If we're turning round remakes in the space of ten years, then we might as well all go home now. Something of an understatement, that hirsute beauty was of course Lara Croft, now one of the most recognisable game characters of all time.įast-forward a decade and I'm in luxury suite in a Covent Garden hotel to see the same cocking game! As well as a crushing reminder of the futility of my existence, it's arguably a chilling portent of the future of the medium.
Not really comprehending what I was witnessing, I looked on inanely while Mallo assured the attendant PR person that the game seemed promising. Craning our necks at a Sega Saturn demo, we watched intently as a long-haired wasp-waisted woman swam underwater with her boots on. It was at E3 1996, and sometime ZONER Paul Mallinson and myself were doing the rounds. I Can Clearly remember the first time I ever set eyes on Tomb Raider.