Lara wakes up in an abandoned railway station. She explores the Parisian Ghetto and talks to people to progress. Lara seeks a Parisian gang member Louis Bouchard for more information on what happened with Von Croy.
Known references[]
In this section all known references listed here.
05.01 - Wanted poster[]
This is an easter egg. Read more here: Easter eggs page
05.02 - Poster with FF3[]
This is an easter egg. Read more here: Easter eggs page
05.03 – Lumière sign[]
A sign with "Lumière", translated into "Lightning".
- It could be a lightning factory. When looking on the internet on the city of Derby, the city has an industry history but on wool manufacturing not on light.
- The name Lumière can be easy linked to the brothers Lumière from Lyon.
05.04 – Daniel Rennes Sign[]
It says: Courtier de Gage (Pawn Broker), acheté et vendu (Brought and sold), Diamants, Or, Argent, Montres (Diamonds, Gold, Silver, Watches), Voulu (Desired). The shop is located at the corner of Rue St. Mark. If you go to Google Maps and look up “Rue St. Marc, Paris” you can view the store whose advertising plate looks the same.
05.05 - Moulin Rouge reference?[]
The "Le Serpent Rouge" building has a circular/round shaped thing with huge font. It looks like it has been inspired by Moulin Rouge building in Paris.
05.06 – Car repair shop[]
In the logo of the shop you see a car. It is a Citroën Traction Avant BL.[1]
05.07 – Corduroy auto accessories[]
In the logo of the shop Corduroy, auto accessories has a can of BigPay Motor Oil in it. The term Corduroy refers to a type of textile.
The fabric looks as if it is made from multiple cords laid parallel to each other and then stitched together. The word corduroy is from cord and duroy, a coarse woollen cloth made in England in the 18th century The interpretation of the word as corde du roi (from French, the cord of the King) is a folk etymology.
Why Corduroy is associated with cars is because it has “Cord” in it. A type of car.[2]
05.08 – Balcony[]
If you go to Paris or looking at google maps you’ll notice the balcony styles. Each street has his own pattern. This pattern can be seen in the Rue des Bourdonnais. It seems that are a lot has been taken from Rue des Bourdonnais.
05.09 – Building with street art[]
This building actually stands in Paris. It was first found on Tomb Raider Forums, but the place was unknown. I found on Google Maps, the graffiti art has been vague but still can be seen.
It stands on 1 Place Pigalle, a square in the 9th arrondissement in Paris. It is named after Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. [3]
05.10 – Kurtis's bike[]
Kurtis's bike can be found near cafe Metro and above abandoned railway station. According to the documents from Murti Schofield his favourite transport is the Classic Brough Superior SS 100.
05.11 – Rue st. Mark[]
The Rue St. Mark is based on the actual street Rue St. Marc in Paris. It is located in the second arrondissement.[4]
Like Place Pigalle and Rue St. Marc it is near Montmartre.
05.12 – Cours la Seine[]
The "Cours la Seine" is based on the actual street "Cours la Reine" in Paris. There is nothing to tell about it, except there is a huge park with the same name.[5]
05.13 – Rue Perdu[]
Rue Perdu is a street in the game. You find here a creepy guy also known as a drug dealer.
- According to the website of Murti Schofield (the writer) the street name (as Rue Pardu) translates as "lost street" or "abandoned street"[6]
- The street Rue Perdu has been based on the ancient street Rue Perdue. Its modern name is Rue Maitre-Albert.[7] It is based on Albert the Great or Albertus Magnus (1200-1280), a saint, a theologist and an alchemist!.
A wide range of Pseudo-Albertine works dealing with alchemy exist, though, showing the belief developed in the generations following Albert’s death that he had mastered alchemy, one of the fundamental sciences of the Middle Ages. These include Metals and Materials; the Secrets of Chemistry; the Origin of Metals; the Origins of Compounds, and a Concordance which is a collection of Observations on the philosopher’s stone; and other alchemy-chemistry topics, collected under the name of Theatrum Chemicum.
05.14 – Rue de Clef[]
The street name is actually Rue de la Clef. It can be find in the 5th arrondissement in Paris. According to the website of Murti Schofield the street name translates as "key street". [8] Near the street is the entrance of The Serpent Rouge nightclub. It is key to progress.
Unknown references[]
In this section all unknown references listed here. If you known them: please let me know.
05.15 – Uncle Bear[]
It is a plan how to travel by car or by train, it says: Uncle BEAR. Most words are gibberish but “travel” and “by car” and “by train” can be read. Although small. No reference was found when searching on the internet.
05.16 – Graffiti marks[]
In the first part of the level there are a lot of graffiti marks. I don't know what it says, I don't know who make this. Maybe it is based on real life graffiti marks in Paris or else.
05.17 - Pager of the Dealer[]
If you look closely to the creepy guy or also called "dealer" you see he has a pager. He looks often to it. On the pager there is a text Tickets now for sale and MyFamily.com. When looking up at waybackmachine. It was a genealogy website, which is now offline. Odd isn't it?
05.18 – Posters[]
Unknown posters.
05.19 – Shops[]
There are several shops in the game. These can be reached when flying around.
- The first shop is “Delphine et Roxby”. There is also a can of "Roxby" in Margot Carviers Kitchen and a Rue Delphine in Parisian Back streets. It could be a relative of one of the developers.
- The second one is a antiquairy.
- Third one is a shop called Carter Ray. It looks like a jewellery store, it could be a reference to Cartier. And Ray is from Ray Tan one of the developers at Core Design.
- The fourth one is a shop called GEORGIA et HARVEY. There is also a box of Georgia in Margot Carviers Kitchen.
- The fifth one has a sign with Montmartre on it. Strange enough in PARIS2_2.gmx.clz there is a larger version of the picture. I said "strange enough" because the store can't be seen in this level set. It is reused in the Charcuterie store. On it says: Oeuvre des vieux de Montmartre.
If I google it: Http://www.roussard.com/detaildicolieux.html, I found some organisations based in Montmartre, Paris.
05.20 – More posters[]
Fruit juice poster. It says “Jus de fruit… ..le melleux” which translates as sweet fruit juice. You see an apple and a pear. On the second poster (very tiny) says: “Radio de Matin” with a certain “Jay”. Quoting Lara Croft: “it’s all a bitt vague”. Yes Lara, It is :)
05.21 - Laywer[]
At the corner of Rue St. Mark there is also a sign which says "J. Cheraux, Avocat" which means Lawyer. You can swim through the bottom of the door and you're in the first level. Which means it was once a shop. Or it was original a door of Rennes Pawnshop.
Trivia[]
Facts and more...
Paris section one in early development[]
Once, the three levels (Paris2_1, Paris2_2 and Paris2_3) where one level "Paris2.gmx.clz". Because the level was too big. Or because of performance reasons the level was split in three. If you investigate the gmx files and look at the pictures you see the same pictures. But there are also unique pictures.
05.22 - Removed cops[]
In this section of the game are three hidden cops. In the past with version 39 of the game you could use Pizzadox which shows a hidden menu when you press F2. With the patch of Nakamichi860 you can use it in version 52 of the game. These cops are taken out. I remember a version of the level, made by Sasho, where the cops are enabled. It makes the level so much harder, because Lara has less ammo. So you must think creatively and attack them before they attack you.
05.23 - Removed kiosk owner[]
The kiosk and his owner are deleted from the retail game. But small pieces of evidence can be found in the game. The characters voice was Caroline Crier who also voiced Francine and the Neightbours (Von Croy Apartment) according to the document PHILSCASTLIST by Murti Schofield.
05.24 - Unknown square[]
Near the "dealer" figure there is an alley with some money in it. There is also an unknown square. These strange squares can be found at certain levels.
05.25 - Textured roof near the Le Serpent Rouge[]
There is a textured roof next to the janitors entrance of Le Serpent Rouge. It is the building where the truck is at. Kind of strange because there is no collision so lara could not go there, except by flying through it. There is nothing..
05.26 - Standing on the street signs[]
We know Lara can perform acrobatic stuff.. But this..
05.27 - Bulbs weird texture[]
Strange enough the bulbs of the street light has the same texture of one of the fruit juice posters.
References[]
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_Traction_Avant
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_(automobile)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Pigalle
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Saint-Marc_(Paris)
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cours_la_Reine
- ↑ https://murtischofield.com/inventories-and-mechanics.html
- ↑ https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rue_Ma%C3%AEtre-Albert
- ↑ https://murtischofield.com/inventories-and-mechanics.html