Tomb Raider 2 : new Secreat

Test Lara's Tomb Raider capabilities early on in relatively safe situations. Then you won't have to do as much repeating later on when more complex series of movements are needed. The training level, Lara's Home, is a good place to start, but you can also use any relatively safe spot in the earlier levels.

WALK, DON'T RUN. OK, maybe not always, but definitely along narrow ledges and high platforms. Lara will never walk off a ledge. Walking, sidestepping, pivoting and looking can also help you position Lara before she makes a dangerous leap. (See Set Up Before Jumping, below.)

LEARN TO JUDGE DISTANCE. You can save a lot of time if you know how far Lara can go with each move. The game environment is built on a simple system of blocks. All the terrain is divided into these blocks, and each of Lara's moves covers a different number of blocks. If you learn these basics, you'll rarely misjudge a jump when it counts.

MOVE (controls)

DISTANCE COVERED

Jumping In Place

(Jump)

A few inches, Lara scale. Normally jumping in place (i.e., jumping straight up and down) is used to reach handholds directly above Lara, but it can also be used to creep forward a little bit with each jump, such as when you want Lara to grab something above and she's slightly too far away, or when using the Corner Bug.

Standing Jump

(Jump + Forward)