Talk:Tomb Raider II

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[edit] Indiana Jones References in Trivia

References to Indiana Jones are numerous throughout Tomb Raider II, most notably by the use of locations from Raiders of the Lost Ark (Himalayas) and The Last Crusade (Venice). Also, the music featured in the scene showing Marco Bartoli putting the dagger in his heart is directly taken from the sacrifice scene from The Temple of Doom, played reversed and with some effects added.

So, merely including a setting is enough to make a reference? Is Kundun in refence Indy? It has a Himalayan setting. Likewise, there really isn't too much in common between the two scenes mentioned. They don't naturally suggest each other, no matter which way you play the tape. There is certainly no evidence I know of that the makers were thinking of The Temple of Doom scene when creating the Dagger scene.

There are obvious similarities between the franchises, yes, but I posit that the influence is more general. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Skulking (talk • contribs) 18:29, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Edit war

This is a message to user 86.128.44.24: stop reverting this page back to your pointless edits. They are not necessary in any way. Get an account, use the talkpage or leave. Otherwise you will be reported for vandalism. --Steerpike 20:44, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Steerpike. Wikipedia is not a video game guide. Zephyr2k 16:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I've reported this user for vandalism. This guy has been consistently ignoring our call to discuss the subject on the talkpage. He's going to have to stop one time or another. Sigh. --Steerpike 16:43, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I don't think it's vandalism. Though, he should read Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not. Zephyr2k 17:28, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dagger of Xian

Okay, I looked everywhere for a reference to "The Dagger of Xian" as an official subtitle for this game and found nothing. Is there anyplace where this is officially used? Because if it is just a fan title or a working title, it should not be used at the beginning of this article. Rhindle The Red 12:49, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay. --Steerpike 15:52, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, anyone got anything? I don't want to change it again if it can be supported somehow. Rhindle The Red 13:23, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
I didn't double-check it. Probably just an unofficial title given to the story. I'll take your word on it ;) --Steerpike 17:33, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fresh Idea

I have a proposal. I posted some time ago an article that just doesn't fitted with Wikipedia's standards. This is my article: User:Locketudor/Tomb Raider music. I want to split it, remake it and distribued it to all Tomb Raider games. --Tulok 15:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Secret door

In Tomb Raider II, there is a maze outside the mansion and at the centre of the maze there was a grey button you could press. When you pressed it, a screen came up showing a secret doorway opening under the stairs. There is no mention of it within this article however. Can somebody include it somewhere and say what was inside the door? SKC

It is mentioned in the section Lara's Mansion: "The house is also home to many secrets, most famously the hedge maze concealing a timed switch to open the basement of the mansion.". - Shrensh 15:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Opera House

I think the idea of "Opera House" level was taken from reality (see the "La fenice" Opera house fire) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.230.69.102 (talk) 16:16, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

You are right. There are lot of references in the games that leads us that most of the places from TR games are half real. Once upon a time there was a chronology on laracroft.tv about similar places used in TR levels. Timeline Main 4 - this is he link that doesn't works for the moment. Tuloc (talk) 12:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Tomb Raider 2.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 09:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)