Willard stole the artefacts from Lara, who then tracked him down through the ruined city and to the crater itself. However, Lara had seen enough of the stone’s effects to understand why the Polynesians had fled, and why Dr. Willard wanted to use the four artefacts to access the main meteor fragment still in the crater. Willard had become fascinated by the stone’s ability to mutate Hox genes, and thus give rise to new – and horrifying – body forms. Upon recovering all four artefacts – one from Area 51 in Nevada, one from a South Pacific island, and one from a cosmetics entrepreneur in London – Lara headed to Dr. Impressed by Lara’s skills, he offered the commission to find the other three artefacts to her – if she was interested. Willard’s men failed to acquire the Infada Stone (though Lara had bumped into them during her own search). Willard learned all of this upon discovering one of the sailor’s journals, and the ruined city itself, via the RX Tech Mining company during a drilling operation in Antarctica.ĭr. The artefacts were subsequently scattered across the world – sold off, lost, or stolen – as the men died one by one. They discovered the crater cavern and stole the four artefacts. Then, in the 1800s, a group of sailors on the HMS Beagle made landfall near the ruined Antarctic city. Not on the menu: Lara learns about the artefacts’ past However, the city was later abandoned and its people fled Antarctica due to the terrifying effects of the meteoric stone’s power – leaving the four artefacts behind. The Polynesian settlers also built a great city around the meteor crater cavern. They carved four pieces of the stone into powerful artefacts – The Ora Dagger, the Eye of Isis, the Infada Stone, and Element 115 (or at least, that’s what researchers in Area 51 later dubbed it, and they wear white lab coats and carry clipboards, so they know what they’re talking about). Willard revealed that, many centuries ago, a lost Polynesian tribe stumbled across the meteor and worshipped the stone for its unique properties. He informed her that the Infada Stone was not unique as she believed it was in fact one of four powerful artefacts carved from meteoric rock that had fallen to Earth in Antarctica millions of years ago. However, in the ensuing FMV cutscene, Lara met with Dr. These levels were certainly enjoyable enough, for all they were fairly standard Tomb Raider fare. Lara began her journey in a remote ruined temple in the Indian jungle, in search of the ‘unique’ Infada Stone artefact. Tomb Raider III’s story, however, was not disrupted by this element of player choice. Due to the toughness and number of enemies in these final levels, savvy players soon learned to tackle Nevada first, so their precious arsenal wouldn’t suffer the maximum penalty! This order was not just a gimmick the players would have all of their weapons, ammunition, and most items permanently confiscated in Nevada’s High Security Compound level, which meant that a player’s choice of level order had a significant impact upon how well-equipped they were when it came to the final, decisive location, Antarctica. Uniquely, the game offered players a choice of play order: Once they had completed the opening levels in India, they could choose what order to tackle the subsequent three locations – Nevada, South Pacific, or London. It consisted of twenty-one levels spread across six locations. The game upped the anti significantly in terms of graphics, gameplay difficulty, and sheer scale. Lara Croft’s third outing launched on the 21st (North America) and 23rd of November (worldwide), on Windows, the PlayStation, and Mac OS. Globe-trottin’, gun-slingin’, raidin’ gal Then in November, gamers around the world got their hands on the latest and greatest Tomb Raider game yet – Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft. The world couldn’t get enough of Tomb Raider, and especially Lara Croft. Titanic sunk all opposition at the box office, and we were happily winding away peaceful Sunday afternoons listening to Metallica, Aerosmith, and Shania Twain. In 1998, the world got its first look at Google, President Bill Clinton was impeached for having an inappropriate relationship with intern Monica Lewinsky, and the French football team kicked their way to World Cup victory. Survivor Reborn is back with another entry in our Retrospective list! Today, we take you back to 1998 and the game that tested even the hardiest players’ patience – Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft.
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