Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Lucas Arts EAN: 0023272660185 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Format: CD-ROM Label: LucasArts Entertainment Manufacturer: LucasArts Entertainment Publisher: LucasArts Entertainment Release Date: March 25, 2003 Sales Rank: 4613 Studio: LucasArts Entertainment
Features:
Fierce fighting action involves hand-to-hand combat ranging from street brawls to martial arts battles
New original storyline features diabolical villains, lethal enemies and an alluring partner, Mei Ying.
Leap, swim, climb and punch your way through exotic locales in this original action-packed adventure.
The adventure takes you from the jungles of Ceylon and underwater palaces in Istanbul, to the deadly streets of Hong Kong and beyond.
Product Description: History: 2500 YEARS AGO China was a country ravaged by war. Ruthless warlords struggled for control of the nation while the common people suffered in endless tyranny, violence, and famine. In 221 B.C. a savage and brilliant warlord named Chin Shih-huang-ti annihilated all opposition and declared himself the First Emperor of China. Emperor Ch'in ruled China with an iron fist, torturing and killing anyone who opposed his absolute authority. Shortly after his inauguration, Ch'in conscri
Amazon.com Review: "If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones." So says the Temple of Doom movie poster, and--Lara Croft notwithstanding--Indiana Jones is still synonymous with glory, romance, treasure, and adventure. Previous Indiana Jones games were produced by the graphic-adventure game masters at LucasArts. This latest installment is an action-oriented romp made by the Collective, the same development house that produced the critically acclaimed Buffy the Vampire Slayer for Xbox. The Buffy game engine is a good fit for Indy, as he travels the world on a quest to prevent the discovery of an ancient Chinese secret that could spell the end of creation itself.
Such a quest should be easy for an adventurer like Indy, and with game controls that are as well laid out as these, it is easy. Indy can run, jump, shimmy up ropes, swing with his whip, and duke it out with nasty villains. True to the movies, Indy also has to navigate an almost constant stream of deathtraps. Caves full of traps, ruins full of traps, medieval castles filled with traps, and guess what you find in China, yes, more traps. It gets repetitive, but the game has some clever tricks in its floppy hat. For example, skulls make noise, so Indy can toss a few and watch crocodiles target them instead of him.
Indy can execute quick punch combinations to knock his foes out, or he can pick up weapons such as a chair, plank of wood, machete, or firearm. His famous whip can be used to disarm foes. The only problem is the camera, which is difficult to keep in the right position--you have complete control of it, but it's hard to manage a camera while you're fighting a martial arts expert, a Nazi with a gun, or a poacher keen on decapitating Indy.
The graphics are good, pleasantly reminding you of some of the movies' more memorable locales. The in-game Indy mug looks like Harrison Ford down to the chin scar. Other nice touches include how Indy has to actually pick up his hat if it falls off during a fight, and the little '30s plane flying over the aged and weathered world map. The music is pure John Williams, and the voice work is handled by convincing imitators. The guy they got for Indy, in particular, sounds a lot like Ford himself. Sadly no other movie characters of note appear in the game. (I was looking for John Rhys-Davies at least, because he seems to be in every video game that comes out.)
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb does right by its license and provides hours of entertainment for anyone who's ever wanted to relive the movies starring the most exciting adventurer alive. Lara Croft, eat your heart out because if gaming adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones. --Bob Andrews
Pros:
True to the films
Great graphics and fight controls
Good voice acting
Cons:
Too many trap sequences
Camera problems common to third-person action games
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Disappointing
I am a big fan of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine and I was excited when I picked this game up in the bargain bin. I installed the game with no issue and I started playing it. The first thing I noticed is they got rid of some of the fun things from the original, like the lighter and the chalk. The inventory system is quite clunky and I found I had to stop everything just to change weapons or get the canteen. Speaking of the canteen, I thought that sort of a ridiculous way to get health. I much preferred finding medkits or medicinal plants and having the choice of buying them at the end of every level. The combat is a lot cooler, at least hand to hand, than in Infernal Machine. I like that there are punch combos and such. The way that the enemies can withstand about 15 slices from a machete is pretty incredible to me however and it got really tedious after the first few guys, especially after they began to have guns more often. The controls are really clunky as well, especially when you just want to adjust yourself a tiny bit. You would tap a key and Indy would swing 90 degrees. The graphics are pretty good but other than that it is not that great of a follow up to Infernal Machine.
Rating: - Great game overall...
The game is great for the reasons mentioned by all of the other reviewers. Graphics are gorgeous, puzzles are terrific, and the game has a very 3D feel to it. Some people complain about the controls, but I'd definitely say the Emperor's Tomb controls are far better than any Lara Croft game.
I have to point out, though, that the game's menu system sucks time out of the game's playability due to lengthy animations any time you save, load, die in-game, or just want to fool with settings. It can break the pace of the game.
Otherwise, a solid game. It's one of the few I've kept to this day for replayability (ironically, several of the others I've kept to replay are from LucasArts as well.)
Rating: - Stop reading reviews and order it!
This game is great. But you need a lot patience because you can't save in the middle of a level. And let me give you a word of advice- It'll ask you what you want to call your profile name when you hit new game. Go with the default (Indy1,2,3... ?) I first put in "Tom", and it didn't save, so just keep that in mind.
BUT- this game is a really good one. More of a fighting game than an archeoological one. In almost every level there's a swarm of nazis or zombies you need to kill- not that that's bad. Once you master the controls, the game is a classic. Good voice acting, good graphics and plot. Some was a bit far fetched, but I guess so is having your heart pulled out and staying alive. Hey, it's Jones, it's allowed to be fantasied.
You really should get this game, you'll have a lot of fun with it, some levels you'll want to play a few times, just because they're so fun. Good luck!
Rating: - Whipped into submission
The game is quite fun actually and the graphics are terrific. My problem with it is that there is entirely too much dependence on Indy's whip to get around. In some cases getting to the object I needed took so much effort that it just wasn't worth it. Also, the inability to save at crucial parts is non existant, the player is forced to go all the way back to the beginning of the chapter to try whatever he was doing again. I never finished the game. I gave up after several hours because it just wasn't very much fun.
Rating: - I Luv Pummeling Nazis!!!
How can you go wrong with a game where you get to beat the living bejeezus out of Nazi scum?!
It may not be a perfect game, but IJ&tET is an incredibly exciting and action packed game.
I won't go into the plot of the game. There's too much of it and not enough time to waste reading about it.
Pros:
Kick-ass action. The hand-to-hand-combat is terrific. You have your left hand and your right hand with one fist a piece. There are a lot of fun combos you can use to attack your enemies. Grabbing makes it even more enjoyable as you grab an enemy and punch him like he's got Everlast written all over him or you can throw him against a wall and make mince meat out of him. Not to mention the shoulder grab and multiple knee to the gut attack. There's also the ability to guard yourself with those fisticuffs of yours. Did I mention how much I enjoy wailing on Third Reich fockers?
The talent. Top-notch voice over actors do a terrific job bringing the well written dialogue to life. It's a great story as well and worthy of the Indy series. Indy's voice is very close to Harrison Ford's.
The look and sounds. Stunning environments and characters. I love the designs created. I especially liked the buildings in Istanbul (not Constantinople). This game is very detailed yet runs flawlessly on not-so-up-to-date PCs like mine. I enjoyed all the sound fx of the weapons. They sounded authentic and added to the action.
The weapons. Oh my. The whip. It is so much fun whippin' baddies with it. You have plenty of guns both pistol and automatic to shoot anything with which includes sharks and alligators.
The action and adventure. So much fun. Every turn is an opportunity to swing off of ledges all over the place with your trusty whip. You climb, jump, sommersault and hang onto / off of and flush against ledges way up, up in the air (acrophobics might get a tad freaked at times). Plenty of puzzles and hidden gems abound make it more fun than a barrel of snakes ("Why did it have to be snakes?").
GUI and controls. Very easy to read and use and to set up. All the settings are customable to your liking except that the game doesn't recognize extra buttons on the mouse other than the basic 3 and the wheel. Not a big deal.
Cons:
Control. At times the controls can be jerky. My main issue is the auto-controls. The character sometimes goes in another direction than you may want. Very annoying.
Camera angles. Frustrating. The auto-camera turns away from you or just does its own thing and can be very disorienting in the most inconvenient of times.
Secrets. There are assumedly a lot of them but aren't easy to find with the annoying camera and the lack of a "searching" option. Eh.
Saving. Biggest pain-in-the-tucchus. You cannot save where you want. There is only the auto-saving at the end of each section. This really is the biggest issue I had with the game.
All in all it's super fun and more exciting than most games. It really does bring you into the adventurous world of Dr. Indiana Jones (Jr.).
- Disappointing
- Great game overall...
- Stop reading reviews and order it!
