Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine, an action cum adventure game from Lucas Arts, is a winner all the way. This is one of the all-time classics, this is how PC games were meant to be played before an obsession with graphics and cinematic sequences overtook the entire genre. This is an action game – there is just enough attention given to the background to make it convincing, but the game does not get bogged down with unnecessary details.
There are seventeenteen chapters (or levels) in all, from the ruins of Babylon to the labyrinths of the Nubian Kings. The action is gripping – just difficult enough to keep one engaged and enthralled, but not so difficult that one is forced to abandon the level mid-way. The game begins in the Canyonlands, which serves as a sort of introduction to the game, and allows the player to familiarize himself with the commands. This is where the character of Indiana Jones will learn to leap, climb, crawl and swim.
Indiana Jones will need all the training he can get, for he has to solve various puzzles, besides having to survive snakes, scorpions, and a veritable host of bad guys from the Red Army! To Indiana Jones credit, he comes well equipped with a battery of weapons (pistols, guns and grenades), besides his trademark whip. Along the way, Indiana Jones has to pick up hidden treasures and health packs to keep him going.
Once the player has completed the Canyonlands level, his character meets with Sophia Hapgood from the CIA, who sends him on a dangerous mission to Babylon. His objective is to infiltrate the Soviet camp – without getting himself killed in the process – and to learn about their nefarious plans. Further, he has to go deep down into an underground dig site. The next level finds Indiana Jones surfing the treacherous rapids of the Tian Shan River. And so the adventure goes on and on…
This is an absorbing and entertaining game. Kids will enjoy it, and older players will perhaps rediscover their lost childhood!
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