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I'm fed up with this stinking rotten game!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: May 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Look, if you're looking for a game that's fun to play, this isn't it! I waited like the rest of you for it to come out. I've played it for countless miserable hours, screaming and yelling at it because the controls are absolutely terrible and there are no saves! So, you play nearly to the end of a level and die, Bingo! You have to start all over again!!! You don't agree with me? Fine. Wait till you get to the last two levels and you'll be singing a different tune... It's not too bad in the beginning, but it gets progressively harder and with no saves and no health, you're destined to play the level over and over and over and over and over and over again... Don't waste your money on it! Play a game that's better designed and fun to play!

No in-level saves

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 8 / 12
Date: March 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The new Indy game is very reminiscent of the first Tomb Raider, which is a great thing, since that was a revolutionary game. What keeps this game from being a great one though? Well, for once Collective decided to not allow in-level saves. While the game is definitely not difficult, it will happen many times to miss a jump at the end of a level and have to replay it from the beginning. What it's more frustrating is that sometimes you'll die just because you don't know what you have to do and in order to figure it out, you have to try different things. It's a stupid concept and makes Xbox's hard drive useless. Next thing, the graphics look like a Playstation game. While the levels are well designed, the textures are blurry and clipping shows up everywhere. It's very obvious that minimal effort has been invested in the XBox version and this is why this game gets two stars. Gameplay is good, but if i want PS2 limitations, i'll buy a PS2. On XBox though, developers have to learn to treat us right.
This is game is worth a rental, but do not buy it for the reasons explained before.

It could've been so good!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: March 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Indiana Jones games have the potencial to be great but the developer just cannot figure out that the people who would buy games of this nature want more exploration than tedious fighting.

The game's atmosphere and presentation is great. The controls are even great - for a change from LucasArts - but, you have at your disposal a whole host of weapons including the ability to duke it out with your fists. With all of the available weapons you'd think the developer would discern between their effectiveness. Such isn't the case. Just using your fists, you have to hit 6 to 7 times to take out an enemy. That's rather acceptable to me. Pulling out the available knife, to get the job done faster, takes 6 to 7 strikes to put the enemy down. Hmmm....maybe it's a dull knife. Pulling out the revolver, to get some kind of difference in effectiveness, takes 6 shots - remember, it's a revolver and only holds 6 shots - to put the enemy down. Now this is getting rediculous, especially since revolver ammo is sparce. Maybe it's weak revolver ammo. Pulling out the shotgun, the last best hope of efficiently and effectively putting down the enemy, takes 6 to 7 blasts. Ok, I've had enough!

The developer could've had such a seller on their hands but, as usual from LucasArts, they don't have even the slightest clue of what pleases gamers.

I have been debating getting Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast because of all the rave reviews of it but now, after having sampled Indiana Jones for the XBOX, I've finally decided to never ever buy anything in the way of gaming that has the LucasArts logo on it - unless it's almost free and at that, only to resell it.

Demo not the same as actual game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game at Target along with my X-Box unit. I played approximately an hour and a half of thie game. I don't recommend the game for beginning video players and for those who like good graphics.

First, in the second section of the Ceylon portion of the game, the Indy character enters a pool of water. He is expected to find his way into the ruined temple. I spent considerable time attempting to get the character to move past this point without success. I believe a more experienced gamer may have better luck. I know the reviewers at GameSpot could pass this point. (They rated the game a 6.6.)

Second, the graphics are bad. I have seen instances of Indy's arm, leg, or torso enter a wall or a plant.

Tomorrow, I am exchanging my game for a better game.

Indy? How bad can it be? Oh.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: April 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Long wait but you knew it would be good. But it isn't.
Can't save - This is incredible- repeat, repeat, repeat. Missed
the last of 12 jumps? Back to the first.
Controls- Terrible - Hence the repeating problem. It's one
thing to miss a tough action but another to have to work with
terrible controls.
Will wait for Tombraider and avoid Lucas in the future. How could anything this bad take so long? Hey, did you guys outsource this? The product was overdue, and is poor quality.
Your reputation just took a beating. Next time hire professionals.

buggy game play

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: March 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this seems like a good game overall except for all the bugs. there are serious programing errors. the game locks up periodically and does not let you continue. this is especially frustrating when you complete a level and have to start it over when the cut scene crashes. lucasarts probably should have playtested it more. without the bugs i would say 4 stars.

BUGS...WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE BUGS?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

PROS:

1. GOOD FIGHT ANIMATIONS-really captures Indy's wild, drunken fighting style. I also loved how Indy's hat would fall off after he would get punched many times.
2. GOOD CHOICE OF WEAPONS-a nice touch is the ability to use weapons dropped from your enemies.
3. MUSIC-John Williams' classic score is integrated well during key points of action.

CONS:

1. MEDIOCRE GRAPHICS-the textures are muddy. So much so that I had to increase the sharpness level of my TV just to make sure it wasn't causing the problem. Again, XBox owners get leftovers from a PS2 ported game.
2. HORRID FRAME RATE-the game stutters all over the place when there are more than two enemies on the screen at once.
3. HORRID COLLISION DETECTION-Indy and enemies will magically teleport through walls and floors
4. BLOCKY PLAYER MOVEMENT-despite the good fighting animations, Indy's movements tend to skip a few frames.
5. UNINSPIRED CUT SCENES USING IN-GAME GRAPHICS-the cut scenes would have been negligible had the graphics engine been more than decent. Whatever happened to CGI, movie-quality cut scenes?
6. RIGID VOICE ACTING-the actor playing Indy sounds exactly like Harrison Ford's tired drawl. However, he also sounds like he's reading the script rather than acting it out. The same goes for the other voice actors.
7. REPETITIOUS LEVEL DESIGN-there's too much emphasis on jumping from ledge to ledge and swimming.
8. BUGS, BUGS, BUGS, I HATE BUGS!-the game tends to freeze every once in awhile which is inexcusable. Lucasarts' quality assurance department should be fired.

*1/2 OUT OF ****

Indiana Jones and The Emporer's Tomb.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Very good gameplay.Controls-- fluid.Graphics A-ok. I just can't say the game was too exciting though. Too much walking around. Although if you like Tomb Raider. (which I did not,);Sorry crazy tomb-raider like people. ..GO for it. My pick for best X-box game of the last couple weeks is Medal of Honor. Awesome game, I can't say enuf. Advice. Toke a few hits on a "tobacco pipe," for some excitement. Nuff said. Not me cup o' tea.

Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: September 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is god awful. The controls stink while the game play is medicore. The worse thing about the controls is that it's too flaky and unpolished. The controls are extremely sensitive and at times very unresponsive. The camera angle is even worse. You can face looking into inside of a wall. Yup.. inside of a wall. The camera angel is right up there with the controls as making this game GOD AWFUL. I expect more from Lucas Arts to make a game unfinish and unenjoyable as this.

Was this game rushed?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Lets start with the good. Graphics are good, sound is good. Use of the whip, high point. Great use of the Indiana Jones license. Now to the bad. Buggy, buggy and then more bugs. Sometimes the game locks up for no reason. When this happens you have to quit and start the level over. Not good when you consider some of the levels are unnecessarily difficult because of grueling platform jumping. The jerky controls. See previous sentence. SLOWDOWNS!! If there is more than three enemies on screen prepare for some slowdowns.(even the music gets messed up) These are just some of the problems that I have encountered with this game. (I wont even begin to talk about some camera issues.) All things being what they are, this is probably the best Indiana Jones game ever made. While thats not saying a whole lot, hopefully these issues will be corrected in the sequel.(if there is one) They also need to put in a few save points in the levels. Buy this game if your really into Tomb Raider style gameplay or you're jonesing(pardon the pun) for a new XBOX tilte.

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