Levels listed...
TEN - 12
TR5 - 33
TR4 - 3204
TR3 - 184
TR2 - 142
TR1 - 73
74604 reviews (20.5/level)
3633 (99.6%) walkthroughs
467 Hall of Fame levels
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release date: |
29-Dec-2023 |
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# of downloads: |
549 |
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average rating: |
8.75 |
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review count: |
6 |
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file size: |
74.80 MB |
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file type: |
TR2 |
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Cave/Cat |
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| Reviewer's comments |
"I loved this level, reminiscent of the Temple of Xian & Floating Islands, which are
amongst my favorite official levels - here I could enjoy again discovering this peculiar
atmosphere, with the flickering lights and weird background noises (Floating Islands's
ambient soundtrack is my favorite of all TRs...) but there are also new and surprising
things ! The "flooded temple" is such a good idea, these huge ruined rooms drowned in
water, sand and darkness... There is also a beautiful library, rivers and cascades of
fire... And I was particularily amazed by the scene with these kinds of spider-like
statues that all of a sudden move in the dark. Brilliant moment !
To me the level fits inbetween "medium" and "challenging" categories, with underwater
sections, vertical architectured rooms so lots of platforming - which actually looks
challenging more than it really is ; the good old flying warriors and a very difficult
last boss ; and a supplement in difficulty resulting from the ambient darkness (especially
in the first level). The puzzles are interesting, not always easy to solve. I found too
that the 8-lever puzzle was quite difficult to understand, even with the clue, maybe my
brain is not very logical, I don't know... Anyway, I found it very balanced, with tough
enemies but a lot of ammo lying around, good platforming sections which can get tricky
while allowing a fluid progression (and not going F5/F6 over and over again because all
you get are overly technical jumps that have you try again a million times). The darkness
in the first level is a very interesting component and I think it was cleverly used. As
others have mentioned there are a lot of flares around so it's never a problem but it
makes you explore differently, sometimes throwing torches on the ground to light an area,
sometimes getting tense because you have to choose between carrying the torch or the guns
! Very beautiful and thrilling. Thank you to the builder !" - OrFractal (26-May-2024) |
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| "Very good. Underrated and underplayed because other reviewers suck. If it was released when original TR was easy and so we wanted harder custom levels, it would have been much more appreciated. You get creative story, puzzles, combat, geometric shapes and platforming over these. It's spooky dark, but you get more than enough flares. Secrets are properly challenging with little chance of collecting them by accident. The only fix I'd make is of notorious wrong textures. Eventually, tension built over time resolves properly which leaves the sense of accomplishment. Play it at some time, most suitably Halloween." - DJ Full (05-Apr-2024) |
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| "These are solid levels worth to play, but in the first one I found a lot of backtracking when writing the walkthrough, so I had to modify it several times: example, if you jump into the water in the initial room there's not a direct way to go back up and I needed to repeat the same movements several times later; even when you know where to go or what to do the author forces you to re-visit some areas more than once. The second level was not so nasty in that sense. I like the enemies and the enough ammo and medipacks to can advance without problems; for some secrets I had to ask for help, and for the hint to know what switches to pull in the yellow lava room, the author could place a camera shot or so pointing the room where the hint is. The worst was the numerous very dark rooms, even when I found enough flares, it's not very nice to properly explore the corners walking always with flare in hand.Anyway the levels are not bad and sure that the TR2 lovers will enjoy them." - Jose (11-Mar-2024) |
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| "We don't get too many Temple of Xian-
inspired adventures, so this made for a bit
of a nostalgic change as the atmosphere and
textures always stood out to me from the
original TR2. The environments here are
constructed well aside from a few rough-
looking sections here and there, the
atmosphere is extremely spooky and chilling
(undoubtedly aided effectively by the enemy
spider jumpscares, spiders are a recurring
theme throughout this temple too, a neat
touch) and the gameplay difficulty nicely
ramps up throughout, with a decent mix of
traps, exploration, the always welcome
springboards and a couple of neat puzzles,
plus combat that gets progressively more
challenging as you go on (the boss battle at
the end definitely being the most
challenging). My main issue was the
encroaching darkness that seemed to dog Lara
from the moment she stepped foot in this
place. There's plenty of flares around, but
having to constantly light one at nearly
every step got annoying after a while
particularly in the first level. Still,
enjoyable stuff on the whole." - Ryan (10-Mar-2024) |
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| "Atmospheric adventure with a strong gameplay , even if none of the actions are difficult ;
we have intriguing exploration , fun jumps , spring boards or zip lines, flip maps, a couple
of timed trapdoors easily mastered, a lot of fun but a bit spoiled by too much dark areas in
the first level ; it s better in that regard in the second level as darkness is mostly
limited only to the spider caves. Hoping the player isnt arachnophob as there are many
spiders in this game, and by the way there is also custom objects or textures in that theme.
There is also tigers and crows which have also their custom texture. It was good to fight
again against stone warriors in the second level. Finding the secrets was not obvious but
worth the trouble. The hint for the 8 levers puzzle was too far from the puzzle area , i did
not notice it and had to look at a walkthrough video. The visuals are average , but the game
is quite interesting and recommanded. 2h48 - 4/6 secrets" - eRIC (05-Mar-2024) |
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"Notes
- I renamed tomb2.exe to tr2.exe in order to be able to hear the music.
Disliked
- The lighting is consistently too dark. I never ran out of flares, but constantly going through those is troublesome and also makes it harder to appreciate the visuals.
Neutral
- I didn't understand the puzzle with the 8 levers, and only happened to solve it out of pure luck. There may have been some sort of hint among the geometry near the switches, but if so it was pretty obscure.
Liked
- While spiders are a constant threat throughout, the combat peaks at the end with a challenging fight against several living statues and a demonic monster in a lava room with sparse footing, making for an exciting conclusion.
- Large, interesting temple areas and caverns are waiting for Lara to explore them with lots of platforming. Aside from some places with stretched textures, this TR2 adventure looks quite nice.
- An interesting use of custom objects as set pieces, including having a bowl of lava pour down to reveal a pickup, what a neat moment.
Time: 1 hour 50 minutes | Difficulty: Medium | Rating: 8.5/10" - JesseG (09-Jan-2024) |
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