Busting

Level by Loch (February, 2005)

Walkthrough by Harry Laudie

Busting

You start near a bed in a cave. Beside you is a closed gate with a canister behind you. In the east wall is an opening with a swinging blue ball. Go west and pick up revolver ammo. Turn south to exit the cave and face the ocean. Dive in and swim south-east and look for a dark spot of the sea floor near the east wall. You can swim through the east wall near the bottom. On the other side swim due south to pick up a compass. This is really only noticeable if you swim away from the wall and happen to notice that the camera is behind it (very devious). Exit and swim around the land area until you can walk up onto the shore. As you go inland you notice a large gray item with a number 6 on it. It seems to point the way so I will call this thing a Pointer. There are a few others in the level. Get on the rocks behind it and use a monkey swing to go south. Near the end, turn left, drop and jump to a flat rock. Pull up to right to walk into the woods and see a motorcycle. Take the motorcycle, drive it to the shore and up the steps to the north and west through an opening. Park it some place for a while, since you will need it later. Go south and shoot some barricades. There is some object in a hole but the graphics are funny so I do not know what it is supposed to be.

Facing the building, there are two doors. Enter the left one and go through the large opening in the wall. Follow the path until you see another Pointer. Get into the hole in the wall and down the other side. A trap door opens in front of you. Save on the tile near the opening. This is a miserably tight timed run. Run/jump to the jump switch. Pull it and hit the KEYPAD0 key to stop the cut scene. Roll and run/jump back to the first tile and pull up to the right opening before the tiles drop. If you fail, Lara falls and goes splat on a floor with the word DEAD on it. The cut scene shows a rope hanging from a tree near a gate. Get out and climb into an opening to the east. Follow that path and drop down near a stream. Go east to the back wall and climb a block on the left. Jump and grab a hidden crawl space on the north wall. Go in and climb a block to pick up a compass. Get back out and follow the stream west to a bridge. To the right is the road back to the motorcycle.

Go left and up the road to the rope. Look north and see a flat spot near a tree. Use the rope to swing to it. Actually you can swim to the tree and pull up near the block. A little jump and grab will get you onto the same place. Hop to the next block and jump up to grab a monkey swing. Follow it south and around the tree to release and grab another branch. Pull up onto the branch and use the crawl space on the left to the end of the branch. Look to the north-west and see another Pointer. Jump the wall and go there to kick open the door. Inside go up the ramp to your left rear. Loop around to run over a grass area to another roof across the street. Drop down in a hole in the roof. Pick up the laser sight from a block. Climb the wall to exit back to the roof. Get down and go west. Open a door and enter a room with a jump switch. Go get a cut scene of a wooden bridge that is needed later with the motorcycle. Exit and go west and south to another door. Enter and go up some red stairs to a dead end. Climb the wall to the roof and go south behind the chimney to find a switch. Use it and get a cut scene of a large black gate opening. Get back to the ground and go the north-east area where you entered this section.

Go south and open a door to the left. Go up some stairs and straight down more stairs to a door. Open a door and enter to see a switch. Use it and the room gets brighter as a trap door above opens. Go out and to the right and loop around to up that initial ramp. However, this time go straight and see a pool of water and a jump switch on the west wall. Use the thing in the water to jump to the west wall and pull the switch. You get a cut scene of Lara standing on a ledge below the switch. Get down and go north. Turn west at the first intersection and go left again into a patisserie (that's what the sign states). At the south end, jump over the bar and enter the curtained area to the right. Pick up a large medipack and exit. Go north ands see a structure under a clothesline. Go to the structure and open the door.  Inside go north around a corner to a switch. Use the switch and go back into the room. Pick up the revolver from the water. Exit and go south and to the big black gates you opened. Follow the street and eventually go out the gates back to the tree with the rope.

Go over the bridge and toward the building. Before you enter it, look north-west for another Pointer. This is where you have to bring the motorcycle. First follow the road back to the ocean and swim back to the cave. Combine the revolver with the laser sight and shoot the blue ball. The gate opens so pick up the Nitrous Oxide Feeder. Now go back to where you left the motorcycle and drive it to the Pointer near the bridge. Install the Nitrous Oxide Feeder and be prepared for a jump. Get against the back wall to the north of the tree. Use the boost and try to aim for the center of the jump. Turn right at bit and try to land on the wharf in the water. Immediately hit stop (ALT) before you drive to the back and are pushed into the water.

Go left up the incline and drive beside the wall towards the gate that does not open. Drive through the town to the opposite end and go up the incline by the first entrance door. Go up the ramp and loop back to jump to the roof where you got the laser sight. Go left and drive into the next building and cross the bridge. Go left on the blue ledge and into a building. Go up the ramp carefully and make a U-turn. Drive south and jump the gap into the window in the opposite building. Go through the doorway and break the wall at the other side. Go through the opening and drive to the right and park the motorcycle. Get off and use the switch to open the trap door next to a Pointer. First go into the sewer on foot so you know where you are going. Go to end and push the switch and the right side of the sewer is dry. Go down that dry tunnel and see the gap with the breakable floor on the other side. Go back for the motorcycle. I found it best to face the Pointer and back up to fall into the sewer. Going in straight left no way to turn. Drive to the end and make the jump to break the floor. Go to the side as the bottom has water in it. Now jump back to the switch and use it to fill the tunnel with water. If there is trouble climbing the ladder, try it at the lowest point of the V-junction. Go back to the broken floor and dive in. Go to the bottom and go east and swim up. Follow the tunnel until the level ends.

Busting 2

You start in an underwater tunnel. Just swim forward following the twists in the tunnel and eventually pull up into a cave area. Go north and shoot the white basket and pick up a compass. At the very back of the area is a closed gate. Jump the box behind the motorcycle and jump into the opening in the west wall. Enter, go through the water and enter the next opening. Jump to the north wall and climb down to the bottom. There is another Pointer there. Get into the large hole in the wall and down into the next area. You can see the rats scurrying away as well. On the south wall is a jump switch between the pillars. On the west wall are three jump switches. Go to the north-west for three floor switches. On the east wall there is another jump switch. Jump into the water and swim to the bottom to notice a red and a green bottom underwater doors. There is a funny graphic item in the north-west corner as well. This was a long trial and error guess. After the fact, of course, I saw the clue. Push the first floor lever to the right of the graphic item. Pull the first jump switch to the left of the graphic item. You get a cut scene of the gate above opening. So climb the wall and go back there.

Shoot the barricade and take the motorcycle. Drive through the tunnel and at the exit drive left onto the grass. The road ahead is actually water. Go into the water and south just right of the tree pick up a compass. Get on the motorcycle and drive to the sandy area with a gate in the middle of nowhere. Notice that there are seven tiles with the dark line at the bottom. There are five tiles with the dark line at the top. Step and jump only to the five tiles and the gate should open. If not, try again and be careful where you step. Get on the bike and drive through the gate. You are immediately in a very dark area and a dozen dogs attack and die when they hit the motorcycle. Drive towards the sun and look to the north to see some white bars. Drive there and get off the motorcycle. The white bars are doorframes. Open the door and run to the end. Step on the platform and the level ends.

28-dec-2005