View Full Version : Has anyone done all the time trials?
Shark_Blade
28-06-07, 10:56
I have done all but the Egypts and St. Francis Folly.God, St. Francis Folly is hard to do in a short time:hea: Anyone who has done all especially St. Francis can have my salute. :o
there was a video on youtube where someone did st.francis folly in 15(!!!!!) minutes!!
i get really frustrated while doing the time trials..epsecially in legend....i am not really good with time trials, time doors etc.. :p
Shark_Blade
28-06-07, 11:35
15 minutes? wow. Must have done it hundred times and memorize everything (I remember the holy body parts need to be shot but just that:p)
I only have 3-4 levels to do time trials of.
can you post us a link of this video.
I have finished peru and atlantis time trials. I have almost finished greece I just need to do s.t francis folly.
illuminati30
28-06-07, 11:44
No, they are like day light murder of the game and all things Tomb Raider for me. I love to take my time with this beautiful game.
Well since St Francais Foly took me nearly 2 hours to complete originally im not looking forward to them.
So far i've completed peru except tomb of Qualopec.
I loved them in legend but the lost caves i had to redo a few times to get in time so im not looking forward to the more difficult levels.
No, they are like day light murder of the game and all things Tomb Raider for me. I love to take my time with this beautiful game.
The time trials are among the things that take away the magnificence of a level. The levels in Anniversary were made in such a way that the player will be immersed in the atmosphere and level design, and the time trials take away just that. Defeats the purpose of Tomb Raider, IMHO.
Shark_Blade
28-06-07, 12:21
But time trials gives you cheats right? Just recently I got *spoiler*gold shotgun and silver uzis by doing TT (don't rememmber which level)
can you post us a link of this video.
I have finished peru and atlantis time trials. I have almost finished greece I just need to do s.t francis folly.
This one? o:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otjbqQqDZ30
I did that a while ago... It kinda sucks though (I died 3 times and such), but 15:48, I guess that would do for TT help :p
the golden shotgun & silver mini-SMGs are for completing the lost island time-trials
I have completed them all, and those you mentioned where some of the hardest
I don't know if it will help but this is the order I did in the tower
- Poseidon switch
- Hephaestus switch
- Hephaestus door
- Poseidon door
- Atlas switch
- Atlas door
- Damocles switch
- Damocles door
and also at the beginning with the shooting puzzles, memorize or draw the second combination, then restart the time-trial and shoot that combination straight away, I guess you already did that but just in case
I only need to do St. FF, city of Kamoon & Obelisk of Kamoon..
Concepcion30
28-06-07, 14:12
I completed St. Francis Folly's time trial on my second attempt in 31.30 minutes. I think they give you 34 minutes to complete it which really is alot of time if you have a plan where you need to go and don't stand around wasting seconds figuring out your next jump plan.
As for the Atlantis levels, I did the Great Pyramid time trial once, got frustrated with the 3rd jump and abandoned it for the Eqypt ones. I did complete the other 2 Atlantis levels though, and have yet to complete any one Egypt level on a time trial, and I started attempting them 4 days ago I haven't tried Sanctuary yet but the traps in the obelisk have been thwarting me.
CannibalK9
28-06-07, 14:18
Obelisk of Khamoon speedy... might help someone...:
Part1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb640IadtWg)
Part2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNTz4kgtnJU)
Once you've experienced all the atmosphere that TRA has to offer in the first/second time playthrough, time trials are excellent ways of revisiting the hard parts but in a way that forces you to do them quickly, increasing your knowledge of the game, its replayability and rewarding you as you do so. I think they're great.
AmericanAssassin
28-06-07, 14:25
No way... I've only finished Mountain Caves, City of Vilcabamba, Lost Valley, Tomb of Qualopec, Coliseum, and Natla's Mines so far. :D
Not a chance in hell am i gonna do the time trails :) did some in legend but it destroys the game and the small cheats you get from that aint worth it. I never use walktroughs for games or cheat codes, but ive completed both tomb raider games, so if there is something im missing then ill just find a save 100% so i can try all the things in the game. Time trails are just not fun, and i only play games for fun.
Yuna´s Wish
28-06-07, 14:34
Yes, and it´s quite fun! :) I loved each time trial, even the one of St.Francis Folly (knowing the star codes without looking at the walls and jumping where you may not be supposed to jump is the way to victory in that level).
Lovely run on the Obelisk there! (I've got below 10 mins on it, muahaha :p) But why did you trigger the blades? :confused:
CannibalK9
28-06-07, 15:18
Oh, thought blades had to be triggered. Ahh! That takes away one of the best jumps! I guess I know where the key to sub-10 lies now, just need to work out how to bypass them... can you drop to the ground there somehow and climb back up? Monsters will get in the way twice as much though... did you do yours on hard too? Doesn't make that much difference but one more hit and I would've died...
Babes,
Here's how I'm doing it...
1st Run
Complete the game collecting as many secrets as possible.
2nd Run
Replay the levels in order, only attempting the trial trial after all the secrets have been found. Then onto the next level...
I'm now replaying the Tomb of Tihocan.
Hardest time trial for me so far? I'd say St Francis Folly.
:wve:
UPDATE:
I only have to do the obelisk of khamoon time trial now. :D
I did the St. FF in 31:37 & Temple of Khamoon in 17:33
Mikel Croft
28-06-07, 16:17
The time trials are among the things that take away the magnificence of a level. The levels in Anniversary were made in such a way that the player will be immersed in the atmosphere and level design, and the time trials take away just that. Defeats the purpose of Tomb Raider, IMHO.
I agree.
I hate time trials. :\
elenimawds
28-06-07, 18:03
Finished with peru & greece - st.francis folly on 3rd attempt & possible if diving off things alot (1st time ran out of time just as she was putting in last key - almost went into therapy for that one!).Started on Egypt & completed obelisk with nifty shortcut (spoiler ** - if you have pulled switch to drop third bridge i.e. after the wall run section; instead of going back down just swan dive off into the water & swim to side that you entered level on - there is a ladder to the level of the bridges, go up then jump to left bridge & proceed.It cuts about 2 minutes off the time):)
The way I did / am doing it is I played through the whole game first, and then am playing each section (Peru, Greece, etc.) one at a time, first on Normal with the commentaries (and learning the level better so I can do it quickly), and then a second time on Time Trial. I've gotten through Peru, Greece and Egypt's time trials, and am now onto Atlantis. The only level I've failed the time trial on so far was Obelisk, but I got it on the second go ;)
I didn't think I would enjoy the time trials but oddly I am. I am noticing different ways of doing things and things I'd actually missed while taking my time.
Once I have finished them I'm playing through the game again with the commentaries, and them probably playing through again because I love it!
Mary
Ward Dragon
29-06-07, 03:01
I've only done the time trials for the manor, Peru, and the Lost Island. Do you get anything for completing *all* time trials, besides the cheats that each location unlocks?
I've done caves (aah!), city of vilicabamba (aaaaahhhhhh!!!!), and Lost Valley (AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!).
All they give you are cheats, to my knowledge.
I've done Peru, Palace Midas, Colleseum, Tomb of Tihocan, Final Conflict, and the manor.
I've done all time trials, the hardest was St Francis Folly and Sanctuary of the Scion.
Here's how I'm doing it...
1st Run
Complete the game collecting as many secrets as possible.
2nd Run
Replay the levels in order, only attempting the trial trial after all the secrets have been found. Then onto the next level...
That was pretty much my plan, as well. Though I only managed to find one relic the first time through. It was helpful playing each level leisurely, searching for the secrets, before attempting the time trial, as it refamiliarized myself with the level and gave me a chance to formulate a strategy.
As for the time trials, only a few gave me some real trouble. I finished St. Francis' Folly on my second try, I think (Damocles' room was nervous for me). Palace Midas had me chewing my brains out, though, as I slipped on the fire obstacle a couple times and ended up beating the level with 1 second on the clock! Thank god that ending animation wasn't a second longer or I'd have flipped!
Obelisk of Khamoon probably gave me the worst trouble, as it took me some time to formulate an efficient strategy...that, and the traps kept screwing me over. I spent over a minute one time repeating a trap with unavoidable failure just because Lara refused to perch on that pole. I'm not sure, but I think I discovered that it's impossible to land on a pole with a slamming wall unless you jump *after* the slamming wall has completely retracted. That seemed to help. The really ironic thing is, after discovering a shortcut that allowed me to bypass one of the traps entirely (which also happened to be my least favorite one), I ended up unintentionally falling from the top of the main Obelisk room at the wrong time, and had to go through that trap anyway, just to make up for my slip. Luckily, I managed to beat the time trial on that try, though.
Sanctuary of the Scion wasn't so bad, except that every once in awhile when I'm coming out of one of the side rooms off the main Sphinx chamber, to the front of the Sphinx where the centaur/s attack, the game crashes for some reason. That happened once while I was on a time trial, after coming out of the second side room (so I was at least halfway through the level), and that really annoyed me.
Natla's Mines tripped me up a bit, mostly from that part where you gotta climb up outta the ditch after grabbing the last fuse. I kept screwing it up.
I thought the Atlantis levels would give me a lot of trouble, but to my surprise, I think I managed to beat both of them in a single go each. Maybe I was just getting really good at rushing Lara by that point! :p
spikesavenger
29-06-07, 09:08
Yeah, I've completed them all. Just a bunch of useless cheats.
But that golden shotgun is pretty badass.:p
I've completed the time trials for all of Peru, The Coliseum, Palace Midas & Temple of Khamoon... the game already says I have 100%, and I'm not too bothered about unlocking unecessary cheats, to be quite honest.
Lucy_Croft
29-06-07, 12:17
I've got St Francis Folly and Obelisk of Khamoon left to do. I'm intrigued by the remaining cheats.
I did them all on easy aand medium, Im gonna try on hard! The lost valley, st. Frnsis folly, and the Obelisk of kahmoon was MURDER!!!!!!!
I've just completed the Atlantis time trials - the golden shotgun is great! :D
I need to complete all of the Egypt time trials, St. Francis Folly, Tomb of Tihocan & Croft Manor. :)
Ok, I finished the obelisk of khamoon time trial an hour ago :)
Now I'll just have to find all the artifacts. luckily I already found all relics.
I haven't done Egypt yet.
konichi-wa
29-06-07, 15:58
i only have to do three grece levels
AmericanAssassin
29-06-07, 16:01
Oh. My. God. I am the worst Tomb Raider fan ever... I failed the Coliseum time trial the first time! :vlol:
Okay, I've done Temple of Khamoon & Obelisk of Khamoon. :D
I played St. Francis Folly to get to know it better, and I managed to complete it in 37 minutes - 3 minutes over the time trial limit. I just have to not die as many times and perfect some shortcuts... :)
AmericanAssassin
29-06-07, 22:10
@ Angelus - 37 minutes for the Folly huh? I'm still at about 46 minutes... I just can't seem to master it. :(
@ Angelus - 37 minutes for the Folly huh? I'm still at about 46 minutes... I just can't seem to master it. :(
Yeah... there's a shortcut in the Poseidon room that cuts off the entire puzzle, and you can jump into small alcoves in the main hall to get to the levers quicker - it's mainly about knowing where you're going. :)
I haven't done Greece and Egypt yet. :)
LaraLover32
29-06-07, 22:24
I have done all the time trials now. I just completed the one for St. Francis' Folly today. Here are my times:
Croft Manor-17:10
Caves-4:45
City Of Vilcabamba-5:28
The Lost Valley-13:27
The Tomb Of Qualopec-10:41
St Francis' Folly-23:50
Coliseum-7:52
Palace Midas-12:35
Tomb Of Tihocan-11:32
Temple Of Kahmoon-16:33
Obelisk Of Kahmoon-16:10
Sanctuary Of The Scion-24:51
Natla's Mines-8:47
The Great Pyramid-9:55
The Final Conflict-10:56
Here's my times (Sorry for showing off XD)
Mountain Caves 3:50
City of Vilcabamba 4:13
The Lost Valley 9:34
Tomb of Qualopec 9:42
St. Francis' Folly 14:25
The Coliseum 5:07
Midas's Palace 9:45
Tomb of Tihocan 8:15
Temple of Khamoon 12:22
Obelisk of Khamoon 9:36
Sanctuary of the Scion 27:43
Natla's Mines 7:42
The Great Pyramid 7:30
The Final Conflict 7:18
Total 2:17:30 (I recalculated it now. It was way off xD)
Croft Manor 14:59
SFF is the most worked on for me :3
Edit: 9:36 on Obelisk, ftw! :yah:
Here's my times (Sorry for showing off XD)
Mountain Caves 3:50
City of Vilcabamba 4:13
The Lost Valley 9:34
Tomb of Qualopec 9:42
St. Francis' Folly 14:25
The Coliseum 5:07
Midas's Palace 9:45
Tomb of Tihocan 8:15
Temple of Khamoon 12:22
Obelisk of Khamoon 9:56
Sanctuary of the Scion 27:43
Natla's Mines 7:42
The Great Pyramid 7:30
The Final Conflict 7:18
Total 2:10:51 (Not sure if accurate, I never recalculated it, just modified with improvements)
Croft Manor 14:59
SFF is the most worked on for me :3
How the heck did you get the Obelisk in that short of time? That seems impossible! I have been trying to get that time trial forever but still come up a minute or so short. any tips or how did you get it so fast.
The only one I have done are Caves, Vilcambamba, SFF (easier than it looks), TOT
There's a video of the Obelisk on YouTube with 10:05 on it, and I have a shortcut not used there. It's in the room with the 3 mummies at the bottom. You can get into the doorway to the corridor leading to the lever straight from the top.
Here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb640IadtWg
Shark_Blade
30-06-07, 00:12
I know how to do Natla's Mines real quick :mis: But I guess everyone knows my little trick:p
:cln:youch 15 mins St. Francis Folly? I salute him/her.
This one? o:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otjbqQqDZ30
I did that a while ago... It kinda sucks though (I died 3 times and such), but 15:48, I guess that would do for TT help :p
it says it has been removed.
Tomb Raider Master
01-07-07, 11:46
I'm already done with all of them for quite some weeks.
I did St. Francis Folly with 5 minutes to spare. I thought it would be hard but it weren't. Practice the level before you do the Time Trial. Easier that way.
Yup, finished them all. St Francis Folly was challenging, finished that with 5.42 minuted to spare. Obelisk of Khamoon was a difficult one aswell.
it says it has been removed.
Oh yeah, whoops! XD I got better (14:25), so I removed that old one
It's here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WjPUdeNKMQ
I've already done all of them! :tmb: I think it was enjoyable. :)
I'm done with all of em too. Who completed all of them on your first go?
I am on my way - I have done all of he peru trials and from there I use the unlimited magmums - whiich make things a little easier. Since the greece trials dont unlock anything valable I skipped them (will do them later - I will try the golden shotgun on them :D ) and I am doing the egypt now - I did the first 2 from the 1st try! They turned to be a lot easier then I thought - and I fed up playing so I will do the 3rd one later :D So I will have unlimited health for atlantis!!!!! :D :D :D Nd after atlantis I do greece But i wont use the golden shotgun on the centaurs BECAUSE I CAN SHOW THEM WHO'S BOSS WITHOUT IT!!!!!!! :mad:
I've done them all, but I cheated and used the fly cheat. I'm not going to sit around and try to do something that took a half hour in five minutes.
I've done them all, but I cheated and used the fly cheat. I'm not going to sit around and try to do something that took a half hour in five minutes.
I agree with that sentiment! :p I just don't feel like rushing like that. Unfortunatly there aren't any gameshark codes for us PS2 players yet to buzz thru the levels faster... :( I really don't enjoy TT's and just want them to be over with so I have unlocked everything in the game. So far only did 5 of them.
I need to complete St. Francis Folly and Sanctuary of the Scion.
Any suggestions? :D
I need to complete St. Francis Folly and Sanctuary of the Scion.
Any suggestions? :D
St. Francis Folly Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WjPUdeNKMQ)
St. Francis Folly Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnxWDY-zGCk)
Sanctuary of the Scion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps-s5mE_lsk)
:whi: :D
I hope they're not too hard to mimic :pi:
I agree with that sentiment! :p I just don't feel like rushing like that. Unfortunatly there aren't any gameshark codes for us PS2 players yet to buzz thru the levels faster... :( I really don't enjoy TT's and just want them to be over with so I have unlocked everything in the game. So far only did 5 of them.
I just wanted them to be done & over with also.
I need to complete St. Francis Folly and Sanctuary of the Scion.
Any suggestions?
Sanctuary of the scion I think you need to use a shortcut as it's a bit hard without it. Try the shortcut that gets you inside the sphinx without either one of the ankhs. Watch the video on myoutube about the shortcut. Folly when you first get to the room with the diamonds step on the plate and shoot the following 4 the 2 feet the belly button and the hand.Also watch silver ragout's video on youtube. You will see that the player took the short route to the switch by jumping from the center of the room on a platform. You should do the following order: 1.Poseidon switch 2. hephaestus switch
3.Hephaestus door 4. damocles switch 5. atlas witch 6.poseidon door 7. atlas door 8.damocles door.
i've done all the time trials. just go to youtube and look for each time trial video. and what i do is just follow each one very slowly pausing and reviewing video and this should help esepecially in st. francis folley long and hard. keep at it the rewards are good cheats.
Shark_Blade
11-07-07, 02:50
I hope they're not too hard to mimic :pi:
Riku how did you do the swandive thingy? I did mine and she just plummeted to her death down the cold tomb floor:hea::o
Riku how did you do the swandive thingy? I did mine and she just plummeted to her death down the cold tomb floor:hea::o
Ahhhh which one? >_>
If it's that first one when entering the tall room in SFF, well, that one's hard. xD I keep messing it up too.
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