pigdog:

pigdog: The setting is Venice and I (Lara) am working my way through the level by methodically exploring, flipping switches and all manner of clever things.

Then, as I'm in the boat, there's this guy - he doesn't like me based on his willingness to shoot me. So I tried to shoot from the boat which it seems is not possible. I know, I'll swim stealthily to the platform but no, by the time I've climbed up and drawn my weapon, I get pierced by bullets and fall in to a crumpled heap. OK, I've tried to load the same game on numerous occasions and it's not working - time for a different tactic.

Following some exploration, I find and pull a lever and feel a sense of achievement at last as a door swings open. I gingerly enter said room and find there are no enemies, just a silver key. Turns out that it's not as strait forward as I thought - the door has swung shut behind me and the only route out is to climb a wall to reach a room above. Half way up now but I hear a dog barking - a tingle of familiarity runs down my spine. I reach the top and hope to shoot the dog whilst hanging from the wall. Nope, that's not possible either. The only way is to climb, jump, draw my weapon and shoot. Ah, there's also a big guy with an even bigger baseball bat waiting for me. Again, after jumping, rolling, shooting and swearing, I die a horrible death. The dog settles down contentedly, the baseball bat man puffs his chest out victoriously and my lifeless body is in an unnatural position.

Now as this has happened after reloading on numerous occasions, frustration has got the better of me. So I turn to my fellow GOG'ers to hold my hand and guide me patiently through not only these situations but also, general gameplay help and tips. I fear that my laptop is on the brink of being introduced to my stored lump hammer that has been waiting for such an opportunity.

Thanks in advance chaps and chapesses.

tinyE: That link I posted helps but if you don't like walkthroughs this particular sequence is easy enough if you have played enough TR. For precaution make sure you are at full health and start climbing the ladder...now comes the tricky part. You need to back flip off the ladder onto the upper landing BUT if you are too high or low on the ladder you will hit something and come crashing back down to the 1st floor. If you get the placement right you should land perfect and ready to draw and fire which is what you should do IMMEDIATLY when your feet hit the ground. You actually should be able to draw mid-backflip but that isn't totally necissary. The only real other problem is that you won't know exactly where the goon or the dog are untill you land so you need to have some health in case you take a few shots which may be unavoidable.

Craig68x: Ahhh, so he's near the boathouse. Yup, do that

pigdog: I do like the game despite its flaws. Out of interest, do these get addressed in TR3?

Finally, thanks Craig as well. I assume you've recently registered so welcome!