Streets of Rome - Backstage Training Area (Continued)
After learning basic jumping, climbing, and crawling in the previous section, Lara tumbles out of a crawlspace onto a ledge in the room with the forklift where she started. Turn around and locate the switch in the alcove below the crawlspace you just came from. Stand next to it and press Action to throw the switch and open the nearby door.
Go through and proceed down the stairs into a room with a POOL AND STORAGE CAGES.
Continue past a storage cage with a forklift. Ignore the steps leading down, and turn left just before the cage at the far end of the room.
Climb onto the lowest of the stacked crates. Turn left, walk to the edge, then jump forward and grab the concrete ledge. Pull up.
Here you'll find a pool to practice swimming. Jump into the water.
Hold the Jump button to propel Lara underwater and direction buttons or left stick to steer. You'll notice the air meter at the top left corner of the screen.
When Lara runs out of air, she'll start to lose health rapidly and drown. So swim to the surface to breathe.
While treading water, use direction buttons or left stick to swim on the surface. Hold Walk and press Left/Right to swim sideways.
To climb out of the pool, swim close to the edge, then press Action + Forward, just like climbing onto any ledge.
This is not part of the tutorial, but if you want to get fancy, you can do a swan dive: Stand near the water's edge, hold Walk, then press Jump + Forward simultaneously...
...and Lara will do a graceful dive.
Now, let's put those swimming skills to use. Quick-save, especially if you're a new player, take a deep breath and swim into the tunnel below the water's surface. Follow it as it slopes downward, turns right...
...then right again...
...to a room where you can surface and breathe. There are two other exits: a door at water level leading back to the previous room...
...and a square opening on the bottom. Swim down through the square opening...
...and follow the tunnel forward...
...then right...
...then upward to another small room...
...where you can climb out of the water (Action + Forward). Here you'll find some goodies: a large medipack, normal shotgun ammo, and revolver bullets (4-6) (4-6/239). Swim back to the previous pool.
Surface and climb out of the water in the doorway you saw earlier. (This is where Lara gives the actual verbal tutorial for climbing out of the water.) Turn right to emerge on a ledge in the room with the pool and storage cages.
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