Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings IGN Review

[SaviorX]

http://wii.ign.com/articles/994/994513p1.html

 

Closing Comments
Staff of Kings is an odd game because it has so much going for it, including fun level designs, great variety, and a wealth of unlockables, but the end experience is inescapably marred by stupidly implemented motion controls on Wii. I wouldn't say they completely break the gameplay scenarios, but they absolutely do detract from them. Smart Wii developers learned a long time ago never to rely solely on motion because 1) nobody actually wants to waggle their way through a five- plus-hour game and 2) they aren't very reliable. That LucasArts and A2M chose to use gestures so religiously demonstrates a breathtaking level of ignorance to these truths, which is unfortunate, because the simple inclusion of an alternate control scheme would have made a lot of gamers happy. If you're an Indy fan, you'll still like the adventure to be had -- true enough, there are still some engaging puzzles and the sheer variety in challenges and locales is remarkable. Everyone else, however, is better off leaving the Staff of Kings undiscovered.

IGN Ratings for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (Wii)

Rating	Description
out of 10	click here for ratings guide
6.0	Presentation Long, unskippable front end and cut-scenes. Slick interface. Lots of extras. So-called immersive motion controls are anything but.
7.5	Graphics Looks like a well-made PS2 game. Lots of variety. Good graphic effects like transparency and bloom lighting. Animation is stiff. Low polygon counts.
7.0	Sound Captures the aural presentation of the movies, from the music to the monologues. But there are some awkward silences.
5.0	Gameplay Fun, interactive levels and great variety. Motion controls are absolutely abysmal. The kind of stuff that bad developers tried when Wii launched before they learned better.
5.0	Lasting Appeal You'll whip through the main game -- get it? -- and the coop mode and multiplayer modes are awful. You can play the classic title Fate of Atlantis, though.
5.0 Meh	OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average)   ------------------   How disappointing. But then again, I didn't expect much from this.