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Lindstrom pointed out that at various moments within the game (typically tied to key moments), the music would rise dynamically to match the action, so you felt just how important that sequence was. The music swelled as we approached, adding to the drama of the discovery. Once we scaled the wall of the ruins and ran through the underbrush to a plateau, we found that we came across an amazing sight of a giant temple laid out before us in the jungle.
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That's an incredible view - just don't fall trying to take a picture. A miscalculation at a higher spot, and we'd have to get ready to attend Lara's funeral. One bad step and we would be lucky enough to land to the ground ten feet below, slightly bruised but not seriously injured. We found this to be particularly useful as we were climbing columns because our path had been blocked by a large, intricately carved stone wall that had once been part of a building. Fortunately, Lindstrom pointed out, Lara will drop one of her arms as she preps for a jump, indicating that there is a spot that Lara can leap to and snag without fear of falling to the ground or (depending on how high she is) her death. While the map that Lara packs will give her a sense of her surroundings, it won't necessarily help indicate when it's safe to jump from one ledge to another or when she's got a potential surface she can grab onto. However, don't expect that you'll be jumping blindly from one pillar to another without any sense of direction. As a result, you'll see a number of leaps that will take your breath away coupled with incredible camera angles that will heighten the onscreen action. Many of these elements highlighted a new camera system that Crystal Dynamics is working on, which will showcase many of the gravity-defying jumps that Lara will make while showing off the impressive landscape she's moving through. We also managed to pick up on a few new animations that had been included within the title, such as some additional shimmying and grabbing along narrow ledges that will help her access new areas, as well as some facial animations that showed Lara grimacing as she prepared to grab hold of a cliff face and pull herself up. Although we initially leapt and grabbed the rock, we also found that we could have simply run toward the pillar and Lara would have intelligently reached out and grabbed for a place to climb, shifting and pulling herself up as she scaled the rock. We took Lara over to a rock pillar jutting out the ocean and started climbing using the edges and contours of the edifice as for handholds.
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While the Sharks might not have been a concern, the climb from the lagoon was. While sharks did swim in the water, they lazily searched for a meal, a stark contrast to their more aggressive cousins in the Mediterranean Sea (even though we were told that threatening behavior could cause them to strike).
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Luckily for Lara, the setting, which took place on the west coast of Thailand, couldn't have been prettier Lara started the level on the back of her boat in a lagoon, which was full of crystal clear water. We were told by Eric Lindstrom, the Creative Director of Tomb Raider Underworld, that the Thailand level would take place immediately after the Mediterranean level and would be the first place that Lara would stop in her search for Thor's Hammer. In her search, she discovers that the Norse tales aren't the genesis of the legendary artifact, and Lara will travel to different locations around the world that each have some connection to this mysterious relic. However, after investigating the ruins, Lara discovers a clue that leads her in a search for Thor's Hammer, a mythical weapon of incredible power. We mentioned in a previous article that the reason Lara starts the game in the Mediterranean Sea is because she's following coordinates discovered by her father to a ruined civilization before he died.