I picked this game up at Costco for $14.95 and I am sure glad that I didn't pay more. It was merely ok. The controls were twitchy and not all the control combinations seemed to work at all times; not to mention the delays after pressing a key and waiting for Indy to respond. I've played all the Indiana Jones games so far (even the old DOS ones) and this one continues with the (and adds many more) boring, repetitive puzzles in this genre. In addition, you spend a lot of time either pixel hunting, adjusting Indy's position because he's not quite on the right spot to make that jump/hit that switch; or revisting areas on the map because either the poor graphics or camera angle didn't reveal yet another passage, items, or switch. Sometimes I found myself wandering around wondering what to do next. Good thing Gamespot had a walkthrough to help guide me. I found that many times I was trying to do EXACTLY what the walkthrough said, but because I didn't have Indy positioned quite right (facing the right direction, two steps back, etc.) it wasn't working for me. Even though I found myself very frustrated by the game at times, I always wanted to see what the next area would hold and what was at the end of the game. So I guess from that perspective the game succeeding in keeping me interested, despite its flaws. I'm not sure how long it took me to finish - 4 years from my first save game to end, but most of that time I played less that 10 minutes a week (my purchase of the game conicided with the birth of my daugher - hence the subsequent decrease in gaming time!). Still if other upcoming Indy games are of this quality, buy them from the bargain bin. Enjoyable, but they have their limits.
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