HEI KAIKKI!

No joo. Itse selvisin noista kentaureista Stellan läpipeluu ohjeiden avulla. Jos osaat enkkua, niin tuossa ohjeet: (voin kyllä suomentaakkin jos haluat)


FIGHTING THE CENTAURS: CHECKPOINT 12 registers at the start of the battle. Defeating the 2 Atlantean centaurs requires a multi-part strategy. First, some defensive tactics:

The centaurs have several forms of attack: physically trampling Lara with their hooves; fireballs which do a fair amount of damage if Lara happens to be right under them when they land; and a green petrification ray—similar to the gaze of the mythological gorgon Medusa—which can turn Lara to stone.


To avoid the physical attacks, try and keep your distance from the centaurs as much as possible. I realize this isn't easy with two of them, so it may help to concentrate your attacks on one centaur at a time and just try to stay out of the other one's way. Move in a wide circle around the open area and if you get too close to a wall or the water, start circling back the other way.


When one of the centaurs charges at Lara, quickly jump or roll to the side, or duck on the spot and most of the time the beast will leap over her rather than running her down.


Avoid the fireballs by running, jumping or rolling away from any spot where one is about to land. A telltale smoky, yellowish cloud (like the one in this screenshot) just above the ground gives you a little warning. If you keep moving all the time, most of the fireballs will miss you.


Do not try and swim away across the pool. If you do, the centaurs will fire-bomb Lara to death.


The centaurs only use the petrification ray when enraged. That is, like the T. rex in the Lost valley, these enemies have a rage bar below their health bar in the top right corner of the screen. When you shoot a centaur repeatedly, its rage bar will gradually increase. When it maxes out, the beast will become enraged. The first time this happens, the centaur will direct the petrification gaze at Lara. At this point you need to holster your weapons or the gaze will turn Lara to stone. To do this quickly, stop running and duck (as shown in these screenshots). Since Lara can't duck with weapons drawn, she'll automatically put them away and the ray will go over her head. This is especially handy if you use Advanced Toggle combat mode (below). One PS2 player also suggested tapping the Triangle (Interact) key repeatedly to prevent Lara from being petrified if the green beam hits her.


If Lara is petrified, alternate tapping the Left and Right direction keys repeatedly (or jiggle the left stick from side to side on the PS2) to break out of the stone shell. Then run away. If you take too long to break free, the centaur will kick Lara, doing substantial damage. If her health is low before she becomes petrified, this can shatter her, killing her instantly.


You can't destroy the centaurs using weapon fire alone. Instead, you need to provoke their attacks and turn these against them. Here's the basic offensive strategy you'll need to employ, along with some optional tactics.

Use regular pistols with unlimited ammo to shoot at one of the centaurs until it becomes enraged. As described above, it will first use its petrification attack. Duck to avoid the green ray. Then, once the green glow around the centaur has subsided, continue firing at the same centaur if possible. (If you attack the second centaur next, you'll need to duck its petrification ray first.)


The next time it becomes enraged, it will pause where it's standing, rear up on its hind legs and then charge at Lara. Now you must use the adrenaline dodge. As the centaur charges, keep a target lock on it. This is automatic if you are using Advanced Toggle combat mode; otherwise, press the right mouse button (PC) or L1 (PS2). Then, as the centaur charges, roll to one side by holding either direction key (or pressing sideways on the left stick) and then pressing Duck. If the dodge is successful, you'll see two gray targeting reticules converge on the centaur. When the reticules turn red and overlap, fire.


The centaur will be momentarily stunned and it will slump over, revealing the back of its shield. Quickly holster your weapons and press Grapple then Interact to grab the ring on the back of the shield and pull. The shield will fall to the ground. Again, if you use Advanced Toggle combat mode, all you need to do is face the ring on the shield and press Grapple and Lara will put her guns away automatically to grapple. With Advanced Hold, release the Target Lock button, and with Manual mode, press Target Lock. (These screenshots show the charge, dodge and grapple.)


Once you've taken the shield from one centaur, you can either go after the second centaur's shield or concentrate on destroying the first centaur completely before going after the second. I've had success with both methods.


When you've taken the shield from one or both enemies, continue using regular pistols to attack the shieldless centaur. Stay close to the fallen shield as you shoot but move in a small circle or from side to side to avoid incoming fireballs. When the shieldless centaur becomes enraged and starts to stare green rays at Lara, quickly run to the shield and pick it up by pressing Interact. If necessary, press Left/Right to pivot on the spot to face the centaur. (Lara can't run with the shield, only pivot.) When you hold up the shield, the petrification ray will be reflected back at the centaur, temporarily turning it to stone.


You only have a few seconds to act, so immediately switch to more powerful weapons (preferably 50 caliber pistols but the shotgun will also work if you're close enough to your target), drop the shield (Interact) and run toward the centaur shooting. Only when it is petrified can you do significant damage. So shoot as much as you can before it revives and then switch back to regular pistols and start the process again. When the centaur's health bar is depleted, petrify it once more, start shooting and it will shatter into tiny pieces. (These screenshots show how to use the shield and destroy a petrified centaur.)


Repeat the whole thing—shoot to enrage, duck the green ray, shoot to enrage, adrenaline dodge, grapple the shield away, shoot to enrage, reflect the green ray to petrify, shoot to damage, etc.—for the second centaur and you've beaten the level.


Additional notes:

I recommend using Advanced Toggle combat mode here. It makes it easier to keep a target lock on one centaur at a time while dodging attacks from both. Advanced Hold mode can also be useful, but you'll need to keep a finger on the Target Lock button to keep Lara's weapons drawn and aimed. Release the button to holster guns and duck or grapple.


For the adrenaline dodge to work, you need an open space so Lara can roll to the left or right. This can be difficult when both centaurs are still in action, since the one that isn't charging will often cross your path as you attempt to roll to the side. If this happens, just keep moving and try again. Again, it helps to constantly circle around the open area. Then there will almost always be space on one or both sides of Lara for her to roll into.


The centaurs gradually regenerate, so it does help to concentrate on one centaur until it's destroyed, then move on to the second. This isn't critical, as long as you're constantly attacking and not just evading. But if you tend to be cautious and take your time in battles, this is something to consider.


Occasionally, even after successfully stunning a centaur using an adrenaline dodge and headshot, it will freeze without exposing the back of its shield. This doesn't happen often. Just repeat the process and try again.


If you do use the shotgun to shoot the petrified centaurs, be sure to get in nice and close to do maximum damage. If possible, reload before provoking the petrification gaze attack. Then Lara won't run out of ammo and waste valuable time reloading while the centaur is still petrified. (To reload manually, draw the shotgun and press Interact without firing.)


If you get very lucky—and I've only been able to do once so far—you can petrify both centaurs at the same time. You probably won't have time to destroy both of them, but it's a lot easier to deal with one when the other isn't trying to trample you. (Check out my brag-a-licious screenshots.)


If you're having trouble with the strategy above, if you've encountered the shield bug (below) and can't get around it, or if you just want to try something different, here's an alternative to direct combat in which you trick the centaurs into killing themselves:

When the battle starts, save manually in a new save slot just in case this method doesn't work for you. If it fails, you will be stuck in a bad spot and have a hard time continuing without reloading the earlier save.


Target one of the centaurs so its health bar appears in the top right corner of the screen. Then run to the edge of the island and jump into the water above the tunnel that leads to the switch. This spot is opposite the tomb entrance, just below and to the right of where the edge of the island forms a little square notch. (This screenshot shows the spot.) Do not jump into the water anywhere else or you won't be able to avoid the centaurs' fireballs and Lara will die. Quickly swim Down into the tunnel, using a medipak or two on the way if Lara does get hit by a fireball. At the end of the tunnel, climb out of the water on the ledge with the switch. CHECKPOINT 10 registers again.


Now just wait and watch as the centaur's health bar gradually depletes (as shown in this screenshot). I can only guess what the two of them might be doing to each other as they wait and wonder what happened to Lara, but whatever it is, it's not doing them any good. While this is going on, you can take a bathroom break, go to the kitchen for a snack, paint your nails, whatever. It will take a while, but eventually the first centaur will be reduced to zero health and die. You'll know this has happened when the yellow health bar disappears.


Unfortunately, the other centaur won't do the same thing until you've gone back out and gotten a target lock on it. This is the tricky part. You need to swim to the end of the tunnel and up to the surface. Then very quickly climb out of the water before the centaur can fire-bomb Lara to death. You may need to use a few health packs to do this. Take a couple of shots at the centaur, so you can see its health bar, and then swim back to the switch and wait for it to commit suicide. When it's dead, the cut scene kicks in.


Alternately, after killing the first centaur this way, you can swim to the surface, pick up the shield it dropped and use it to beat the second centaur. You won't need to take the second centaur's shield, just enrage it until it uses the green petrification ray, reflect the ray back at the centaur to petrify it, and shoot it until it comes after you again. Repeat the process until it is destroyed.
NOTE: Apparently there are several possible bugs involving the centaurs' shields. Some players are unable to grapple the rings on the backs of the shields. Others can grapple but not pick up the shields from the ground. So far I do not know of definitivie solutions to these problems, but I have included some possible fixes in a footnote.

If you have the PC game and are experiencing any of these bugs, or if you just want to skip the fight and go on to more exploration, you can download my PC save file for the end of this level. (Please see the note about savegame files at the end of the walkthrough.) Also note that you'll miss the final cut scene, so don't forget to watch it in the Cinematics section of the Rewards menu.

When you've defeated both centaurs, the final cinematic for Greece begins. Lara takes the two pieces of the SCION and fits them together. Their mystical power evokes some kind of hallucination or out-of-body experience in which she falls through space and eventually comes to hover alongside three giant figures. As they speak, it becomes clear that these are the three erstwhile rulers of Atlantis. Tihocan, the male on the left, accuses the crouching female of tainting the power of the Scion and breaking the sacred triumvirate of Atlantis, as well as maiming Qualopec, her own brother and fellow king. Qualopec, the mutated figure on the right, says that although Tihocan has ended her treachery, it is his own face that will haunt his sister's nightmares. Tihocan asks the woman if she has anything to say for herself, but before she can answer, Lara floats away. She has a brief vision of a third piece of the Scion moving toward what looks like an Egyptian-style doorway. Then she falls back to earth outside Tihocan's tomb. She pulls herself together and picks up the Scion once more.

Now it's just a quick motorcycle trip to the Egyptian desert. . . .



†UPDATE HISTORY: 6/23/07 - First draft of walkthrough posted online. Added additional info on the shield bugs during the centaur battle later that same day.
7/7/07 - Added missing checkpoint 7 and renumbered the remaining checkpoints. Added alternate strategy for the cent