New moves include ladder climbing and additional acrobatic maneuvers. (Automatic pistols replace the Magnums from TR1.) Lara can now use flares to light her way in dark places, as well as drive vehicles: a speedboat in Venice and a snowmobile in Tibet. In addition to the pistols, shotgun, and Uzis from the original game, Lara adds a harpoon gun, M-16 assault rifle and grenade launcher to her arsenal. What's New Since TR1: Graphics have been enhanced somewhat, though they are still primitive by today's standards. From there journeys to the foothills of the Himalayas and, finally, back to the Great Wall. Lara's journey takes her from the Great Wall of China to the canals of Venice, then to an offshore oil rig and a sunken shipwreck. This time there are 16 full-size levels plus two shorter levels at the end. Gameplay is still a combination of action and adventure, but the sequel includes quite a bit more combat and bloodshed than the original. In her travels, she will encounter the other two. Lara, forever the adventurer, is one of these. Now three parties hold the dagger close to their heart. The dagger was returned to its resting place within The Great Wall and locked up for all time.
Knowing the power of the dagger, they succeeded in removing it from the Dragon Emperor's heart, reducing him and his army to carnage. While people fell into submission all around him, the warrior monks of Tibet would not relent and courageously fought against his evil. His final battle, however, ended in defeat. Thus he staked claim to the vast lands that are China.
In Ancient China, the Emperor was the holder of this power and with his army alongside him, he was a force to be reckoned with. Spoiler-free Synopsis: Legend has it that when you drive the Dagger of Xian into your heart, you acquire the power of the dragon.
Later: Macintosh, PlayStation 3 and PSP (via PlayStation Network), Mac OS X, iOS and Android.
There's extensive information there on how to use the mod to add stuff like new textures and gamepad support.Platforms: Windows, PlayStation.
This worked for me so hopefully it will work for you.Ĭheck out the mods help file within the Tomb2fix folder for additional information and help. If the cutscenes still do not play then open with a text editor such as wordpad the Tomb2fix.ini file located in the Tomb2fix folder.Ĭhange the line 'scaleFMVs=True' to 'scaleFMVs=False'. I've not tested this but I've heard that the game will not play cutscenes if these files are missing.
*NOTE* Do not delete the original movie files. Lwmte at has kindly uploaded higher quality versions of the cutscenes that can be used for this mode.ĭownload all the movie files in this link and copy them into the FMV folder in the Tomb Raider (II) directory. This fix also replaces the FMV cutscenes with much higher quality versions so is probably worth doing anyway. If FMV cutscenes still don't play then you can use this fix. Click on Select Launch Options and enter '-setup' in the text box. In case you don't know, basic options including resolution can be changed by right clicking on Tomb Raider (II) in your steam library, selecting properties. This should fix the windows borders and aspect ratio issue. You can either run the Tomb2fix.exe file within the "C:\xxxxx\Tomb Raider (II)\Tomb2fix" folder or better yet add this file as a non-steam game in the usual manner.
The patch can be downloaded from the following link.Įxtract the downloaded file and copy the Tomb2fix folder to the Tomb Raider directory (for example copy it into the "C:\xxxxx\Steam\SteamApps\common\Tomb Raider (II)" folder) This patch was created by peixoto from and I take no credit for creating this excellent patch. You can do some cool stuff like replace the textures with the iOS ports textures. This mod will also allow you to add mods and modify textures but I won't be covering it here. Adding higher quality FMV video cutscenes This is my method that uses one mod to run Tomb Raider 2 with the following fixes:ġ: Removes the windows borders in fullscreen modeĢ: Displays the game correctly in widescreen mods with apect ratio correctionģ: Alternative method for fixing FMV's not playingĤ. I decided to share retr0gamer guide and it really helped me with TR2!