Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (Wii)
FORGET the grey haired old has-been Indy from the last film - this is old-school Indy with all the old bullwhip snapping enthusiasm he used to have.
Set in pre-World War 2 the game sees Indy on the search for the mythical Staff of Kings in a game that ticks every box for what you would expect for an Indiana Jones adventure.
Packed with a superb musical score, excellent storyline and some bonkers action scenes this is an exciting romp from the moment you pick up the controller. The controls can be a bit awkward but there are some excellent uses of the Wii technology for example with the superb whip action.
Action is varied with plenty of great combat and gunfights and with some puzzle solving thrown in to rattle the old grey matter it is a good all round title.
Graphics are suitably strong as you would expect from LucasArts, the game itself lends a lot to Tomb Raider in style and approach and indeed subject matter although you could say Tomb Raider copied Indy.
Hardcore Indy fans will be thrilled with this game, hardcore gamers may not be too fussed. As a family we loved this game, the kids thought it was great and me and my better half are 80s' movie freaks so we loved it too.
A great all-round, well-delivered family gaming title from a much-loved franchise.
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Steve Wollaston - Sunday Mercury games reviewer Steve has been writing about video games for donkey's years. In fact he is probably far too old for it now which is why you will see a lot of reviews been done by kids... He has been nominated three times for Regional Games Journalist Of The Year at the Games Media Awards, but never wins. His major love is sports games and rates Sensible World of Soccer circa 90's as the greatest game ever made - closely followed by Championship Manager 2. Skyrim has currently taken over his life.
And best of all you can unlock the original 'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis' point & click in this Wii game, reason enough to buy it alone!
Look out this weekend - there'll be a comp to WIN a Wii PLUS an Indiana Jones game PLUS a Transformers game for a Sunday Mercury reader!!!