DANCING ON THE EDGE OF INFINITY
Level By Ruediger Abend
Walkthrough By Anya Marie McDonald
NOTE: I have listed no
secrets or pickups unless the pickup is in a secret or is something that the
player needs to perform a task. Sorry, but I feel that the players should not
be given everything in a walkthrough and that they should just use a walkthrough
as a guide to get from the beginning to the end of a level. Everything else in
the level should be done by the individual players.
The level starts off
wqith Lara standing on a floating block in a almost pitch-black area. Step
forward off the block to the sloping block below. Slide/grab the edge of the
sloping block, then climb down a little then backflip/twist/slide/grab the edge
of the sloping block behind you. Now pullup/backflip/twist/grab the ladder
behind you, then climb down a little, then go around the corner of the block
the ladder is on til you can drop down safely to the ledge below. Once there
deal with the harpy that attacks, then drop/hang/shimmy (left or right
depending on which side of the ledge you drop down and hang from) to avoid the
place on the ledge with the red dots on it(it's a spike trap). After you have
cleared the red dots pull up and continue til you come to more red dots, then
bypass them like you did the last set of red dots. Once you are safe run/jump
to the floating block ahead of you and deal with yet another harpy. Once you
have put the harpy's lights out turn left and diagonally jump to the safe place
next to more red dots. From where you are at you see a big gate that is closed
with two guards on either side of it. Now align Lara so that she is directly in
front of the first guard, then pull out pistols or shotgun and fire to put him
to rest, this will trigger the other guard to walk in your line of fire so you
can deal with him too. Once they are both gone run/jump to the next floating
set of blocks, then to the ledge where the closed gate is and the guards were.
Since you cannot see a switch or lever to open the gate you have to find
another way in, so walk to the edge of the ledge, turn around and jumpback/grab
the edge then let go and quickly grab the crevice and shimmy to the left til
you can pull up into the crawlspace and watch a cut scene of someone who looks
like Lara standing over a dead body.
Crawl through til you
come to an opening to your left, then drop down into the water, then head north
dodging the blades that are swinging. After you have passed the blades head to
the surface and exit the water, then go climb the ladder before you. When you
reach the top of the ladder turn right and go through the crawlspace and drop
down to the room below. Turn around and walk to the switch on the wall and use
it, you will also notice that you are now on the other side of the closed gate
you saw earlier. Now go through the open door behind you and through the small
passage to the next room. In this room there are two passages with signs above
them. The sign above the passage to the left reads "AUTHORIZED
PERSONNEL". The sign above the passage to the right reads "ILLEGAL
INTRUDERS", so let's head down the passage to the left. In the next room
you will pass under a catwalk with several guards above you; some will shoot so
run through the opening ahead of you and deal with the dog that will attack.
When you get to a "T" crossing turn right and duck under the blade then
jump over the next blade. Once you are safely past the blades deal with another
dog then turn right and step on the blue tile at the end of the passage and
watch a cut scene. Leave here and turn right and head down the ramp, dealing
with any guards you meet along the way. The door you saw opening up in the cut
scene is a timed door, so getting to the bottom of the room with ramps is
tricky, so do this (it might take several tries to get it right or you could
just sprint down to the bottom of the room if you feel lucky). Go through the
opening, then drop down to your right, then drop down to your left then safely
to the floor below then into the room beyond the gate before it closes.
To your right is an
opening with another sloping passage to the room below. Slide down the sloping
passage to the next room, but jump over the red squares or Lara will burn. When
you reach the bottom walk into the next room. In this room the path you are on
is floating above vast darkness. If you go and take the path to your right or
forward you will have to deal with harpies, if you take the path right you will
be safe all the way to the opening at the end of the path. Once you reach the
opening at the end of the path turn facing south at the opening then angle Lara
so she can jump/grab the crevice, then shimmy to the left til she can drop down
on safe ground. Once there deal with the coward that is shooting Lara in the
back, then turn and use the monkeyswing to get to the blue block and slide down
the sloping passage to the room below. When you reach the next room deal with
the two MP's then go and dive into the pool in the second room ahead of you.
There is an opening on the west wall so swim through it, then take the second
right then turn left then down the to the right slightly, then left then down
and get the gem. Now head back to the pool surface and exit the water. Next
head into the room you went through to get to the pool and move the shelves to
your right and get the key from behind them. Then go and move the shelves next
to the wall on the other side of the room. There is a grate there so shoot it
out then go through the crawlpassage, shoot the next grate leading to the next
room. In this room head through the opening to your left and up the sloping
passage to the closed gate. There is a keyhole just before the gate, use the
key to open the gate and deal with another MP.
Ater the MP is gone use the floor lever, watch the cut scene then head
back down the sloping passage to the next room. Turn left and go through the
open door there into the passage, watch a cut scene of someone who looks like
Lara standing behind a gate. When you reach the next room there is an opening
ahead of you and one to your right. Let's go through the passage ahead of Lara
since the one to the right has those red tiles. Go up the stairs into the next
room and quickly go into the crawlspace up in the wall before the two machine
guns rip her to shreds. Go through the crawlspace to the next room. In this
room there is a pool of some kind of toxic liquid, there are also several
buttons that you need to push. After each button you press watch the cut scene,
once the last button has been pushed go and place the gem in the receptacle at
the other side of the room. Now head back through the crawlspace into the room with
the machine guns, then back into the next room. Now go down the sloping passage
which the red squares are now blue into the next room. Next go climb the ladder
to the top, deal with a bat then jump to the next ladder. Climb almost to the
top then backflip/twist/grab/pullup into the passage. Follow this passage
through an open gate. There is another gate which is closed and an opening to
your right. Go through the opening down the passage til you come to a dark
area, then climb down to the room below and use the floor lever, watch the cut
scene then head back to the closed gate.
When you get back to
where the closed gate was you find it open, so head through down the passage to
the next room. In this room several guards will attack, but don't worry about then
too much, because the girl you saw in the cut scenes that looks like Lara is
there and she will take care of them for you, but if you want to help her then
be careful because if you shoot her she will shoot you back. However, what Lara
needs to do is go over to the blocks on the platform and move them so she can
get to the opening behind them and use the floor lever there and deal with an
MP also, then watch a cut scene. Now head back into the room with your little
clone helper and go to the southeast corner of the room and go through the door
you just opened into the passage and the level ends.