Tomb Raider II took the series to some notably sunny climes – such as Venice, for example. Whisking players off to such grand locations as Venice and the Great Wall of China, Tomb Raider II still had players leaping about the place, solving puzzles and collecting relics but this time upped the stakes with the gun combat side of things, introducing a speargun, grenade launcher and an assault rifle. Hot on the heels of the groundbreaking original, Tomb Raider II released just one year later on Sony’s PSOne home console. Tomb Raider History – Tomb Raider II – PSOne (1997) More than that, Tomb Raider also introduced the world to Lara Croft, a quick-witted, hugely capable protagonist who became the first female gaming icon that would leave her mark on the industry for years to come. Francis Folly, to escaping a charging T-Rex in the Lost World level, Tomb Raider stuck long in the memory long after the credits had rolled. There were just so many unforgettable moments too from doing handstands in the immaculately designed St. Wobbly textures and all, Tomb Raider on PSOne was nonetheless a revelation back in 1996. With its fully realised and openly explorable 3D worlds that placed as much a premium on precision platforming as puzzle solving and foe-blasting, Tomb Raider was a true revelation for the time and allowed PlayStation owners to stick two fingers up at their smug, Nintendo 64 owning counterparts and their ceaseless bleating about Super Mario 64.
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