SKIRMISH IN THE THRONE ROOM: This is a tough battle against multiple enemies: 3 men armed with rifles, 3 demo men and 2 guys with shotguns. Then she quickly scrambles for cover as a couple of Mathias's soldiers start shooting at her. Lara urges her to keep going while she finds another way out. Sam manages to escape out the far side of the room just before the doorway collapses. ![]() Lara shoots down a section of the fire-weakened ceiling to delay their pursuers and she and Sam run back to the throne room. The friends are reunited and Lara gets her weapons back, but when they try to find Whitman, Mathias is with him. The Russian has the opportunity to honor his promise almost immediately, as Lara steps out from behind a pillar and skewers him with an arrow. Mathias goes off to take care of business, ordering Dmitri to guard Sam with his life. Before Sam can protest further, an underling arrives with a status report for Mathias: the fires are spreading and Lara has disappeared. He tells her that they're all trapped on this island and she alone, as Himiko's descendant, has the power to release them. There she overhears Mathias trying to convince Sam that being the chosen one is somehow a good thing. (Even if you want to, the game refuses to present the correct button prompts.) After marveling at how interesting the Solarii are as a tribal culture, the doctor scampers off to "keep watch," and Lara proceeds to the throne room. Resist the urge to slap him into next week. Lara runs into Whitman wandering unescorted. INSIDE THE PALACE: Follow the candle-lit hallway until a cut scene kicks in. Use your axe to scale the climbing wall, loot the bodies here and then enter the building. It's a long jump, so prepare to press Interact to steady Lara's grip on the opposite ledge. Then take a running jump across to the building where the shooters were. When you've taken care of them, search the bodies on this side of the gap, pick up 2 bunches of arrows in the corner. As it subsides, take cover behind the low wall on the outside edge of the walkway because a pair of Solarii start shooting and throwing dynamite from the building across the way to the south-the one with the rough climbing wall. Another explosion billows out of the doorway ahead. Turn right at the corner, continue forward and ride the zip line down to the next roof. Move forward (southwest) along the only clear path across the rooftop. She rifles through his photos and papers, pockets a map, and climbs through a hole in the ceiling onto the roof. Loot the bodies there and go through the doorway on the right.Ī short cut scene ensues, in which Lara discovers Mathias's Yamatai scrapbook. Enter the building ahead, which is also on fire. Loot their bodies if you can get at them and continue to the left (northwest). As you proceed, flames erupt from the doorway ahead on the right, killing a few more fleeing soldiers. After he passes, jump up to grab the horizontal beam above, traverse to the left and pull up onto the roof. A screaming soldier falls off the roof next to you. Traverse to the left, jump to grab the next window, and continue climbing to the left. At the top, jump to the left to grab the windowsill. ![]() Go to the end of this roof and use your climbing axe to scale the rough section of wall ahead. Turn the next corner, also to the right, move to the end of the roof and jump the gap onto the next roof, which runs along the perpendicular wall. ![]() Step through, take a moment to admire the beautiful scenery, and then follow the tiled roof around to the right. ![]() Or just wait for the fire to do its job and loot the bodies you pass.ĬROSSING THE PALACE ROOFTOPS: Soon you'll come to a hole in the wall leading outside. You can help them along with an arrow or two. ( screenshot)Īs you make your way through the corridors, you'll see several small groups of enemies trying to escape. Burning debris blocks your path, but Lara can squeeze through the low opening on the left. Avoid the flames as you make your way up the stairs. BURNING CORRIDORS: When you enter the palace through the tunnel from the Geothermal Caverns, the building is on fire.
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