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Welcome back Itachi, Horus and Raiderchick! Stop on by whenever you guys can, you're always welcome!

If you are where I think you are (where I got horribly stuck too) you can do that section by jumping straight to the first grapple point, holding the jump button in to make Lara jump further.

I've heard of the grey wall thing before; apparently it appears to prevent you from entering an area that hasn't fully loaded yet. Once the area is loaded properly it's supposed to disappear. I don't know about your other problems though... I don't have a PS2 and I haven't encountered any bugs yet while playing on PC.

I myself have remapped the keys to combat = left shift and crouch/roll/dodge = spacebar (the right mouse button is now mapped to jump). I don't think I'd be able to manage the dodge move with the dodge key being shift, it's a bit awkward to reach for that but fine for keeping pressed as the combat key.

Welcome, Phantom_2040 I agree with you about Stella's walkthroughs. I've read walkthroughs from a few different sites, but the ones that Stella writes are always the best and easiest to follow. I might catch you in the chatroom soon

LOL, those were just freaky. Lara's eyes bugged out in the first one I rather like this one myself. I have no idea what that lady is saying, but man, she does a funny impression of AoD Lara

Are you here? If there are swords sticking out of the white block in front of Lara, you'll need to go back to the area where you picked up the key and throw the switch that retracts them. Have a look in that area for a ramp. You can run up the ramp and use the grapple to get up to the platforms above. Make your way across the platforms to throw the switch and retract the blades. Otherwise, if you have already thrown the switch and are having difficulty with the timing, there's nothing much I can think of to suggest except keep practicing.

You have to shoot at one until it becomes enraged and charges at Lara. Then you have to perform the Adrenaline Dodge and shoot it in the head and stun it. Use the grapple to pull the horse thing's shield away from it, and use the shield to reflect that beam that turns you into stone back at it. Do this for both of them. When they're turned to stone, you can damage them and eventually kill them.

Yeah, what Phantom said. Just want to add that you shouldn't stand on the square button in front of the mural while you're trying to shoot out the targets like I did...

I think that if you find an artefact, it stays found even if you die before you reach another checkpoint. Check your stats, it might still be there.

LOL, so there is another way. I wondered about that, since I died a lot when I did the backwards jump, and the amount of health I lost jumping to the slope made me suspect that wasn't the way to do it either.

Have a look for a picture nearby that'll tell you what to do with the mural with the lights that you shoot.

If I remember correctly... The blue fuse is below where the green fuse was. When Lara is hanging from the grapple rope press and hold the interact button so you can get her to move down the rope. Swing left and jump backwards off the wall to land in a bin which will tip over and dump Lara on the floor, but don't gain too much momentum or she'll hit the platform where the green fuse was and the grapple rope will disconnect from the grapple point. You can also jump off the grapple rope so she continues to the left and lands on a slope, but you'll lose a fair amount of health if you do that, and may die depending on what difficulty mode you're on. Or that's how I did it anyway. There's probably a better way to do it because I find it fairly difficult...

Which rooms have you done so far? There's the room with the fire, the rooms with all the pillars with the spikes, and the room with the big column in the middle. Which bar are you still missing?

According to Stella, there's a potential bug here, wherein Lara will not grab that ledge. If anyone else is having this problem, and Lara absolutely won't grab the ledge even if you're holding the jump key down as she is jumping, then try the fixes that are suggested at Stella's:

Do you mean the door behind the Midas statue? If I remember correctly, you pull the switch for that room as you enter the main area after completing one of the other rooms (I think the one with the tall pillar). I don't have a convenient save at the moment to check though.

I've finished Egypt and just started with Natla's Mines. This game stresses me out so much, but I can't stop playing

I'm sorry, I can't help it... Okay then, here're some not-psycho ones... Lara doing some amusing acrobatics Stop jumping on the bed, bad Lara, no cookie for you! LOL, well yeah I would have done it anyway You know me too well Glad you like my work

Some more screenies! I like the effect the lightning makes in this one (from St Francis Folly) These ones are all from Sanctuary of the Scion: Pretty beams of light... Face-off with scary monster I really like this view from the top of the Sphinx Of course I really can't help myself, I just have to do it... Crunch!

I don't know exactly where you are, I'm afraid... can you describe exactly where it is you're stuck?

I'm also in the chat. Join us, join us!

We're going to need a lot more info from you to help. Basically, the objective here is to open four rooms, and get a key out of each of the rooms to open the door out of the level. What have you managed to do so far? Have you managed to get any keys?

LOL, I got the game on the day it was released (1 June). I played the whole weekend after that Plus I suck at finding relics and artefacts so I don't bother looking for them most of the time. If I find one, it's a bonus I'll go back once I've completed the game and see if I can find any of the ones I've missed. I've slowed down a bit now though, I don't want to rush through the game too quickly.

I'm on Sanctuary of the Scion at the moment. I've gotten one of those Ankh things, now I'm just trying to figure out how to get the other one... LOL, I'm sure I'll figure it out soon enough

j7, do you mean the secret thing that's in the opposite corner to where you got the owl thing? I've just gone back and managed to do this without too many problems using only a keyboard and mouse. Make sure you're adjusting the camera while Lara is in the air, so that when she lands the camera is already where you want it.