Indiana Jones Trilogy

This is the first time I actually have to say that a movie-based game wasnt too horrifically bad. The Indiana Jones Trillogy wasnt such a bad set of movies, and a game based on them isnt such a bad idea. However, I think the newer IJ games (Like the recent one for XBOX) seem to fit the bill more than this.



The first thing you'll notice is this game takes you through the whole series. I'm under the assumption that the game goes from 1 to 2 to 3, but my Indy-knowledge is horrible. Whats great, however, is this game uses real screenshots from the movies to potray the story- which is much better than doing text or with the game's engine.




It kinda reminds me of a lot of Game Boy games out there- using movie stills. In any case, its a good addition.

Now to the actual gameplay. Any hardcore Monkey Island/Loom/Full Throttle fan will recognize the Lucasarts sprites in this. I don't know what it is, but for some reason, the "Art" style used is somewhat similar. In the game, you run around in a basically 2D platformer, except it is much more based on getting past traps, enemies, and the like. Actually, this reminded me a lot of Castlevania, especially with the whip.



Which brings me to an issue with the first level of this game: Its a little too difficult. Granted anything's difficult on a keyboard, but this was just outstandingly hard for me to pick up. Eventually the controls made sense, but I woulnt be suprised if a lot of people got mad at this game's unforgiving first level.

And then we get to another bad thing: No games should ever have naked savages, no matter where the hell Indy's supposed to be.



Also another issue is that some of the fun of the movie isnt potrayed here. There was no chance to dive across a cliff, nor a chance to miss being crushed and grab your hat. If they were gonna do a movie game, why the hell not inclue some of the better parts? Of course, though, they included a part where you run like a pussy.



Also, its important to note that the above level where you run is technically level 2, and it sucks major ass. I don't know if its using a keyboard or what, but it seems unusually stacked against you, being as all these traps will, if you hit them, stop you completely, which means you get crushed.

Overall, I give this 3 stars. It was relatively fun, but it could have been way better. I wanna see if there's a level skip that allows me to go to the Last Crusade where you do the trials to get to the Grail chamber. Pick this game up from a retailer if you want an challenging side scroller with basically nothing else.

Also, one more note before I go: The game over screen features Sean Connery, which gave this a mushroom of its own:

3 star(s) out of 5

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