway and head down passing a
control panel Lara is passing The underwater control area. Pull
the switch energizing the facility to full capacity and Return
back to the surface the way you came back up the elevator and
through the room. A brief cut scene will follow after you return
to the surface showing things turning on in The area. Make your
way right up the stairs to a new area with a big bowl on a
platform. This is the underwater creatures feeding bowl we need
to fill it with chum so we can Make him happy and won’t bother
Lara. Completing this task also give Lara another Upgrade. Pull
the big bucket away from the platform and onto the conveyer area
you Will have to go on the other side of it and give it one more
push to get it in place. Once in place a yellow switch on a pipe
to the left of the bucket will bring the bucket to The other
side. Have Lara throw the switch and watch the bucket go to the
other side like Magic! Once the bucket is on the other side Lara
has to push the bucket as far as she can Into the room ahead. One
it’s in and under the shoot we can put yummy chum inside. Find
the switch on the left side inside the room and throw the switch
filling yummy chum Into the bucket for our little friend below in
the water. Now we have to do everything in Reverse. We have to
pull the bucket back onto the conveyer and press the switch on
this Side to bring the bucket back to the other side near the
platform. Once the bucket is in Place Lara will have her upgrade
and we can push the button there to send the bucket Back near the
platform on the other side. Watch it go to the other side like
magic! Now Lara has to finally push the big bucket with the yummy
chum for our friend below In the water so he can have his supper
back into the platform just the way we found it. Now we have to
find a way to get our big bucket to our underwater friend
below. Make your way downstairs and to a platform near a control
room with crates. If you Stumbled upon it before you’d notice the
ladder was not accessible before but is now With all the power
restored in the facility. Climb up the ladder and push either
yellow Button on the console to activate security sensors and
shows you a switch and a room Wetsuits in it depending what
button you pushed. Exit this room not by the ladder but The
doorway in the room it leads to a ramp that’s broken at the end.
There is a pipe to Climb and without the upgrade Lara would have
never made the distance. Climb the pipe And shimmy right to
another and climb up quickly and left around the ledge and
shimmy Left until you can drop to a platform below. On the end of
the platform left is a switch That will bring us our ride across.
Push the button and get on quickly the driver doesn’t Wait for
Lara for long. On the other side approach the automatic door and
enter then head Left to throw a switch. This switch shows a cut
scene of yummy chum for our friend to Munch on and now he will no
longer be interested in our Lara. Turn around and head to A door
on your left and push the button to open the door. One more button
and a baddie On the other side of the door waiting for you. Have
the machine gun ready to gun him Down after you push the button
to open the door also a good save point here. Assuming you took
out the bad guy after pushing the button to the door. In the
cabinets On either side are clips inside get the clips and make
your way back to the research Facility. The right side the
facility when you are back at the automatic door is the Side we
need to go and dive into the water and throw switch number 1. Before
you Dive in The underwater buddy creature is not as hungry but
would like desert so don’t Waste time swimming around. Dive in
and press action on switch number one. This Open a passage on the
other side but you’ll need to come up for air first. Take a
quick Breath and dive back in and head through the opening and
head upward. Once there A cut scene kicks in of Lara taking a
wetsuit and putting it on and then she presses a Button that
fills the room with water. A quick save here isn’t a bad idea if you
aren’t A good swimmer at this point. Once you have control of
Lara throw the lever on the wall In the room there is a 2 above
it and dive down into the water and head back into the Facility
and find the hole we opened passage 2 and take it to the end. Ending
this level But not the underwater adventure as you will as Lara
enters The Vault of Trophies.
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The Vault of
Trophies
Yes Lara is still under water and it’s going to get
even harder at least it was for me so I It’s easier for you with
this walkthrough. To prepare for this swim always use the
few Places above where you can get air and as you get closer to
where you need to be save Your game as you go. The objective here
is to find a wall you need to kick down and find Two statues with
the names Limoux and Vasiley and pull the levers behind there
statues. With all that said let’s get swimming you’ll find you
are swimming in a current which It even harder. Swim down the
corridor past the 2 sets of blades and further ahead is a Stone
opening you need to enter on your left. Prior to reaching this
opening was an air Pocket a place to get air remember it if you
need to backtrack. Enter the stone passage And find a wooden
pillar past it on the left is another open head down there to find
the Wall. Kick it down and backtrack a bit you’ll find another
air pocket above nearby. This is a great place to save if you’ve
found the pocket of air. With the wall open the next Step is to
find the two statues with the names Vasiley and Limoux. The names
are on the Back of each statue at the bottom of the base. When
you enter the statue area turn right The third statue is Limoux
and behind it is a lever pull it to watch a statue move into
Place. This is a great time to head back to the air pocket
through the wall as you are Running out of air so find the air
pocket and another great save point here. The seventh statue on
the right is Vasiley so head back as before and pull that lever
to Watch the statue move in place and start an electric charge
that opens an area above. If you’ve been watching your air during
this time it’s almost gone but is holding steady Until you get
control of Lara again. You have enough time to swim to center of the
room To the top and get Lara some badly needed air. A cut scene
kicks in of Lara removing her Wet suit and we are finally back on
dry land. Head through the opening to a large Slamming stone.
Position yourself in front and dash past it before Lara becomes a
Pancake. Ahead is a lever on the right side of the wall this
raises platforms similar to What was in the hall of season’s
levels. The platforms are timed to crumble in three Seconds with
exception to the first platform in front of you. Position Lara to
the edge And hold the walk and jump button and watch a bunch of
platforms crumble. Turn a Little to the platform right and
another walk and jump for a short hop to the next but Hurry and
jump to the stone platform ahead as you have three seconds. Once on
the Stone platform the next jump is tricky, as you have to use
your best guess for a standard Jump. The best way is to find the
edge on the right and take a step back and jump to the Platform
farthest away and closest to the exit. Jump to the platform and
another to the Entrance and back on safe ground. The entrance
ahead has two knights in a library the Trick here is to know
where you are going and to disable them both for 15 seconds
with A good weapon and do what you have to do. Disable the 2
knights with your weapon and Head right and throw the lever at
the end of the room this gives Lara another upgrade to Pull a
chain on the opposite side from where you are and reveals some
bandages behind A bookcase but leave those for now. Lara needs
time to pull that chain so have the Follow you out of the room
and into the cave area you came from. They get lost and Don’t
bother you at least they didn’t bother me. Go to the chain on the
left side of the Room near a yellow tapestry. Pulling the chain
raises the tapestry and reveals a wall that Lara can climb. Climb
up the middle portion of the wall that looks like a cross
and Shimmy right until you can climb up onto the ledge and pull
Lara up. From there look up. You can jump to the grating and move
across to drop to a small platform across the way. This lines you
up to jump and grab the main center beam and move to the platform
across The way in the center of the room opening another bookcase
and revealing the 5th Obscura painting. Where you pulled the
first switch against the wall is the painting and Opposite from
there are the bandages grab them both and look for the fire place
and Crawl through to a hole in the floor and leaving the 2
knights behind. Great save point As we have a fairly long swim.
Jump in and make rights when you can and look for the Opening
that has a brown color. This ends the level and a cut scene kicks in
with Lara Making it to the surface and meeting Eckhardt face to
face. He has Kurtis Trent prisoner And says if she gives him the
5th painting they both can leave. Gunderson and Muller are Also
there and Eckhardt is not please with Muller for failing him.
Remember Kristina Boaz getting eaten by the mutant plant earlier
on? Well she’s back and she looks like a Female version of the
Scorpion King. Lara and Kurtis watch as Muller is devoured
by Boaz. Lara is then hoisted to safety and tosses Lara the two
shards. This sets the table For the next level Boaz Returns.
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Boaz
Returns
Yes Boaz has returned into a lovely creature that
spits goo from the front and four pods 2 on each Side. I must
have restarted 50 times but once I realized what to do it was easy.
The key is simply To run around and shoot on one side of the
creature taking out one side of the pods and then run Around the
other side and do the same until the creature goes down. If you do
that it takes very Little ammo and maybe less than 2 minutes of
shooting PS2 users can aim by using the square Button while
shooting or else you will do a roll when you are not. Once the
creature is down Kurtis Can easily finish of Boaz as she comes
out with wings by shooting repeatedly until she's finished. What
of Kurtis Trent? Hmm we'll have to wait and see. Just remember like
Forest Gump Run Kurtis Run!
The Lost Domain
You slide
down and enter the level ahead and a series of platforms make your
way to the other side To a lever on the right in the corner of
the wooden platform on the other end. Once there pull the
lever And climb to the bridge on the other side is a large health
pack. Head out of this tunnel to find a lever And across the way
a series of stoned ramps. You now have your upgrade that will allow
you to make this. The key here is not to simply run across but to
use your dash key and jump. If you time it correctly Lara Will
safely land on each platform and run across to the exit. Without
using the dash key you'll never make The timed 15-second door on
the other side. This will most likely take you a number of tries but
once You get the hang of it you'll say wow that was so easy. Once
on the other side the door behind you Closes and we face some
more platforms and a door on the other far end of the cavern. If you
want to you Can hop the platforms but you will run into some
nasty blades at the stairs on the other side that’s up to You. If
you do immediately hop back and then retrace your hops back to where
we are now. There is a Lever we have to pull to disable the
blades that come down from the steps on the other side. At
the Entrance to your left there is a ladder jump to that area and
climb the ladder to the top and go to the end Of the ramp.
Standard jump to the ramp across the way. Now we have a slide jump
and the camera here May be tricky so be careful you want to save
beforehand just in case. Once on the ramp by the lever Pull it to
disable the blade then hang drop from there to a platform below.
Lara with all her upgrades Can make a jump to the stairs grab and
pull up if you angle yourself right. Walk up the stairs and
flames Surround the symbol on the door and unlocks and opens the
door to Eckhardts lab ending this
level.
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Eckhardts
Lab
We slide down a ramp but if you do not jump to your left
before the blades Lara is dead. Once on the stone ledge Lara can
make the long jump across the way avoiding the second Set of
blades and taking some slight damage on her energy. A doorway ahead
has 2 knights Which I did not encounter until I pulled a lever in
the room. Enter the room and go to a desk In the far left corner
and pick up Alchemic Phial number one and nearby is a health pack
too. Pull the lever in the middle of the room to open the trap
door in the center then find a ladder Near the entrance you came
in and climb to the top and make your way around to the
place Holder for phial number one. Continue around the catwalk
you are on and back step from the Railing to jump on top of the
cage in the center of the room. Inside are two more Alchemic
Phials The last two we need. Once Lara is on top of the cage drop
into the opening and remember this Area as it is our only way out
and a great save point before you pick up the phial as after you
do The cage drops into the acid bath. Pick up the phial and climb
up the cage shimmy left and pull Lara back on top of the cage to
safety. A small ledge not accessible before now is so have Lara
climb up and crawl inside for phial number three our final one we
need. Now we need to Get out of here. Lara can climb the walls
here but cannot pull herself out you will have to do A back flips
at the edge to land back onto the floor in the main area. Once back
let’s waste no Time using our last two phials and placing them in
their holders. Climb the stairs in the room To place phial number
two, then head down the stairs and head for the pool in the other
room And place phial three in the holder on the wall. This starts
a chain reaction and now you can Have Lara jump into the water to
get the crystal shard sitting on a base at the bottom. Now
surface back to the top and go through the newly opened door and
follow it sliding to yet Another door. Once you open this door a
cut scene kicks in with Eckhardt busy doing his thing. Once you
have control of Lara the best thing to do is duck as he using all
his powers to try to Kill Lara. You can’t do anything to him at
this point so save your ammo until he starts to make Three clones
of himself. At some point the three clones will run to the center
circle where you Are that is when you start shooting at them and
move as close as you can shooting Eckhardt until A cut scene
kicks in of Lara stabbing him with one of the three crystal shards.
Repeat this process Two more time and on the third the cut scene
will show Joachim Karel who all along was the Ring leader a
Nephilim himself a shape shifter the one who killed Von Croy. He
stabs Eckhardt With the third shard to kill him and offers Lara a
chance at joining him. Of course Lara refuses And now Lara
becomes his next target. If you’ve made it this far it’s a great
save point don’t Worry about ammo you won’t need it. Find the
slumped Eckhardt and grab his glove this is What will kill Karel
but not on him we have to now find a button on another pillar
similar to one Eckhardt is lying dead against. Push the button to
lower a ladder nearby and climb up. Move The platform to another
ladder and climb up again. One more ladder to find and climb
up. On this platform all you have to do is find a spot to jump
towards the sleeper. Do not worry About grabbing anything as a
cut scene will automatically kick in of Lara hanging from
the Sleeper and using the glove and ending the reign of the
Nephilim. Lara finds Kurtis’s weapon And only to wonder if he’s
alive or dead and will ever see him again. She exits the lab
and You have successfully completed this wonderful game The Angel
of Darkness
congratulations!
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