Post by Vinegaress on May 21, 2016 3:33:23 GMT
I had thought about this a long long time ago, but I was curious to hear everyone else's thoughts on what you think the level of The Floating Islands really is all about. Someone told me a couple years ago this theory and I very much think this is the most accurate and most ideal scenario of what these mysterious islands are:
"The Floating Islands is a peculiar location because it makes absolutely no sense in that, an entire world of floating jade islands exists inside a Temple built inside the Great Wall. Core Design obviously took some creative liberties and ambition to build this otherworldly level. It really paid off though because it's certainly one of my top levels in the game.
Anyways, my theory on the Floating Islands is that the level takes place in a mysterious realm (void) that transcends time and space. Inside this void is a castle made of jade, and inside this jade castle is the Dragon's Lair, where the spirit of the dragon resides. The Dagger of Xian is a medium that connects the spirit of the dragon with the body of the wielder. In order to buy time to fully bond with the host (Marco Bartoli), and to prevent Lara from impeding his resurrection, the dragon distorted his realm to delay her. He allowed Bartoli's body and henchmen to travel across the jade bridge to the Dragon's Lair and afterwards broke the bridge and scattered the remnants throughout the realm so Lara couldn't get across.
However, this is Lara Croft we're talking about. She managed to successfully navigate the "floating islands," defeat the dragon's army, and then snuck inside the lair through a back door. In the next level, when she killed the dragon, she also killed the source of the realm's power, thus the entire realm collapsed on itself and Lara was thrown out of it and back into the human realm."
What do you all think?
"The Floating Islands is a peculiar location because it makes absolutely no sense in that, an entire world of floating jade islands exists inside a Temple built inside the Great Wall. Core Design obviously took some creative liberties and ambition to build this otherworldly level. It really paid off though because it's certainly one of my top levels in the game.
Anyways, my theory on the Floating Islands is that the level takes place in a mysterious realm (void) that transcends time and space. Inside this void is a castle made of jade, and inside this jade castle is the Dragon's Lair, where the spirit of the dragon resides. The Dagger of Xian is a medium that connects the spirit of the dragon with the body of the wielder. In order to buy time to fully bond with the host (Marco Bartoli), and to prevent Lara from impeding his resurrection, the dragon distorted his realm to delay her. He allowed Bartoli's body and henchmen to travel across the jade bridge to the Dragon's Lair and afterwards broke the bridge and scattered the remnants throughout the realm so Lara couldn't get across.
However, this is Lara Croft we're talking about. She managed to successfully navigate the "floating islands," defeat the dragon's army, and then snuck inside the lair through a back door. In the next level, when she killed the dragon, she also killed the source of the realm's power, thus the entire realm collapsed on itself and Lara was thrown out of it and back into the human realm."
What do you all think?