Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

[welsh_gamer]

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings
Step into the shoes of the legendary hero, Indiana Jones, in an all new epic adventure! Set in the year 1939, Indiana Jones® and the Staff of Kings™ follows the rogue archaeologist on an all-new globe-trotting quest.

From San Francisco's Chinatown to the lush jungles of Panama, Indy must use his whip, fists and wits to fight through ruthless opposition as he spars with his nemesis, Magnus Völler, in a race for a relic of biblical proportions — the Staff of Moses.

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings features completely interactive environments, where players need to call upon their wits and daring to make each spring-loaded environment a weapon in order to dispense of foes in clever and unexpected ways. Also, embark upon thrilling action sequences that remain true to the spirit established in scenes such as Indy's pursuit of the motorcade in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the mine-cart scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and the free-for-all aboard the tank in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Product Information


Wield your Wii Remote™ like Indy’s signature whip for a variety of uses — from combat to navigation to puzzle-solving.
Use your highly interactive Hot Set™ environments and your wits to defeat your enemies.
Explore exotic locations around the globe in an all-new story that puts you on an epic quest for the Staff of Moses.
Apply your smarts to navigate Indy through challenging terrains with the many maneuvers Indy can do with his whip.
Engage in burst gunplay moments and use careful aim and the environment to take out enemies.
Face overwhelming odds and escape signature run-for-your-life moments, like a daring escape from a collapsing temple, by matching fast-paced onscreen gesture prompts.
Experience thrilling chases and control vehicles — fly a biplane in a canyon trench, take the reigns of a wild elephant through the streets of Istanbul and navigate a raft down a raging river.
Cooperative gameplay mode allows you and a friend to brave the challenges in a variety of game modes in an entirely new quest with a familiar character never playable before in an Indy game.
Unlock four-player versus mode where you and your friends go head-to-head in a real biplane combat or take on three of your friends in a free for all tank battle!
Whether you are brawling baddies or wielding your whip, use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk™ as nature intended with the intuitive gesture-based combat system.
Discover more than 20 artifacts and rewarding unlockables throughout the game.
For those old-school gamers there is nothing better than unlocking the classic Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis game!
On the Nintendo DS, use the stylus as the whip to swing over pits, brawl with enemies and to explore the world.
The PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system version features six robust types of burst gameplay including combat and physics challenges, puzzles and the trademark Indiana Jones chase sequences.

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Hmmm.... Shame about the graphics, if those indeed are the Wii one's. At least the backgrounds look nice, plus we get two games for the price of one as 'Fate of Atlantis' is an unlockable game.

[Pookiablo]

Holy crap, this looks like a PS1 game. Well perhaps not that extreme but surely they could do better?

[Ganepark32]

Can't expect much more from the graphics seeing as it's coming out on the PSP as well so they'll probably just make the game so it can easily be worked on and run on both pieces of hardware. Sucks really.

[Owen]

I'm sure it'll look pretty nice running! Hopefully though the gameplay is excellent and like the Xbox Indiana Jones, which was amazing! With added wii-mote controls this could be alot of fun!

[Haden]

Please say those are the DS shots...

[King_V]

I'm sure it'll look pretty nice running! Hopefully though the gameplay is excellent and like the Xbox Indiana Jones, which was amazing! With added wii-mote controls this could be alot of fun!

...Stop dreaming.

:cry:

[Retro_Link]

OH DEAR! and to think I was somewhat looking forward to this!

[Haden]

Did the Indaina Jones projects run out of money on the PS3 and 360 and now the Wii is being given this trash to get a bit of cash back? Or is this being rushed out while the new film is still in memory? Either way this is horrible.

[Tellyn]

Wait for it, this will sell millions and go towards funding for a vastly superior PS3/360 Indy game, probably the one planned for the Euphoria engine.

[Pit-Jr]

Yay another 'review the Wii version based on a few screenshots' thread!

Like Owen says, its probably alot of fun and will look fine in motion. I find it comical that Wii owners have suddenly become graphic whores.

[Ganepark32]

I'm not being a graphics whore but really, those are the PSP graphics and will most definitely be carried over to the Wii version, albeit with a bit more lighting and a few other token effects. All I'm really getting at is that I don't see why the Wii should have to settle for games which are basically being ported, graphics-wise, over from the PSP. PS2 is fine because there are some good looking titles that have come over.

Perhaps it'll play well but the whole whip cracking on the wii-mote has me skeptical. Didn't they let you do that in Lego Indiana Jones? I can't remember cause it was so awful but I believe it did. Obviously, in this more work will go into the controls but I'm still remaining skeptical. I'll wait for impressions/hands-on articles before I pass judgement.

[Haden]

Yay another 'review the Wii version based on a few screenshots' thread!

Like Owen says, its probably alot of fun and will look fine in motion. I find it comical that Wii owners have suddenly become graphic whores.

I hate graphics whores but this to me in not being a grahpics whore its just plain unacceptable. This game looks repulisive and unless things change or it looks much better in. Here is a screenshot from the N64 Indy game. Yep N64 two generations ago...

http://www.tim-miller.org/images/levels/indy_010.jpg

and here is the Wii game again

http://www.lucasarts.com/img/games/indianajones/unsorted/screenshot2.jpg

[mcj metroid]

Wait for it, this will sell millions and go towards funding for a vastly superior PS3/360 Indy game, probably the one planned for the Euphoria engine.

Ha this will sell millions!? hardly ,it doesn't even have a real movie name and looks like shit nah..
Doesn't help much that the last movie was god awful either.

[Owen]

...Stop dreaming.

:cry:

Lets give it a chance at least! I like to see a video of it running before passing a final judgement.

[D_prOdigy]

I believe this game has been finished for a while. And yeah, it's a PSP game on your TV.

[ShadowV7]

Well i'm passing on this. If they put more effort in and make the graphics better then the N64 then i'd consider it :heh:

[D_prOdigy]

The thing is that it's not because we're graphics whores. It's just following the simple logic that a lack of effort on one department speaks for the effort made on the project on the whole. Ergo, this doesn't look incredibly promising.

[Roklie]

Looks excellent, I just love the way the way the water looks.. Amazing.


(Not.)

[Retro_Link]

I find it comical that Wii owners have suddenly become graphic whores.Well if wanting Wii games to actually look even half decent, not like a year 1 PS2 game and actually have developers put some effort in, is being a graphics whore; then I guess that's what I am!

[D_prOdigy]

Looks excellent, I just love the way the way the water looks.. Amazing.


(Not.)

http://nymag.com/movies/features/borat061030_2_560.jpg

[Ganepark32]

lol. That's exactly what I thought of when reading that.

[ShadowV7]

The thing is that it's not because we're graphics whores. It's just following the simple logic that a lack of effort on one department speaks for the effort made on the project on the whole. Ergo, this doesn't look incredibly promising.

Pretty much how I see things. If there's a lack of graphics then there's a lack of gameplay etc.

Is being a graphics whore better N64 graphics on the Wii? Nah.

[Jimbob]

I'm not sure what to think really. Graphically it looks like a PS1 game with an attempt at making them look better without trying too well.

If this is coming to the PSP as well, why use a same game engine to bring it out on both formats. Could at least make it better looking and stuff.

I'll wait for actual gaming footage before final judgement.

[LittleKingPasha]

hahaha I think Borat actually will like that game. "I like strong men with hat's and whip". :D

[welsh_gamer]

What's suprising is that Nintendo Power is making this their main feature in their next issue. ::shrug:
It's not like there's a lack of games to cover, and I'm sure they know what the reaction is going to be like towards the graphics.

[dazzybee]

Is it finished? Because if it's early-ish then there's a strong chance it will improve. I bet the people bitching in here are the same people bitching when SHaun White screens got released!

[Tellyn]

Is it finished? Because if it's early-ish then there's a strong chance it will improve. I bet the people bitching in here are the same people bitching when SHaun White screens got released!

I'm sorry, but when you're far enough in development to release a detailed press release along with screenshots, have the largest Nintendo magazine in the world run a cover feature on your game and are planning a Spring 2009 release, there isn't really much time to bring your game forwards by two graphical generations.

The game may turn out to be fantastic, and I'll probably buy it since I love Indiana Jones, but it's blindingly obvious that LucasArts have put absolutely no effort into the graphics.

[Cube]

At least it comes with a SCUMM game.

[Haden]

At least it comes with a SCUMM game.

May be the only reason I search this game out in the bargian bins at Christmas. Considering Lucasarts dont release their old point and click games on GOG or places like that.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Is there a particularly reason why this is getting so much coverage? Does it feature superb controls or gameplay or something? Or, is it just because of the Indi name?

Just seems like a regular video game-movie tie-in.

[Noku]

Wait, those graphics suck?

You lot need to get your eyes checked. Pronto.

Any news on whether or not is has Ford's actual voice?

[/ nando /]

I actually really wanted the N64 game as I thought it looked great.. it's a shame it never came out over here :hmm:

I don't have any interest in this game though.. and it looks horrendous :eek: I'll maybe have to figure out a way of getting the N64 version, I'm sure there must be something to allow you to play it on a PAL N64..

[James McGeachie]

Looks excellent, I just love the way the way the water looks.. Amazing.


(Not.)

The only screenshot in this thread with water is the N64 game, which someone posted for comparison.

EDIT: Nevermind I guess that's water in that fishtank thing.

[Jamba]

May be the only reason I search this game out in the bargian bins at Christmas. Considering Lucasarts dont release their old point and click games on GOG or places like that.

If LucasArts released their SCUMM engine games on VC with Wiimote functionality added then they would make far more money than IJ:SoK ever will.

But just in case, Nathan are you SURE those are the shots for the Wii version not the PSP one?

[Tellyn]

But just in case, Nathan are you SURE those are the shots for the Wii version not the PSP one?

Not until we get a statement from LucasArts to confirm it. I don't see why you'd release PSP shots of a game which has a press release focusing almost exclusively on the Wii version, though.

[Fierce_LiNk]

Not until we get a statement from LucasArts to confirm it. I don't see why you'd release PSP shots of a game which has a press release focusing almost exclusively on the Wii version, though.

It's a trap!

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Is there a trailer for this, or just the screens? Maybe I skimmed over this too fast and missed the trailer. Yeah, they do look more like PSP screens, but it could also just be bad screenshots. A trailer would clear this up.

Or, they could have fucked up and added the PSP screens to the Wii press release. Wouldn't be the first time the wrong screens have been attached to a press release.

[mcj metroid]

Is there a particularly reason why this is getting so much coverage? Does it feature superb controls or gameplay or something? Or, is it just because of the Indi name?

Just seems like a regular video game-movie tie-in.

wondered this too.. isn;t this at the front of te latest nintedo power issue or one of those mags? why?

[Retro_Link]

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[Jamba]

There's a trailer which is one long FMV:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44918.html

The insulting thing is that all of that looks like very possible graphics for a PS3 game maybe even 360. Looks like the video almost uses the Uncharted engine ffs....

I'm going to quote Yahtzi for this one: "Indiana Jones in a Fridge Award for Franchise Murder". How fitting.

[...]

Looks excellent, I just love the way the way the water looks.. Amazing.


(Not.)

Problem is none of the game pics posted shows water. Which is even sadder because you made the same mistake I did, and mistook this...

http://www.tim-miller.org/images/levels/indy_010.jpg


...for a pic of the game. But if you read Haden's post in full you find out that this is an N64 screenshot! But when I looked at it, I also thought it was a screenshot from the Wii game, because frankly, it looks just like the other pics. :heh:

[Retro_Link]

Find the N64 screen!...

http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/75251520090208_174740_2_big.jpg
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http://www.tim-miller.org/images/levels/indy_001.jpg
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Comparison to the PS3/360 version...

http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/705/705488/indiana-jones-working-title-20060506090518131_640w.jpg

[mcj metroid]

which also don't look too great to be honest.. the 360 screen would be acceptable as wii screens.

[Retro_Link]

New screens:

http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/75251520090330_170017_0_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/75251520090330_170018_1_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/75251520090330_170018_2_big.jpg
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/75251520090330_170018_3_big.jpg

[Cube]

New screens:
http://www.gamekyo.com/Webmasters/Images/75251520090330_170018_3_big.jpg

Nice try...but that's obviously an N64 screen due to the smaller size, badly photoshopped Wii Remote sign and those spiders.

[Noku]

Still think it looks great.

By the way, this is Wii-exclusive as far as I know (next-gen-console-wise).

[-gonzo-]

Dont know if this has already been posted. Its a video showing off the Wii version with developer commentary.
www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=211847

[Retro_Link]

Story Trailer

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Look a good bit better in motion actually! Story and quest sound good!

[Owen]

I think it looks pretty good! Still going to take a chance and purchase it!

[Noku]

I think he's right really. "The kind of story that fans expect." Didn't realize that "the staff of kings" referred to Mozes' staff he used to split the Red Sea with. Fits right into the bigger picture of Indy quests, just like the Holy Grail (and unlike a certain crystal skull).

[Ganepark32]

For those interested in getting this, the game will be out in Europe on the 12th of June.

[Retro_Link]

Prob wait til it's in some crazy Play/HMV/Game sale for < £10.

[dazzybee]

Although I think the game looks fantastic. It's going to have to be a bargain buy for me too (MOST games will be though; only the likes of Punch out and conduit get the luxury of day one now)

[Owen]

Did anyone get this? I didn't..but am interested...theres no reviews anywhere for it, which seems pretty odd.

[dazzybee]

There's been quite a few reviews for it. None of them positive.

[Ganepark32]

^ Not what I'm seeing. The reviews I'm seeing are giving it 7's, some 7.5's so it's not all bad apparently.

[welsh_gamer]

I got it yesterday. It's not a good game. It's very linear - move from A to B and then copy the motion controls shown on screen, move from A to B, copy the motion controls shown on screen, etc; so there's not much of a challenge to be had here. There are fist fights to be had along the way, which work well, and gun fights, which are not so good, as these work like they did in 'Disaster Day of Crisis', but the enemies here do not move and usually have explosive right next to them for you to shoot. There's only 6 'areas' and the game can easily be completed in 3-4 hours. Graphics are solid - much better than what we've seen in the images online. There are some good ideas but they're wasted e.g instead of controlling Indy while he runs across a bridge and dodge's falling debris you watch an FMV of it instead, and when you come to the bottom of a mountain or other area where it looks like you'll be spending some quality time using your platforming skills to climb up it, you're 'treated' to an FMV once again. Puzzle-wise there are 3 or 4 sections where you have to put your thinking cap on and these do feel Zelda-esque, but it's not enough. A real shame. :sad

The DS version is fantastic though! Great gameplay and presentation, it's fun and the story is told better - no idea what was going on in the Wii version at times.

[Owen]

Thanks for those impressions mate! You reckon it's best to buy on DS or PSP then when it hits the bargain bin? I can see it being a pretty good PSP game actually.

[Tellyn]

It got a 69% in the latest issue of NGamer. Would you agree Rhys?

[welsh_gamer]

Thanks for those impressions mate! You reckon it's best to buy on DS or PSP then when it hits the bargain bin? I can see it being a pretty good PSP game actually.

I've read some pretty good impressions from people who have the PSP version on Indy forums, but if you're thinking of getting the Wii version, defintley wait till it's £9.99 ish.

It got a 69% in the latest issue of NGamer. Would you agree Rhys?

Hmmm, 49-59% I'd say. Ah well, at least it has Fate of Atlantis for me to play :awesome:

[Strange Cookie]

I've put some serious time in thise one, and while I understand the gripes I've heard about (unskippable cut-scenes and tutorials, somewhat unresponsive controls,...), I find this game nowhere as bad as I've read here and there. Am I really the only one rather *gasp* enjoying this?

True, there is a steep learning curve for the fighting-controls, but after some training I landed the punches I wanted to. Well, most of the time anyway. ;)

The trick is not to waggle. You have to use small, controlled motions. Forward for jab, up for uppercut and inwards for jab. No big motions, mind. Same for the whip. I can grab the head, waist or feet whenever I want to.
I've heard terrible things about the second level in which you control a plane. I LOVED that level and thought the controls were great. Finished it without crashing and was disappointed it was over so quickly.

The graphics are pretty good! Way better than I expected. The voice-acting isn't too shabby either.

My gripes are: unskippable cut-scenes, unskippable tutorials (not an issue once you've passed them), not the most reliable of controls (but when it finally clicks, it really works), very linear (though there are several approaches to a situation on some occasions, e.g. go through door or sneek in from behind the bar) and some bugs 'n glitches. But I'v eplayed far worse games. Far worse. And if I have to choose between this and Tomb Raider on Wii, Indy wins with a knockout.

It's not a classic, far from it, and it's more Crystal Skull than Last Crusade, but it's a piece of entertainment, and it's true to the Indy-spirit. Just don't expect an Uncharted.

€60 is way too much, though, compared the other games outthere and their prices.

One thing that I found 'funny': The enemy are without a doubt the Nazi's, yet in the game the word Nazi is never used, nor the Swastika-symbol. I can unstand they want to remove the imagery (though Emperors Tomb had them), but they still talk about the Germans, their Führer, Third Reich, etc. Why not call a cat a cat when it's so obvious they mean Nazi's?

[yesteryeargames]

i want this game, just waiting for the sales ,