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Best Indy experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the closest you get to being Indiana Jones. The game is amazing and extremely fun to complete. I know that in the future better Indy games will be made, but for now, this one is the BEST!

If Adventure has a name, it must be...Indiana jones!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome. The controls are easy to learn, and the gameplay is great! This game does have some cons though. But we'll get to those later. The game consits of 9 different missons. Each misson is divided up into a random amount of levels. The game has 51 levels total. The 9 missons take you to these places as follows: Ceylon(9 levels), Prauge(13 levels)Istanbul(7 levels), and Hong Kong(4 levels) Yes, I know that's only 4 missons. That's because I'm currently in Istanbul. The guys you fight at the beginning of the game are wimps, but the enemies gradually get stronger as the game continues.The voice overs are superb, and the combat is even better. Want to get a taste of it? In Prauge I snuck up on a guard who was overlooking a ledge. I then shot him with my pistol. He fell overboard. Cool,huh? Now for the cons:No Save Points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Every time you die you have to start at the beginning of the level.Other then that, fun game!

A great Indy game for the Playstation 2...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

"Indiana Jones and the Emporer's Tomb" is a great game for the PlayStation 2. The action is challenging and the story interesting.

Playing the game, you actually feel like John Williams is conducting the London Symphany Orchestra with every move you make. The music is second to none in video games.

The action is very good as well. Though it takes the action several steps forward in regards to weapons, it is necessary for the games development. The final scenes are very tough.

Every gamer who is a true Indiana Jones fan needs to have this game in their library.

A good adventure game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game starts on Ceylon, and Indy tries to find a artifact, and later goes to China, and Istanbul and Prague. The story is fairly good. The missions are good, as they include racing for you're life from a drill tank, battling off evil spirts with a pacheng, swimming in croc' infested waters, taking on a horrible human like creature, and even killing a kraken with a spear gun and demolition charges. It is challenging, with traps, strong and smart enemies, and incredibly hard bosses. The graphics are O.K, and the voices are O.K. Buy it, but don't if ya' don't like adventure.

Decent game, especially found at a decent price

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First of all this isn't that bad of a game but it's not worth $49, $39 or even $29. If you can find it for $20 or less (perferably less) then it's worth getting. The voice acting is good, despite the slight fuzziness the graphics have at times and no random saves the game is good, especially the story line, almost just like the movies. The main reason I give this game a 3 is because of the Kraken (not the Kraken from the Clash of the Titans movie), is a pain in the A.. literally, I tried to beat him for an hour and gave up, maybe after awhile I'll go back to the game but I'm not in a hurry. The Gates of Neptune level is pretty annoying too, the concept is cool but it can be frustrating. I recommend a strategy guide for this, especially if you're not that good at solving puzzles. If you're a fan of the Indiana Jones series, this is worth having just for that.

Before TEMPLE OF DOOM.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

According to the Indiana Jones timeline, INDIANA JONES AND THE EMPEROR'S TOMB takes place immediately prior to the events in the movie INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM. If you play the movie to it's conclusion, it fits the pieces together well. I'm not really a gamer, but have played more video games in the last few years than any other time in my life except when I was growing up with an Atari. I'm also a fan of Indiana Jones.

With that said, I really enjoyed playing this game. It wasn't terribly difficult, but there were quests in the game that were challenging to complete. The graphics acted up every now and again and didn't appear as defined as they probably could have, but I didn't have any major problems playing the game.

The game's story line goes something like this: Indy is approached by an Asia man who wants to hire him to find an item called the Dragon's Heart that is located in the lost tomb of the first emperor of China. The Nazis are looking for the item, too and mysterious employer wants Indy to find it first. Unbeknownst to Indy, this man from Asia is really in cahoots with the Nazis. Of course, Indy eventually learns of the plot is helped throughout the game by a ninja lady named Mei Ying. Indy travels from the jungles of Ceylon to Prague to Istanbul and finally to China. Along the way you get to fight and kill a ton of bad guys from ivory traders to Nazis to demon-possessed Chinamen; shoot fighter planes from the top of a gondola; spear a giant octopus; and tangle with a Frankenstein-type monster. All for fortune and glory, baby.

In the course of beating the game if you are successful in collecting all 30 artifacts (there are 3 in each level & you can go back and replay a level to collect them later if you wish) you will unlock an art gallery that displays all kinds of concept photos, sketches, and designs. Just by viewing these pictures you can get an idea of the development process because there are several sketches or photos (whole levels) that can be seen which aren't a part of the game. Besides these missing elements it is also rumored that the character of Abner Ravenwood (Marion Ravenwood's father) was to have been in the game, as well as a boat chase level.

onehotjedimom

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: January 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Ok, are the other reviewers brainless? Lucas Arts should fire the makers 'The Collective' or at the very least not hire them again. The controls are akward, and the views are horrible and change at random. Another horrible feature, there is no way to save any part of the game -- mess up -- tough, you do the level ALL over again. And what's with all of the 'loading' times? I haven't seen this many LONG loading times since playstation one.
My advice. Rent -- if you're really bored. Even on sale this game is not worth the effort. Well, maybe if you can get the game for free it MIGHT be worth your time.
Oh and by the way, I am also an 'advid' gamer. Rating -- only the creative guide book deserves the one star.

Great conversion from Platform to PC

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I actually am an archaeologist, so I guess I have a special "thing" for Indy. But I'm also an avid gamer, and this game delivers the best of both of my passions.

If you are looking for the realism of Doom3, forget about it. This is a fantasy-style game, with gameplay emphasized more than realism. Taking the best from games like Tomb Raider (and leaving behind the mind-numbing back-tracking and key-hunts of this predecessor), Indy and the Emperor's tomb is fun from beginning to end.

It sounds silly, but being able to drop your weapons and just pick up a chair to smash your enemies is a rush that must be appreciated. You are never powerless, as random objects can often be used to bash in your oponents, and sometimes it's just best to use your fists and elbows to smash in those Nazis.

I ocassionally had to seek out a walkthough on the internet, since some level bosses had a "trick" that I just didn't get on my own.

In some ways, I would compare this game (favorably) to playing the hobbits in LOTR ROTK, possibly mixed with the Playstation classic Tomorrow Never Dies. Wonderful environments, lots of action, low gore (for the kiddies), and generally great gameplay.

I give it four stars instead of five, simply because the game can occasionally feel formulaic (not as immersive as some more realistic titles). But don't let this stop you from buying it. You won't be disappointed.

If you like the Indiana Jones Series you will like this game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I recieved it I wasn't expecting much, but when I started playing it I soon got addicted. I am a fan of these type of games...Tomb Raider...Resident Evil...Silent Hill. I have to say that this game is enjoyable as well as challenging. If you are a fan of Indiana Jones, this is a must have game.

Solid game for Indy fans, but ends undramatically.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: April 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Many have already written on this game, so I'll try to avoid repeating what they've said, but ultimately, this game starts out strong and entertaining enough, but settles into a middle-ground groove that's neither bad, nor great, but not all too awe-inspiring as the game goes on.
The voice actor for Indiana Jones is passable, but not too convincing -- you can tell it's not Harrison Ford.
And unsurprisingly, it dusts off the long-lived stereotype of the dragon lady and at the end, Indiana gets the Asian (i.e. Chinese) girl, even though there's no plausible reason for her to have any sort of feelings for him -- she's little more than a toy doll for him to have his way with.
The ending is dull -- both the final boss battle and the ending cinematic are little reward for having ran, swung, punched and kicked your way through level after level, trap after trap.
Good if you're an Indiana Jones fan, but others should either rent or stay away altogether.

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