Our love affair with Lara Croft and her rather large triangular breasts began in 1996, and three games and three years later came Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. Taking place primarily in Egypt, Lara accidentally releases the ancient evil of Set and thus is on a mission to rectify her giant mistake, all the while being chased by her former mentor Werner Von Croy who has been possessed by him. After finally imprisoning Set again, Lara makes her way out of the temple as it collapses around her. Von Croy, now free from the evil influence offers his hand to help her to which Lara stoutly refuses, still unable to trust him as he has been a puppet for the preceding parts of the game. Von Croy then is unable to help Lara up from a ledge and is forced to leave as the temple collapses around her. This ending may not be as heart-wrenching as some but many of us believed that the ultimate heroine and woman of our dreams had just died in front of our eyes and that really made our heart sink. It was only with the release of Tomb Raider Chronicles in 2000 that we were told the well-received news that Lara had made an unlikely escape from the temple. Some diehard fans of the series might say that the real Lara died in the temple, as there hasnt been a Tomb Raider that lived up to the standard set by her earlier games since The Last Revelation. Quite depressing in its own right really. A Silver Lining? Crystal Dynamics' superb reimagining of the Tomb Raider franchise in 2013 was an excellent game (complete with a fittingly happy ending).
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
