YMMV / Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings

• Awesome Music: Say what you will about the gameplay, but the soundtrack is a worthy nod to John Williams.
• Complete Monster: novelization, by Rob MacGregor: Magnus Völler, former Adventurer Archaeologist and rival to Indy in his student years, is by the time of the novel an ice-cold Nazi officer. Magnus seeks the Staff of Moses for Nazi Germany, and to this end launches a bloody attack on a holy city that his old mentor Professor Kingston is living in. In short order, Magnus massacres dozens of people in the city's temple, kills Kingston himself, and is stopped only seconds before he can have his warplanes fire upon a gigantic crowd of men, women, and children. Magnus is scarcely any better to his own allies, executing them for failure, for being wounded, or even for giving him key information about Indy and his allies.
• Just Here for Godzilla:
  • A lot of people bought the Wii version just because it came with Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. This was one month before FoA was released on Steam.
  • Some people who otherwise weren't interested in the game changed their minds when they found out you could play as Indy's dad, Henry Jones Sr., in co-op mode.
• Polished Port: The PSP version is generally considered the better version of the game due to its more fleshed out mechanics and story elements.
• The Problem with Licensed Games: At least the Wii version, with unresponsive controls, and a questionable story in all versions.
• Scrappy Mechanic:
  • The gunfight sections turn the game into an on-rails shooter.
  • The game also makes Indy's signature revolver into a set piece instead of part of his gear, at least the PSP version lets you use it with limited ammo in the melee combat sections.
  • Boss fights in the PSP version are incredibly rigid, you have to repeat the exact same set of correct actions each time with bosses no selling anything else meaning they're difficult until you find the solution then just repeating the same thing over and over with little to no deviation.
• That One Level:
  • Rolling Rocks in the PSP version, you have to dodge boulders that the camera doesn't let you see then navigate a difficult balancing beam where giant moving obstructions try to knock you off with wonky hitboxes that can knock Indy off even when they clearly didn't hit them.
• So Okay, It's Average: The general consensus is that while the game has good graphics, varied gameplay, and good voice acting, the controls and story leave much to be desired. Though the Wii version came with Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, so those without access to Steam or an older computer could play it, so it wasn't all bad.

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