10 Classic Video Games That Play Horribly Today

Tomb Raider gave the world Lara Croft and heralded a new age of realistic 3D platformers, but historical significance is the only thing it can be hailed for in 2018.

Lara's debut has aged horrifically from a gameplay standpoint. Obtaining a license to drive military tanks is strongly recommended before you attempt to manoeuvre the gun-toting heroine around those tombs and catacombs.

Everything from jumping to simply turning around took Herculean effort. The experience was a slow, sluggish grind throughout, and players spent a significant portion of it backtracking, or trying in vain to find the door connected to the leaver you just pulled.

Then there's the graphics: they blazed a trail in 1996 by are ugly as sin through modern eyes. Many retro games still possess a modicum of colourful charm, but Tomb Raider came from that difficult time when developers hadn't quite cracked the 3D nut. It's a mid-90s hell of jarring polygons and dark interiors.

Those once-groundbreaking visuals blinded players to Tomb Raider's flaws, but in fairness to developer Core Design, they took the feedback on board. Future sequels were smoother with superior level design.