Lara quickly learned that the Temple of Xian, resting place of the Dagger of Xian, could only be accessed using the Talion – a sort of magic doorknob, as Chris Jones so aptly put it in his Talkthrough Tomb Raider II video. Opposing Bartoli, and anyone who seeks to misuse the power of the Dagger, are the warrior-monks of Barkhang Monastery in Tibet. He is aided by his devoted followers – the Fiamma Nera (’Black Flame’) – who hope to use the Dagger to gain unstoppable power. An Italian gang leader named Marco Bartoli is also after the Dagger. In the present-day, Lara Croft is seeking the Dagger of Xian for her own personal collection. We were also shown how the Emperor was eventually defeated when a warrior-monk stole the Dagger, and then took it back to a secret Temple beneath the Great Wall of China. The Dagger held the power to transform its bearer into an unstoppable, fire-breathing dragon – if they were brave enough to plunge the Dagger into their own heart! The Emperor’s armies also gained dragon-imbued strength and ferocity, as demonstrated by the Emperor’s General and his glowing, reptilian eyes in the opening FMV. According to Arnold, the Dagger once belonged to the Emperor of China. Vicky Arnold returned from Tomb Raider to write the script, which saw Lara in pursuit of an ancient Chinese artefact, the Dagger of Xian.
Tomb Raider II repeated the storytelling formula of its predecessor by opening with a gorgeously rendered (for the time) FMV, which set the scene for Lara’s adventure. The sequel was noticeably bigger and more action-packed than its predecessor, and sported several improvements to the gameplay and graphics.
Core Design and Eidos Interactive once again brought British archaeologist-adventurer Lara Croft to vivid life. On the 31st October 1997, Lara Croft returned to gamers’ screens in Tomb Raider II, sequel to the previous year’s critically-acclaimed Tomb Raider. Today, Survivor Reborn takes a look at Lara Croft’s explosive quest for the Dagger of Xian in Tomb Raider II. Welcome back for another dose of Tomb Raider nostalgia.
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