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"After writing the Tomb 2 strategy guide with Andy, I can truly | say that this game is awesome. It's huge, and some levels | Reine (like the Opera House) will take you up to four hours to ; _ Solve. The settings in Venice and ће Himalayas аге awe- inspiring and Lara has never looked better. The enemies this year are much smarter and take twice the lead to bring down; plus, Core listened to our complaints and put in more music. When you inch along a cliff and finally come into a new room, and an epic soundtrack crescendos as you | . behold the brilliant site, it's an experience that can't be matched by any other game. It rules."

"1997 was definitely a productive year for me, and ! wrote more than | Lever imagined | would. My crowning achievements were primarily strategy guides (Shadows of the Empire, Mario Kart 64, Star Fox 64, Final Fantasy VII, Castlevania, and Diddy Kong Racing). I've also И started work on a science fiction novel (which is very cool). And believe it or not, next year will be even better. The work and mag will * be the same, but my favorite thing in the world will be everywhere - Star Wars. Yes, we'll finally start seeing trailers of Episode 1, Kenner and Hasbro are releasing the Rancor and Vader with removable helmet toys, and hopefully there will be another N64 Star Wars title (how ‘bout an RPG?). Yes, 1998 is the year of the geeks. Sweet!!!”

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interest and feedback on our September '97 issue. Scores of envelope art, piles of letters, suggestions, tips, and comments are still steadily streaming into the GI office concerning Final Fantasy VIL Many asked how we approached creating the FF VII strategy guide. То begin with, Andy defeated the Japanese version of the game. If you're struggling with the game, just imagine winning it with everything written in Japanese. Then, when we got a final copy of the U.S. version, Andy played that game through again. While playing the U.S. version, many experiments were conducted. It was very difficult to determine on which discs things could only be done. In addition, we also had to determine what exactly had been changed from the Japanese version. Then, Andy and Reiner walked through each stage of the game once again and created the GI FF VII Play to Perfection. All told, there is well over 200 playing hours that went into the guide. Obviously there were some minor mistakes. People have brought them to our attention and ; now we will bring them to yours. If you're trying to get Tifa's Level 4 Limit Break Manual from her piano in the house (yes, the piano in her house, not in the mansion), you can't get the 9 manual until Disc 2. Next, the U.S. version went " through some name changes at the last minute. Aerith is of course Aeris in the U.S., and Utai is Wutai. Keith Anderson pointed out that Yuffie can be found on Disc 1 or 2 (not just Disc 2). He also correctly reminded us that after Ушће and Elena are taken away by Don, and you have to fight the monster that Don sends, Yuffie still has your materia, so its best to use Barret's Mindblow Limi cant

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| is something that you could add that I think | many people would love — an Anime page. Oh | yeah! One more thing.I have a friend who | claims RPGs are for dorks and theyre lame (I _ really enjoy them by the way). He also says that

misprint concerning the Shiva materia. The walkthrough section ‘Trouble on the Beachfront’ is correct, you do get the Shiva materia from Priscilla after you perform CPR. The ‘Strategy Extra’ Summon Materia section is incorrect, you о not find the Shiva materia in a cave. Also, for the Alexander Materia, you must first touch the

| steaming lake before you talk to the ice | princess. And finally the answer is no, you | cannot get a certain member of the cast back. | You just gotta let it go. Time is the universal

healer...

Ive subscribed to your magazine for four years and I think it's great. I've decided that the

| games coming out today arent all that

imaginative. Final Fantasy VII and Resident Evil

| 2 have good storylines, but there are so many | bad storylines such as Virtua Hampster for 32X, · Floating Runner for PlayStation, and countless | others. I hope that programmers worry more | about the storylines than how much blood and | gore they put into а game. What do you think on | these matters?

Mark McCabe Location Unknown

Mark, we believe that everything comes with

| a price. Sure, a game must have a great story in | order to get high review scores (except racing | and sports games of course), and the story itself | must be original and entertaining. Tons of games have worthless stories, but take a closer | look at some of the more recent games. Abe's | Oddysee, Treasures of the Deep, GoldenEye 007, | Turok, Castlevania, Ghost in the Shell, Nuclear | Strike, Time Crisis (just to name a few) – the | story is crucial to the experience of each of | these games. Plus, there's FF VII. But remember, | everything comes with a price. If a game's story || is anything short of spectacular, the FMV and CG | cut scenes become worthless annoyances. Do | you really want more FMV in your games | instead of action? Heck no! So considering the | games we've listed and what we've seen of the games due out this Christmas, we disagree with | your point On average, games have better | stories today that at any time in the past.

PS. Virtua Hampster never came out.

I enjoy your mag and I think it's great. There

FF VII sucks! It rocks, so please tell me what to tell my troubled friend.

Aero 3. Thanks Keith. Another problem is a 4

| that lumping things into categories is one of the | prime evils of the earth and that jumping to | conclusions is not only the wrong approach to | life, its the wrong approach to gaming. Think f | about what it takes to solve а video game. The E. entire point of puzzles, levels, and games in | | general is to trick you into jumping to E | conclusions. To succeed, you usually experiment E. | and then reverse your thinking, you work back E. | through your mistakes, and then proceed _ forward through the rest of the game. Lazy © thinkers immediately assume they've ‘seen

} in school, he probably gets in a lot of stupid _ arguments, he’s probably a sub-standard gamer, | and he's probably never had a girlfriend. Hey, · мете jumping to conclusions ourselves. We've | never met your friend, but мете pretending to | know what he’s all about. Of course we did this | to illustrate the error of prejudiced thinking. The

| thinking about it, but we'd like to hear from

| getting this unit. I just started receiving your | magazine in June of 1997 and it said the | game.com would have Duke Nukem 3D, Turok * Dinosaur Hunter, and Fighters Megamix, but you _ didn't give any release dates. I would like to f | know about any first-person shooter, fighting, ог | | any 3D games that are going to be any good. 1

| seen, we are not recommending that anyone | purchase the game.com. Yes, Turok and Duke | (along with many other high-profile titles) are

_ Tiger purchased only the rights to the names of · these games and are developing them all in- _ house. Tigers video game track record is not

| superfluous features. If the games get better, _ well change our recommendation, but as for

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Brandon ‘Play On’ Myers | Davisburg, MIA Tell your friend he's a bigot. Tell your friend |

everything there is to see, done everything there is to do, and know just what this or that garne is going to be like’ You know, your bigot friend strikes us as someone who's probably struggling |

only thing for you to do is to force your friend to get at least ten hours into FF ҮП and then hell never put it down. As for an Anime page, мете

more of our readers on the subject.

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Tony Wohlscheid Eagle, MI Tony, right now, based on the games we've

planned for the game.com, but remember that

pectacular. We love our Game Boys, and in a side-by-side matchup, Game Boy wins hands- down. Game Boy has more software, better software, it takes less batteries, is cheaper, and it's linkable. Yes, the game.com can receive e- mail, and it has a touch-screen stylus, but we judge a hand-held Ву its games, not its

ow, we'll stick with good ol’ Game Boy.

industry, а lack of com- munication between the , Japanese and U.S. offices. If

What the heck happened to Resident Evil: | you want to see the uncut | opening sequence you can

· Director's Cut!!? This isn't the same game I isit John Bobbit's h | played at ЕЗ! This game's missing all kinds DN st oun новинка nume back to them later, so I can go home and dig | stuff. For instance on the ЕЗ version, Chris takes page. just kidding, you can through a dozen GI magazines trying to find a a puff off of a cigarette, the dogs in ‘the opening | Visit Capcom's website at release date. If you guys could put release dates f cinema get their eyes blown from their skulls, of games in one area of your magazine and f they show the entire severed hand that's picked categorize them for each system, I'm sure it will ир off of the grass, and when the zombie around make it а lot easier on all of us. Keep up the {һе corner turns and looks at you after chowing good work. GI Rules! | on some poor guy, there was a half-eaten head Josh Axt that falls on the floor. Please explain to me if Im Miles City, MT

| not doing something right It seems the Josh, we would love to do this and we've been | Director's Cut was cut. | wrestling with the topic for almost a year now. It lE Chris ‘Arcade-a-Holic’ Sims always comes down to a question of accuracy. In ilwaukee, WI E. the video game world, delays happen on a daily basis. WeTe always hearing about games moving back even two and three weeks. In order to make an accurate release list, we would probably only list games coming out over the next couple of months, or create a brief box outlining only the games covered in that respective issue. This way we wouldn't jeopardize accuracy, but we could centralize release information for the benefit of the readers. Also, one of the main reasons we have yet to tackle this project is the lack of Dear GI

Here's a suggestion for your mag. My friends | | ask me all the time when a new game is coming out and then I have to tell them that I have to get

| Chris, we always appreciate receiving your | letters, and yes, the Director's Cut was cut. This | is what happened. Capcom has a number of E. | offices around the world, and the two most | important offices are the Japanese and U.S. | headquarters. Director's Cut was submitted to Б | Sony of Japan by Capcom of Japan for approval. || | Atrademark issue arose concerning the opening | sequence. The issue was very minor, but Ё | Capcom of Japan figured the easiest way to fix it | was to use the opening sequence from the || | original game. The U.S. branch of Capcom was f letters on the subject. Once again, if tons of поі aware of the change until the game was well people write and say they want it, well do our § into production. The problem can thus be traced best to get it in right away. | back to a common cause of confusion in the

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In а time unknown when magic and mystery still ruled ће world, ІП there was а dagger of great power. The Dagger of Xian was how ~“ the Chinese referred to this mystical blade that had the ability, when _ plunged deep into the heart of the bearer, to turn its master into а | fire-breathing dragon. | ||

There is legend of a tyrannical emperor у/һо опсе used x this power to rule his land until he was defeated by Tibetan warrior monks. But that is not our tale...the tale that Lara weaves is one of her search for the Dagger of Xian, which leads her to cross paths with a fanatical cult that worships the Dagger known as ће Ната Nera, and another who is searching for the dagger, Bartoli.

But the real question is do the ancient tales of a dragon and ће story of ou curious adventurer Lara Croft collide? We shall see... |

ho is Lara Croft? She's not just а name anymore...she's more than that...she’s an institution. Her buxom beauty and Indiana Jones lifestyle have taken her from PlayStation heroine..to. . industry super power. Eidos, the company responsible for her rise to glory, has also gone from 2nd rate publisher to power player in the video game world. So in essence, Eidos goes the way of the Tomb Raider, making this sequel, Tomb Raider 2, the most important game in their lives. 4 Blow it...and everyone will remember them as а one-hit wonder. Exploit it...and ~ everyone will think they’re only in it for the money. Build it...and they will come. Eidos has built it, and they didn’t follow the conventional rules. In the i video game world, sequel often means a new engine and a new; look: Core, Eidos: premi development house, opted to leave good, good enough and just expand ori their álready^ impressive 3D engine. : .

and bounds, but it does add to the overall realism of the game. For example, Lara's climbing’ | ability enabled Core to build levels upwards and downward so they could create towering | cliffs and bottomless pits. Use your flares to light a path down dark passageways, or your. | harpoon gun to send scuba divers back to the surface – there are few things that —. " Lara can't do. i

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ш Special Features: New Snowmobile and Boat Vehicles; Longer Levels; Larger Rooms; Rock Climbing; Flares; New Enemies; New M16, Grenade Launcher, and Harpoon Weapons

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> THE Bottom LINE 9.25

Я "This тау be hard to believe but concen: 3 Tomb Raider 2 is even bigger than Graphics: 9.25 Tomb 1. You can really tell that

Core did a lot of work on this one.

Sound: 8.5 There are texture maps everywhere, Е апа the new lighting effects are Playability: — 9.25 awesome. The new guns are cool, Entertainment: 9.75 ^U! the best part of this game is the

One thing we certainly didn't expect from (ага is the ability to operate the DC RUE Oe E

two different vehicles that she discovers during her travels. The first, which is found OVERALL: with them is amazing. This game is in the canals of Venice, is a powerboat that Lara must use to complete her harder than the original, and will

A 5 ы i А frustrate many, but it certainly isn't adventures. The second is a snowmobile (complete with front-mounted machine и impossible. The sound is better this guns) that she must use to cross the snow-covered hills of Tibet. An awesome year, but | still think this game needs

Fa a soundtrack. Other than that, this addition to say the least. ] is a great adventure that any fan

As far the levels themselves are concerned, without the clumsy task of creating a should play." new engine, Core was able 10 spend more time on level designs to create the Рай, THE GAME PROFESSOR — - largest, most challenging, and exotic locations in the world. From the waterways of Venice to the Great Wall of China, Lara travels the world in her quest to foil Bartoli and Concept: 875 ee ле pel many аата А м. жек А спапдеѕ ІП ven- uncover the Dagger of Xian. Each region is filled with thousands of texture maps to Graphies: 9.75 ture. The addition of the vehicles is a create lush environments, puzzles to boggle the mind, and new enemies, including great feature and they leave you birds, fish, and lots of human foes, to eradicate. ra se уи more те entre environ. Is Tomb Raider 2 everything we expected and more? Yes. Сап it do more? You Playability: 875 енсе add (о the beauty of the

et it can. But this new adventure of Eidos’ is not a dream or folly of some ппопеу- Entertainment: 9.75 2216. Tomb ЇЇ also has some great `7 cut-scenes that are a nice reward

ungry company pushing to get out the sequel and cash in while the iron is hot. Lara after conquering various levels. In an icon...a diva...and Eidos has treated her accordingly - they've build her a game OVERALL: lerms of control, the game is for a queen. And this queen will rule Eidos, as well as the hearts and minds of stil somewhat frustrating and the imers everywhere 9 combat is still a little weak. However,

y 5 Saving at any point sure keeps

you from going completely nuts. The music.is great, but | would have liked to hear more. Tomb II is a fantastic adventure that no PS-X player should miss.”

Қ "Simply put, Lara rocks, and hard | Concept — 875 ight ada. Yes, this Tomb Raider Graphics: “аз sequel has rekindled its popular exploration theme to such an incredible degree that xad ny ADS ourself in love with our physically Playability: 8.75 Ghallengat maiden, and craving Entertainment: 10 7072 /ndiana Jones-like action ў after each harrowing level comes to an end. The FMVs, real-time OVERALL: cut-scenes, new moves, vehicles, lighting, textures, and ambient 9 5 sounds are absolutely perfect. The = first game made me play, this one makes me a true believer. Tomb 2 is a must have that's executed flawlessly through every

inch of gameplay.”

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This guide has been created to assist you through this arduous adventure. To keep the guide as concise as possible, we have left out the locations of a number of the power-up items, and have left you (for the most part) to deal with the enemies. This guide does point out all key items and as a bonus we have also included the locations of all the Dragon relics, but there will be places that are left unexplored if you follow our guide exactly. So please explore...

spall the aha of the. gam 27 USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!”

Preserve Medi Packs - While the game does a good job of keeping you loaded with medi packs, it’s a good idea to use as few as possible on the earlier levels, as the second half of the game is much more difficult.

Look For Higher Ground – Lara's pistols have the great feature of unlimited ammo. Use this to your advantage. When facing weaker enemies look for higher ground, or a good hiding place to blast away from a distance using your pistols. Not only will this save ammo, but your lifebar as well.

Explore Everywhere – There are numerous items hidden throughout this game including medi packs, ammo, and the elusive Dragons. There are three Dragons to find on each level. Finding them will reward you with extra ammo.

Move All Blocks - Whenever you see a block that looks like it can be moved, move it. And remember that they can be moved in more than one direction so experiment.

Check Every Kill For Goodies – Most of the items you will find in this game are found on the enemies that you kill along the way.

Lara’s Dive Roll – U roll not only while you're it in the air and іп the wi the later levels, using La is the only way to survi

Save Early And Ofte: going to try something that you're not quite sure уі It will save time in the end

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The game opens up in a cavern. Head for the water at.the far right-hand corner of the cavern and pull yourself up onto the ledge. From here, blast the tiger then follow the path that leads you up to the top of the cavern (along the way you'll find the STONE DRAGON on the cliff). Enter the room at the top and fall into the grate. Use the running long jump to reach the switch in the corner, then head outside and blast the vultures. Dive down into the water below and you will find the. Guard House Key. Exit the water and head back up the cliff. Use the key to

open the door. Enter the Guard House

with guns drawn and blast the spiders that appear. Head up the ladder to grab the Rusty Key, and then use it to open the door into the next chamber. Blast the spiders, pull the block back, and then slide down. On the left side wall there is a small ledge that you must use to cross the water and avoid the shoot- ing spikes. Once on the other side,

Save before you head down the hall.

The next section is action-packed. You must run across the falling floor; take a right to avoid the tumbling boulders, slide down the ramp, jump the spikes, grab the ammo’ (optional), and climb the ledge’ to avoid the compacting walls, Now Save.

After a short breather, head down the hall.-Be sure to run across the fragile-loor, jump the swinging blades, ADE DRAGON, run down the ng sure to stick to the right the chute, and then ollapsing floor behind to your left. Save. Grab the edi pack and then avoid the huge lades. Pretend to take the zip line, and

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then hang from the ledge and shimmy to the right and up. Go down this passage then head down the almost endless ladder. At the bottom you'll encounter a pair of T-Rex. Blast them and grab the GOLD DRAGON. Head back up and take the zip line to the exit.

Draw your guns and get ready for action as you head down the alley. To get the guy on the Balcony it's best to just get out in full view and have a blast est. You'll win. (To defeat the guy with ће bat we like to use the fire and backflip technique.) After you beat him dive into the water and go under the large double doors. In this room there isa boat, a button, and а keyhole. Push the button and leave the rest for later. Ententhe Guard House and go through the series of buttons and trapdoors that lead youto the roof. Blast through the window and then head out the other window onto, the awning and over to the balcony. Grab the Boathouse Key and head to the allway. Go down the hall, kill the dog an the switch that opens the door al area. Blast the only floor, and jump to’ th

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Boathouse. Open the Boathouse doors, hop in the boat, and cruise into the Catacombs.

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К in the boat and cruise down {һе passage. After you shoot off the waterfall, jump into the water and you'll “see the GOLD DRAGON on the

bottom. Continue down the passage and you will come to the Catacombs. To the left as you enter there is a window. Blast through it and then kill the guy inside:.But.before.you flip the switch, pull your boat into the. lock just to thestight of the ladder. Now pull the switch and then head up the | Violal You have successfully used the lock! Now, jump іп the..water, flip the switch, and-take the Боа nio. the canals of Venice:

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the right of the bridge. Open the door `. and go down to the low flip the switch. It w metal gate.

Head back and.take the passage to ^ the right from the lock. Kill the dude on the dock and then take the far right path (the опе without laundry). On the other side of the Gondolas there is a dude you must kill and a switch. This switch opens ир а door on the far side. Take the alley just to the right of the to reach this newly opened this door, you will find the up and use the switch

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amp and blast away the window to rab the JADE DRAGON. Head down їр. апа then enter the enclosed at's straight ahead. Swim nd kill the dude. Now take the boat inside the area and aim it at the ramp in front of the switch. Flip the switch, hop in the boat, gun it (the X button), launch off ће ramp, head ир the big ramp that leads to the skyway and blast through the windows (very James Bond). Now follow the metal gate passage and then take a right towards the area where the mines used to be and exit, all before the clock strikes twelve.