I had to redo some of my voice over for this video while being sick, so that's why my voice sounds stranger than usual in random clips here and there. It's not because I'm one of those lizard people I mention in the intro, I swear!

@thelordoflsd

Жыл бұрын

Hi AxMania!! Huge thanks for your amazing videos. Especially the levels ranking video is one of the best i've seen on KZread. I recently played a TR1 remake by another fan! You should try it. It is a lot more challenging and has some cool tombs to explore. You can check the walkthrough and download link on this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fnZ4tbxwpdmyXZs.html&ab_channel=Steven3517

@whitekong316

Жыл бұрын

🤔

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@whitekong316 😂

@FocusedFighter777

3 ай бұрын

Pff.... I'm a lizard too..... And maybe LARA IS AS WELL !

I love how you keep one of my favorite games alive. May our beloved Lara live on forever!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :D May she live on forever!

@shelovestogame541

Жыл бұрын

Yes we are all so grateful for you and your content man! ❤

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@shelovestogame541 Aww, thank you so much! 🥰

@mrschneobelen

Жыл бұрын

Hear hear!

@william-projetopiano2312

Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY! Thanks for that!

Good analysis. Imagine if we got something like TR3 today, and there would be a 15 minute cut scene explaining the artefacts and their powers... Environmental storytelling and "show, don't tell" is definitely more fun. And regarding "Is Lara affected by the artefacts?" -- I think not, as she does not use them. My theory is that using them creates some kind of symbiosis.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Haha, exactly! I love how there's SO much mystery for us to uncover on our own. The game barely explains anything. I think you are right, Lara merely carries them around.

@runarvollan

4 ай бұрын

She was already mad;-)

I’ve literally thought this myself for so long! 😂 I personally think, in a way, they might of effected her. They tend to drive people a bit insane or make the person addicted to the artefacts and Lara did go on a killing spree to obtain them all after being exposed to the first one in India; killed anyone who was in her way including military guards and innocent museum guards just to get the artefact 👀 we could just say Lara is good and was just doing a job, or went after Willard in the end to stop him, but you never know, maybe the artefacts got to her a little and she didn’t want anyone else having them except her, locked away in Croft Manors trophy room

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, haha! I've thought about this for a long time as well. If Core Design intentionally made Lara a bit more vicious, because she runs around with the Infada Stone in the entire game, then that's just an incredible attention to detail, since they never make it a point to specify that.

@marcusfossa6695

Жыл бұрын

But I think if Lara was corrupted by the artifacts she would have used them like the bosses in the game did. Instead, she used her guns for everything and never dared to summon the power of the artifacts. She knows if she uses the artifacts she will be corrupted. Then there's also a point in the first game where she destroys an artifact by shooting it because she is revolted by its power and evil. I think Lara is the ultimate incorruptible antihero.

@germandawidowski5840

Жыл бұрын

Well, going on a killing spree seems to be Lara's MO for most situations.

These videos are so incredible man never did I ever think 25+ years later, there would be a channel producing videos and digging as much as they can out of the lore of one of the most nostalgic trilogy of games ever. I seriously didn't expect the original games to even have that much of an effort or depth to it's lore than I originally noticed as a kid

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! As long as I can think of classic Tomb Raider stuff to make videos about, I'll do it! ;)

@Dizzyfatpigeon

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania thanks I do have some suggestions. #1 There's lots of awesome mods spanning the classic games, stuff like outfits, beta content etc Do a top 10 classic tomb raider mods? 2# You could make videos covering TRLE? There's some Incredible levels. Mainly ones that are fan reimaginings of the original games Namely: Tomb raider 1 revised Tomb Raider 2 anniversary Be warned, they really do shake things up and can be quite difficult. Or just do the best TRLE levels of all time for each game Thanks and keep the amazing videos coming

An old theory of mine is that the four meteorite artifacts represent the classic four elements - fire, water, air and earth, with the Hand of Rathmore representing some unknown "fifth element" (which could be time, thus explaining the "time rift" phenomena in TLA). One argument in support of this theory is the four elemental tests in the Lost City of Tinnos - one had to prove worthy to the elements themselves before being granted access to the shrine (the meteorite cavern). The Infada Stone seems to be fire, considering Tony's burning powers, and the Ora Dagger could be air, considering Puna's lightning bolts and the ability to conjure lizards out of thin air. The hand of Rathmore was kept separately due to its peculiar nature... or maybe it was the artifact of a "heretical" sect of ancient priests, exiled from Tinnos?

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I thought about this as well! I guess The Eye of Isis is water, as water is life. The Element 115 must be earth then. It's a shame we never got to fight an Element 115-jacked up Area 51 super soldier inside the UFO, so we could know for sure. Interesting theory about the Hand of Rathmore, but what the hell is that meteorite in France then?

@AlexeiVoronin

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Judging by its skybox, "Reunion" seems to take place in some sort of other dimension... which could even be the original source of the meteorite(s). Now that's a great mystery.

God dang, that Eurovision conductor clip caught me off guard. Haven't laughed that hard in a long while lmao

Presenting AxMania - a huge fan of Tomb Raider and... Eurovision :P I surely love to see videos about TR3-related stuff. The way the game reveals the bare minimum about these artifacts allows our imagination to run rampant, trying to fill in the gaps. This is a huge part of retro games' charm, in general.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, two things that go hand in hand, or... Yup, I love how the artefacts were made this way. Core Design could easily have explained everything in detal, but they don't. Instead they put in a lot of little details and pieces in the environments, and I love it!

Wow! This was the perfect video I wanted to watch after just finishing my TR3 playthrough! Loved it 🥰 I totally agree that Lara seems extra aggressive and almost evil in this, so maybe that is absolutely the effects of the artefact. She may not have mutated, but there were some internal changes happening! Great video as always ☺️

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Suzanne! I thought the same when I watched your Meteorite Cavern playthrough, where I was finishing up this video :D "What a coincidence!" Haha yeah, I sincerely hope she got rid of those artefacts in England, because it doesn't seem like they were good for her, haha. Thank you :)

Tony murdered the other two guys using the artifact and then went mad with power. Sophia turned people into faceless cripples and tried to find everlasting beauty. Puna resurrected the dinosaurs and turned his people into cannibals. Willard became a mad scientist and turned people into mutants. Only Lara was able to carry the artifacts and remain uncorrupted. One of the few examples of a well-written strong female character.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Very well said. I agree.

@shannonn2569

Жыл бұрын

Yes but i do want to know why she becane so unreasonably angry, but it could be because she has seen what it can do, and she is guarding it in her backpack, she is trying to protect herself, as it would likely cause aggression in those in her proximity too, so she is causing aggression unwillingly around others trying to protect herself until she can get all pieces and stash them safely at home.

@Jordyssey

Жыл бұрын

wait... Puna resurrected the Dinosaurs? Are you sure? I don't remember such a thing neither can find any source of that. Only that he commands the Lizard Men

@marcusfossa6695

Жыл бұрын

@@Jordyssey Well, dinosaurs are extinct yet they are present in the game. So the only conclusion we can make is that they must have been resurrected by the mutagenic powers of the artifact.

@Jordyssey

Жыл бұрын

@@marcusfossa6695 Well, I think they took the inspiration from The Lost World novel, where dinosaurs somehow survived in an isolated area unaffected by the outside world.

Man I love this type of lore and fan theory videos, when I first played the classic TR's as a kid I couldn't make much sense of the story, since I'm not a native English speaker, but also because they are kind of cryptic as to what the artifacts (the Scion, the Seraph, the Dagger of Xian, the meteorite fragments) do, and why Lara is after them. You never get a thorough explanation about them, nor about Lara's motivations, so you kind of just push forward with these tidbits of plot information. But that's in fact the charm of old TR's, Lara is just ruthless when it comes to getting what she wants, and saving the world from destruction is only an afterthought. Like action heroes from 80's movies, plain and simple badassery and a good adventure.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm exactly the same, I didn't understand all the details of the plot until in very recent years. That's part of what was awesome about games back then, the games gave you something for your imagination to build upon. Nowadays there are plenty of cutscenes to explain everything in video games. Haha, that's very true. She certainly is a hero, but her motives are not so black and white ;)

Great deep dive, as always! I love how you add depth and meaning to the stories from the classic games - it's all there for those willing to look and think about it, even if it's told implicitly and not explicitly. Please do something like this for each game's story and artefacts! Personally, I like to think that Element 115 which somehow ended up in North America was found and taken by whoever the Roswell aliens were, but then their UFO crashed in 1947 when they tried to fly away with it. The American military then confiscated the UFO and alien bodies, taking them to Area 51, and thinking the meteorite artefact belonged with the UFO, not knowing it actually came from Antarctica.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much! Exactly, these games have SO many interesting things to look out for, that's never downright explained to us. I'll consider that, thank you for your suggestion! That's a great theory! I really like this! I wish I had thought of this myself, so I could've included it in the video.

@GenericRae

Жыл бұрын

I really like this theory!

I'm just glad to know I'm not the only one who lives to deep dive into Lara and her adventures. I would say for the duration of TR3 and after getting the first meteorite piece, I would say that she is slowing going a bit mad. but i wouldn't call it insane but more just brutal as she gets no real power to go mad from.

@AxMania

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's super interesting actually, and I'd love to hear from the developers if this was the intention.

A fantastic video. From the explanations about the side effects caused by the influence of the artefacts, to the humour itself, this video is simply awesome. Lara may have been able to neglect the influences of the artefacts due to already being a wild beast on her own (remember that after the Himalayan crash found in the manual for TR1, she became a whole new person. Seeking adventures and not wanting to stay at home for too long). Also that Turkish dude from 1989 might have been influenced by the artefacts before they were introduced to the world in 1998.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much for your kind comment, I really appreciate that! I think you are completely right, all the various users of the artefacts were seeking something, Lara doesn't seek anything, really, besides adventures around the world. So there was nothing for the artefacts to exploit, so to speak. LOL, I think you might be right. There's some Infada Stone-like energy going on in that performance!

Wait I love this theory! She's unusually murderous in TR3 (at least when it comes to *who* he murders) so the Infada Stone influence, which just happens to be the first meteorite artefact she finds, would make sense! And yeah I also thought maybe weak will might have something to do with it, but she didn't go completely mad so it could be simply that she's affected to a much smaller degree. (She offers help to the Aussie soldier for example.) When she's used to killing people in droves already, killing more innocent people isn't *that* big of a stretch compared to someone who never killed anyone. And she was never a paragon of morality. So yeah, I love the Infada Stone influencing her in TR3! Maaaybe not the other stuff from other meteorites, like transforming her XD I've never acutally put together all the different powers the artefacts have to see if they have a clearly defined attributes, I just assumed they are all the same, but everyone used them differently, but with some of the stuff, like the Infada Stone influencing others by simple proximity, yeah maybe they are different. Could it be the shape? Like, instead of hardware in a computer, it's the shape that gives the artefacts some function, some "programming"? I also love the Hand of Rathmore bending time, that's a very cool idea! (Now connect it to the Iris which seems to have teleporting powers... I mean I already headcanon that the Iris can be used for space-time travel, but now with the Hand in addition, it could be that matching them together is what makes a time-travel machine!) Just one thing about Mauki, the leader born without a face - that happened in Antarctica, so it's not a particular Ora Dagger power. I actually find it super interesting how facelessness keeps appearing again and again in the plot. The Damned are faceless, it's explicitly stated. Puna wears a mask, also probably faceless. And the mutated people in Antarctica - the more mutated versions we see, the less of a face they have. Those giants in Tinnos have no face. It seems like a "natural" consequence of any of the artefacts. As for The Damned and immortality, I think all are immortal. Bob says: "One of them Egyptian lassies there is a bit pissed off, like, that she didn't get immortality the way she wanted it. And seeing as we'd done better than her in that department, I didn't care to imagine what curse we could get given any worse than we've got already." Which indicates they all are that way. Also he gives Lara a consolation that she'll die easily, which would be weird if only he was immortal and not the rest. I headcanon it in a way that while she downs them with her guns, they will eventually get up again, because they are immortal but not invulnerable, so they baiscally have to "heal" or something. Which, depending on the damage she causes, might take weeks or months, idk. By the way what's your source on Sophia being at least 150? Like, she's old, but I can't think of any other source than John (the assassin) saying that his grandfather already worked for her, but that's not that specific. Oh! And the Hand of Rathmore being from another meteorite! You know I just thought the artefact was found in Antarctica by someone else (maybe even by Willard some time after the intro cutscene?), but I never took into account the second meteorite Sophia calls up. Huh... Something tells me she didn't have time to drag it from Antarctica, so another meteorite made from the same material is very plausible! Oh geez, oh geez, and the two meteorites are so big, you could cut so many artefacts in so many shapes from them, it could turn into the world's own magic system in a way :D (No but it's an endless fanfic material - want an artefact with specific powers for your story? One (two) convenient source(s) is (are) already here! Take the meteorite and start carving!) I loved your analysis, it was so much fun and so intriguing! These artefacts could easily carry a whole trilogy by themselves, with so much that can be done with them!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hi Potkanka! I love your comments because they are so rich with Tomb Raider lore. Seriously, thank you. They are always a blast to read. I've never changed my opinion so much on a video since release, as this one. I feel like this video, more than anything else, deserves a "remake" some day, because I've become so much more enlightened on the subject since reading many of the comments for it, since I released it. I think I'm completely in the wrong with how each artefact is different, but I thought it would be a cool idea to present the five artefacts as being different before I released it. Now I'd probably just argue, that different owners somehow bring different aspects of the artefacts out. Yes, I always thought Mauki was one of the rulers on Kuru - I'm so stupid! Again, there are a lot of things I'd do differently in this video. Good point regarding the Damned btw. Who the hell is that "Egyptian lassie" btw? I've always thought that bit in his dialogue was strange. Is she a woman who just doesn't want to live with the other former test subjects, or who is she? She's not anywhere in the Lud's Gate level. Would've been cool if we encountered an angry female Damned-looking enemy in the museum. I always figured Sophia was 150 because the Eye of Isis made its' way to England in the late 1830's or so, and I figured she stole it around that time. Sure, she could've stolen it from a museum "only" 50 years ago. It could be either. Thank you so much Potkanka. My analysis is clearly not perfect, and it has a lot of holes in it, so I think a re-release some day, with some corrected information, would make it better. But thank you!

@Potkanka

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Haha thanks as well! And maybe there are things you want to change, but I think the artefacts having different powers isn't so impossible. As you pointed out, only Infada Stone seems to make others aggressive, for example. Or it's possible that all have the same powers, but some powers might be more amplified? If I go back to my idea about shapes, what if the fact that the Infada Stone has such a big "bulk" (it's more compact, fewer little pieces sticking out) could cause it to radiate energy differently - for example by the time the energy manages to get itself out, it transforms into something that makes organisms act with aggression? Or what if all the artefacts, while still back in Antarctica, were somehow "treated" with different substances, amplifying different properties? The engravings on them look white, it might be some different material? The Egyptian lassie! I have an old TR3 script, there are some things different from the final verison (such as the cathedral as the 2nd level), and there is: "In here, she will collect the embalming fluid from the Egyptian section and come across the vengeful spirit that Bob spoke of." So basically a scrapped enemy that managed to stay in the cutscene dialogue. (Funny you mention a female Damned member, one of my TR OCs is a daughter of one of The Damned, which is why I pay so much attnetion to them :D ) Ah I see! Yeah Sophia could have stolen it whenever, we don't really know... No matter how perfect or not your analysis is, it sure made me think and realize some things!

Maybe you should make a video about how did Sophia Leigh survive events from TRIII. Great vid, btw. Nice job! Keep it up :D

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah :D That's a mystery indeed. Maybe she had a body double? :D It seems like a lot of egomaniacs (dictators etc.) have body doubles.

@hotarupl4278

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Someone once mentioned that the artifact she had in Lost Artifact has resurrection powers. Maybe someone brought her back to life so that she can help that 'someone' with something.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@hotarupl4278 Ohhh, it all makes sense! Then an even bigger mystery of course would be, who brought Sophia back to life?

@hotarupl4278

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Willard? Before he perished? I mean, maybe he tracked Lara down and was watching her progress in London (as well as other locations), learned about Sophia and used the artifact to resurrect her.

Was doing research into these artefacts 2 days ago, now this video appears in my recommended. Love to see it!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Haha, oh really!? That's awesome! Thank you so much!

I honestly love that last bit you throw into the mystery videos where you bring up super specific musical moments, it makes me laugh every time!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I'm glad that my strange sense of humor makes *someone* else laugh :D

Man, the original Tomb Raider games had so much personality.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

They did, they are so good.

Either Lara has an all around indomitable will and is unable to be swayed or influenced by the artifacts, or like you said that it affects her subtly by making her more brutal.

@AxMania

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, that's my theory, that they basically exaggerate her personality traits to the extreme.

What a wonderful theory, with so many arguments and a well edited video. Your work is amazing and can't stop watching your channel. Congratulations for the job!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much for your kind comment, I really appreciate it!

It is always a pleasant surprise, when you put out a new video. I have not thought about the questions that are raised in this video previously. That does however only make it more interesting.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

I'm very happy to hear that! Haha, yeah, I tend to ask questions about these games that perhaps aren't necessary to ask :D

@johanehlern5402

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania In my opinion those kind of questions often bring the most interesting answers, as few others think that way. BTW I love the small pieces of song contest trivia that are thrown in :D

It was incredibly fun watching this video, after all these years the classic TR games still touch a special spot i my heart and it was so nostalgic watching this! Great job!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm so happy to hear that! :)

Great video man!! Quality takes on these mysteries. Very well done 👍

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! :D

Best gift for evening! Thank you for this video ♥

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you! And thank YOU for this comment!

I had never thought about that but I think you are right, Lara might've been affected by the stones in a more subtle manner for she is way more confident and strong of spirit than anyone else who came in contact with them.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, I think this could explain it.

Another great video with very interesting theories, but I'm seriously getting more and more interested about that Eurovision contest with every video...

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, thank you so much!

Yessss man. Always excited to see a new vid from you!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!

This was great 🥰 I really like your mysteries series , great content 😊 keep up this good work and thank you 🙂

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! :)

You always have the most fascinating takes on TR subjects! I'd like to see something like this on the Scion, Dagger of Xian, etc. With TR2 in particular, I really like how, from the opening cutscene in ancient China, the game really gets across that this Dagger is *not* something to be played with - and may have downright unholy origins.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! I would like to do more of these Tomb Raider Mysteries videos in the future actually. These are some great suggestions, thank you!

@hetalianotaku7103

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! As for the nature of Sophia's experiments in The Lost Artifact, I'm gonna go out in a limb here and say she's doubling down on her previous agenda. In real life, plenty of marine animals possess what can only be described as superpowers. Regeneration, toxic immunity, and even - yes - biological immortality (i.e. the Immortal Jellyfish).

13:48 killed me lmao!!! :D Another great video! Bravo!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you so much Dean! 🥰

So, I've watched all of these Mystery videos now and I wish you did some more! they are quite entertaining. But I do think we need a follow up video that explains the mysteries of the Eurovision Song contests!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Hahaha, I think the Eurovision mysteries are unsolvable! 😮

These are the type of subtext videos I like. I feel the games could have done with a few more cutscenes to explain this stuff but I like your theories.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! Btw, I JUST ordered Flashback from the PSN store yesterday, so I recognized your avatar immediately :D

@gilgamesh310

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania I get a lot of people questioning me on that avatar. I think it's the best game boxart ever. That's why I have it.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@gilgamesh310 Yeah, it's an awesome cover. I look forward to finally playing the game.

maybe the other artifacts that Lara had contact made her immune or at least more resistent to the effects of this artifacts.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

That's a good theory, I could see that.

Great video, man! I hadn't put even a quarter of those pieces together, so thanks for doing the thinking for me 😅

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you so much! I may have gone a bit overboard with the pedantism in this video, haha.

You have such a beautiful illustrations made of the stones. (The cosmic black background with stars). Such a great video. I enjoyed watching many times. TR is my childhood memory and came back here just to refreshen some memories. Such a great storyline you have with a decent plot :).

@AxMania

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it! I'm very happy to hear that you enjoyed the video.

Thank you for creating this KZread channel 🙏 I didn't pay attention to all of these details and the story when I was young. It's like I'm discovering something new, 25 years later 😅👍

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! :) Trust me, I'm also discovering new things and details about the games, all the times. It's amazing, really :D

@_DeadlyNightshade_

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania 😂

Your videos are always interesting and entertaining, great work man!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that!

I love this series, I hope you make more! 😆

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! I will eventually 😉

Great video! These artifacts really are my favorite mcguffins in the series. The desperate pseudotheories at the end were savvy and obvious, I loved it. I always appreciate your content. That said, I wrote this to user Theragotz in French last month about the Hand of Rathmore, maybe you could find some use for it: > Later headscratching made me wonder the following: > That said, I suspect you're on to something about how the Hand may come from a different asteroid. If it happened once, twice, with Area 51's UFO being compatible with it plus the UFO being on Earth at all, this can't be random. Maybe Earth regularly takes a rain of those in the face on an astronomical level, and whoever built the UFO knew that. But, I'm pretty sure the actual devs back then didn't really plan things this deep, but it's no less enjoyable to think about it sometimes.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

This is incredibly interesting, thank you so much! I feel annoyed now, that I didn't consult you before I made this video. I would've loved to have included this theory. Everything you say makes perfect sense, and it's a brilliant way to explain how exactly the Hand of Rathmore works and fits with the other artefacts. Looking back, I should've put more emphasis on the strange warped world the artefact turns the zoo into in the Reunion-level, which definitely could entirely take place within Lara's head. Again, thank you so much. I'm saving this comment in a doc, so I can use it if I one day decide to elaborate on the Hand of Rathmore theory, if that's ok? You'll be credited of course :)

@EllisWolf

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Absolutely, go for it! I'm glad that can help. If you think about it, Tinnos as the lost city can serve as the Human/Craft element, hence why you don't need the Hand per se around the crater. It's litterally hidden in plain sight, but this is more like speculation at this point. I think there is nothing wrong with making an addendum video, if you want. But if you do, make sure you proof check things properly as usual :). Keep up the great work!

The thing is, Lara never directly USES the artefacts, which is why she doesn't go completely nuts. Seems that just handling them is safe enough, it's only when they are actively used for their power that they affect the one who wields them.

@AxMania

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, good point. She's not interested in them for their powers, she just wants them for decorations 😂

Well done! Good, logic, and engaging reasoning.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

Yeess, finally!! I´ve checked your channel out like every other day, if their is a new upload. And you didn´t dissapoint! What a great take on these artefacts. Great humour + very well thought out ideas + TR3 = masterpiece of a video!! But guuuurrl your obsession with those monkeys - I am living!! Next time I play TR3 again, no monkey will be harmed :p

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you so much, that means the world to me! Thank you! I knooow! :D I think this is the third time I talk about them in a video, meaning that 1/3 of my videos mention those monkeys. I'll try and move on now. I promise :P

Sir, you have this rare power of squeezing tears of joy out of me. 😂

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much :D I'm happy to hear that!

What a great job! I really like your videos! Thank you for blast of a nostalgia ❤️ 💖

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! You're very welcome :)

It's the first time I see these cutscenes in good quality even though I played literally dozens of times. There were black lines all over the PC screen. It took me twenty years to finally see them normally. Better late than never I guess. Greetings from France, I found your channel yesterday and just subscribed after watching your latest video 👍

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Oh, that's cool! Thank you so much for that, I really appreciate that! ☺️

Nice theory, I never thought about this. Tr 3 is one of my favorite games in the classic series I played that game alot as a kid and tr 1.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Tomb Raider III is incredible, and it holds up very well, even today.

I had on Closed Captions and it spelled Infada in like 6 different ways!! 🤣Thank you so much for making this! I love this so much and the appreciation of this particular Tomb Raider!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, amazing! I should probably go and edit some of those Closed Captions a bit 🤣 Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

The "running gag" about Eurovision is my favorite

I love your theories, excellent videos!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! :)

best video on youtube never stop making amazing content !!!!!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that's very kind of you. I really appreciate it!

Awesome and super entertaining video!! I love the in depth perspective on all these tantalising questions especially as they were also freshly raised during Suzanne's TR3 playthroughs 😄 Crazy theory/hot take, we mostly see the effects of the artefacts on men with the exception of Sophia!! the main effect on her was eternal youth and to this day has anyone ever seen Lara getting old?!? I w(h)onder 😄

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! Sometimes I wonder if I'm too pedantic with these videos haha, but other times I don't think I'm pedantic enough! Yes, it's so funny how this video coincides with Suzanne finishing Tomb Raider III :D That's a really good point, I hadn't even thought about that! Well, apparently, according to certain rumors, we'll have a middle aged Lara Croft in the next Tomb Raider game, so maybe she got rid of the Eye of Isis? :P

@alkemistes

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania I think that going into all those small details is what makes this so fun and entertaining so I wouldn't worry about being too pedantic 🙂 Also even though I am trying to stay away from rumours I did hear some stuff that I personally hope is just fake news. Those had Lara in her thirties, I did not know about the middle aged thing 😐 Maybe she sits around the fireplace telling stories of her adventures to this new ""team of tomb raiders" (chronicles style) including how she lost the eye of Isis 🤣 Spoiler Alert: Sophia stole it... again😆

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@alkemistes Haha, I'm happy to hear that. Yeah, I think the rumor about her being in her 30's is the real one, and the "middle aged" rumor is probably just an over-exaggerated version of that.

Brilliantly concise and in-depth! 🤗

@AxMania

15 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😃

You are very entertaining and creative I love watching the Mysteries of tomb raider as always keep up the great work

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Glitched Gamer, I really appreciate that! :)

@TheTombRaider

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania thank you as well 🙏

I would love to see more mysteries videos from you!

@AxMania

4 ай бұрын

I'm hesitant about making them because the KZread algorithm punished my channel whenever I uploaded them. Don't ask me why 😕 I have made a brand new exclusive Tomb Raider Mysteries for members of my channel however, about Floating Islands. Thank you so much for your request!

Maybe I just can't get enough of your theories, please do more videos especially on TR3 my favorite

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I'm so happy to hear that! I will ☺️

Awesome theory, I think it explains a lot of questions in my head.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it 😊

About the Hand of Rathmore and time manipulation - the Ora Dagger must have had some similar powers due to the dinosaurs earlier on, unless it's like Jurassic Park where some frogs mutated due to its presence or something. I guess they don't have feathers after all, kinda like Jurassic Park. Anyways good video loved the deep dive, got me thinking too much now

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Oh, how did I miss this! You are totally right! The theory that a frog evolved into a T-rex is kind of funny, and made me laugh. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!

I love the Eurovision gag at the beginning of all your videos😆😆😆😆

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, thank you! :D

Love this dive into the lore. Great point as although i always wanted to think the core team would give Lara protagonist god powers of indifference, she has in fact been effected by them throughout the games. Another note i feel to confirm your thought is during the scene of Willard falling into the meteorite pit is when the voices of all the people involved are A) only those Lara has come into contact with, no one else who had been effected by the artifacts and B) her own voice is included in them.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

That's a REALLY good point that I hadn't even considered! Thank you for sharing. There are so many great little details in these classic Tomb Raider games.

@josephforjoseph

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania indeed 😋 from one major fan to the next, keep raiding

Fantastic as always and some very good ideas regarding the artifacts. I would totally love replicas of the artifacts!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! Me too, they look so cool.

@burge117

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Minus the mutating effects though haha!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@burge117 Of course, although immortality and eternal youth could be kind of cool 😏

@burge117

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Haha. That's a good point :)

IMO the Damned could still be immortal, it’s just with the vampire style immortality, rather than Greek gods kind of one - they won’t grow old on their own, but they can be killed if wounded. Wonderful video, I haven’t noticed many of the things you’ve mentioned before!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

That's a good point! Thank you so much, I really appreciate that :)

Your intros give me life

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Haha :D

Wow. When I was a kid, all I knew was that you can lock the butler in the fridge. Great video!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Locking Winston inside the fridge was basically mandatory.

13:48 lol holy shit hahahaha its funny how as a kid that Lara face when she was holding the Infada made me feel frightened

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Like, what the hell Lara, what's up with that face!?

You should do a vid about angel of darkness and who is actually a shapeshifting Karel, and you should do one about what’s inside Pierre’s/Bernard’s box in Le Serpent Rouge

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Oh, nice idea! Thank you for the suggestion!

I would love some game walkthroughs from you! Maybe with commentary... I think you have the perfect combination of knowledge of the games and an innate sense of entertainment!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, that really means a lot to me! ☺️

I love how you understood all the plot that is spoken on the levels and not exposed by annoying dialogue. A true archaeologyst's work. But, do not forget that Winston was still alive during the present Chronicles's events.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remembered that after I uploaded the video! :P Stupid me, haha.

@reimaginethesounds6694

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Shame on you, acussing the lovely Lara of murder 😏

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@reimaginethesounds6694 Yes, I'm so ashamed!😢

Great video again as always! Wow, Tomb Raider was way ahead of Joe Rogan, with Bob Lazar and Element 115! 13:18 "She lauched a missile from Area 51 just so she could climb a ladder!" 😂🤣

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 😎 Haha, they were! Area 51 and its myths is a perfect setting for Tomb Raider levels.

14:08 except according to lore that actually happened before The Angel of Darkness, but not because of the artifact obviously... Though influence of Infada stone and Eye of Isis actually make sense. Lara indeed might not be aging that fast, and she actually somewhat messed up in TR3 and after. Not only she's way more aggressive in TR3, she actually disregarded all her principles and carelessly robbed the tomb of Seth ignoring all warnings and releasing the god of chaos himself. I mean yeah, probably writers didn't think about that, and actually wanted to show how overburn she got by her work of life (kinda reflecting their own state while developing TR4), and how because of that her passion to the history and spiritual value of the items she retrieve slowly fading away, but it makes perfect sense if all that was at least partially caused by Infada stone. Ora dagger don't have an instant effect on the carrier since mutations it provokes probably showing up only after a long period of time and only after prolonged exposure to it and Rathmore's hand affect the environment around it rather than the carrier itself. And she probably used Element 115 to save on electricity bills, idk... I totally would have, have you seen those prices!?

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for the late reply, for some reason your message hadn't shown up in my inbox until now. These are all excellent points, and very interesting observations. I wish I had made this point as well, because Lara's recklessness does indeed carry over to The Last Revelation. Like you point out, she is indeed less pleasant and more menacing in The Angel of Darkness. She's a different Lara. Hahaha, well, at least there's some good use for the Element 115 then 😉 I have indeed seen those prices!

Maybe Lara's brushes with ancient Atlantean psychic-television technology put a safeguard in her brain. Installing a security patch, so to speak ;)

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh, an interesting theory! :D

Hilarious video. The part where she kills the helicopter pilot honestly shocked me, haha. He doesn't do anything wrong to her. Tomb Raider 3 is so nostalgic for me since I loved watching my brother play it when we were kids.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, it's so cruel and random. Even as a kid, I was like "What? Why'd she do that?"

I love your videos so much! Thank you for putting such incredible thought, effort and talent into bringing us this awesome content 😁 you've made me soooooo wanna play the classic games now. Is this possible on a PS4?!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 🥰 Do it! 😃 Unfortunately you can't play them on modern PlayStation consoles (that would be SO cool though), but they are available on PCs from Steam and GOG.

@emilykeepsmiling9465

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Thank you so much for your reply ❤️

Good job!!!

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Love this! Please can you do the floating islands in TR2?

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh, that would be a great mystery to try and solve, indeed! :O

@yonatan_max_art

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania The portal that Lara enters is quite crazy, but what's crazier is the whole 'realm' is too big and expansive to fit under the Great Wall... perhaps its' 'bigger on the inside', haha?

One thing to note about the Hand of Rathmore's time rift capabilities, at the end of the level "Sleeping with the Fishes" when you exit out of the base, you can see two planes flying overhead. One belonging to the RAF, and another belonging to the Luftwaffe. So Lara must've also came out into the battle of Britain, where the Germans were trying to fight the British over the English channel, kind of a cool thing to notice.

@AxMania

8 ай бұрын

Oh man, that's an amazing observation! I had no idea about this, that's so cool! Thank you! I really need to do an updated version of this video some day, where I'll include this. Once again, thank you for pointing it out to me.

it's so satisfying to hear your voice

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Haha, really? Thank you! And I was sick for most of these voice recordings! If you pay close attention, my voice is REALLY rusty in a couple of the takes.

That was a really great theory. Some of my head canon: The effects of all 4 artifacts are present in the city of Tinnos. Mutant guards appeared as a result of the influence of the meteor core (evolution on steroids, exactly what Willard wanted). Fire and lava are somehow underneath the world's largest ice shield - that's the Infada Stone. Endlessly spawning wasps with green(!) glow - Ora Dagger's ability to summon living creatures. Mutants seem to have been around since ancient times and are hard to kill because the Eye of Isis gave them immortality. And of course they are all trigger-happy because of the Infada Stone. That leaves Element 115. I tried to figure out the main theme of the Nevada levels - there is a plane, a rocket, an electric train, a UFO that the US government is trying to launch - oh, and you also arrive at Area 51 in a truck. Vehicles and engines. And I think... Element 115 is about perpetual motion. No wonder the US government is studying it in a top secret area usually associated with military vehicles. As if the world's largest military-industrial complex wouldn't want bombers or missiles that require no fuel? And how does this power manifest itself in Tinnos? Traps. Swinging braziers that never stop, blades that rotate underwater, whatever those stone heads are that keep moving and spitting fire...

@AxMania

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! I love this comment! 😃 So many fascinating observations. I think I want to do an updated version of this video some day, because there's clearly so much more to add. I'm saving your comment in a doc so I can refer to it once I make that video 😃

Man, As soon as I saw the title of your video, I realized you had put your finger on something. I mean, in this game, Lara is really wild without any valid reason justifying her bloodshed so much so that I wondered at times if she was not the real big antagonist of the game. I think I already said it in another video but for me, the final boss, Doctor Willard was more a victim of Lara than a big bad guy: He flees a Lara who directly tries to kill him right after a passionate discussion and this is what pushes him to transform himself to try to save his life. And with this video, you made me understand that yes, if Tony has gone mad, it’s probably because of the artifact and that if he has become mad at him, there is no reason for Lara not to become mad too. Another thing that supports this theory is the behavior of the monkeys: in the first level, they are relatively nice, they just want to steal objects and even show paths to Lara. But from the second level which is the birthplace of the artifact, they become aggressive and attack on sight. And they continue to be like that because they are in the wake of Tony and the effect of his artifact in the next level. I saw in the comments that this was not possible to the extent that Lara would use its powers but I think that Lara knows how dangerous the artifacts are and avoids exploiting them unlike Tony, who, out of curiosity, has tried his power, Thus sealing his destiny in a madness much stronger than that of Lara who just naturally became more aggressive and who, I think, didn’t even realize that the artifact affected her that way. Anyway, your video reassures me a little: Lara is not just a psychopath willing to do anything to recover artifacts, It was really the artifact that drove her crazy, and hopefully that madness eventually faded once she sealed it somewhere in her house.

@AxMania

7 күн бұрын

Yes, exactly! I think this is so fascinating, and it's an awesome example of fantastic environmental storytelling in Tomb Raider III. None of this is explained to the player, it's just observable, and I love that. She's definitely crazier than usual in Tomb Raider III. That game is Lara Croft at her most unhinged. Sorry for the late reply! Sometimes comments don't show up in my KZread Studios app, for whatever reason.

Can go further with this. In Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, she is much more reckless when she accidently unleashes Set onto the world. Maybe her adventure in 3 warped her mind a bit and affected her judgement.

@AxMania

4 ай бұрын

Very good point! I should've included that in my video.

That Eurovision joke caught me completly off guard, this is the first Eurovision joke in non-Eurovision-video I've ever seen and It was very welcoming.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Haha, I'm glad you liked it! :D

The ora dagger I’m assuming high priest isn’t a surprise most real tribes have passed oral history on for many many years so the murals meaning would of been meticulously passed down in that instance

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Very good point. Yeah, I just guess Puna doesn't care, and his people have to accept that.

Even though the Eye of Isis made Sophia "immortal," she could still be killed by being electrocuted with high-voltage current. Given that Bob lives right next to a disused Tube station with live high-voltage rail lines running through it, he would surely have attempted to take his life at some point by that method, and presumably been successful as well? It's almost like a game rushed out at the behest of a greedy publisher has plot holes in it...

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, that's so true. Oh well. We know that Sophia didn't REALLY die however, since she popped up again in The Lost Artefact, but it makes no sense since she was completely obliterated after being electrocuted. As in... there was no body. As you said... plot holes.

You should do an episode talking about how does the Maria Doria go from being upside down to facing the correct way inbetween levels in TR II.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

That's a great suggestion, and actually a video I wanted to make. I thought about making a 3D model and a simple animation of it even, but it turned out to be too complicated for me to do ☹️ Maybe I'll try again some time in the future. Thank you for the suggestion!

@Penthast

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania i could help you with the animation if you want, Ive been doing them for a while now

All of a sudden, I thing appear on my head. Just an other detail about this theory. In the first level of Antarctica, Lara still have the artifacts. So the researchers are hostile, but in the end of the level, Doctor Willard take them away. In RX-Tech Mines, the guys with the flamethrowers are not hostile. Coincidence? And in the part you are running away in Meteorite Cavern, everybody is hostile again after taking the artifacts.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

That's an excellent point, I never even thought about that. Very interesting. I think you are onto something here...

The Scottish warriors were probably from the 17th or early 18th century, given the fact that they wear the kilt. The Pteranodon comes from North America around 80 million years ago, in the Cretaceous.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Ohh, interesting! A shame I can't go back and edit an uploaded video, because getting stuff like this wrong bothers me 😅

I like your theory! Never thought about the powers and stories behind. I just thought the game being cheesy.

@AxMania

10 ай бұрын

Haha, I'm overthinking it - for sure! 😉

Finally I can catch up your videos. ☺ It´s strange that the artifacts are so different from their power. I mean, they came from the same meteorite. 🤔 I think Tony killed his friends with his new power. Maybe he can contol the Kalis too. Oh man! I really have to play "The Lost Artifact". It looks so beautiful.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Yes, it is 🤔 I have no idea how to explain it. You really should play The Lost Artefact, it's really, really good!

Congratulations for getting 3500 subs

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much skype mee, I really appreciate it!

Interesting ideas, but I find it unlikely that artifacts fashioned from the same meteorite each have different innate powers. It's more likely that the artifacts respond differently depending who wields them. Unless the Polynesians who fashioned the artifacts had magical powers themselves, that allowed them to influence what each artifact could do. The Ora Dagger seems to grant immortality too, as Puna is suggested to have been around long enough to give birth to a cult and civilisation that worships him. And they can all be used to create energy projectiles.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it makes no sense that the artefacts are so different from each other, but it also doesn't really make sense that a random scientist can use it to shoot fireballs and stuff, while some businesswoman can use the very same material to make herself immortal. It's true though, that they all probably do the same, and are just used differently. I'm not sure about Puna, since the man Lara meets mentions a "previous ruler". I've always just assumed that Puna is the current ruler in a lineage of several rulers.

@jeanlafayette7152

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania I thought the 'previous ruler' was back when the tribe lived in Antarctica. My understanding of the timeline was along the lines of: 1) The Polynesians find the meteorite and craft the artefacts. 2) After the effects of the artefacts become apparent, the majority of the tribe leave Antarctica, abandoning the artefacts and the most severely mutated people. 3) The Beagle comes to Antarctica, and the crew take the artefacts. 4) The Beagle comes to Kuru Island. Smythe is killed and eaten, and Puna claims the Ora Dagger, which keeps him alive and in power for over a century. 5) Lara comes to Kuru Island, kills Puna, and takes the Ora Dagger.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@jeanlafayette7152 Oh, maybe you are right :O That does make sense. Interesting.

There is also a theory that each of the artifacts represents the elements. Infada Stone: Fire Element 115: Water Ora Dagger: Wind Eye of Isis: Earth Hand of Rathmore: Spirit It's really cool that folks wanna look into these mysterious artifacts to find more to them then what is present in the games.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's a really cool theory as well! Eye of Isis could also be water, since water is life. Then Element 115 would be earth.

I know I'm like a week late and I don't normally go here but I thought I'd chip in my 2 cents for *logistics* in a video game XD I understand that, for continuity reasons, the artifacts are in Lara's inventory, implying they're in her backpack. However, in the Antarctica levels, when she meets with Willard in his cabin (who hired her to find the rest of them, by the way, and has a guy posted just outside the cabin ready to kill her? Talk about making it obvious you don't want to finish the deal, man), she has them in a separate bag, slams it on the table, and questions him. Wouldn't this imply that she *doesn't* carry them around the whole time?

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

That's a very good point, haha. Maybe? She doesn't even carry that bag throughout the Antarctica level though, which doesn't make sense :P There seems to be an issue with a plot hole or two in Tomb Raider III. Also, Lara's backpack in itself is a mystery. How can she fit those huge four artefacts, as well as 30 medi packs, a bazooka, an assault rifle, and 20 packs of flares in that little thing?

Interesting stuff i never thought about. It's such a shame i can't play The Lost Artifact, i have all my Raiders for PS1. Maybe i should also get TR 1-3 on PC so i could get into all of the extension packs. This one looks particularly interesting. Also, TR3 is possibly my favorite of the 5 classic games. It could also be the 2nd or 4th one, they're all so amazing. I have always kind of considered TR Chronicles to be an extension pack for The Last Revelation, all first four games having their extra levels.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

I can definitely recommend you to pick up the classics on PC! Not just for the expansions, but also for improved resolution, widescreen patches etc. But yeah, the expansions alone is enough of a reason, they are really, really good. That's actually a good point regarding Chronicles! In a way, the four sections of Chronicles each kind of work as an expansion of each of the four previous games also :P

@laurisaarinen1126

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Yeah, i have thought of it that way also. Rome = TR1, Russia/submarine = TR2, Black Island as young Lara = TR4 and the last section (don't remember the name) is like Nevada or London in TR3. They would really work that way too.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

@@laurisaarinen1126 Exactly! I pair them up the exact same way.

As much as I love tomb raider 3 (One of my top 10 classics,) even I realized it was strange that Lara was seemingly uneffected by the artifacts. Positively or negatively. I guess the developers just didn't think that far ahead or didn't care. Still, if something is radioactive (or worse considering it is alien to earth in origin) enough to instantly mutate a person or drive them insane, not to mention dissolve, melt or morph your surroundings (hand of Rathmore was scary,)obviously it would mean Lara, who physically picks them up with her bare hands and carries them in her tiny, regular backpack for days, should have been effected by them, and far worse than Marie Curie. But it's a game and...it's Lara Croft haha.

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, very good point. I think so too, they just didn't think too much about it. Other people have pointed out however, that the artefacts only affect those who actively use the artefacts, which I think makes sense. But who knows? Haha, yeah... it's Lara Croft. An argument that can squash most inconsistencies in the games ;)

@RukudoSage69

Жыл бұрын

@@AxMania Course that's not to say things aren't left for deeper meaning in the game. The dinos and lizard men in the south pacific seem implied to have been mutations by the ora dagger. Then there's the shiva statues, which I theorized may have been the infada natives themselves mutated by the stone. (Recall the hand of rathmore petrified the people Sophia Lee kept caged in her undersea lab.) Then of course you have the aliens, whose ship used the "element 115" as a power source. Makes you wonder if the meteor came from where they came from. Then if you wanna go full crack theory, it could be implied that the artifacts are sentient, either by an alien force or by gods the Polynesians may have sealed in the stones, which could explain each one's different effects and the four oceanic deity masks you use to unlock the crator.

Personally, I don't think they affect Lara because of her adventures finding the Scion. Remember, that was also an artifact that could mutate and/or advance civilizations; and although it was in Anniversary where she had the chance to join Natla, I feel like it was implied to the original as well because she proved vigorous and challenging to Natla. I think Lara, being a true archeologist, sets her mind on understanding humanity in the past, present, and future. While watching the rapid decay of Natla's mind/heart, and Marco Bartoli's obsession for dominating powers, she becomes even more human and only sets out to stop the abuses of these powerful artifacts... Which also raises a question.... Could these artifacts be giving her the power to do just that???

@AxMania

10 ай бұрын

This is an excellent theory, I love it. There's actually a lot more to dive into with this topic, than what I touched upon in the video. I like this theory of Lara having a different respect and understanding of ancient artefacts, in part from witnessing how adversaries of her past have paid the price for their greed.

@jameshunt9461

10 ай бұрын

@AxMania I stopped playing TR after Underworld, simply because I don't often have time to anymore; but watching her attitude through Legend to Underworld, she had a softer side. I remember in Legend, her taking part of Excalibur from Queen Viracocha's tomb and saying "I am only taking this because it is needed." She even compliments the Goddess and asks for a blessing. Which makes me feel like it solidifies the theory even more because she pays her respects in each crossing.

Tr 3 was in my opinion the pinacle of the Tombraider series

@AxMania

10 ай бұрын

Agreed.

And that's not all: specific video advice on monkeys of India, in which the talk is about brown rather than white legs, which would fit perfectly with this video. Why do monkeys go from being indifferent (if you don't attack them, of course...) to Lara's presence in the first level, to aggressive in the second? Does the monkey of the key at the end of the first level have any connection with this???? (by the way having partially white legs?)

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

I have made a video that you may enjoy :D kzread.info/dash/bejne/padorNCFobWXnpM.html

I like to imagine they're constantly talking to her, trying to tempt her but she's just not interested. "Why don't you use my power? It'll be cool, you can shoot fireballs..." "I'd also have a large rock sticking out of my chest and I'm VERY careful how I accessorise." " Hey, wanna make lizard people?" "Not particularly, they seem annoying." "You can remake dinosaurs..." "Why would I want that?" "BECAUSE DINOSAURS!" "What am I, 12?"

@AxMania

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha! 🤣 I love it! I imagined all of Lara's responses in Judith Gibbins' voice, and it works perfectly! 🤣

I recall the guy on the Tomb Raider Traveler's Guide made the same observation about Lara's personality in TR3, and me & my brother have often talked about the fact that she switched from merely defending herself to going medieval on everybody and everything's behinds. Her killing the pilot at the end in cold blood makes your theory quite plausible. (*_*) (Worth mentioning too, that the Ora Dagger and Element 115 are incorrectly name flipped in the PC version.) ETA: I obviously cannot put up the link because 'KZread', but it is worth checking out what Ivan wrote about Lara's change in personality as it does make for interesting reading. It's under the Editorials and Letters link --> Lara Croft: Hero or Zero?

@AxMania

4 ай бұрын

Oh, that's really interesting, I had no idea. I'll check that out, thank you for sharing. And yes, I remember that Element 115 and Ora Dagger error in the PC versions. Even as a kid, I thought those names didn't feel right.

Great interesting video! Tomb raider 3 is the best game in my opinion I just hope they do a remake but not like the new games old controls and old lara

@AxMania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'd love remakes of the classic, or at least remasters. The people in charge of Tomb Raider could've cashed in on the whole "retro caze" of this past decade, but they never did. We got Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tony Hawk and a tonne of other remasters, but no Tomb Raider :(