Tomb Raider 2 Walkthrough - Level 16: Floating Islands

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Secret list:
Secret 1: 2:04 - Secret 2: 7:13 - Secret 3: 23:30

Game: Tomb Raider II - Starring Lara Croft
Platform: PC
Year: 1997
Developer: Core Design
Publisher: Eidos Interactive

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Love the aesthetics of this level. The nightmare fuel ambient soundtrack, the alien green of the jade against a black abyss and the red flames of the temple.

gorgolyt

It's been many years since I've played this game, but I remember liking this level. I always like odd, surreal levels in games. I think I'm probably the only person who actually liked the Xen levels of Half-Life.

I also have a vague memory of statues that come to life when you approach. They're indestructible in statue form, but the game records any damage done to them. I recall standing just out of range of awaking them, shooting them with grenades(?), then walking closer to wake them up. They'd change from statue to enemy and immediately explode. I always found that amusing. :)

lurkerrekrul

This level design still ranks high in the series.

Mayor_Of_Eureka

I was just scared of this level as a kid

rederickfroders

In the new tomb raider remaster this level looks creepy as hell !! 😟

malikgray

this is the most difficult level tomb raider has ever had!

lucassambudio

14 minutes. How are you jumping that far??! I keep landing in the lava !

bradbartlett

For anyone struggling with the jump at 16.29, you have to jump from corner to corner to make the jump. So jump right into the right corner of the square .

bradbartlett

11 years ago???? How are those textures so good??? :O

gustavoschnurr

Over 50 percent of the level is in the dark or darkened areas. By this time in the game, you have amassed a huge amount of flares. Unless you are just trying to set a record, why not use those flares so people can see where you are at and what you are doing?

fanbutton

This level is based off of a fusion between Chinese and Tibetan depictions of the magical realm of Shambala. According to the book Liezi, the mysterious palace " was built with beams of gold and silver, and incrusted with pearls and jade. It towered high above the region of clouds and rain, and the foundations whereon it rested were unknown. It appeared like a stupendous cloud-mass to the view. The sights and sounds it offered to eye and ear, the scents and flavours which abounded there, were such as exist not within mortal ken. The King verily believed that he was in the Halls of Paradise, tenanted by God Himself, and that he was listening to the mighty music of the spheres. He gazed at his own palace on the earth below, and it seemed to him no better than a rude pile of clods and brushwood. " And that " neither sun nor moon could be seen in the heavens above, nor any rivers or seas below. " Lining up exquisitely with what we are presented with.

What presumably occured was that Lara, Bartoli and his men were transported to the Floating Islands (AKA Shambala) via a portal, which opened after Marco stabs himself with the dagger. It does fit with the dragon theme that they are levitated to a place high above ground.

The remastered version does alter this, as they added a moon, which was not present in the original. However, this is a case of an aspect being wholly unconnected to in-universe, as the develeopers placed the moon there to create dynamic and realistic lighting, but because the original is the canon version (where the moon is absent) the moon isn't there. This is similar to how the player dies as Lara, but she doesn't actually gets killed in-universe.

CozyGlow

Man I hated this level so much when I was a kid.

nicko

13:59 At this point I always died in the lava, because I couldn't jump far enough. I ONLY works with a head jump for me. I play a modded Steam version on PC.

GASH_one