1947. The Nazis have been crushed, the Cold War has begun and Soviet agents are sniffing around the ruins of the fabled Tower of Babel. What are they up to? The CIA wants renowned archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. to find out. Grab your whip and fedora and join Indy in a globe-spanning race to unearth the mysterious "Infernal Machine."
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I wasn't expecting to start this with a hot take but I think this might be the best Indiana Jones game or at least close to Fate of Atlantis.
Why wasn't I expecting it? Because of tank controls and platforming. This opinion was pretty much based to other peoples opinions as I have never played the original Tomb Raider games or other platformers with tank controls. But these controls are kinda great? They're so snappy and precise with couple different jump lengths so if you fail a jump it's 100% on you.
Other than platforming this game is very puzzle oriented with pretty much of all of them being logical and visually distinct that you know something must be done here. It can be pointlessly strict with the interaction area though so there were couple times I used an item in correct place but nothing happened because I was couple millimeters off the interaction area.
There is also nice variety with the levels as you have levels with driving, mine carts, more combat focuses and even some boss fights. Sadly most of these boss fights are very clunky and forgettable though.
About getting Steam version running on Windows 11 machine. I did download and install these fixes https://www.dropbox.com/s/cr1zl0i2cxu4s48/indy_patches_20220401.zip?dl=0 and then used dgVoodoo 2. After that I really didn't have any noticeable problems during my 17 hours outside one or two crashes and twice quicksave being unusable as Indy wouldn't move after loading it.
Why wasn't I expecting it? Because of tank controls and platforming. This opinion was pretty much based to other peoples opinions as I have never played the original Tomb Raider games or other platformers with tank controls. But these controls are kinda great? They're so snappy and precise with couple different jump lengths so if you fail a jump it's 100% on you.
Other than platforming this game is very puzzle oriented with pretty much of all of them being logical and visually distinct that you know something must be done here. It can be pointlessly strict with the interaction area though so there were couple times I used an item in correct place but nothing happened because I was couple millimeters off the interaction area.
There is also nice variety with the levels as you have levels with driving, mine carts, more combat focuses and even some boss fights. Sadly most of these boss fights are very clunky and forgettable though.
About getting Steam version running on Windows 11 machine. I did download and install these fixes https://www.dropbox.com/s/cr1zl0i2cxu4s48/indy_patches_20220401.zip?dl=0 and then used dgVoodoo 2. After that I really didn't have any noticeable problems during my 17 hours outside one or two crashes and twice quicksave being unusable as Indy wouldn't move after loading it.
I like this Game, it even has a Monkey Island cheat code. But trying to run this game at all on a machine newer than the year 2005 is like trying to uncover the Ark of the Covenant.
Seeing as I'm gonna watch Raiders of the Lost Ark in theaters tomorrow, I decided to check out any Indy games on this free Saturday afternoon, I've seen this game held in very high regard as one of, if not the best, Indiana Jones games, so I decided to try it out.
I found Immaculate vibes, a somewhat interesting story, pretty cool level design, all that good stuff. Alas, the game has aged so terribly I just don't wanna play through it, especially with how long it is. I mean seriously this is an absurdly long game for its genre.
The controls and the camera are just horrendous. You can definitely get around them, but it's just not really fun. Everything feels very slow and tedious, which is a shame. In this era of early 3D games where no one knew what to do (except Nintendo), These Tomb Raider-esque games aged the worst, as is evident here.
The combat is also pretty awful, but the main draw of the game are the puzzles, which are actually quite good, but too much of the game is combat and platforming, both of which are terrible. Platforming in this game is just the worst because of the gruelingly slow/clunky movement and the awful camera. It's also very inconsistent on what can and cannot be climbed, jumped, etc. Just no good man.
I bet if this game got a modern remake it'd be fantastic, but this is just too damn dated to have fun with.
I found Immaculate vibes, a somewhat interesting story, pretty cool level design, all that good stuff. Alas, the game has aged so terribly I just don't wanna play through it, especially with how long it is. I mean seriously this is an absurdly long game for its genre.
The controls and the camera are just horrendous. You can definitely get around them, but it's just not really fun. Everything feels very slow and tedious, which is a shame. In this era of early 3D games where no one knew what to do (except Nintendo), These Tomb Raider-esque games aged the worst, as is evident here.
The combat is also pretty awful, but the main draw of the game are the puzzles, which are actually quite good, but too much of the game is combat and platforming, both of which are terrible. Platforming in this game is just the worst because of the gruelingly slow/clunky movement and the awful camera. It's also very inconsistent on what can and cannot be climbed, jumped, etc. Just no good man.
I bet if this game got a modern remake it'd be fantastic, but this is just too damn dated to have fun with.
I guess for the time it was a good adventure game, but pretty much everything about it aged horribly. Might try to pick it up again on PC, but i heard that the N64 version is the better version because it borrowed the item system from Ocarina of Time.
From what I've played, it's a slow going adventure game. Might be worthwhile to watch a long play on YouTube if you're curious, but I have a feeling that even the old Tomb Raider game aged better than this.
From what I've played, it's a slow going adventure game. Might be worthwhile to watch a long play on YouTube if you're curious, but I have a feeling that even the old Tomb Raider game aged better than this.
Mero Tomb Raiden para N64. O melhor jogo de exploração do N64, utiliza quase a mesma mecânica do Zelda OoT. Infelizmente há bugs que faz travar a jogatina (tanto no original quanto na rom), fechei em meados de 2006 ou 2007, a capa do jogo tem referência ao meu pai (Indy parece muito com ele).
A versão de PC considero a melhor, embora seja robótico quanto ao do N64.
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Mere Tomb Raiden for N64. The best exploration game on the N64, it uses almost the same mechanics as Zelda OoT. Unfortunately there are bugs that make the game crash (both in the original and in the rom), I closed it in mid 2006 or 2007, the cover of the game has a reference to my father (it looks a lot like him).
The PC version I consider the best, although it is robotic as the N64.
A versão de PC considero a melhor, embora seja robótico quanto ao do N64.
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Mere Tomb Raiden for N64. The best exploration game on the N64, it uses almost the same mechanics as Zelda OoT. Unfortunately there are bugs that make the game crash (both in the original and in the rom), I closed it in mid 2006 or 2007, the cover of the game has a reference to my father (it looks a lot like him).
The PC version I consider the best, although it is robotic as the N64.
Uma genuína aventura. Uma verdadeira jóia escondida como as que dr Jones procura. Uma grande variação de cenários( e ótimos por sinal apesar de um tanto labirinticos, que causa uma perdição danada, meu Deus), vamos de montanhas geladas, florestas tropicais, passeios de jipes, tiroteios em carros de mina, vulcões ativos, templos míticos a Pirâmides egípcias. Os puzzles são do tipo ambiental e bem criativos por sinal apesar que a maior dificuldade não está nos puzzles em si mas sim na facilidade de se perder. A história apesar de suas falhas poderia muito bem ser adaptada pra um filme do Indy o que é otimo ( eu mesmo quando criança achava que havia um filme desse jogo kk) . No entanto a maior crítica que tenho são quanto aos controles robóticos principalmente nas partes de plataformas, da qual se não fizesse umas pausas, tacaria meu controle na parede mais vezes do que Indy usa seu chicote. No entanto se você conseguir forçar na sua garganta a gameplay que envelheceu mais mal que um astro do rock, você muito provavelmente se separará com o melhor jogo 3D do Indiana Jones que a LucasArts já fez.