In a large cavern she uses a zipline to reach the entrance to the dagger's tomb but realizes the key mechanism is missing and is suddenly attacked by an Italian cultist named Claudio whom she effortlessly overpowered. In 1997 Lara Croft arrives at the Great Wall of China to see if the legends are true and navigates a series of caverns located inside one of the guardhouses and makes her way through a series of traps and puzzles even battling a pair of Tyrannosaurus Rexes. Over time its existence was relegated only to myth only to those who truly sought its power or keep it banished forever. There the dagger was locked up and remained in a slumber for many centuries. There was peace again in China and to prevent another person from gaining the powers of the dragon and waging war again, the surviving monks took the dagger to rest in the Temple of Xian, at the Great Wall of China. The emperor was reduced to bone as his flesh melted away and died a horrible death but not before immolating the one who slew him. During one of his battles against an army of monks, victory was assured until one of the injured monks crept under the dragon emperor and pulled the dagger from hisīelly intrigued by the glowing light emanating from it. In ancient China, Emperor gained the ability to take the form of a dragon granted to him by the Dagger Of Xian plunged into his heart and lay waste to China with his powers. The dagger was returned to its resting place inside the Great Wall of China, and now, hundreds of years later, Lara Croft races against time to claim the dagger before it falls into the hands of the Fiamma Nera. The dagger was eventually retrieved by Tibetan Monks and the Emperor was defeated. By plunging the Dagger into its owner's heart, the weapon has the power to turn its wearer into a dragon. For comparison, I’ve got original Tomb Raider 2 footage posted below it.The story of Tomb Raider II concerns the mythical Dagger of Xian, a weapon which in ancient times was used by the Emperor of China, Dragon Emperor, to command his army. This footage somehow manages to make me feel like a kid again, while also reminding me that I’m marvelling at how awesome modern gaming has become. It’s running in Unreal Engine 4 with everything cranked way up, and the footage is also running at 4K. This fan made remake though… title Tomb Raider The Dagger of Xian by Nicobass might change your mind if you felt the same. It could just be because the new series is on a roll (read our reviews for Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider here) and they don’t want to distract from those. With so much love for the old games, and the recent fascination with complete remakes, it makes you wonder why we haven’t seen any decent remakes of the original Tomb Raider games. Speaking of heads over heels, there was nothing cooler than playing Tomb Raider and getting Lara to do nifty things like handstand on ledges, do flips and dive into water. Tomb Raider 1 was one of the best looking games I had ever seen at the time, and we were all just completely head-over-heels in love with the recent shift from 2D to 3D gaming. The amount of nostalgia that I feel when I see old Tomb Raider games still surprises, but this was a really big time in gaming.
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