History & Geography in Tomb Raider - Episode 02: Tomb Raider II (starring Jenni Milward)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- "History & Geography in Tomb Raider" is a fanmade documentary web series that takes you on a journey through the iconic "Tomb Raider" franchise, visiting historical locations and unraveling mythical enigmas encountered by its famous protagonist, Lara Croft.
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Episode 2, narrated by Jenni Milward, follows Lara on her quest to obtain the mythical Chinese Dagger of Xian in "Tomb Raider II: Starring Lara Croft". On her globetrotting journey she visits the Great Wall of China, the canals of Venice, a deepsea ship wreck, a remote Tibetan monastery and a long forgotten temple while battling a mysterious Italian cult.
This episode is narrated by the wonderful Tomb Raider fandom legend and all-round talent Jenni Milward.
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If you speak a foreign language and want to contribute to the web series, feel free to add subtitles in your language by clicking on the gear icon at the bottom right of the video and choosing "Add Subtitles"!
Thank you so much to everyone who took their time to make the show more accessible. :-)
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Thoughts and ideas expressed in this documentary episode are my own and may not match with what the creators of the products had in mind. This is all my own speculation unless stated otherwise.
Complete list of sources in the credits at the end of the video.
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Just a headsup: I merged two of my Gmail accounts the other day and in the process a lot of my RUclips information was deleted. Apparently this also includes my comments and replies so now it looks like people in the comments section are talking to themselves...
Lara Croft documents her own game. Brilliant.
I really can't wait for the third game. That was my first Tomb Raider game, these documentaries are fascinating !
CroftManor Spectacular thank you very much!
When will we see Tomb Raider 3?
@@SimonBucherHistory hey, it seems you've forgotten
@@SimonBucherHistory where are you at?
It was my first game as well...
I’m amazed that no one has made a film about this story because it would make a great one!
The algorithm finally blessed me with this series. I've been a huge fan of TR since I played the original as a kid, and I am absolutely loving the added historical context of these locations throughout the series. A must-watch for any Tomb Raider fan
Update: the episode 3 video was removed by accident after I tried merging my Google accounts. I will reupload it ASAP!
Please
there was a document for the third game?
@@DroneQuadcopter It's back up now!
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Love Jenni’s voice. Spot on TR2-3 Lara impression. Top marks.
TR 2 its the game of my heart, Great Jenni Milward, i love the book about AoD. Hugs from Brasil.
Another amazing video! The voice work in particular is really phenomenal in this one! Many kudos to Jenni Milward! She does an excellent job setting the tone.
...But also great work in general! You are incredibly talented, and I thoroughly enjoyed this! 👍
This was absolutely fascinating
***** Your are so welcome, i love watching your videos so much you deserve way more subscribers what your doing is incredible :) i also left you a reply on Twitter keep doing what your doing ;)
***** Any time Simon is it? I'm glad my words can motivate you :) that makes me happy :3
Crazy how much effort is put into a tomb raider 2 documentary. This is amazing!!! Love it.
Thanks a lot Bethany! Happy to hear you enjoyed it :)
Amazing, I never even imagined TR2 had such an interesting story and that the art design actually had such symbolism behind it. Thank you so much for putting the time to make this video.
Amazing that this is compiled and finished by one person. I can't imagine the work that's gone into it. Thoroughly enjoyable and educational. I cannot wait for the next episode. I enjoy the cinematic, movie like adventure it takes you on.
I've just uploaded spanish subtitles for the video. I've loved the first video and this game, Tomb Raider II, is my favourite. So I couldn't resist to contribute with my work.
This really clears up the curiosities I had as a kid about the Maria Doria. I thought it was so weird that certain portions were not flooded, and the deck level was basically in a cave.
It's definitely a strange but fascinating design!
I love the backstory of Lara inherited her house from her aunt. I imagine her aunt was the original Lara Croft who went on adventures in wartime and taught Lara everything she knows, and they were both disowned by the Croft family. I'm writing it in my head now 😆
great video! its a damn shame we never got an Anniversary style remake of this story.
I think it's a shame that the original story never went this in depth. It's wonderful! Lara was an archeologist and this is why she was interested in the artefacts. Your work really gives the old games a new lease of life and exposes the secrets that I couldn't see.
I'd love it if this depth was actually used in some of the new games and focused on the adventure instead of the mindless shooting and jumping game-play. This is what Tomb Raider has always been about.
Great work!
Huge thanks to all people involved for another brilliant production. It was very interesting (and nice to relive TRII's storyline).
Finally, I watched the video as a whole without interruption! Took me few months but it was definitely worthy! :D Ah, I loved this!!! :D :D From the editing, music, narration till the bloopers at the end :D
Just came back again to this wonderful series, all the effort and dedication you put into those videos, it definitely shows off!
Thank you very much!
The voice of the lady ... pure gold!!! So smooth and relaxing to listen!!!
Those documentaries aside from being very informative actually help me fall asleep. Mesmerizing!
Beautiful. It brought a tear to my eye, seeing these iconic locations reviewed.
This video deserves way more views.
You've once again done an outstanding job, my friend. You can once again truly see the attention you've put into it all all the other collaborators with it. Can't wait to see the third one, nor the fourth one, heck, let's just say THE REST!
Marvelous! Really, I loved every second of it and was literally dragged into the story!
Argh, you put the outtakes in at the end x'D Wonderful stuff, my friend. Really enjoying your videos, and it was an honour and a pleasure to be involved
I love that J.Milward voiced this episode and that you used the clip from the TR2 fan remake by nicobass at 4:25.
I absolutely LOVE this series of videos! Thank you all, so, so much! Jenni, your voice work was spectacular! And the bloopers were very funny! :P
The fact that this series has on a few thousand views is downright criminal. Stellar work, all around! Job well done, I was blown away. I hope you don't give up on this series. Thank you all, so much, for all your hard work, and for the amazing result! Thank you.
I adore these, I wish there were much more videos on about tomb raider
I stumbled across this by accident a few days ago whilst reminiscing about TR2.It is absolutely amazing and clearly took a lot of effort to put together.
Keep up the good work ! 👏🏻
These videos are amazing! I really wish they would have remade TR 2 in anniversary style
this is making me appreciate the game so much more! im replaying it now on the retroid pocket 2. just got to the foothills
These videos are absolutely outstanding. The research by itself would make this incredible, but the editing, pacing and narration elevate this over most other stuff on RUclips. I'd go so far as to call this a documentary rather then anything else.
The details you go into in your examination is admirable. As someone who is fascinated my mythology and religious creatures, and a big fan of the series, i knew quite a bit about the game, but that's no comparison to how in depth you went. Particularly the connection to the Andrea Doria was impressive. I have no idea how one could find that out, except for being on the dev team themselves. By the way, the plane crashed because the fuel froze. The plane is made for warmer climates.
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This guy apparently knows some stuff about planes.
Jenni Milwards narration makes this information dump so enjoyable to watch. Your Angel of Darkness book version made me think on what could have been if Angel of Darkness were actually good. And the conclusions i've come to... we wouldn't have gotten Legend, which would have been a shame. And epic stories in games are just a waste of effort most of the time. Particularly when considering how deep Tomb Raider 2 is, dispite a simple narrative. It would have worked better as a Book to begin with, and there are a lot of games which have gotten books. One only has to look at Warcraft. So i'd like to thank you for fixing that in hindsight.
The only shame is how little attention videos like this get. It's the biggest flaw with youtube that low effort, marketable, high quantity videos get all the attention. While true effort is unnoticed. Nevertheless, people like me watching and liking this content can only thank you for how much work and love you put into this, even though the audience might be not that large. The applause is still there!
I hope you continue as strong and wish you best luck for your future projects.
If i may ask a question. Are you continuing this series though all games? I'd be interested especially in 4, Legend and Underworld, because those, to me, have the most interesting lore behind them.
I'm amazed I just discovered this channel today ! Amazing content !
Thank you Simon for such good stories ! (with the help of your narrators) I'll watch Tomb Raider 1 & 3 next !
I am so so happy this is finally out! Thankyou so so much! It's amazing!
Watching again in 2020. Still hold out hope a third episode will be made for Tomb Raider 3 🙈
Yas! Yas! I can't believe it! It's finally here!!!!!! Thank You, and God bless
Tomb Raider II had the best story line by far.
Simply amazing! Can't wait for the third episode. :-D
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Do you think that for the third installment Judith Gibbons would be available?
Outstanding amazing work on this now I know the history of all the artifacts and history of temples fascinating that's why I love Tomb Raider
You very welcome are you guys planning on making a third documentary for Tomb Raider 3
CroftManor cool thanks again can't wait to see it
New year, new episode of TR?! I hope and pray! Can't wait to see it! Big fan of all Your work CroftManor:)
These videos are SO good!
Absolutely brilliant.
Fantastic work! Enjoyable and educational, indeed TR is more than a videogame.
Absolutely love this series! It's so well researched and well made, the only failing is that there are only two episodes 😉 can't wait for episode 3, amazing work!
Awww, Nicobass remastered intro to TR2 awww... Amazing! I'm on 4:33 and it's perfect already!
A documentary about Tomb Raider games. Wow, unexpected and amazing,l!!!
jenni your voice would make an ideal lara in a game I reckon.
she has done the voice of lara in some fan created things so a fair few people agree with you!
This was excellent and gave me a new appreciation for this 1997 classic.
Can't wait to see what is found for TR3 and Angel Of Darkness.
What a lovely video about the history and context of what could have inspired the game.. The research, the video, and the voiceover was great.. And I liked the blooper reel at the end lol.
These continue to amaze me. Can't wait to see the next part.
This is quite brilliant, perfect match between nostalgia (being a huge fan of the franchise) and culture. Really pleasant voice also ! Thanks a lot
Thanks so much for watching!
This is really amazing. Congratulations to everyone. Jenni's voice is amazing btw, wish she voiced a game.
When will be the next episode be released? I can't wait for TR4 one, and it would be even more amazing if you can get Jonell to voice it.
What a beautiful video, wish there were more videos like this!!
From 1:05:00 onward, that theory actually really resonates with me on a big level. The more I play Temple of Xian and Floating Islands, the more sense it makes. Just the music on the background, with all the whispers and stuff and her slow decent to increasing madness (Xian starts rather normal and gets more messed up progressively, then Floating Islands is just a big fat question mark) - I really believe in that variation of the story. Maybe not completely as you said it, but more like the Xian soldiers are just regular Bartoli henchmen that she sees as something supernatural at that point.
Thanks for the video - Stellar work. It made me love a game that's already very dear to me even more.
Thank you so much for your insightful comment! Happy to hear you enjoyed the video :)
Looking forward to the one for TR3. Though this one was particularly interesting seeing that I never played TR2 first time around. Enjoyed the bloopers at the end too!
I played this game a lot round about '97 and '98 but there were a lot of things I didn't understand with regards to plot, characters, historical references etc.; this vid explains a lot! Never knew WHY Lara was after the dagger of Xian; she couldn't have wanted to turn herself into a dragon by stabbing it into her heart- she'd never get it past her huge bosoms!
The floating islands level is possibly my favourite because of the freedom with regards to design- logic plays little part here in that rock and jade platforms are suspended in air with man-made structures, but gravity is still there in that Lara will fall to her death if she mis-calculates a jump! Also featuring giant jade warrior statues that come to life, fly and try to kill Lara, turning back into jade and exploding when defeated, so this may be an entirely different dimension with supernatural elements; I like this vid's theory that it could in fact be a hallucination- I never knew what the red liquid in the temple was, only that it was deadly if Lara got too close; the idea of a hallucinogen never occurred to me!
I love these videos! It's like I'm playing through the game, but with Lara making commentaries in the background heehee! Thanks for making these!! Loved the bloopers in the end too :D :D So darn cute!
This is literally the best thing Ive encountered today.
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
I find these episodes so fascinating! As you know I'm a huge fan of this series and again it's managed to capture me from the first second and in what felt like a minute I found myself at the end. Brilliant work :)
This was very informative and made the game look more beautiful. The possibility of Lara being hallucinating was mind blowing and interesting. Plus, I just love Jenni's voice, reminds me so much of Lara's voice in TR2/3, which is one of my favorites. And what a lovely surprise the bloopers at the end lol. Can't wait for you to do one for Tomb Raider 3.
Thank you for posting this!!
I swear to god i had to see the credits for being sure that wasn't judith Gibbins. Jenni is amazing!
I seriously never imagined how much genuine research and historical knowledge went into the Tomb Raider games, especially TR2. The small details (such as the deer statues next to the large prayer wheel) just blew my mind. Makes me even more impressed with the games! Thank you so much for these fantastic videos.
Sir, this was so epic. It felt as if it was narrated by Lara herself. Subbed and liked!
Great work. Thanks for the subtitles.
Thank you for watching!
These videos are beautifully brilliant. Stellar narration by Jenni and rhe soundtrack is amazing. Excellent geographic and mythological research too. Cultural anthropologists rejoice! 🤗
I have been playing Tomb Raider games since I was a child. I know everything about the series and stil feel the hunger of new things. Your idea of this documentary videos is absolutely brilliant. It combines education with pleasure. Big treasure for every Tomb Raider fan. I hope there will be more episodes for each part of the game. I'm looking forward to see it! :-)
The Theme Music to the opening was so beautiful OmG ! I love you for this !!
Just marvellous, great work. It shows that you guys took a lot of time and effort researching and making the video. Looking forward for the next part.
I remember the first time I played TR2 being in awe of the game’s story and various settings. So it goes without saying that the amount of work you have put in creating these videos is incredible. It has given me such an appreciation of the depth of these games and what Core Design originally may have had in mind during development. I’m really looking forward to your TR3 video as it’s another one of my favorites.
Love, love, looooove, this video plus tomb raider 2 is my favorite game. thanks for this video. You make his storyline more intriguing.
CroftManor anytime 💋❤️
I absolutely love TR2. And it's my favorite story of them all...
I still love watching theese episodes! It's so relaxing hehe
Epic! I'm so glad to have the chance to be a part of this! All these theories and explanations are so interesting, and the information and detail in this, gives you a totally new and mind blowing perspective on the game!
The research and editing in these are brilliant. Thank you so much for making these! And for the bloopers reel :D
All the work you have put into this has really paid off! Honestly, this is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Everything about this series so far has been perfect: the music, the narrating, and the surprising amount of historical and mythological accuracy. I do have one question though; do you plan to only cover the games made by Core, or are you making episodes for the Crystal Dynamics games as well (including the 2013 reboot series)?
Hello, a year ago I've found the first episode, now I see You've done a next one but it is already quite some time ago. I agree with others that they are very well professionally made. Is work on the third episode already in progress? :-)
Please make more of these videos for all games of the Tomb Raider series as I think you have made interesting videos that make me appreciate these games much better.Keep up the good work.
your welcome you really did alot of good research it was very educational and really put the games in a realistic setting
Thanks for this video and the first episode! It is a great project! It's awesome. Please don't stop it.
Wonderful job! Can't wait for the next episode!
Fantastic, insightful documentary with brilliant narration into my favourite game of all time. Please continue this great documentary series!
One of my favorite games, thanks for sharing, I enjoyed it :)
Many thanks, it was a wonderful episode, excellent job.
13:10 the cause for the sinking of the Maria Doriah is actually known: In a cutscene at the end of the Diving Area, a monk tells Lara, that his ancestors sank the Maria Doriah, so Gianni couldn't come closer to his goal of getting the dagger.
Indeed! The story of the ship's sinking is further explained later in the Maria Doria chapter of the video :)
Thank you so much for those videos!!! i love them, nice work. cant wait for angel of darkness and tomb raider 3-4
Awesome work, another great video. I Iearnt quite a lot about this game I first played and completed back in 97.
These are incredible!! I really do hope the whole franchise is covered.
This is fantastic, thank you :D
This documentary of Tomb Raider is beautiful! ❤️❤️❤️. I’ve only learned now that some of the symbols and history they put in this game are closely related to each other, and I also missed checking the symbol on the ceiling of the Temple of Xian, right on top of the dagger. I was so focused on the dagger back then🤣❤️.
A lot of thanks for explaining the possibility of red mercury occupying the place, as I last thought of these as magma only🤣❤️. The last part where she enters the Floating Islands and facing the Dragon might very well be associated with her hallucination of the place.
But I can never tell at all. Her classic adventures usually put her facing against mythical creatures that were brought to life at present (1997 for Lara), hence most of her encounters can also be just supernatural too😅👍❤️. But if this was indeed just a hallucination, then it must have been really scary for Lara. Glad she wasn’t fazed by it. Only the developers know the truth.
But by whatever means, Core Design achieved the moment where Tomb Raider is extremely surreal, dark, frightening (the sounds, music and graphical design are so wonderful❤️), but counteracted by action adventure, cerebral solving with puzzles, hard platforming, and Lara’s sheer strength and courage.
I was only able to play the Tomb Raider video game saga on 2018 (I was 17 that time), and I first started with the classics following the games in chronology until the present. But I found this to be still the best TR game among them all (only my opinion).
The efforts the developers poured in this game are so genuine, it must have really hurt for them to make it before the deadline every year, but they made it😭❤️. Thank you Core Design❤️❤️❤️. (But I still believe Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics can make beautiful TR games just like this one, the future is always uncertain.)
Jenni Milward is so chill and calming as she narrated!❤️😭. I love it. She can definitely make the perfect voice for Lara Croft in the future.❤️❤️❤️.
Thank you so much for your beautiful comment, Reinhardt! I really appreciate your thoughtful words. I'm happy you enjoyed the documentary!
so love this series, cant wait for the 3rd game
This was great! So worth the wait! It really makes one think more about what we're seeing around when we run through the levels. That it actually isn't as random but the creators did their research (well not that I thought they didn't, but it's great to see it all compiled like that). Well, alright, I did found it funny when you kind of gave up on the temple below the Dagger's resting place and just went with "yeah probably based on a wrong period". :D Also it's not the first time I hear about the theory about Lara hallucinating the floating islands, but the halluciantions being caused by mercury is new to me. (Honestly I just thought the red liquid was lava...) Oh and it's fun to imagine that she wasn't even fighting a dragon but... well, Bartoli stabbed himself quite fatally, so she'd be shooting a corpse? Uh... quite an anticlimatic final boss. XD (Though because we saw a dragon in the intro, I'm quite sure it wasn't a hallucination. But still, pretty funny.)
And because she blew the whole place up, neither she nor anyone else can ever come back to find out if it was just a hallucination (i.e. no-one can refute her claims XD ). But yes, the mercury is a pretty fun way to explain it. (Now I wonder what a hilarious level it would be without the presumed hallucinations...)
Ahaha oh dear that's hilarious. XD (So we'd be playing just her made-up adventures... a fiction within a fiction... this is getting complicated. XD )
thanks for this video! its amazing!
Great work! I love the voice, its really like watching a british documentary. She also sounds a bit like Lara 😁So much research had been done.. shame we dodnt know anything while playing TR2 back then, the creators efforts went unnoticed, maybe because the gane had zero commentary or description. Someone pointed the bloopers at the end, thanks!
you have done an amazing job with this video... i enjoyed every second of it. thank you so much for letting me relive my childhood. keep up the good work
wow, very good video. thank you for taking me back to my childhood. keep up the good work.
I had no idea Tomb Raider 2s lore is so well thought out. Great video
Amazingly put together. Nostalgia for me.
Wow! I've been a fan of Tomb Raider for twenty years and never noticed some of the details you pointed out. Whether or not Lara was hallucinating those last few levels (hilarious theory, by the way), it's clear that the developers were thinking straight and putting a lot of effort into their game, just like you did with this video. Thank you for this impressive and educational journey through one of my favourite TR games, I would like this video 1,000 times if I could, and I'm very much looking forward to the next episode!
Dude, this is so well made. Thank you for such an awesome video, I absolutely love it! Gonna watch the other parts now.
That means a lot, thank you! 🙂
This video is everything I needed and didn't know. Loved it
Thank you so much, Marcos!