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Major-league disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 21
Date: December 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

More than any other game released this year, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was a thorough let-down for me. Indy moves as if he's walking in a molassses swamp, the controls are awful, and all the game amounts to is a weak Tomb Raider clone. This one is likely to hit the bargain-bins fast. LucasArts really messed up on this one. If you want a Tomb Raider game (which this tries desperately to be, yet only achieves in a very lackadaisical manner) stick with the best: Eidos games and Ms. Lara Croft.

Game does not run without 3D Accelerator

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Got this game for my husband for christmas. We loved all the previous Indy adventures and were looking forward to playing this one. What a disappointment to find out that this game needs a 3D card! None of our PCs, one of them less than 1 year old, have such a card. We will have to shell out a lot more money in order to be able to play this game. The tiny label on the box informing the buyer of this prerequisite is way too small, especially when buying it online where the box pic isn't life-size! Check before you buy!

Infernal Machine

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: January 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

If you like bad graphics and frustrating repetitive things this is the game for you. I really like Lucas arts games Sam & Max Grim Fandango but I'm not sure what they were thinking here,if it came out a few years ago it would have been great,but now after playing games like half life it just doesn't live up to that criteria. You really loose respect for DR. Jones after playing this with phrases like"huh a key hole I need a key"they should have called the game rain-man and the infernal machine-it drones on for two discs but I couldn't even sit through one. Though It is somewhat entertaining I kept running into glitches and had to start over from the last saved game which takes oh only about an hour or two to load,god knows why I needed a 3-d accelerator for this-if you like games like this I recommend getting games like this and not this one --

A terrible game...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Despite being a huge Indiana Jones fan and thus much more inclined to give this game a great rating, I have to say this piece of software was a terrible disappointment. Awful interface, outdated graphics, and a silly and uninteresting plot combine to make this game an even bigger flop than LucasArts' Rebellion. I used to buy any interesting LucasArts game simply because they've had such a wonderful track record for putting out quality entertainment -- but I will seriously think twice before I purchase another game from this company.

Abysmal

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was majorly disappointed with the game control and graphics. It was too much like tomb raider for me. I expected more from Lucas Arts, especially considering their excellent efforts with the x-wing/tie fighter sims. Also the fact the game was delayed for almost two years led me to believe that the designers were trying to improve it, but they still released a half ass effort. DON'T buy this game.

Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: April 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you're looking at this game because you enjoyed "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis", you'll be disappointed by this one. It's a dressed-up Prince of Persia, lacking the imagination and creativity of "..Atlantis".

couldn't get the stupid thing to run

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: June 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

tried it on two computer. no luck. it kept freezing in the begining even before i got to do anything.

would not run!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: June 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

tryed it one two computers. Would not run. Kept freezing up before the game even started. What a waste. It is proabably good if you get a good disk.

Backward Incompattable

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have a Dell with a windows xp operating system. My computer does have backward compatible programs but I was only able to play the first level (after much installing, uninstalling, installing, swearing...) so unless you have an old windows 95, 98 PC lying around just say no.

WAY TOO COMPLICATED FOR ME !

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 17
Date: December 06, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game a few days ago and was exited to try it out. It looked pretty impressive from the box. When I found out how it was played with the keyboard I almost gave up right away. There are too many ways to do things .Every time I move I have to look in the book. Another thing is like other games I have , like roller coaster tycoon the graphics are way too dark, I hate that. How can I jump when I can barely see where I am standing or where I supposed to jump to? This kind of thing can be extremely annoying. The graphics are very good, but too dark, Im sure it has plenty of puzzles and things like that people are looking for. I just find the interface awkward and complicated without having to be. Try it and see for yourself,

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