Sophia's
Obelisk
Level by Crane (June,
2005)
Walkthrough by Harrie
Laudie
[Note] Although I
think that installed the level correctly, there were some sound problems. For
example, pistol gunfire was inconsistent. Parts of the level are also very
dark. So use the binoculars for light, as there are few flares to be found. [End
note]
You start by sliding
backwards down a roof. Grab the edge so you can safety drop at the end. Drop to
the ground and kill a dog. Shoot a trashcan in the north corner and pick up the
laser sight. Shoot another dog that sneaks up on you. Go west and kill a dog
and notice a closed gate. Shoot the trashcan in the south corner and pick up
the Uzi's. Return to where you dropped and go south to shoot an empty trashcan
and see a ladder. Climb the ladder and pull up. Go east behind the tower and
just follow the balcony. Jump a gap and continue following the balcony into an
opening in the south-west wall. Slide the slopes and land into another area
among high walls. Follow the passageway and kill three dogs. Follow to the
north and see some water in a canal. Kill a semi-invisible guard that is on an
awning in the upper north-west.
Notice a closed
underwater gate in the east end of the canal. Jump the canal and climb the
ladder on the north wall. At the top shimmy to the left to drop onto an awning.
You can see a medipack behind a window but you cannot break it. Jump, using the
awnings, to get to where the guard was killed. Shoot the windows and enter the
opening. Press the pushbutton and hear a loud noise. Dive into the water and
notice that the east underwater gate is open. First climb the ladder and jump
to awnings to the south-east. Shoot the window and pick up a token from the
pedestal. Dive into the water and enter the underwater tunnel in the east wall.
You swim into another
canal and notice a stripped pole in the water. Pull up and go the opening in
the south-west corner for a small medipack. Go east through the archway and
kill another semi-invisible guard. Go east over the small bridge into the next
archway and kill four dogs. Shoot the north-east trashcan for red shotgun
shells. Shoot the south-west trashcan for blue shotgun shells. Return to the
small bridge and dive into the water. Go south for red shotgun shells and a
small medipack. Go north for blue shotgun shells and a large medipack. Pull up
to any ledge and go back to the canal with the stripped pole. Dive in and pick
up three Uzi ammo before you swim into the opening in the north-west corner.
Enter the next section
and pull up in front of a gate. Jump to the south ledge and press a pushbutton
on the dark wall. Jump back and go through the open gate. Enter a corridor and
kill three bats. Pick up blue shotgun shells and red shotgun shells. Follow the
corridors to a room with water pools. Kill a semi-invisible guard on the ledge.
Dive into the water for flares, small medipack and a large medipack. Pull up
and go to the south-east to climb a ladder. In the next room, drop into the
hole in the floor and follow a tunnel. Climb the blocks and enter a dark room. Use
a flare to see a box in the dark corner. Open the box for flares and then go
west to shoot out the window. Walk out onto an awning. Jump the awnings and go
to the south wall. Shoot the window and enter the opening. You get secret #1
and pick up crossbow normal ammo. You are above the canal with the stripped
pole. Dive in and go back through the corridors to the room with the pools.
Go to the north-east and
shoot out the windows. Walk forward and get a flyby of the area. Step out onto
the ledge and kill a dog. Go north and dive into the water. You see a large
tunnel to the west but it contains nothing. Swim east and into a south tunnel. Pull
up to a ledge and go south. Lara will look at a trashcan. Shoot the trashcan
and pick up the shotgun. Back into the water and swim to the east end and pull
up into an opening. Shoot the window and enter the corridor. Go south and kill
a bat and a dog. Go east to kill a semi-invisible guard. Go north and then east
to kill a bat and a dog. Then generally follow the corridors to the south-east
to exit into a room with water.
Dive in and swim to
another room with many ledges. Pull up and kill a dog. Go to the south-east
corner to see a closed gate. Now go to the south-east to see a tunnel and kill
a dog. Enter the tunnel and kill a bat. Climb the west ladder and find a
motorcycle for later. Use the token to open the gate but do not exit yet. You
can only keep one token at a time so when you get a token, use it before you
pick up a second token. Get down and climb the east ladder. Kill a
semi-invisible guard and pick up red shotgun shells. Get down and leave the
opening as you go back to the water. In front of you is a pushbutton. Press the
pushbutton and the gate in the south-east corner opens. Go there and shoot out
the windows. Exit to a ledge and go left. Climb the ladder and drop onto a
balcony. Jump the awnings to the south-east and enter an opening. Shoot the windows
and enter a dark room. You are on a balcony over a deep main corridor.
Safety drop in the dark
main corridor and go north. Kill a semi-invisible guard and continue north to
the next corridor. Ignore the stairs but run down the east corridor beside it
and find a doorway. Enter the doorway and you are in a library. Climb the
stairs and enter a doorway in the upper south wall. Search the dead-ends among
the shelves to kill two dogs and find four Uzi ammo. Then go back and exit to
the main corridor. Go south and when you see wall torches, this is the place
where you entered and to the east is the place to climb up for the exit for
later. Continue north and see three doorways and two closed gates.
Enter the only west
doorway and go through the opening in the south-west. The opening in the north
just goes back to the same corridor. Enter the room and see two boxes. Open
only one box to pick up a token. Exit the room and go to the closed gates in
the main corridor. Use a token and a gate opens. Go back to the room with the
two boxes. Open the second box to get a token. Exit back to the closed gate and
use the token to open the second gate. Before you enter the room behind the
gate, go into the east wall openings.
Go through the first
east doorway and enter another library. Go up the stairs and kill a
semi-invisible guard shooting at you from the balcony. Enter the doorway in the
east wall of the upper balcony. Follow the bookshelves and kill a dog. When you
reach a junction, go into the north branch to kill a bat. At the end get secret
#2 and pick up Uzi's from a pedestal. Return and take the south branch to kill
a dog and find two Uzi ammo. Then exit the library and return back to the main
corridor. Enter the second east doorway and kill a dog. Open the box and pick
up a token. Return back to the main corridor.
Now enter the open gate
and enter another dark room. Kill two dogs and two semi-invisible guards. Pick
up the crossbow from the pedestal. Enter the archway to the west and go down
the stairs to the water. Use the crossbow and laser sight to kill the
semi-invisible guard who is shooting at you from the top of the waterfalls. Dive
into the pool to get secret #3 and pick up Uzi ammo. [Note] The first time I
played this level, I am sure that this registered as a secret. When I played
the second time for this walkthrough, the secret did not register. [End note]
Exit back to the corridor and go back to the wall torches. Pull up onto the
east wall and step onto the balcony. Go north and jump to the west over the
main corridor. Exit through the west window and dive into the water. Pull up
and enter the west opening and climb the ladder back to the motorcycle.
Shoot the windows and
drive the motorcycle onto the balcony. Be careful because you can drive through
the railings into the water below. If you shoot out the windows in the north,
you can drive down the ramps to the area with the canal with the stripped pole.
However, there is no need to go there. Follow the balcony to the south to drive
over a dog. Follow the ledges until you come to a large down ramp. There is a
small medipack on the pedestal at the east wall. I did not find a way to get it
so I ignored it. Drive down the ramp and follow the ramps to drive over a
semi-invisible guard. Continue onto another open balcony area to drive over a
dog. When you see a dog on a balcony to the north, dismount the motorcycle. Kill
the dog and jump over the water to the balcony that the dog was on. Pick up Uzi
ammo and return to the motorcycle. Drive west to run over a semi-invisible
guard. Continue to drive over a dog and two semi-invisible guards. One guard
will drop a token but do not pick it up. Look for it and note where it is for
later. You should still have a token and you cannot have two tokens at the same
time. You face a closed gate so jump to a ledge to the east. Continue jumping
the awnings and go to the east to find a pushbutton on a wall around the
corner. Press the pushbutton and the gate opens. Jump the awnings back to the
motorcycle.
Drive through the gate
and drive over a semi-invisible guard. Drive east into the next opening into
some light and dismount the motorcycle. Return to where the guard was at and
enter a west tunnel. The north branch is a dead-end so continue west. Follow
the tunnel to kill two dogs. A large gate will open for you. Enter and kill a
semi-invisible guard. Pick up red shotgun shells and blue shotgun shells from
two alcoves. Continue south to follow the corridor. You will find a north
alcove so jump up there and pick up two flares. Continue south into a room and
pick up a large medipack from beside a window. The pits in the floor are
harmless. Now return back to the motorcycle.
Drive south and be
careful when you turn the corner. The room to the east has water in it. Drive
through the next room and drive over a dog. Find a place to park and dismount
the motorcycle. Shoot a trashcan at the east wall for Uzi ammo. Shoot a
trashcan in the dark corner of the east wall for a small medipack. There are
two windows in the room. Shoot out the east window. The west window cannot be
broken. You can go back to the water and in the north trench there is a token
on the floor. Do not pick it up but remember where it is for later. Drive the
motorcycle through the broken window and onto the balcony. Be careful, as it is
a rather tight left turn. Continue into a tunnel and emerge onto a ledge over a
water filled room.
Dismount the motorcycle
and kill the two semi-invisible guards shooting at you from the top of the
central structure. Grab the ceiling and monkey swing to the opening in the west
wall. Follow the crawl space and pull up into an opening to the east. Jump to
the central structure and go south. Slide down and jump to grab a crevice in
the south wall. Shimmy to the right and pull up into a crawl space. Go to the
end and stand up. Follow the steps to the higher ledge. In the middle, grab the
ceiling and monkey swing over to a platform on the north wall. Use the token
and the gate below opens. Dive into the water and pull up on the east side. Before
you drive through the gate, go back and pick up a token from either the water
trench or the dead guard.
Return to the motorcycle
and drive through the open gate. Drive up the ramps onto a bridge and drive
over two semi-invisible guards. Stop and dismount from the motorcycle. You can
go back to the ramps and jump south to a ledge. You can continue to jump the
ledges and eventually shoot a window and kill a semi-invisible guard on the
ledge below. After that, just return to the motorcycle. Drive down the east
ramps and park the motorcycle on the ledge. Dive into the water and swim around
the building to the west and pull up onto a ledge. Go north and into a tunnel
and then pull up into a crawl space. At the other side, stand up and pull up to
the south. Stand on the bridge and shoot the semi-invisible guard on a ledge to
the east. Then climb the ladder to the roof. Drop, grab, shimmy to the left and
safety drop to the ledge. Use the token and the large gate opens.
Enter the gate and
follow the corridor to a room with water and four columns. If you fall into the
water, pull up the nearby column and back flip to the ledge to start over. Grab
the ceiling and monkey south. You drop into a tunnel. Search the crawl spaces
for a small medipack and a large medipack. Return to swim back to the starting
point. Grab the ceiling and monkey swing north. Follow the crawl spaces and at
the end pull up to the second floor ledge. Run to the end to avoid the fire
from a guard. Go to the middle and monkey swing east to an opening. Get into
the crawl space and crawl to the end. Turn around and pull up into another
crawl space. Crawl until you can stand on a bridge. Kill the two semi-invisible
guards on the bridge. Kill the dog on the central structure roof. Climb up there
to open a box for a small medipack. Get down and go west to a ladder.
Climb the ladder and
near the top, back flip into a tunnel. Light a flare and go south to kill a dog
and jump into an alcove. Press the pushbutton on the wall and return to go back
down the ladder to the bridge. Dive into the water and swim into an underwater
tunnel in the south wall. Follow the tunnel to pull up onto a ledge. You lose a
lot of health because you have to kill three dogs and three semi-invisible
guards while avoid Sophia's fire from the central island. When done, swim to
the central island and kill Sophia. Climb the ladder on Sophia's obelisk and
press the pushbutton. Dive into the water and pull up by the open gates. Kill a
dog and run down the corridor as the level ends.
24-apr-2006