Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb

I got the game late, very late. But for me it's still one of the BEST I've ever played. For me, it was platforming goodness, with out all that cute characters and cartoon style fighting. Although the puzzles and platforming part of it was short compared to just taking down Nazis, and other baddies.

The music, for me was decent. I had no particular problem with it, besides it sometimes got loud during conversations of the characters between levels, some times anyway. The graphics seemed good, a little rough, a bit gritty. Even for playing the game a couple years later, it looks better than some things now. It may not be a PoP but it's damn sure just as much fun.

Gameplay was simple. You swim, jump, swing, shoot and run. Hand to hand combat was a bit repetitive. You either pressed A or X and you'd punch or kick. You can make some what combos, with the grab move but not something too great. The whip was fun, weak, but fun as hell to use. You could disarm enemies, making...

OK I admit it, I am a big fan of the Indiana Jones series of films. Truthfully they played an integral part in most of my childhood injuries as I tried the "Don't try this at home" moments of those films. Thankfully I eventually found the love of a good woman and Lara Croft helped me to play out all of my archeological fantasies without the fear of death. Truth be told, once those games came along the world had proof that technology had advanced enough to create an Indy game that does justice to the films, it was just a case of whether the developers would actually bother trying. That is, of course, why I have avoided playing any of the Indy games for so long, but when I had a free rental spare I figured it wouldn't hurt to try out Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb.

The game starts as any Indiana Jones adventure does; the enigmatic archeologist is exploring an ancient tomb to find some sort of historical relic. Of course once this small adventure is over he returns home...

THE GOOD:
It's Indiana Jones

THE BAD:
Camera, gameplay.

SUMMARY:
Like most other people I have waited for this game and when I saw it was by the people who did Buffy I was already hesitant. The collision detection, as mentioned elsewhere is abysmal, even non-existant, to the extent that when you have passed spiky rollers once you can walk through them next time.
The fighting is silly and tedious, how many times to I have to slash someone with my machete before they drop? Who knows, I lost count. The fighting is so repetitive and the moves are tiresome - swing, jump, climb. Swing, jump, climb.
Yes, I'm a "girly" but my husband doesn't rate it either. If I had the choice I would throw this in the bin now. Borrow it, don't buy it.

THE GOOD:
Action, Adventure and all you would expect to find in an Indiana Jones Movies

THE BAD:
Too short, graphics could have been better, the camera gets frustrating and the music could have been done better.

SUMMARY:
I have beeen dying for this game since it's anouncement way back when so of course i bought it the day it was out. Now for the good things, the fighting is fun once you get the hang of it. The game helps out in explaining how to move Indy, interact with objects and so on. You feel like your watching the movie as you play through the game showing cutscenes at good points during game play. The antics with the hat are quite funny as in if you take a beating you got to get the hat, a good thing is you won't lose it permanently, just till the end of the level. It's Indiana Jones so being a big fan of the movie it's fun to play, just like the movies are fun to watch. Now for the rest. The game was to...

THE GOOD:
The action, adventure, the fun and the locales.

THE BAD:
Oh boy, ok first off the collision detection is horrible, and the sound(music) is terrible, and the painted backdrops...come on man I thought the Xbox was more capable than this!

SUMMARY:
Ok let me just say that if it wasn't for the fun factor that this game displays for about 75% of the time(the other 25% is spent doing frustrating and repetitive jumps), I would honestly give this game a 2/5. Now this is 2003 right, and if Konami can perfect collision detection way back...what like 2 years ago with MGS2,for the PS2 than why can't these guys do it...I mean its embarrasing. I punched this one Nazi's lights out and he was jittering 3 feet off of the ground, then Indy was standing infront of the dude with his back turned, and the Nazi's body was sticking through Indy's, and still quivering...it was like watching Alien...ew! Now, another time I was on...

THE GOOD:
The game period.

THE BAD:
some camera issuses

SUMMARY:
this game is the shiznit!!! man when i got in a fight with this big russian guy, tell me why when i threw a punch he caught it and started laughin at me, BUT!!!
then indy kicks him in the balls, man that was the funniest thing in a video game ever. Graphics are tight! sound and control is on point, and the weapon selection is nice. so if ur getting beat up, u can turn it into a wwe fight and beat a guy with a chair or a glass bottle. puzzles are fun and swinging from place to place with ur whip is fun to. This the first best game of 2003