Product Description

Step into the shoes of the greatest adventurer of all time in Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. You are the legendary hero Indiana Jones embarking on a perilous quest for the mythical staff carried by Moses during the Exodus. To outrace the rival Germans, you will explore the dark jungles of Panama, brawl through the streets of San Francisco¿s Chinatown, and escape a thrilling chase in Istanbul on the back of an elephant.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3737 in Video Games
• Brand: Lucas Arts
• Model: 33739
• Published on: 2009-06
• Released on: 2009-06-09
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Sony PSP
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Features

• Use your highly interactive environment and your wits to defeat your enemies as you explore exotic locations around the globe in an all-new story that puts you on an epic quest for the Staff of Moses
• Use your smarts to navigate Indy through challenging terrains with the many tricks Indy can do with his whip
• Engage in burst gunplay moments and use careful aim and the environment to take out your enemies.
• Escape signature panic moments, like a daring escape from a collapsing temple, by matching fast-paced onscreen gesture prompts and engage in burst gunplay moments and use careful aim and the environment to take out your enemies
• Cooperative gameplay mode allows you and a friend to brave the challenges in a variety of game modes in a separate unique storyline

Amazon.com Product Description
The Staff of Moses was seemingly lost forever — but sometimes even long-lost relics have a way of coming back. And Indiana Jones, one of the world's foremost adventurers, isn't about to let it fall into the wrong hands. In this latest adventure, Indy finds himself on a whip-cracking journey across many continents and through heart-pounding encounters. Along the way he'll face off with a variety of nefarious foes, including his old nemesis Magnus Völler. Assume the role of the rogue archaeologist and see if you have what it takes to wield the whip and save the world from a dire fate.

Fight on the bridge View larger. Defeat the Bad Guys! View larger. Fight Multiple Enemies View larger. Synopsis In Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, you'll return to the year 1939 and travel to locations ranging from San Francisco's Chinatown to the jungles of Panama to track down the legendary Staff of Moses. Experience all the intensity you remember from the iconic film series as you use your whip to navigate tricky terrain, run for your life to escape a collapsing temple and take control of a variety of vehicles in thrilling chases. Make your way through spring-loaded interactive Hot Set environments where you'll have to rely on your smarts to turn the surroundings to your advantage. Find clever and unexpected ways to overcome dangerous foes in true Indiana Jones style and save the day once again. Key Game Features: Use your whip and your wits to help you overcome Indy's nemesis, Magnus Völler, and track down the Staff of Moses Show off your careful aim in burst gunplay moments as you try to take out enemies Match fast-paced onscreen gesture prompts to help you make daring escapes Fly a biplane through a canyon trench, navigate a raft down a raging river and even guide a wild elephant through the streets of Istanbul Engage in combat and physics challenges and solve a variety of puzzles Team up with a friend to play as Indiana Jones and a never-before-playable character in Cooperative mode Take on up to three friends in biplane combat or a free-for-all tank battle in four-player Versus mode Uncover more than 20 exciting artifacts and rewarding unlockables Adventuring... Indy's way! 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.

Customer Reviews

Surprisingly Fun, but not too deep
First, it's a shame that 5 years after it was announced for next gen systems it only made it to the Wii, PSP and PS2.

Otherwise for the PSP it's a fun game and not at all what I expected. Initally I thought it was going to imitate it's biggest immitator (Tomb Raider) but Indiana Jones is actually more of a beat'em up puzzler.

To win levels, you have to beat X amount of enemies within a certain time or escape a building or whatever the objective is. When you finish, your ratings translate into points in which you can use to upgrade Indy.

Does not sound exciting, I know but for a portable game this formula works very well because it's not so complex however, if you want to kill an hour or 2 this is this kind of game you want.

The controls handle ok but some levels where you have to balance ona ledge or a beam, it's pretty unforgiving and the camera angle does not help.

Another small gripe is that the AI doesn't handle ducking out of the way of gunshots very well. Also, the story sometimes bounces around without explaining where Indy is going (the airplane flying the map sequence from the movies would have been a nice touch here) and doesn't explain some characters who sometimes just randomly pop up and disapper.

But...graphically speaking, the game looks pretty good and the voice acting is done pretty well.

It's not the greatest game in the world but it's a step in the right direction to do this title some justice where most of the old Indy games had none.

Again it's a shame that this game wasn't put out on the PS3 and 360 where games like Tomb Raiders and Uncharted excel, but here is to hoping.

huge disappointment
I had high expectations for this game. This game has been hyped so much, that I thought that this could be a challenge to the Tomb Raider Series. After seeing this game through, I can that Lara Croft has nothing to worry about.

I was hoping that this would turn out to be a great adventure game with a great storyline. The developers did not bother to develop the storyline that much, your mission is to go after the staff which the Nazis are after it, thats the storyline in the nutshell. Now with games like Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, Syphon filter for the PSP, I know that PSP is capable of doing great adventure games. Unfortunely, Indiana Jones has extremely short levels. It feels more like a bunch of mini-games. With exception of a few levels, I was able to complete each level within 5 minutes. It can be good on the go, but knowing that I can put my PSP into the sleep mode and start off exactly at the last spot, does not make it necessary for the levels to be super short.

For the majority of the game, you end up playing it like a brawler, you will be doing a lot of punching. I do have to say that it was fun at times, but it got repetitive towards the end. You do get a gun with limited ammo. And you do get the whip, which brings me to my biggest complaint, it is useless. With the exception of a requirement to use it a couple of times for a couple of puzzles for the game progression, you will never use it. It does not deal as much damage, and you have a better chance of doing more damage with your fists.

The game does contain some puzzles, some of which I got stuck on. They can be interesting, but they do not happen often. For 90% of the game you will be doing a lot of punching.

I know that PSP can put limitations on what a game can do it, but having playing other games on PSP, I know that Indiana Jones could have been so much more. Big disappointment.

un-whiped
this is by far the worst indiana jones games yet it is just so hard and complicatded because.It's kinda cool how you can throw stuff but that get's kind of boring to.So if i where you i wouldn't get this game. p.s. get star wars battlefront 2 it's much better