Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™

This is the full game I played way back when I was younger and I'm glad that GOG brought it back to us! All of the details still work including the excellent SCUMM interface, full voice acting, and colorful scenes! The one glitch (and it's not a biggie, but it's significant) is the use of the sun, moon, and world stones. In my installation of the game, these puzzles did not work as described in Plato's book! I finally figured out that the puzzles were off by one to the right! So, if after I've read the correct solution in Plato's book, I have to pick each symbol from the right of the correct symbol! This glitch occurred on 2 separate game re-installations and with 3 different plays through... so I would say it's a bug... I'm interested to know if anyone else had this problem? Otherwise, the nostalgia of playing old Lucas Arts games has satisfied my tastes for now! Thanks, GOG!

The '4th film' in the Indiana Jones franchise, The Fate of Atlantis predictably explores the mythology surrounding the lost city of Atlantis and depicts a race between Jones and the Nazis to reach it first. It is a very solid adventure and an enjoyable return for the globe trotting, iron fisted archaeologist but I find this to be one of my least favourite LucasArts adventure games. The presentation is to LucasArts quality. Graphically the game is wonderful; Jones looks like Jones and the various locales both exotic and familiar are excellently rendered, with each area visited having a very unique style and look. The voice acting however is pretty patchy, and some of the non-American characters are either difficult to understand or simply sound silly. As a LucasArts game this has the distinction of being one of the most linear adventures in the series, despite the various international trips you'll make. The plot follows a narrow progression with many instances of being in an area with only 5 or 6 rooms to explore, leading to some rather uninventive puzzles to solve that feel contrived and uninteresting in comparison to other games by the publisher. They can also get tedious and repetitive, the world stone in Monte Carlo and finding the dig site in Algeria being two of the worst offenders. The arcade fighting sequences are also pretty bad, but thankfully optional. This game does however feature far greater replayability thanks to a few dynamic puzzles and the choice of which of three paths to take about 1/3 of the way through the game. It also 'feels' like Indiana Jones, the license is very appropriately used and while linear, there is a sense of exploration and discovery that translates very well as an adventure game. Of course it's recommended but as there are a few quibbles, it would be wise to lower your expectations.

Behold, LucasArts' true magnum opus. My favorite point and click of all time, Curse of Monkey Island being a close second. I must've played Fate of Atlantis 10 times by now. Such a wonderful piece of art. Games like these made me fall in love for gaming in the first place. I really can't think of anything negative about this game, so I'm not gonna bother. Also I think the rest of the reviews and the rating speak for themselves. Special props go out for the music in this game, a true masterpiece of a soundtrack. I listen to it at least once per week.

Best Indy-Game ever made. It feels like playing an old movie. Remember the peak of Lucasfilm-Games? This is it! It's one of their best game ever made. Period! A MUST HAVE! Usually I have bad feelings when playing Games, because I could do better things. But not with this one! It has it all. Great characters, good storyline, cool places to enjoy. And last but not least: Sophia!

Awesome Indy atmosphere and the story is so well built that it would have been worth its own movie. Unfortunately LucasArts didn't make sequels, but fortunately it's very replayable with three different paths for completing the game each with their unique puzzles. I've been searching for something similar and Flight of the Amazon Queen is a decent imitation, but there's no comparing to Atlantis.