Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Review

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(More customer reviews)I finished playing through this game recently on my Playstation 2.As a long-time Indy fan, I must say that I was very, very pleased overall.You control the intrepid Indiana Jones as he makes his way through a variety of locales, including Ceylon, Istanbul, Prague, Hong Kong, and others.The goal of the game is to recover an ancient mystical talisman from the titular Emperor's Tomb, all the while fighting off Nazis, Chinese thugs, undead creatures, and others.Indy is present in pure form, including the fact that he occasionally loses his beloved fedora hat during a fight and must go back to retrieve it when the coast is clear.I don't know who they found to do Indy's voice acting in this game, but whoever it is did a great job impersonating Harrison Ford.
The controls are intuitive and easy to master.Indy comes equipped with his revolver, a canteen of water for health replenishment, and of course, his trusty bullwhip.During the game, Indy will gain access to a number of other items, including a variety of weapons ranging from German machine guns, to a crossbow, to a variety of blade weapons.I must admit, though, that whenever I was up against only one or two bad guys, I found much more fun in just wading in with my fists, or else breaking furniture and beating the bad guys senseless with a table leg or breaking a liquor bottle over their heads.Indy has a number of different fighting moves, so fighting enemies never gets monotonous.
There are many puzzles to be solved in order to advance in the game.Some of them involve finding an item to open a secret door, others involve distracting a large, nasty monster so that Indy can quickly get across a dangerous area to safety, others require Indy to have a key item in his posession so he can view invisible obstacles, etc, etc...The action-based levels don't disappoint, either.Whether you are fighting off reanimated statues, dodging flamethrower-wielding Nazi soldiers, or perched atop a Chinese mountain gondola car, trying to shoot down German fighter planes intent on your demise, there is always something new to defeat.I found that the various levels of the game did an excellent job of presenting new challenges, and the action never felt stale.
Having said all this, why 4 stars and not 5?Well, there were a few things which detracted a bit from the gameplay.One was a few graphical glitches, such as an object that is visible from one angle would suddenly disappear when Indy moved.This didn't hurt the gameplay, but it was distracting nonetheless.A more serious problem was the fact that the game crashed a number of times during play, including twice while I was fighting the final boss.There were a few other minor bugs, although nothing too serious, at least as far as I encountered.I get the feeling that maybe they should have tested the game a bit more before releasing it.Also, the graphics themselves just seemed a bit dated and primitive for the PS2.At times, I almost felt like I was playing a very advanced Nintendo 64 title.
Even though the graphics were a bit flawed, I have always felt that graphics mean little if the gameplay itself is worthy.This title has plenty and more of great gameplay value.If you can get past what few flaws there are in the game, then this game will deliver many hours of enjoyable playtime.Highly recommended for all Indy fans and anyone else who enjoys heavy doses of action and puzzle-solving.

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In Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb, you go on a globe-spanning adventure to prevent an ancient artifact from falling into the wrong hands!

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