Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea
This is the first level in Tomb Raider Underworld. Lara is on her yacht and speaks with Zip and Alister on a laptop in a cut scene expaining the mission. You then dive into the sea and continue downward to a underwater ruin with some shark enemys. Once inside the ruins you find the infamous Kracken from the Underworld trailers, however in a cut scene it is revealed that the Kracken is in fact blind and it does not attack Lara unless you swim very close to it.

The Kracken is easily defeated through a simple mechanism puzzle. This proceeds to Lara getting the first of Thor's equipment, a Gauntlet. Merencaries follow Lara, knock her out and take the Gauntlet. Lara then leaves the ruins and swims back to her yacht and goes to Amanda's ship. These are the first human enemies Lara encounters. This is also a good place to unlock the Grenadier and Master Grenadier achievements for Xbox 360. Once inside the ship it begins to sink after a merencary accidently shoots a fuel tank. This is when you meet Amanda and Natla for the first time. Natla tells Lara that her search should involve Coastal Thailand. Lara then has to escape the sinking ship. Once outside the ship Amanda throws the Gauntlet into the sea after being told by Natla that it will only fit Lara's hand. Lara then dives in to retrieve it and the level ends.