This was my first Tomb Raider and the reason i became a fan when i was a little kid. I think it's the best of the Core Design games for many reasons, the main one is that it knew what to add to the original formula without feeling like it was doing too much, a problem that would affect the other old games in a weird way, because the gameplay remained the same but they thought that making it painfully dificult meant they were doing enough to innovate. Don't get me wrong TR2 can be really punishing too but it never feels unfair if you know how to control Lara well.