Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb Critic Reviews

This is high adventure in the grandest sense, and running around in the shoes of Indiana Jones is truly a great thing. Not to mention the manual has got to be seen to be believed. It’s so bloody cool, it’s amazing.

Playing The Emperor's Tomb is just like watching your favorite Indy movie; it's got everything, and strikes a wonderful balance of platforming, puzzle solving and combat.

It's all top notch Indy stuff and perfectly captures all the ace elements of the man and the movies. Monsters, exotic locations, suspicious characters and back-stabbing. He even looks and sounds like Harrison Ford which makes it all even more believable, charming and utterly essential.

The huge number of levels and their often epic scale is backed up by a worthy storyline.

With a great musical score, fantastic gameplay and great graphics (for the most part), this is one adventure you do not want to miss!

Let's put it this way: Anything you see Indy do in a movie, he can do in the game - the control is that good.

If there is a problem with the game it's that it offers nothing new to this style of game that hasn't already come from the Boob Raider saga. That's not to say it's a bad game. It a great game.

LucasArts did a fine job making the closest thing to a replication of all the movies thrown into a video game. The gameplay is fantastic, the level design is overwhelming at times, and the graphics and sound make their own positive arguments.

It's like "Tomb Raider" with a better fighting engine.

It might be some time until the Xbox sees another adventure that's this enjoyable again.

This combination of adherence to the Lucas/Spielberg rules and innovative game design not only makes this a convincing depiction of an icon, but also makes for a satisfying and rewarding play.

The fights, though violent, are unfortunately completely bloodless—not a drop of claret is spilled—and the bodies of his enemies, once beaten, magically vanish. This makes the game feel as tidy and antiseptic as a Disney ride.

Thanks to the use of the Buffy engine, the game features an excellent combat system that refuses to tire on you and a compelling story to pull you through the game.

It immersed you in a pit of action and puzzle solving, all classic adventure game elements, and it was just fun controlling Indy and his whip.

Excellent graphics and sound, but may be spending too much time on that puzzle-heavy road.

I think LucasArts should have The Collective make all of their A-list movie games. Howard the Duck beckons.

The combat is especially well executed, although the amount of punishment opponents can take is a tad unrealistic.

Issues like graphics that are clearly below Xbox standards also keep the game from becoming great.

Manages to capture the spirit of the films and packs a ton of combat and action sequences into a good old-fashioned adventure game. The puzzles are mindless so check your brain at the door.

If not for the abundant technical glitches, repetitive level design and spotty camera system, recommending The Emperor’s Tomb would have been a no-brainer.