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Thanks Bpanther, I'll try it out as soon as I can

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone figured out how to beat the puzzle after killing the two mummies/atlanteans in the sanctuary of the scion. I can't solve it in time for the time trial difficulty setting. I only pass it when I randomly spin the four spinny things, which takes me about 10-15 minutes but I only have someting like 28 minutes to finish the level, I can't do it in time. I just don't understand the orientation of the hieroglyphs. It's the last time trial I need to do! but it's so hard! It's driving me insane, I've found all artefact & relics and completed all time trials except THIS ONE! I'm only one task away from completing the entire game... If anyone can help me out it would be mucho appreciated

I was looking at vids on youtube of TR:A and came across a video of the mansion. It isn't very good quality unfortunately. Croft Manor It looks as though the pool room is under construction, there's scaffolding all around the room and there's some outdoor areas, too! Complete with maze!

Does that mean we might see a playable demo in next months issue?? One can only hope

Natla always had an alien appearence in the original. Her head was big and round and alien esque now she has a slim face and evil looking.

I'm glad they're keeping Keeley's voice in TR:A. I thought her voice sounded similar to the voice of TR1 especially the "I only play for sport" line in the new trailer. She said it almost exactly the same way as TR1 Lara did in the opening scene from the original game.

Do you think that will include a PS2 version as well??

How about adding "to Avalon" at the end. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Quest to Avalon

Lara can do a series of backflips whilst do the rolling flips or frontflip flips push down or opposite direct and she'll either do a cartwheel or flip in mid-air and then do backward flips. It's not quite the same as her old backflips but they're really cool!

How about a flame thrower, as well as a weapon she could also use it to burn away obstruction from the scenery like ivy, cobwebs and wooden barricades..etc. It's probably about the only sorta gun she hasn't used before.

I was thinking about the weapons in TRA. I know that TR1 only had a small selection of weapons. Lara's standard pistols, Shotgun, Magnums and Uzis. But I was hoping that maybe they'll add a little something extra to Lara's arsenal range... I think I spotted desert eagles on the trailer at the very end in Lara's holsters, they look darker and bigger than her standard silver pistols. It's very exciting I thought though, I could be wrong, what do you folks think?

It's the move she uses to balance on things, That's what they're calling it.

If you press X and then triangle in the air she'll do a kinda backflip kick, its really cool Sometimes I wish the enemies were harder to kill so I can perform a load of melee attacks in one go, But that's just me being evil lol

Not just pillars she can also use this perch move on other small areas too, perhaps like small stepping stones and so on etc. And apparently she can use her new grapple to climb walls for the first time. Now That's pretty cool, I always thought she should use a grapple to do that...

"What do we do?!"... "They're in there battling that thing on their own!" I yelled with major concern. I ran over to the door leading to the next carriage were Ada and Angela was fighting with the monster. To my dismay the door was locked "Holly crap, the door won't open!" I began to panic. "Mileena can you get it opened?" I asked. Mileena started to work her technological wizkid magic on the control panel, only for it to fail her once again "Dammit, it won't open!, it's a safty precaution". Mileena said with frustration on her face "My guess is that it's for situations like these". " There has to be another way in" I said looking around the control carriage for ideas, I looked up and found an answer "I've got it!". Above my head was a air vent grate, "I need a boost. Elcrone, would you mind?" I asked "sure, but what do you plan on doing?" Elcrone asked assisting me, holding his hands in a cup like fashion for me to place my foot on. "No time to explain" I replied pushing the grate out of its place. "Be careful out there!" Etienne said. Mileena looked at Etienne with surprise as it was the first time he expressed concern to anyone in the group and was the first string of sentences he had uttered since the spider battle. "I will" I grunted pulling myself up on top of the carriage..."Don't worry about me" my voice was drowned out by the noise of the tracks and gun fire. I was on top, and had to make way to the next carriage, I could see the hole were that big a$$ monster b**ch broke its way in. I struggled to get to my feet, focusing on my feet I looked up briefly and to my horror there was a low construction beam heading right towards me, I quickly dropped to my knees to avoid it, regaining my stance I made my way to a gap between the two carriages. I took a few steps back a made a leap across, I landed without any trouble but the worse was far from over. As quickly as I could I moved to the opening on the roof, I lowered my head down into the hole to get a look at the situation below. Ada and Angela was backed up to the door. "Ada!...Ange..!" my voice attracted the attention of the monster, it advanced towards me "Aidan, NO!"...Ada yelled..."That thing's gonna kill you!" Angela cried out. "Get yourself away form it!" Ada adviced. "What? It was hardly going to make you both a nice cup of tea now, was it?!" I replied sarcastically. Ada was right, I had to take heed to her advice and think fast because that think is getting closer. It swung its weapon for my head, I moved so fast to evade its attack I fell of the roof, thankfully I was able to grap on to the side of the carriage "Argh! bugger!" I cursed my near fatal mistake. Hanging there I had to pull myself up and FAST.I pulled my head up only to be faced with the monstrous creep I tried to get away from. It swung for my head once again, I tried to avoid it and KACHINK! in it doing so I lost some of my grip, I was left hanging by my finger tips with my left hand, luckily my head was still attached. The hammer wielding monster grapped my forearm and picked me up to safty, but this my have some fearsome consequences, this thing still wants me dead, but not so easily. It held me out at arms length and slowly raised it's weapon to whollop me on my head...suddenly "HEY! HANDSOME!". The monster turned it's gaze to Ada who was on the roof with us. Training her gun on the monster she opened fire shooting it in it's face, the monster released it's grip on me, dropping me, changing it's priority on the Ada. Wincing in pain from it's incredible grip on my arm, I had to help Ada rid this thing for good...Lying there, I turned to my side and reached into my packpack, I pulled out a rope, I tied a noose on one end and on the other there was a grapple hook attached. I spied another low construction beam, I slung the noose over the monsters neck and yelled "Ada, drop to the deck". I slung the grapple at the beam. The unsuspecting Monster was yanked away as we passed the constuction beam, thus buying us some respite away from the beastly nasty, at least for a sort time...

I just hope so very much that they'll release a playable demo of TRA like they did for TRL. They have to! ...this waiting is torturous.. It's driving me insane

Darn! I was totally mislead by the title of this topic I thought there'd be some actual screenies of the mansion on here..I was sadly mistaken, still, at least we now know that there's definitely going to be a mansion level in TRA Yay!

The Cistren was a fantastic level, it'll be a crime if they didn't include it in TRA. I loved how Pierre stalked you and ambushed you when you didn't expected it, then you'd shoot him a few times and he would magically disappear...He must be just as good as Lara when it comes to exploring, Which is pretty impressive I reckon. The level after the Cistern was awesome, when you finally kill him in the temple or tomb as that level was called 'Tomb of Tihocan'. I love the line he says before he starts shooting... "A little late for the prize taken, no?... Still it is the taken part that counts". It was such a cheesey french accent as well, but it scared the crap outta me the first time because it suddenly broke the silence unexpectedly, lol. Ah, I can't wait for TRA !!!

Tino, you're right. Lara does have other mansions...Out of the three abbingdon estates her father left she considers the one in TRL to be her home...(I personally like to believe that one of her mansions was the original one from the previous tomb raider). It says so on the PDA on the data option. I really liked that feature. It's like Lara herself writes a discription of each location, her objectives and her conclusions.. Anyway, back to more ideas. I would like to see Winston doing some household chores, but not just your average conventonal spring cleaning..I mean, he is Lara's Butler. He should be tootling around replenshing ammo or something. Feeding Lara grenola energy bars, "they're healthy and delicious", he should say,lol. Because he cares for her and he's apart of her family..Don't you think? He was pretty much stood staring at the fireplace looking rather miserable all through TRL, apart from two meager appearances in cut scenes. He should, at least, be standing somewhere else each time you enter the room and say something different each time you approach him like Zip does.

I don't know what kinda pics you're after Raider Man, whether its official ones or the unofficial. I personally like the latter I think they're so cool. I particularly like anime or manga style pics...Here's one I found

Here are some I recently discovered, some of them I've never even seen before. They're art concept from TR2 of Lara, pretty cool, huh?

Natla's mines, Killing off all of her men one by one before entering the great pyramid of Atlantis...Oooh, I'm getting goosebumps! , lol

I agree there was always at least a little blood in other TR, particularly in TRL when you blew up bad guys into bloody chuncks with explosives. And AoD enemies and even Lara left little blood splats on the ground when they got shot... It was odd that there was no blood at all in Legend.

Her braid is shorter than usual, but the bit at the bottom looks a like a graphical glitch. I'm sure they'll sort that out come release date. I'm glad to see her old backpack and pistols again...

I don't mind waiting a bit longer for this game after all we've already had Legend this year and TR:iDVD comes out real soon as well. I wonder if TR Anniversary will use the original music from TR1 or if it would be revamped? I'm looking forward to seeing Atlantis and those Atlantean creatures again..not to mention the dinosaurs and Palace Midas. I hope they keep Midas' hand, so when Lara treads on it she'll turn in to solid gold. Oh and the long plunge to death in St Francis' volly and the even longer on in The great pyramid level..Mwahahaha I remember Lara screaming at least 3 times before she hit the pool of lava at the bottom. Ah, all those wonderful ways to kill her again, lol ..*Evil Smile*